FFXIV Random Speculation/Question thread VIII: Alpha Was The Best Beta v2 -_-;

[StrangeLove]

Trying to explore the nuances of the game, hence the mining query. Wanted to try to repair my cotton robe, purchased the ingredients from the Clothcraft guild in Ul'Dah, but the Repair option on the item is still greyed out. Can I assume that my Clothcraft skill is too low to repair it? Just hit rank 2 by trial and error tossing items into the synthesis box lol.

You can repair to 100% with 0 skill. Either you don't have the crafting weapons equipped or its not CC. Some of the crafts are weird, such as repairing h2h as a GS when the ingredients call for a Bone Chip.

[Kurokikaze]

Trying. Patch server is still down lol.

[Gwynplaine]

How do you get to the Ishgard and Mor Dhana region? Is the only way through Gridania's area?

[Gokulo]

Trying to explore the nuances of the game, hence the mining query. Wanted to try to repair my cotton robe, purchased the ingredients from the Clothcraft guild in Ul'Dah, but the Repair option on the item is still greyed out. Can I assume that my Clothcraft skill is too low to repair it? Just hit rank 2 by trial and error tossing items into the synthesis box lol.

Make sure to unequip the robe first :D

How do you get to the Ishgard and Mor Dhana region? Is the only way through Gridania's area?

Nope, you can get to at least one of them through the Ul'dah zone. That is the map shows the zone to Mor Dhona, but I dunno how to get there since the way is blocked lol.

[Kuya]

Got yet another problem: After pressing the play button, the game doesn't activate.

This is what happens:

I press the play bottom, the window blinks, and then after a few seconds the window closes. This is usually the point where the game activates, but now nothing happens. No errors, nothing. The play button window closes, but the game doesn't start.

[solracht]

How do you get to the Ishgard and Mor Dhana region? Is the only way through Gridania's area?

http://i51.tinypic.com/6ftrep.jpg

[drenz219]

Kuya, get the new mouse fix, it's updated for the 9.06.2000. patch

Edit: Nevermind...I used the new patch and I'm getting the same problem. I know for a fact the game works without the mouse fix. Fuggin' SE.

[Kuya]

I did. It doesn't seem to fix the problem.

[Hyan]

anyone found their way here yet?

Spoiler: show

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6...ethisenjoy.png

(Mistbeard Cove)

Very interested in knowing where that place might be >_>

[Roxas]

anyone else have a sense of impending doom? this game is not ready for a sept 22 release, sorry it just has 0 polish other than visuals.

casting for example, instead of having to CLICK for aoe, why not just make it where u can hold shift when casting?
tab targeting is a joke in combat.

i am fine with the control scheme for general use and movement. it's different but works ok.

stability is the main issue, i seem to crash whenever im just running in the middle of no where all the time in beta

and of course, the old menu lag issue

[mysterytaru]

anyone found their way here yet?

Spoiler: show

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/6...ethisenjoy.png

(Mistbeard Cove)

Very interested in knowing where that place might be >_>

It's near Camp Bald Knoll in La Noscea. look at the very bottom of the map. says "Exit to Bald Knoll"

[solracht]

The entrance should be around Bald Knoll in La Noscea according to the map. If it's accessible, the ingame map will have a marker showing the entrance (all other dungeons do).

EDIT- Beaten!

[Hyan]

anyone else have a sense of impending doom? this game is not ready for a sept 22 release, sorry it just has 0 polish other than visuals.

All the core elements are implemented and functional one way or the other; the big bosses think that's enough.

A year or more would have done and will do this game wonders.

[byte]

anyone else have a sense of impending doom? this game is not ready for a sept 22 release, sorry it just has 0 polish other than visuals.

casting for example, instead of having to CLICK for aoe, why not just make it where u can hold shift when casting?
tab targeting is a joke in combat.

i am fine with the control scheme for general use and movement. it's different but works ok.

stability is the main issue, i seem to crash whenever im just running in the middle of no where all the time in beta

and of course, the old menu lag issue

I certainly think this game could do with another 2 or 3 months of development before release. Yes, it -looks- great, visually, but so much of the core mechanics are severely deficient.

[Gwynplaine]

Unless Square has a radical amount of well made updates in store prior to release, the game's debut will have it panned all over the industry. It will probably just have it's reputation cemented as FFXI-2 looking forward to 8 more years of a clunky interface, PC as a secondary consideration (despite it being PC only for an entire year), and terrible yearly reviews from the X-Play types. It's die-hard fans won't care because they just like to look at pretty things.

[Katlan]

I thought u could toggle AoE now (/aoe on or /aoe off)? Because having to double click all spells is fuckin retarded. But I haven't played OB to test myself

[Roxas]

you can toggle the aoe option to go off but that screws over casting class, say a conjurer trying to heal the group for example

[CrstyCptSteveWitherspoon]

Z on the keyboard or the emote button on your controller will toggle aoe on/off.

[Gokulo]

Did they run out of ideas for Making of Eorzea?

[Katlan]

So if u have /AoE on then u have to double click everything since u VCR to manually select AoE or single?