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

**Stromgarde** · 2010-09-07 00:31

Getting hosed on Palamecia too.

**Ghostsix.Midgard** · 2010-09-07 00:34

Originally Posted by SamanosukeShiva

saw a leve called "Save the Lettuce, Save the World" lol, glad SE is using humor that i can relate to

There's also a Crafting leve called "Get to the Copper"

Spoiler: show

Dam that video is depressing =/ The repeat lakes in Grid are pretty obvious though, but now in LL I'm gonna be looking for shit like this subconsciously.

**Scary** · 2010-09-07 00:39

Wow that repeating terrain vidz is funny, as beautiful as the game is, i've had moments running through Coerthas when I felt the same way. It's very noticeable in the deserts of Ul'dah and Coerthas. These are large zones but so much repetition. I decided to just stop playing the beta for now, it's pointless, seen everything there is to see in beta and I'm not gonna bother crafting or grinding only to have my char deleted. Good thing they let us keep the name.

You'd think after 8 years and with the popularity of windower, that the developers would fucking find a way to let users alt-tab from the game. Those leve quests are boring as fuck, same shit over and over. There's only one type of quest, kill x mobs. They couldn't even bother to give the testers a taste of what's to come, although I must admit, at camp drybone, an npc popped up and gave a Behest quest. But once again, it's kill x mobs. Fucking christ, I dunno why people would bother going from town to town and doing leves where you kill x mobs over and over again. An mmo open beta, to be is similar to a demo for a single player game. Make it exciting, we already accept the fact that we'll be lap rats for you SE, can't you just give us some sugar or honey for a change.

As it stands, I can't imagine many people coming out of the open beta having a positive impression of what they've endured. Getting codes was a pain in the nuts, the installer fucking blows donkey dust caking swollen balls, thank god it's a torrent based update and we can use a third party client to finish the downloads.

Shitty linkshell function, you can't even see what the name of the linkshell is when you check a person, or maybe you could but i was too dumb to see it. Can't fucking /tell a person when you're on the linkshell list, there's apparently two separate menus when you go to linkshell, kinda redundant. Can't promote people unless they're next to you.

Anima teleportation is great, but once you're out, you are so fucked, the zones are like 10x bigger than they were in ffxi, running is actually much longer this time around.

- Fucking mobs that are curios running up to you despite you trying to get the fuck out of their way so you can use a weaponskill or ability that is AOE.
- Apparently everything can kill you with ranged attack, except you won't know until 5 seconds later due to lag. So you could be running by an ogre and thinking you're safe, until bam, fucking 9000 damage.
- I dunno if there's an autotargeting system available, all i know is doing leve quests was a pain because targeting the next mob was always a bitch to do.
- Have to always focus to actually attack the mob because a slight difference in angle will fuck you up.
- Oh look, you managed to solo a Dodo down to 10% and you have over 30% health, sure you can kill it in the next few hits, but bam! server crash!

I can already see people gonna bitch so much later down the road because attributes are distributed the way they are, i bet there will be quests that will allow you to redo your point allotment.

Five fucking years of development and it was almost as if they didn't even bother to find out what worked right with ffxi so they can improve upon it. Thank god, the xbox 360 controller works with the game without needing a god damn hacked driver. Can't even fucking go full screen windowed mode. People need to stop defending the game and make excuses about how it's only the beta, etc... Thank god that tone has ceased a bit in the last few days, now it's actually ok to be critically negative.

**Kurokikaze** · 2010-09-07 00:39

Off topic: But this has been bothering me.. What is he saying in your sig, Ghost? "That doesnt make sense... That was a joke!!!"?

**bacchikoi** · 2010-09-07 00:45

Originally Posted by Kurokikaze

Off topic: But this has been bothering me.. What is he saying in your sig, Ghost? "That doesnt make sense... That was a joke!!!"?

my guess is "THE FUCK DID YOU DO. IT DON'T MAKE SENSE."

**Snowknight26** · 2010-09-07 00:50

He must be talking to SE.

**miokomioko** · 2010-09-07 00:54

I may be just derping, but what is the "Save the Lettuce, Save the World" referencing?

**Kurokikaze** · 2010-09-07 00:55

Originally Posted by miokomioko

I may be just derping, but what is the "Save the Lettuce, Save the World" referencing?

Heroes. Me thinks.

**Maguspk** · 2010-09-07 00:58

Originally Posted by Kurokikaze

Off topic: But this has been bothering me.. What is he saying in your sig, Ghost? "That doesnt make sense... That was a joke!!!"?

"None of your business!" and "Obviously you do!"

**Uwen** · 2010-09-07 01:01

NVM I figured it out finally, i'm dumb. >.<

**Carraway** · 2010-09-07 01:05

Originally Posted by Uwen

Searched around some and couldn't find any info. Anyone know which craft to repair Weathered War Axe for my Marauder? I tried smithing and goldsmithing with no luck. Unless I'm doing it wrong. You put the item to be repaired in with the repair materials, correct? I've also tried just the item to be repaired with no luck on both cclasses.

Switch to Blacksmith -> Inventory -> select item -> hit "Repair Item" button -> wait a long-ass time -> put the required repair material into the synthesis box -> hit "Repair"

**Stromgarde** · 2010-09-07 01:05

You need to select it through your inventory and there will be a repair button on the detail window if you're on the appropriate crafting class.

**Null** · 2010-09-07 01:07

I just noticed none of my screenshots are going through. I know where the folder is they go to, but how do you take screenshots?

**Maguspk** · 2010-09-07 01:08

Originally Posted by Null

I just noticed none of my screenshots are going through. I know where the folder is they go to, but how do you take screenshots?

Scroll Lock then Print Screen.

**Null** · 2010-09-07 01:17

Many thanks. Haha, I was just hitting Print Screen.

**miokomioko** · 2010-09-07 01:21

my keyboard has no scroll lock!

**Cantih** · 2010-09-07 01:24

Originally Posted by Gentaro

Spoiler: show

Nice, but you forgot to add in Bored Translator Guy.

But seriously, some days I'm tempted to go to S-E's North American office and (politely) ask if I could talk to or make an appointment to talk to anyone there involved in FFXI or FFXIV if they are on site. I can grab a bus that LITERALLY drives past their office.

**TransparentMind** · 2010-09-07 01:29

Originally Posted by Scary

- Oh look, you managed to solo a Dodo down to 10% and you have over 30% health, sure you can kill it in the next few hits, but miss! miss! evade! miss! now you're dead!

Fixed that for you.

I'm so bored now, i'm just waiting for more guildmark leves to refresh and recreating mules over and over for gil in case some jp finds the recipe for new knuckles and wants 300,000 for them. I'm up to 460,000ish gil and nobody has given me a damn thing to spend it on yet! You suck crafter's!

I think i've gotten every level 1~ leve reward available as well, I should have been making a list or something. Hempen hats & Rope belts out the ass...

**Chrian** · 2010-09-07 01:33

anyone try out those rank 10 guildleves for camp skull valley?

**Null** · 2010-09-07 01:37

I still don't know how the shit you do guildmark quest.

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