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

[TStupified]

You regen faster when you're standing still.

Yeah I was, before the update it felt like I could just read few posts here and I had regened from half hp to full, but now it's not even close to that.. I might be just imagining things but hm.

[Kurokikaze]

Just got my first game error during a leve. Sucky thing was I was getting the reward armor for a friend. I hope they fix this crap before release... so much nerd rage will be had if it isn't.

For reals man.

"I finally got the Faction Leve for Ridill and crashed. -_-"

[MakinBaconNeked]

Friend put all his elemental points into fire, he got fire shards 95% of the time when logging.

Then he put all his stats into wind on another chara, started getting like almost nothing but wind.

Well, I decided to try with my lightning based chara, 80-90% of my shards were.. lightning.

Idk. Pretty small sample sizes etc.

I needed wind so put a crapload of elemental points in wind as well and started fishing ... 100% of shards have been wind since then (I had a bunch not allocated to anything so I am at like 18 everything and 60 wind not logged in so not sure exactly what numbers though)

[avelle]

Friend put all his elemental points into fire, he got fire shards 95% of the time when logging.

Then he put all his stats into wind on another chara, started getting like almost nothing but wind.

Well, I decided to try with my lightning based chara, 80-90% of my shards were.. lightning.

Idk. Pretty small sample sizes etc.

I put all of my elemental points into thunder the other day to see if it affected spell damage and I have 400 earth, 400 fire, 240 ice and ... 23 lightning shards. Mythbusted?

[niwaar]

And it can't just be NA feedback they have ignored, I'm sure JP and EU ppl have all complained about the basic core things. I'm just disappointed they couldn't listen to the feedback when they had the chance, and are now getting publicly trashed. At the very least I hope the client is at least stable for retail.. nothing like bringing in a new-age-AoC and having the client crashing for ppl left and right, while others r fine.

Thats the biggest thing we as English speakers need to understand. It's not just us that are being ignored here. Japanese tester feedback is being ignored just as much as ours. They complained about combat, UI, mob placement, crashing, disconnects, retainers, lack of an auction house, and much more. Just the same as we have. Tanaka and company have just ignored it all. They think their shit doesn't stink and that its "their game". This is not an independent film, where its about the "art". This is a fricking video game. You don't make "your game" and hope people appreciate it. You make a game for the players, not for yourself.

Just got my first game error during a leve. Sucky thing was I was getting the reward armor for a friend. I hope they fix this crap before release... so much nerd rage will be had if it isn't.

They haven't fixed this yet and it was one of the TOP 5 complaints in the game since Alpha. The game client is FAR from the stability they should be shipping it with. Toss in the poor server connectivity that is rampant. (Who here is always in the green? I sit in low yellow high red 90% of the time.) If they wish guildleves to be the major way for a person to level up, they need to fix this NOW. If you are a casual player, shit like this will make you cancel your sub faster than you can say "Fuck!" With the 8/48 limitations, if you crash or dc out of a single leve, you are vastly limiting the amount of fun a player can have during a week. An average of 20 battleleve's to do per week and you lose a few to this crap? Yeah not a happy camper you will be.

[MakinBaconNeked]

I put all of my elemental points into thunder the other day to see if it affected spell damage and I have 400 earth, 400 fire, 240 ice and ... 23 lightning shards. Mythbusted?

depends on if you were fighting or gathering

[Hyan]

I put all of my elemental points into thunder the other day to see if it affected spell damage and I have 400 earth, 400 fire, 240 ice and ... 23 lightning shards. Mythbusted?

We only tested gathering, so looks like either myth busted or it does something else for combat classes.

[TransparentMind]

Also please get rid of the 1993 style linkshell shields, can I have an HD Linkpearl icon from XI please? Every 'Innovative' idea they have is failing miserably.

This for sure. When I heard that they were keeping linkshells in the game I was like "Oh goodie, no need to fuck with a good thing!" and of course... they have to fuck with it just a little bit don't they? =p just enough to piss off any FFXI fans.

Just give me that sexy pearl back baby, and fuck these lame ass attempts at a more European ass clown guild crest pos. It just feels like the kind of crap some real hardcore role-playing tard would love, you know to go with his characters backstory >.>

[Foof]

I needed wind so put a crapload of elemental points in wind as well and started fishing ... 100% of shards have been wind since then (I had a bunch not allocated to anything so I am at like 18 everything and 60 wind not logged in so not sure exactly what numbers though)

Unless we're assuming this only applies to gathering, in which case you can disregard...I have my elements spread exactly even. I capped out on earth shards, was near cap with fire shards, 710 ice, 173 wind and 149 water. This is mostly killing around Gridania with a little near Uldah. I'd assume shards depend on which mobs you kill.

[Foof]

double

[Chrystolis]

I put all of my elemental points into thunder the other day to see if it affected spell damage and I have 400 earth, 400 fire, 240 ice and ... 23 lightning shards. Mythbusted?

Is this all from mob drops or gathering as well? I think they were meaning for gathering, though I'm not sure.

I had a crapload of points pumped into fire and got lots of fire from logging trees, but I just thought logging gave fire. Perhaps that's not the case :O

[avelle]

We only tested gathering, so looks like either myth busted or it does something else for combat classes.

This character has been exclusively combat jobs, outside of making a few sets of copper buckles last night. I think I have some gathering tools on me so maybe I'll go see what I get.

[Chastiti]

I'm trying to accept a levequest, but it says my regional levequests are at 8/8 and won't let me accept it. They're all completed however. Is this what I have to wait 48 hours for?

[Celeras]

I havent allocated any of my elemental points yet, only because I don't know what they do other than resistances and want to test things. The THM starter weapon deals 40% fire damage... so I do plan on stacking fire to see if I notice any damage difference.

[Hyan]

They complained about combat, UI, mob placement, crashing, disconnects, retainers, lack of an auction house, and much more. Just the same as we have. Tanaka and company have just ignored it all.

And most of those things have received changes. Not always for the better, sadly, but it is evident that they are trying.

Combat wasn't changed? UI wasn't changed? Mob placement wasn't changed? They haven't dealt with crashes before, haven't stabilized the servers?

They've basically done almost nothing to retainers since P1, does this mean they're not listening and aren't even working on it, or that whatever they have planned is not ready to be implemented? Come on.

They haven't fixed this yet and it was one of the TOP 5 complaints in the game since Alpha.

Was Alpha unstable? From what I remember, these errors appeared with beta phase 1, got fixed for the most part, then reappeared again in P3 and now in OB.

Criticize them for what they need to be criticized for, not this childish nonsense.

[miokomioko]

All my points are in water and I only get water when I fish.

[MakinBaconNeked]

This character has been exclusively combat jobs, outside of making a few sets of copper buckles last night. I think I have some gathering tools on me so maybe I'll go see what I get.

not 100% sure but I believe that if you are fighting then you are only getting the shards that are normal for that mob.

[Hyan]

All my points are in water and I only get water when I fish.

Eh, it's starting to sound like this theory might require some further testing.

[MakinBaconNeked]

Eh, it's starting to sound like this theory might require some further testing.

I'd say it sounds pretty solid that if you want a certain shard to dump a bunch into that element. I'm curious of about the threshold of when that starts. If you are looking for 2 different types of shards do the values have to be equal or within say 5 points of each other and then you start getting both but it leans toward the higher number. If you have one element that has at least 1 point more than the next highest then it will always be that one?

From what I seen in my own experience, I feel confident I can control the shards I get during gathering when I only want a single type but often times crafts require multiple flavors and if you want to farm for crafting then we get back into the point allotment discussion and how great/shitty it is.

[miokomioko]

I used to get wind/fire/earth as well, before I dumped my points all into one.