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

[TransparentMind]

Just wondering, how many broken hearts in here are from Gridania? I think that place is the buggiest and most stressful place in the beta atm.

I moved to Ul'dah like 2 days ago, and either todays patch fixed some stuff or its just a more stable zone, because I haven't crashed or disconnected yet. 16/16 Guildleves with my wife & friends and nobody else had any problems either.

After reaching rank 10 Archer I decided to run back to Gridania to pick up a Maple Bow, and man... what difference running through that shithole. I was stuttering like crazy and it took like 2 solid minutes of me standing there for NPCs to appear. Seriously, if you don't have a hard-on for Gridania, get the fuck out of there.

Today is probably the first day I can say I throughly enjoyed myself on this game. Ul'dah crafters have way better shit to buy too. ;D

On that note, the marketward system is just god awful. Its like rolanberry x10, only 90% of it is garbage moko grass & walnuts -_-
This system is really going to hurt everybody in the beginning days, especially crafters. Basically any materials people accumulate will be NPC'd rather than put up in the wards, and any crafters looking for just simple material half the time need to sift through all that shit. AH system I miss you... so much ;__;

Two little annoyances I think SE could fix quite easily.
1. Stopping dead when checking peoples bazaar. This is just stupid, no reason not to quickly fix that.

2. All mobs having retarded ranged attacks. This is annoying because the distance the mob uses ranged attacks is pretty short (basically attacking a mob as soon as it gets into range) so even if you are within poking distance it still starts off the fight with that bullshit. Kind of defeats the purpose of binding spells/abilities or gravity too. Imagine if FFXI was like that, RDM solo wouldn't exist, or any kind of kiting strategy lol. Are SE just trying to be dickholes with this? "You wanna kite huh? Kite this bitches!" hoping this gets changed or the ranged attacks get severely gimped down to where its preferred being hit by it than a melee hit.

By the way, anyway with a Hempen Bandana (black) on lindblum let me know how much you want for it, its only rank 2 but i'm willing to pay a good price for it. I just like the bandana look >.>

[miokomioko]

My leves are so boss they crash in all zones.

Also, generally, the more "organic" an environment is, the more graphic-intensive it will be. Less geometric = more polygons = more melted GPUs. Gridania and The Black Shroud are definitely going to be harder on anyone's system.

ProTip: Aim your camera straight down to get rid of some of the lag while you do shit like gather/craft.

[avelle]

Where are people getting Bronze gear from? Seems like everytime I turn around someone has it. It seemed like a huge pain in the ass to craft, is it really common from level 10+ leves?

edit: I've also not seen it in the Market Wards when I check but god knows I could have missed it since Market Wards are the worst thing ever.

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

Where are people getting Bronze gear from? Seems like everytime I turn around someone has it. It seemed like a huge pain in the ass to craft, is it really common from level 10+ leves?

edit: I've also not seen it in the Market Wards when I check but god knows I could have missed it since Market Wards are the worst thing ever.

decicated crafters, i bought a couple of bronze items from market ward, he had several of everything he was selling

[Johndile]

Does anyone else think Ferocity / Raging Strike has diminishing returns. Use it with a normal attack = double damage so 40 -> 80. use it with weapons skill and it adds on only 20% at most I find.

Also a bug with Spriggan Collector's slow. It says it wears off but it won't wear off until after you do an action.

[Niiro]

Is anyone else having problems with guildleve mobs just.....not appearing?

Lost out on a new body piece I desperately needed (still using initial at rank 14) because 3 mins into the thing there were no mobs in the area it sent me to, 27 mins later still no mobs.

[outzaidur]

Is anyone else having problems with guildleve mobs just.....not appearing?

Lost out on a new body piece I desperately needed (still using initial at rank 14) because 3 mins into the thing there were no mobs in the area it sent me to, 27 mins later still no mobs.

could be that they are above you on a mountain or below you in a cave.

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

Is anyone else having problems with guildleve mobs just.....not appearing?

Lost out on a new body piece I desperately needed (still using initial at rank 14) because 3 mins into the thing there were no mobs in the area it sent me to, 27 mins later still no mobs.

you sure they weren't above or below you? i've had a couple cases with mobs underground where the tunnel entrance is nowhere around the highlighted yellow circle

[Bockage]

Is anyone else having problems with guildleve mobs just.....not appearing?

Lost out on a new body piece I desperately needed (still using initial at rank 14) because 3 mins into the thing there were no mobs in the area it sent me to, 27 mins later still no mobs.

I had this happen last beta with the quest Annexing the Valley near Camp Skull Valley. The stupid bogey would never spawn, even at night like I assumed it would. I've been getting a few guildleves this beta that spawn mobs in areas players can't get to.

Also, RMT's are already spamming away in game. Every Aetheryte I go to has them shouting every 5 seconds ...

[miokomioko]

I had this happen last beta with the quest Annexing the Valley near Camp Skull Valley. The stupid bogey would never spawn, even at night like I assumed it would.

Pssst. The bogy was in a cave.

If mobs aren't spawning in the yellow circle, 99% of the time, they are inside a cave underneath you.

[Bockage]

Pssst. The bogy was in a cave.

If mobs aren't spawning in the yellow circle, 99% of the time, they are inside a cave underneath you.

There was a cave?! There wasn't any cave entrance near by. Must have been way the hell out there.

[supercoco]

been adding most of my points @DEX and STR and my stats (acc/atk/etc) didn't increase . Thought it was already implemented

[Niiro]

could be that they are above you on a mountain or below you in a cave.

you sure they weren't above or below you? i've had a couple cases with mobs underground where the tunnel entrance is nowhere around the highlighted yellow circle

I had this happen last beta with the quest Annexing the Valley near Camp Skull Valley. The stupid bogey would never spawn, even at night like I assumed it would. I've been getting a few guildleves this beta that spawn mobs in areas players can't get to.

Also, RMT's are already spamming away in game. Every Aetheryte I go to has them shouting every 5 seconds ...

Pssst. The bogy was in a cave.

If mobs aren't spawning in the yellow circle, 99% of the time, they are inside a cave underneath you.

Annexing the Valley was the leve I was doing, goddamnit.

[miokomioko]

It's in a cave.

Kidding.

But, the leve with a bogy on the checklist, whichever that one is, the bogy is indeed in a cave. I was confused for a bit on that one myself.

[Chrian]

it's in a cave south of camp skull valley , as I was killing moles and whatnot when people would randomly come in and kill it then warp out

[Grey Jorildyn]

It's really hard to say whats going to be an effective sub-ability without knowing how they're restricted. Almost all spells lose their AoE ability and are about 50% potency. As a THM, I don't see much use for anything I've gotten up to level 10 on Conj except for gimp buffs when a real conj isn't around.

There is a lot of utility in having Cure as a gladiator or any melee that has 2 action points to set it, even if it is half potency. It has saved my butt a few times. Not enough to be wowed but enough times to have made a significant difference between life and death in a solo situation. Pug has second wind, a comparable heal which is just plain awesome main job. As subjob it only heals ~100 at my level (rank 12 glad/15 phy), with a 90s timer instead of 60s, and it is totally worth the 3 AP to set it.

Of course, 2nd wind being tied into TP instead of MP gives it leaps and bounds more utility, but taking the abilities and placing them side-by-side, it isn't a huge stretch to see why Cure in sub is still decent for 12MP.

[Gokulo]

A pretty cool site: http://www.ffxivorigin.com/

[avelle]

I'm finally able to get revenge and I'm killing every dodo I see.

edit: And getting some decent shield skillups too!

[Kuroanagi]

Where can i buy higher rank axes? I went to Limsa Lomsina but to no avail.

[avelle]

Where can i buy higher rank axes? I went to Limsa Lomsina but to no avail.

I haven't seen any. Someone might start crafting them but goodluck finding them in Market Wards!