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

[sruon]

Exit into Thanalan (forgot which gate), then try to come back in Ul'dah at the zoneline, should give you a "Duty calls" menu.

[Lithiani]

uh i did this thru 6 years of ffxi, thats not really the problem tho i would like my arrow key camera back.
i use numpad and havent had any problems control-wise, with the exception of arrow key camera.
The only real problem is lag which will hopefully be alot lighter once they take out the shit thats collecting info for beta

The camera follow in XI is a LOT 'floatier' feeling and follows much more comfortably. If you run directly at the camera in XI, it'll rotate around behind you fairly quickly. Not so in XIV - and the difference is a bad one.

Arrow key cam would make the difference between two-hands and one hand for basic navigation.

Which is why I don't use the arrow keys. The mouse makes it much much easier. Actually been very comfortable with that aspect. Was worried it was going to suck ass after all the complaints before. But I'm sure its not exactly like it was before.

The mouse is an unresponsive, chuggy POS. In addition, mouselook and keyboard move = 2 hands = bad

[Kaelan?]

I liked using Circle Blade, as when I had excess TP it was a nice thing to spam killing a Thistle tail and the such, but these bastards come up to you and stare at you like you're the most amazing thing they've ever seen in their pathetic existence and take AE damage. Even when you do look, and turn for maybe 2 seconds, they are there. They are there.

^ This

God, I fucking hate whoever wrote the passive AI for most of the god damn mobs. There were a couple guild leves where I swear to god these 2 goats had me on /follow. I engaged my guildleve mobs (which were in groups of 3, fairly weak, low HP mobs - i.e. the ideal for AoE attacks) and wherever I pulled them these two freaking goats that had nothing to do with the leve would follow me. I'd run till I nearly lost aggro on the leve mobs and the damn goats kept running after me, and staring me in the face while I was fighting.

It keeps happening to me with the Ul'dah leves, and it's really annoying on Marauder.

I swear at one point I nearly yelled "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME" at my screen. /nerdrage

It has been brought up many times that you can avoid certain enemy abilities (like the marmot TP move) by stepping to the side or something, how exactly do you do that? Like do you have to unlock your target and run 2 miles to the side or what? Because when I'm fighting (and locked to the target), it doesn't seem to work if you just move to the side of the mob when the ability is loading/being launched, as the mob just turns my way and launches it's move without any problems.

So is there a certain timing or such on this? Stupid question and it might just be me sucking for many various reasons but I've tried it like fucking many times and never succeeded.. and yeah I've tried it just on the abilities that have been mentioned here.

I think it's also different depending on the mob, and the range is kinda sensitive at times. The new burrow attack they added on moles, for example, you can dodge by just running away from it. It's probably just a coincidence, but I tend to only dodge it when I run not too little, but not too much. Just enough time to run back, turn around and wait for a second or two. I also noticed they sometimes surface where they burrowed and sometimes they move underground and sort of follow you in the direction you were going for a bit. It looks like it's probably a timing thing.

[DeathbySnoosnoo]

The camera follow in XI is a LOT 'floatier' feeling and follows much more comfortably. If you run directly at the camera in XI, it'll rotate around behind you fairly quickly. Not so in XIV - and the difference is a bad one.

i always ran places in first person, then popped into 3rd when i got there, so i dont really have that problem, mouse is slow still but i never used it in ffxi and dont want to on 14 either, tho have had to a couple of times due to crappy targeting which seems to have problems right now in first person view

[tri]

Got used to the UI and mouse now. My mouse hand never leave the mouse. I configured a side button of mu mouse to emulate "num-" which brings up the right menu. It's much more enjoyable now.

[Biggie]

Does anyone know if the Ul'dah starter mission is bugged? I got to the point where you are supposed to escort the NPC, and I cannot find her. The note says that she's at the northern gate, and after having walked around numerous times she is nowhere to be found. I didn't realize the missions gave so much gil, otherwise I would have reset right away

I had to run back and forth through the "zone" a few times before the quest popped for me.

[Lithiani]

i always ran places in first person, then popped into 3rd when i got there, so i dont really have that problem, mouse is slow still but i never used it in ffxi and dont want to on 14 either, tho have had to a couple of times due to crappy targeting which seems to have problems right now in first person view

I really dislike 1st person in MMO games - it lacks the illusion of peripheral vision

[Gokulo]

I noticed getting a message that the "newly equipped item now fits comfortably". Maybe there's a connection?

Items have now things like favors and suits so the stats they show only are applicable if you equip it on the proper discipline.

[Biggie]

I swear at one point I nearly yelled "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME" at my screen. /nerdrage

LOL Thank you for this, put a nice smile on my face this morning. I know what you mean, it is very annoying. It wasnt a problem in the last phases because your aoe would not hit mobs outside of the leve, I got a nice surprise my first leve when I got aggro from two noisy coblyn.

I really dislike 1st person in MMO games - it lacks the illusion of peripheral vision

Same with me in every other MMO besides ffxi and ffxiv. Just as the other person said, first person for mevement and 3rd person for fighting and such is the way to go. Fuck the mouse and wasd. There is just something about FF's first person that I enjoy and makes travel so much better for me.

[Null]

The mouse is an unresponsive, chuggy POS. In addition, mouselook and keyboard move = 2 hands = bad

Understandable. If you ever feel the need to crank one off in the midst of an instance it could become quite a hassle.

[fussel]

New patch incoming. Launcher Patch, red window.

[Alderaan]

Can we move with the mouse yet?

[Mathematics]

patch stuck at 94.6% again >.>

[Cayos]

Also stuck at 94.6%, and so is a friend.

[Kurokikaze]

lol the patch to stop all the frozen updates is... frozen.

Use utorrent to bypass it, took all of 10 seconds.

[Gokulo]

Seriously, the stuck at % should be bannable or something. That's so interesting, especially since the fix is right there on this forum.

[Hyan]

Thank god for utorrent <3

[Gokulo]

Also, there is one launcher patch and one game patch. Both less than 5mb.

[sruon]

I'm uploading it on mediafire as usual, but ffs, the fix is simple.

Launcher patch (Red) : http://www.mediafire.com/?cixiefam2f79h19

Game patch (blue) : http://www.mediafire.com/?agsfh4ajz2xgs5n

[Elcura]

Hey guys, it's stuck, what do I do?!