FFXIV Random Speculation/Question Thread XI: "How you liking that Beta Phase 5?"

[Hyan]

Standard is pretty nice now. Wait doesn't seem to do as much as it did before though? Meh, placebo probably.

[miokomioko]

They made it how it should have been.

Standard has higher success and average progress/quality
Rapid has lower success and high progress/low quality
Bold has lower success and low-progress/high quality

Just spam Standard for crafting leves now.

[Ayarel]

They made it alot harder now that even success can make you lose 10+ durability...

I had these nice examples already. 3 fails in a row, I lost over half of my durability. It's pretty much impossible to get that craft done afterwards when even success on standard loses so much durability. I guess I'll have to skill up blacksmithing to 10 to get Maker's Muse... Blinding Speed is useless now.

[TStupified]

I think Kashuan just crashed, or is it just me?

[Jintu]

I think Kashuan just crashed, or is it just me?

World Server down, so yes!

[TStupified]

World Server down, so yes!

5sec before the r0 someone got a lucky synth of Bronze Haub as lvl18 Armorer, wonder if he lost it, lol.

Would be ironic after all the shout celebrating.

EDIT: Whoa, I got put in login queue. I guess there has been shit loads of new players coming to Kashuan today cause it was a 1 chocobo server til like yesterday.

[Nekoteko]

Any word on when Selbina server opens up for new characters yet?

[Gadritan]

Bleh. I couldn't create a character on the account with the goggles registered, and couldn't register the goggles on my primary account. Have to wait for them to send me a new registration code for the goggles

[miokomioko]

I had no problem registering goggles on my one account...


Note: you apparently cannot trade equipment to people that isn't 100% durability.

[Ruin]

Does anyone know when or if they will open a certain server certain up again so my friend can play?

And what is the deal with the buddy pass? Can I use that to get 1 friend on my server?

[Nekoteko]

Your friend can borrow your copy of the game to install it and then use the buddy pass as a registration code.

[dubs]

Is it just my imagination, or have they nerfed/broken crafting even more?

Before maint the worst fail I ever saw on rapid synthesis was 2% progress/-12 durability, now I'm failing and getting no progress/-20 dura. I've seen no progress gain on standard/bold before, but even with fails I always got at least a little on rapid.

Oh, great, they did nerf rapid, hopefully standard is worth using now.
"Fixed an issue where synthesis was prone to failure due to the effects of basic synthesis actions (such as "Standard," "Rapid," and "Bold") not working correctly.
-As a result of an adjustment made to the basic synthesis actions, using "Rapid" commands will incur a higher loss of durability and using "Standard" commands will incur a lower loss of durability."

Sucks too, I had been treating crafting like in OB where standard was the way to go. That is, up until yesterday when I realized I could power through just about any craft with Preserve/Blinding Speed and rapid spam.. now rapid seems even worse than bold..

[Sephiroth]

I've noticed that when doing DoL the crystal you get almost every time is the element that's highest in your stats. I thought I'd split my points between fire and wind so I'd get roughly 60/40% fire/wind shards, yet since fire points passed wind I have got no wind shards logging, just fire and a few earth. Likewise, before fire passed wind it was almost always wind shards. It's a shame you can't distribute points based on how much you need certain elements.

[TStupified]

Nice fuckups happened after server crash, my friend lost everything from his bazaar (about 200k) and the bazaar does not work at all anymore. The guy who bought a hauby from me lost it and I lost the money obviously and didn't have the mats anymore in my inventory. The guy who sold me 3 undyed canvas had those 3 undyed canvas back on him again, the weird thing is though, I had those 3 on me as well.. so they duplicated.

Fucking weird shit.

[miokomioko]

Garlond Goggles are definitely +10% skill points earned. No idea if they stop at Rank-10 or scale like the others though... A static +10% wouldn't even be broken if they never stopped working.

[Sephiroth]

I'm sure they'll stop at 10 like the other items.

By the way, do the shoes still work on a character after rank 10? I get the Quickened icon but does it still apply?

[miokomioko]

I'm sure they'll stop at 10 like the other items.

By the way, do the shoes still work on a character after rank 10? I get the Quickened icon but does it still apply?

If the goggles stop at Rank-10, they are kinda' crap. Look awesome and I like the stats better than that fucking redonkulous looking helmet.

Yeah, the shoes work after Rank-10. I was running around Mistbeard Cove with them at Fisher-11 and Pugilist-14.

[Ruin]

Your friend can borrow your copy of the game to install it and then use the buddy pass as a registration code.

Well my friend lives far away. He bought the game tho, can he just install it and use my buddy pass as code and he will get on my server even if its "full"?

[Nekoteko]

Well my friend lives far away. He bought the game tho, can he just install it and use my buddy pass as code and he will get on my server even if its "full"?

I think it just works as a normal registration code would, so no. :\

[Eragon]

They gonna reopen some servers or keep them like it is?