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Open Beta is Go. Roll Wutai if you can get in. Page 70+ for good links [FFXIV]

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    just got my code, entered it and added service. woot.



    then I go log in and it gives me a lobby connection error. /wrists

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  • AkaneKajiAkaneKaji Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I've been getting the server error message for the past 3 hours :3 is there any other option besides the magical F5 key? I'm hoping the open beta key's aren't that limited. Wanted to play this ever since I stopped FFXI ^^;

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  • willis17willis17 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    For those still looking to get a beta key:

    https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/login?cont=ffxiv_beta_ap&ret=https://secure.square-enix.com/enqt/e/FF14OBTENTRYJP/html&retl=ffxiv&retu=http://entry.ffxiv.com/&lng=en&rgn=na

    That's the link to get to the registration site. It will bypass much of the server error bs.

    Small note: Not too long ago I registered a key using firefox throughout the process, so I'm not sure what that is about.

    Edit: I'll look in to it further, but all I had to do was keep on refreshin'! Keep at it I guess...

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  • DelphinidaesDelphinidaes FFXIV: Delphi Kisaragi Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Huh. there appears to be a keyboard settings menu now, with options for keybindings.

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  • Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I was able to get in, spend a good 20 minutes creating my character (was working on a Highlander, but decided he didn't match my look too well, so I went for basic trailer guy), and was able to enter the actual game world inside the ship.

    But the perfectionist in me decided to log out so I could configure the graphics and 360 controller. Also, the mouse movement seemed janky and overall crap.

    But now I can't log back in. I can sometimes make it to the title screen, but once I hit "Start Game" I get a server error.

    WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME!?

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  • DemonStaceyDemonStacey TTODewback's Daughter In love with the TaySwayRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Well I'm getting server lobby errors BUT just getting there was enough to confirm that my sweet set-up works.... Drag my PC to the middle of my room and play the game on my 42" TV as opposed to the 19" monitor.

    Even posting on here looks fantastic! Now with the 360 controller as well everything just feels right.

    I'm just gonna have to avoid any girls coming over here... and if they do plan to do some quick re-arranging. Man this is an ugly set-up!

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  • AkaneKajiAkaneKaji Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Thank you for the link, apparently the Server Error message was a ruse >.<; the one you gave says that they have suspended FFXIV applications for the beta test. ;_; 3hours of F5 for nuffing. Thanks though, least I can stop pressing this key, I think it's about to fall off...

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  • Greg USNGreg USN Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    i love using this gaurdians favor stuff

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  • sidhaethesidhaethe Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    "Service Unavailable (Busy)"

    At the link given :(.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Anyone else having trouble getting on?

    Ah well, at least I know it works. 8-)

    Edit: I take that as a "yes".

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  • kyleh613kyleh613 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Managed to log in finally! But I got a error message about the lobby and it went back to my desktop.

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  • AkaneKajiAkaneKaji Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    The server error page is apparently under maintenance >.>; Now I have an uneasy feeling of having to wait until the 22nd...

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  • Greg USNGreg USN Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    i knoe its first night but the UI seems MUCH less laggy

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    So i take it I just have to keep clicking the Apply for Open Beta button and hope for the best? Like being the 11th caller?

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  • Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    kyleh613 wrote: »
    Managed to log in finally! But I got a error message about the lobby and it went back to my desktop.

    That's what's currently plaguing me.

    I'm seriously bummed. I was actually IN the freaking game, had a chance to play and everything, but I had to go and log out.

    I bet the fucking thing starts working at some bullshit hour when I'm sleeping, and once I get up everyone will have already run around the world three times and got all the cool equipment. Story of my life.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited September 2010
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    So i take it I just have to keep clicking the Apply for Open Beta button and hope for the best? Like being the 11th caller?

    That's what you have to do if you want to see a message that says: "Error: Applications for the FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test have been temporarily suspended. Please wait until we are ready to accept new applications and then try again."

    I can confirm that it's still doing that, if you manage to get in, as of 12:15AM CST

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  • MrVyngaardMrVyngaard Live From New Etoile Straight Outta SosariaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Yeah, I seem to be stuck with the Lobby Connection Server has Encountered An Error.

    Oh well, Beta!

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  • mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Sleep time for me. :(
    [IMG][/img]Fuck.jpg

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  • TurkeyTurkey So, Usoop. TampaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Damn, not even reinstalling makes that stupid exe file appear. I tried an older version's, but it doesn't boot.

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  • Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    mastrius wrote: »
    Sleep time for me. :(
    [IMG][/img]Fuck.jpg

    That's a cool Persona theme you got for Firefox.

    Oh wait....Persona.....on Firefox Persona....I get it!

    Ha, ha...ha.

    (checks server again)

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  • SilvenSilven Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    You know what would be nice

    If maybe the game told us what keys do what.

    No chat command instructions, no hot key info whatsoever.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Monoxide wrote: »
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    So i take it I just have to keep clicking the Apply for Open Beta button and hope for the best? Like being the 11th caller?

    That's what you have to do if you want to see a message that says: "Error: Applications for the FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test have been temporarily suspended. Please wait until we are ready to accept new applications and then try again."

    I can confirm that it's still doing that, if you manage to get in, as of 12:15AM CST

    I'm getting Server congestion error pages. Nothing about suspended applications.

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  • kyleh613kyleh613 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    at leas the music at the game menu is very nice. :>

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  • kyleh613kyleh613 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Silven wrote: »
    You know what would be nice

    If maybe the game told us what keys do what.

    No chat command instructions, no hot key info whatsoever.
    11v041d.jpg

    These are seriously horrible controls though, not even kidding.

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  • Feels Good ManFeels Good Man Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    new error message! it tells me that I don't have ffxiv service when I log in. even though I have an email from them that tells me I do.


    progress! ... ?

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  • mastriusmastrius Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    mastrius wrote: »
    Sleep time for me. :(
    [IMG][/img]Fuck.jpg

    That's a cool Persona theme you got for Firefox.

    Oh wait....Persona.....on Firefox Persona....I get it!

    Ha, ha...ha.

    (checks server again)

    An excellent joke. Now I stab myself.

    Now that that is done...! To bed with me.

    Maybe in the morning they'll all be gone all proper like and I wont have to sit here for two more hours so I can just say fuck it and stop thinking about it for 20 more days.

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  • MrVyngaardMrVyngaard Live From New Etoile Straight Outta SosariaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    I was VERY impressed by the opening cutscenes though. Since it's pretty much the same damned engine the game runs in.

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  • VampireCactusVampireCactus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    50001 A FINAL FANTASY XIV service account is required to play the game. Return to the login screen and access the Square Enix Account Management System to create an account.


    WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT

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  • MrVyngaardMrVyngaard Live From New Etoile Straight Outta SosariaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    50001 A FINAL FANTASY XIV service account is required to play the game. Return to the login screen and access the Square Enix Account Management System to create an account.


    WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT

    Did you go into the S-E Management System and input the key they sent you in the email after you were accepted? You need to create the account for the open betatest there.

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  • Professor SnugglesworthProfessor Snugglesworth Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    50001 A FINAL FANTASY XIV service account is required to play the game. Return to the login screen and access the Square Enix Account Management System to create an account.


    WHAT IS THIS BULLSHIT

    I got that a couple of times. Just exit out and try again.

    The game will toss every kind of error message imaginable, but the good news is that none of it is your fault.

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  • VampireCactusVampireCactus Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    MrVyngaard wrote: »
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    Did you go into the S-E Management System and input the key they sent you in the email after you were accepted? You need to create the account for the open betatest there.

    Yes. I had already started up the game when this happened. And had already gotten to character creation the first time I managed to get in the game. I just tried again and got some lobby error in the game.

    SO MANY hurdles to get through.

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  • DelphinidaesDelphinidaes FFXIV: Delphi Kisaragi Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Silven wrote: »
    You know what would be nice

    If maybe the game told us what keys do what.

    No chat command instructions, no hot key info whatsoever.

    Or you could open up the config in game and go to Keyboard commands? Whole list of them there and you can even change them!

    Yeah, keybinding is in.

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  • MrVyngaardMrVyngaard Live From New Etoile Straight Outta SosariaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    MrVyngaard wrote: »
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    Did you go into the S-E Management System and input the key they sent you in the email after you were accepted? You need to create the account for the open betatest there.

    Yes. I had already started up the game when this happened. And had already gotten to character creation the first time I managed to get in the game. I just tried again and got some lobby error in the game.

    SO MANY hurdles to get through.

    Yeah, their system is getting kicked in the balls pretty hard. I might just call it a night and wait until tomorrow morning. I suspect the lobby error might be something we have to wait for them to clear so we can login again.

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  • kyleh613kyleh613 Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    S-E manages to fix one thing, only to break a few other important steps in order to get players online and playing. Hopefully all of this will be sorted out by tomorrow morning.

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  • DelphinidaesDelphinidaes FFXIV: Delphi Kisaragi Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Login seems to be working again

    *Edit* Scratch that, just stopped again.

    I think i'll wait for tomorrow as well :)

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  • MrVyngaardMrVyngaard Live From New Etoile Straight Outta SosariaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Perhaps the OP should be updated with the more relevant info on what servers people have created on so far and if we've got some kind of guild structure recreated? Could help when things get more coherent on S-E's end.

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  • TurkeyTurkey So, Usoop. TampaRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Can someone PM me a copy of the ffxivgame.exe ? I'd rather not redownload the entire thing again just because a single file got corrupted.

    Edit - Thanks Prof. Snuggle

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  • jogernautjogernaut BisonopolisRegistered User regular
    edited September 2010
    kyleh613 wrote: »
    Silven wrote: »
    You know what would be nice

    If maybe the game told us what keys do what.

    No chat command instructions, no hot key info whatsoever.
    11v041d.jpg

    These are seriously horrible controls though, not even kidding.

    They should've hotkeyed the journal,stats and inventory before giving hotkeys to camera control.

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  • SilvenSilven Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    jogernaut wrote: »
    kyleh613 wrote: »
    Silven wrote: »
    You know what would be nice

    If maybe the game told us what keys do what.

    No chat command instructions, no hot key info whatsoever.
    11v041d.jpg

    These are seriously horrible controls though, not even kidding.

    They should've hotkeyed the journal,stats and inventory before giving hotkeys to camera control.

    This. So much this. I'm so used to PC games hotkeying every possible command (inventory, reply to tell, switch to party chat, open journal, open stats, etc) that the complete lack of any of those commands is killing me.

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  • LeoniusLeonius Registered User regular
    edited September 2010
    Got a key using my phone on my break a few hours ago....five hours till I can plug it in and get a client dl going.

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