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From what I've read, the end game of FFXIV most certainly doesn't cater to WoW players. To see the big bads and get the great gear, you're going to have to play well.
I meant that ever since the end of BC, WoW has severely dumbed down its end game for people whining that they don't get to see all the content if they're not skilled enough. WoW went completely off the rails when "epics" became as common as greens. I LOVED the hours and hours I had to put in to get that original dungeon .5 set. It made accomplishments and time invested actually worthwhile.
I can't stand LFR. It trivializes the accomplishments of players with actual skill. If I'm good enough to down a raid where mechanics actually come into play, I'd rather not look exactly the same in armor/weapons than some kid who just mashed 2 buttons for a couple hours to get the same reward in a slightly different color and a few iLvLs lower.
WoW (with the exception of heroic difficulties) is becoming a very, very casual game. I mean hell, they're gonna put in a cash shop pretty soon.
But this is derailing the thread. To each their own about how they like the game to play out. I just hope FFXIV doesn't go the way of WoW, and from what I've read from the designers, it won't.
Oh, and aren't there at least 4 gear tiers at launch? White, Crafted, Dungeon (Aetherite), and Unique?
Shit, it’s hard to know what to say. There’s a lot I find cool about the game that may or may not answer your questions…
On gear, from what I saw in the low level dungeons, there are some nice non-tradable unique pieces that you can only have one copy of that drop. I got a piece of level 15 gear in a dungeon that was better than a piece of level 20 gear I had gotten from a quest. I’m assuming it will be like that throughout the game, and it’s nice that people have a reason to redo dungeons.
There’s also the materia system, which from what I can see works as a gear customization and gear sink system at the same time. Every piece of gear has a “spiritbond” level that goes from 0 to 100 every time you wear it while fighting/crafting/gathering. Once it’s at 100%, you can turn it into materia (once you’ve done the story quest that gives you that ability) which can then be inserted into gear with materia slots.
For customization, there are just dyes at the moment. I played with that a bit and it was nice to have the option of making my guy look like less of a hobo with the low level gear. At the moment I don’t think it’s all that detailed, but who knows?
High level stuff? No idea. I don’t think they’ve said anything beyond “we will have some high level stuff to do”. There was mention of a tower, or some such, for high level raiding I think.
In terms or building your dude, you can level every job on your one guy and then use abilities from other jobs that you’ve leveled in a different job by slotting them into additional abilities. For example, I could level Lancer to 4, get Keen Flurry which gives me parry+ and then use that when I’m tanking as a Gladiator as an additional ability. Or level Conjurer to when I get protect and … well you get the idea.
You also get bonus points to distribute yourself every few levels, but that looks to be a “pump it into this stat” thing like you mentioned.
As for jobs vs. classes, your understanding is pretty much correct from what I understand for what we’ll have at launch. I’m sure they’ll be adding more jobs eventually because, come on, we don’t even have Thief, Red Mage, Samurai, Ninja, ect.
I think I read somewhere that some high level jobs may require you to have two classes leveled to a certain point, but nothing’s been confirmed.
That’s all I’ve gleaned from my time in the beta, I’m sure someone else can fill in anything I’ve missed. But there’s so much other shit that looks cool like the companions, buying a house, buying a freaking airship and so on.
http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comments/14m0eq/great_labyrinth_of_bahamut_crystal_tower/
Getting the PS3 version will come with 30 days. Can't apply the PC version to a pre-existing PC account anyways.
Used to do the same thing killing Viscous Clots in Bibiki bay for the Clot Plasmas. Ah, the memories.
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The PC version doesn't come with 30 days?
Hmmmmmmm
I mean, it's not as if I need the PC client...
You can't stack PC codes
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Greg and I both already have FFXIV accounts from 1.0, so we can't just apply a new account to it
This is pretty much what I did. Since I get the PC version free I pre-ordered the PS3 CE for the goodies, and in the off chance I want to play it on the PS3 down the line if I happen to be using my computer for something else at that moment.
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Thanks guys, see you in ... Eorzea? Is that a thing? Whatever, I'm in.
This is very interesting, especially the bits about the labyrinth
Both dungeons don't seem to be standard "raids" like the other instances are. They seem like they have unique mechanics and will continue to be updated for over a year adding supposedly a "huge" number of bosses with each episode.
Also the labyrinth is accessed in multiple ways in different locations across the world, probably related to the spikes that came out of dalamud.
Also there will apparently be very hard light party and quests content, so thats good!
Awww crap, have I screwed myself over then? I have a v1 account but I preordered the digi pc CE version, so uhhhhh uhhhh. Am I pretty much just gonna have to register a new account, or is there any way to apply it to my current account? Ugh I don't know what to do!!! I want early access, I want the CE goodies, but I'd like to keep my guy instead of make a new account. Craaaaaaap need some advice/help
Oh and I have the enjin site set up for the most part. url, site name, and the header and such are placeholders until we get teh actually company name settled, but I figured we could all go hang out and flesh the site out a bit. wang.enjin.com
I just make random noises... mreh
We are looking for ideas to improve the site and other suggestions. It's a work in progress so any feedback will help.
Wow. That is incredibly busy. I'd suggest getting rid of the hit counter, shoutbox, and Group Pay box. Also, I don't think you need notifications on the front main page everytime something happens.
Check nostalgiafc.com for a much cleaner look.
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Pretty much. The only thing "cleaner" about that second one is that it has a solid color background. Other than that it's almost identical in terms of layout.
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The things I use the most before the game comes out will be forums and chat. Once games come out I'll be using the event calendar a lot as well
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But it's not presenting such a large amount of data (most of which is irrelevent). You don't need to constantly know that stuff on your front page. Look at the information presented instead of how many boxes there are.
EDIT: Also it looks like someone cleaned it up almost exactly in line with what I suggested.
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They have a digital upgrade to CE thing that they have been offering
Also note that this is from FFXI, not this game, though Yoshi_P has, AFAIK, said that he plans on having a shit ton of jobs from FF history, so they should be in eventually
Yea, tried but I can't refund my prepurchase so I'm not gonna throw 40ish dollars away. Whats 15 lvls anyways in the end? 4 or 8 hours? I'll just do an all nighter or something meh
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Link please.
EDIT: Found it...
http://imgur.com/xmNFzmP
Also that a lot of the torments of DRG got hammered out after populations started to diminish, when I leveled MNK I didn't have much trouble due to there being plenty of folks piling through all the 1-25ish spots. But you're right, assuming you didn't screw up DRG didn't have a lot of trouble in the early levels. It was after Crawlers Nest that DRG became a real disaster. Not only did we suffer from all the troubles that Transporter listed, we hit the problem the MNK had with Crabs; Our weapons damage type sucked, and our skill chains sucked. Better have your two snipers rings ready at 40! At least my fingers felt fancy.
I got my god damn purple armor. That's all that matters.
Edit; Also every DRG has had way too long to sit and think about what was wrong with DRG and why they refuse to level something else. Every DRG has these exact rants contained in his or her soul.
Edit 2; Wait a second.. Did you say... Everyone on their mother? I'm intrigued.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
Sucks that people who bought the CE of V1.0 don't get early access unless they pre-order it on the PS3.
Apparently it's from an Australian game store, so that's on them rather than Squeenix.
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My terrible uncreative mind will probably come up with a name before then as well.
People who have the CE of the original get the 2.0 CE, but not the Pre-order goodies. You guys have a fun seven day head start.
Where does "Anime Linkshell" come from? Is that some sort of inside joke I'm not getting?