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[FFXIV] Old HW launch thread
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I know they discussed the naming convention, but nothing else.
Edit: And "somewhat depressing"?
Okay.
Did you mean to post something?
Edit: Seriously, go look at it in the benchmark. Only way it could be more ridiculous is if they just straight up had a seizure.
Well, you've given us nothing to reference, so...
EDIT: Eh, found it through unique poses. It's no worse than any of the other dances.
It's just ... bleh. And i thought the standard catboi dance was bad.
Tested on: 4/28/2015 12:20:30 AM
Score: 9596
Average Frame Rate: 76.136
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 1.546 sec
Scene #2 5.724 sec
Scene #3 5.234 sec
Scene #4 4.813 sec
Scene #5 4.571 sec
Scene #6 1.906 sec
Total Loading Time 23.795 sec
That's with all the bells and whistles on, plus dx11, windowed at 1280x960. Better than I thought I'd do, to be honest; I usually drop to high on some settings to keep framerate steady.
Also those floating islands look cool as hell, and smooth transitions from ground to flying while mounted, and fucking sky whales what the shit
I need this. I need it in my veins.
Now playing: Teardown and Baldur's Gate 3 (co-op)
Sunday Spotlight: Horror Tales: The Wine
Who thought that was a good idea? I can only imagine it has something to do with the face structures maybe being modified by the geometry of the the different horn types, but it still seems like something that could be fixed? I'd be silly to make people choose a face or horn they like and then live with whatever face or horn goes with that combo by default.
So, YESSSHHH!!! First pony get and its the one I want the most!
Also, gonna craft me up some levin barding the second i get on tomorrow! Fun times!!
Played around a bit with the new benchmark, I have the same chief complaint as Corehealer. REALLY hoping the other 'half' of the Au Ra customization has everything to do with horn/scale combinations and that they have individual options/sliders. Was all set to do a drakeboy and I might just go Hyur again for start of expansion. Still, soooooo much hype!!
XBOne | LyrKing
PSN: BrightWing13 FFX|V:ARR Bright Asuna
Tested on: 4/28/2015 5:44:56 AM
Score: 15735
Average Frame Rate: 122.122
Performance: Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.
Loading Times by Scene
Scene #1 2.411 sec
Scene #2 10.658 sec
Scene #3 5.199 sec
Scene #4 5.064 sec
Scene #5 4.252 sec
Scene #6 2.210 sec
Total Loading Time 29.797 sec
Soooo pretty...
I remember having fun with the game back when it (re-)launched, but everyone I knew ended up migrating back to WoW. Me thinks it's time to give it another shot.
When asked why the Au Ra females were so strikingly different from the males YoshiP said it wasn't so much an artistic design choice, but more like they crunched the numbers and their data showed that a very small percentage of their player base actually played female Highlanders or Roegadyns and the vast majority (of those who played as a female character) were Miqo'te or Midlanders. So instead of making the female Au Ra of similar build to their male counterpart they made them more like Miqo'te/Midlander females since doing otherwise (as their numbers showed) would be kind of a waste of time/resources.
So they have a perfectly logical, if somewhat depressing, reason.
I mean, 7'4" isn't bad, but still.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
That just gave us permissions to leave ourselves without a penalty. Thanks ya jerk healer.
They have the lore up on the heavensward page for both types.
Too bad it is still April.
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/topics/detail/e89960163f11c7edf625e3f72266b9015679b848
"During the campaign window the FFXIV Community and Operations teams will select up to two hundred (200) winners. Winners will be selected based on overall creativity and originality. Winners will be awarded one (1) “Scarf of Wondrous Wit” in-game item."
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But that would insinuate the Dragonwaifu's had a chance of winning.
(Dragonwaifu's fo LYFE tho)
I've been out of the loop for almost a year (i.e. about 5 months after ARR hit). My old main was a Paladin, but was wanting to change things up and start fresh. If I was looking for a nice mix of ranged DPS and support for groups, what jobs should I be angling for now?
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Bard is good at both. Range DPS and can play songs to boost magic damage, MP recovery, or TP recovery.
Very important question, do I get some swank-ass hats?
~ Buckaroo Banzai
The swankiest!
Sold!
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Yes, I know the game is still playable. I want my graphic fidelity to be as good as possible with as little hitches as possible; this IS a Final Fantasy game.
Amon's hat is the best.
Wish it came with the mask though. (or is that his face?)
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
You can /visor those glasses to raise or lower them.
Definitely a more garish color scheme than I'd use, but I do want that hat.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
I would bet 90 million dollars that YoshiP fought for swole badass DragonGirls but got shot down by his team because swole don't sell and the pop numbers lean HEAVILY...like, disgustingly so, into "MOAR CATGURLS".
"They were stuffed into tiny barrels at the age of six, stunting their growth. "
Hah, no.
The lore does mention that despite the Au Ra's dragon-esque features, the fact that the Au Ra females are so much smaller than the males suggests that they are not actually related to dragons at all. :razz:
That has zero relation as to if they're related if you look at the countless cases of sexual dimorphism.
It was mentioned earlier in the thread, why, from a developer's standpoint they're different sizes.
But no, pretty sure they're not supposed to be dragon-kin.
On the Heavensward promo site, under the Lore section for the new race:
The reason cited is because sexual dimorphism does not exist within the Dragon race (Or at least not in the way it does in the Au Ra), which is why the scholars find it suspicious that such a difference exists in the Au Ra, to them this suggests they may not in fact be descended from Dragons.
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Sauce on the dragon size bit?
Strange things happen in crossbreeding.
If you look at Delphi's quote (which makes it weird that he agreed with you), dragon females are the same size as their male counterparts, not larger.
You said size had no relation to the idea that the Au Ra were descended from Dragons because there was such a thing as sexual dimorphism. Axen was referring to the specific passage in which case the lore calls out that the size difference was a reason that scholars believed they may not be descended from dragons.
You are now switching the argument to the irrelevant point about whether female dragons are larger than male dragons.
The point stands that in the official lore it is believed that the Au Ra may not actually be descended from dragons in part because of the size difference between the sexes. Axen may be incorrect on his mention that female dragons are larger than males, but that is irrelevant to the original point being made. (which is why I agreed with his post)
Now, we should also note this is simply what some scholars believe on the subject. Whether or not the Au Ra actually ARE descended from dragons or not is still unconfirmed, all we know is the that in the established lore of the game, there are scholars that believe they may not be, largely based on the size difference, and the fact that Au Ra "horns" are sensory organs, which is not the case in Dragonkind.
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But from a gameplay standpoint I'm wondering what will set them apart from White Mages and Scholars.