Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - Patch 2.2 26/03/14 · forum

Rantai

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Rantai 2013-08-08T14:58:18+00:00

Okay let's get it out of the way that I am completely aware of the original FFXIV thread. I wish for that thread to stay dead and separate (this is a completely different game anyway!)

FFXIV has fully released as of 27th August 2013.

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There also happens to be an official benchmark for the game that also has a character creation bundled with it so you can also screw around with that:

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark

This post here gives a complete summary of the game and systems: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=657017

Other Links and Stuff

General background and news: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/

Lodestone (main page): http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html

Account management: https://secure.square-enix.com/account/app/svc/login?cont=account

Pricing and other tid bits (note this is the NA version, other regions exist and may vary): http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/product/

Beta videos, sneak peaks and live letter streams: https://www.youtube.com/user/FINALFANTASYXIV

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What can I say? I quite enjoy this game (it has come a long long way from 1.0 launch) and am really excited for the release of ARR. I know a lot of people might have their reservations due to the original release but I'd say give it a chance before writing it off~!

I play a Lalafell female on the server Hyperion, if you happen to play be on the look out for Nonori Rereyl.

Just for note though: This game is P2P (beta is obviously free) - for those who it may concern.

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Justykanna

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Justykanna 2013-08-09T04:11:05+00:00

My brother, sister in law and I all bought the original FFXIV on the day of release and it had sooooooo much potential.
Then fell flat.
Character customization was really neat but...
Combat was so broken, UI was dumb, crafting was neat but needed another step, resource for teleporting was limited, no direction on what to do...
It had the right ideas.... but yeah... that didn't go.

I hope A Realm Reborn picks up well, though I'm not planning to obtain it.

Rantai

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Rantai 2013-08-09T07:39:01+00:00

Yeah, just about everything was overhauled with ARR. No more obtuse UI, lag is significantly fixed, no crappy fatigue system, teleporting no longer uses anima (gil now), actual end game content and crafting... well actually crafting got changed to a resource based mechanic (with cross skilling and hq mechanics still present.

To be honest the two are nothing alike.

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Ivalset 2013-08-09T09:29:08+00:00

I'll probably be playing on Leviathan for a while.

I really don't like the game that much, but it's something to do and maybe it'll become enjoyable by endgame.

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The only thing that matters is whether I win or lose in this game called life.

Justykanna

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Justykanna 2013-08-09T17:48:25+00:00

Rantai wrote:
Yeah, just about everything was overhauled with ARR. No more obtuse UI, lag is significantly fixed, no crappy fatigue system, teleporting no longer uses anima (gil now), actual end game content and crafting... well actually crafting got changed to a resource based mechanic (with cross skilling and hq mechanics still present.

To be honest the two are nothing alike.

I figured. I know not long after I quit, they sent out an email saying "we're changing our staff" or something like that.
It sounds like it should be a great game and I'm not doubting it'll do well.

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Zerostarry 2013-08-09T18:35:32+00:00

Square doesn't know how to make Lolis.

Lalafells are a sad excuse, but I really want a new MMO to play so i'll be on this ride

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Hika 2013-08-09T18:46:45+00:00

I've never played FFXIV, but I'm willing to try.

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Rantai

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Rantai 2013-08-10T01:25:59+00:00

Princess wrote:
Square doesn't know how to make Lolis.

But Lalafell are the cutest people ever D:

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Don't mind the lack of AA, beta broke it D:

Me, husbando and the extended family. Marriage is going to be fun~ (never figured out where the church is though...)

D/w, not creepy at all.

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Wishy 2013-08-10T17:16:01+00:00

Is this game worth even trying? Is it japanese only? Is there an english version (aka can I play the read w/o being able to read kanji?)?

Rantai

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Rantai 2013-08-10T17:33:57+00:00

1. I believe it is worth trying.

2+3. It is multi language. There is english, japanese, french and german for languages. You can even choose your voice acting language (cutscenes) separate to your text (for example japanese voices and english subtitles, french va and german subs etc).

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Zerostarry 2013-08-16T10:01:07+00:00

Ingame now on Cactuar server IGN: Kyouko Kasodani

Rantai

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Rantai 2013-08-17T06:45:05+00:00

Holy carbuncles everywhere, it's an ACN party in Limsa (then again I kind of expected that).

Also carbuncles are so cute ;~;

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Don't suppose anyone has tried pvp yet?

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Justykanna

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Justykanna 2013-08-17T07:18:20+00:00

Rantai wrote:
Holy carbuncles everywhere, it's an ACN party in Limsa (then again I kind of expected that).

Also carbuncles are so cute ;~;

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Don't suppose anyone has tried pvp yet?

Ha, they're always cute.

Rantai

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Rantai 2013-08-20T06:42:09+00:00

Whew well beta is over. Got myself to 20 arcanist and 10-19 to every crafting class (except weaver (50) ). It's a shame that there were so many server issues but overall I am glad that they were discovered during the beta and not during early access/release. Though I wasn't affected by them so lucky me. Apart from that though the game didn't seem to have any gamebreaking bugs but the difficulty of the game was far far easier than the previous beta. I'm assuming that low levels are supposed to be easy though but I can't make that call. PvP was hilariously broken (for good reason though).

That said I loved it, release is just around the corner, I'm excited! (Nono is too).

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As a side note I'm going to mess around with the first post with all sorts of random stuff (related), the joys of making the thread.

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Villani 2013-08-20T16:36:52+00:00

Princess wrote:
Square doesn't know how to make Lolis.

I'd disagree http://i.imgur.com/Bml0PHL.jpg :>

Anyone here from Europe going to play this? :p
I'm in a desperate need of people to play with D:

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Noobita 2013-08-20T19:10:04+00:00

played the beta and really liked the game... but the p2p model is really annoying me

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Rantai 2013-08-23T07:44:22+00:00

villAni wrote:
Anyone here from Europe going to play this? :p
I'm in a desperate need of people to play with D:

Hmm I'm not from Europe (though I have an EU account =.=) but if you're starting fresh you could always try to get on my server (Hyperion). It's an NA server but the EU and NA servers are all located in the same place anyway.

Only problem being that time differences could be a problem (but hey, at least you know someone right?). Our linkshell is open to any casual player as long as you're not a complete dick

Just a consideration~

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@Noobita - I think Yoshi-P gave a detailed reason why he decided to go with p2p and to be fair it's a lot better this way. Sure it might cost some money ($15 a month is not that big when you think about it) but it keeps the content production consistent and everyone is at an equal playing field (none of the pay to win stuff).

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wolfn 2013-08-23T08:27:27+00:00

I got hit with the 90000 error and later 3102 during the open beta, but I'm still looking forward to playing on pre-release.
Currently on Cactuar with the name Zefie Lycuria. I loved what I played in closed beta so I'm still pretty excited for it, despite not having played 1.0.

Rantai

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Rantai 2013-08-23T08:42:35+00:00

Appropriate I believe.

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wolfn

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wolfn 2013-08-23T10:01:58+00:00

Haha, I've seen that around somewhere. I'm not discouraged over it, though; I'm ready to make up for lost time in-game. As for the P2P, well, it is kind of expected, considering they made a game and announced one year later, "Okay this game sucks we're remaking it."

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Noobita 2013-08-23T23:57:30+00:00

decided to buy :S

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Starry- 2013-08-24T12:55:49+00:00

4 minutes left on the early access download ouo woo x3

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