Someone explain FFXIV reboot to me

[J1M]

According to the lead designer in an interview, the time spent up to level 50 is only meant as a tutorial.

Just like FFXIII.

 

[markec]

You can get beta key HERE dont know if its limited but I got one.

 

[J1M]

Facebook.

 

[markec]

Facebook.

Stop being so edgy, make a blank account and get the key, nobody is forcing you to write your feelings.

 

[Cynic]

I've never played an MMO before. Tried this out, seemed okay for a time waster. Will give it a go with my wife and see how distracted it can make her so I have time to complete a full playthrough of goldbox games in the mean time

 

[Ranselknulf]

Japandalf is the best part of the trailer

 

[J1M]

Facebook.

Stop being so edgy, make a blank account and get the key, nobody is forcing you to write your feelings.

Ha. I stood my jagged ground and now square emailed me a beta key even though I didn't sign up for one.

 

[Cynic]

I don't know why they are still sending out keys, the next phase is an open beta so presumably anyone with a SE account can download and play. My wife got hers a couple of days ago. Weird.

 

[Gerrard]

I just remembered this
http://www.gamesradar.com/final-fantasy-xiv-disappoints-stockholder-26-million-rage-quit-follows/
Truly he is a hero gaming deserves.

 

[Ranselknulf]

I'm still upset about this. I played FFXI at the time and was thoroughly discouraged after the release of FFXIV.

They even managed to ruin FFXI in their panic to make up for the failed FFXIV revenue with FTP nonsense...


My 1% stock I withdraw performed very well in the urinal cake business I will have you know.. getting pissed on has never been so rewarding.

 

[J1M]

I don't know why they are still sending out keys, the next phase is an open beta so presumably anyone with a SE account can download and play. My wife got hers a couple of days ago. Weird.

Yeah, it is pretty funny. The link in the email they sent me took me to the wrong region for the code they sent, and the correct region's registration site has a note saying it was shut down 5 days before they sent me the key.

I also found the FAQ for the beta, where a question was "hey, the beta key you sent me looks too short?". Answer: "yes, the key is missing two digits. sucks to be you".

Do we have an emote for :japanese game development

 

[Drakron]

Oh come on. I register and not only it had extremely annoying password rules nut also it cannot find my email, if I type my email instead of user name it doesn't recognize it.

Its like amateur hour at Square Enox.

 

[Ranselknulf]

Just be glad they aren't using POL

 

[Cynic]

Yeah it's fucked Japanese cannot into web applications or simple authentication rules.

 

[J1M]

Just be glad they aren't using POL

Yeah, but I remember being able to log in with play online.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

This explains everything

Spoiler

 

[Cynic]

Played the whole way through the beta. This is my first MMO and I'm having a pretty good time with it. The combat gets a little more challenging at around level 15. I chose a mage and the system has some nice little differences to it to keep it interesting for an offensive magic user.

Will most probably purchase but not sure how long I will play for.

 

[Cynic]

So I have purchased and will be playing this at least for the first month which is free. Got it cheap over at GMG.

Any codexians playing?

 

[caveat]

Yeah I'm playing for the first month, got the game as a gift so I feel obligated to try it out. I'm on the midgardsormr server.

 

[Cynic]

I'm on a JP server.

Have had a bit of fun with this game. I can understand why MMOs ruin people's lives now, this shit is fucking vast. There's just too much shit to do, it's overwhelming. But a lot of it is boring tedious stuff.

The story is actually not so bad. The quests have a lot of stupidly written dialogue that I pretty much skip through at some point, and I never do this in games. Most of the time what they have to say is totally useless.

It looks really good though, the graphics are pretty excellent for an MMO. Music is also nice in parts especially in Gridania.

The combat fucking sucks though. I chose a Thaumaturge and all I do is click the same skills over and over again. I swap between fire and ice when my MP is low, and I use AOEs when there are lots of mobs. THAT'S IT. All you do is spam shit until things die.

It's fun to explore dungeons with a party but the monsters have so much HP bloat that you're just sitting there spamming the same skills through the whole dungeon for like 30 minutes. These things should take half the time. The only way you're ever going to be in trouble is if your healer fucks up or your tank is a moron.

At this point I'd say the best thing it has going for it is it really feels like a final fantasy game. And not this shitty Nomura influenced teen angst FF that we have in all the main games now, this feels like classic shit. That feeling alone has kept me interested so far, but I most likely won't play past the 30 days free.

My buddy tells me all MMOs are a bit like this until high level, is that true?

 

[Ninjerk]

Then they're like that some more.

 

[Cynic]

How the fuck do people play these for years on end? I guarantee that after a while this is going to feel worse than work.

 

[Ninjerk]

How the fuck do people play these for years on end? I guarantee that after a while this is going to feel worse than work.

Because you can BE SOMEONE in an MMO, unlike real life.

 

[J1M]

False sense of progression. Social ties. It is one of the few coop experiences where you can fight boss battles with significantly different mechanics in each fight.

When I played WoW, it was simply because my friends and I could not find that type of gameplay in another genre.

 

[Damned Registrations]

I was interested in WoW for a while because of the potential for interesting boss battles. The top end raiding stuff, especially early in the expansion before everyone is geared and the bosses get nerfed, are really difficult. But I didn't get to do any of that shit myself and quit of boredom with the endless boring grind.