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Krellis
 Post subject: Re: Ready for Phase 3?!
PostPosted: Fri May 10, 2013 9:15 am 
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Bahamut looks sort of like a fat lizard and t-rex mix... the wings look like an afterthought...
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OMG!!!!!!

I can't see Bahamut or Odin (blocked at work) but the rest of the pics look awesome.

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 Post subject: Re: Ready for Phase 3?!
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Lol Bahamut is supposed to be the king of dragons but also always the most retarded looking of all of them in any FF game. Oh well, his artwork looks bad but he looked rather awesome in the end of an era trailer.

I kinda feel bad for Limsa. The other two cities look really beautified, but Limsa more or less appears to be the same. It's rather gray and colorless. I kinda feel like its the Bastok of 14. Personally, I'm ok with that (Bastok was my homeland as well) but I'm afraid a lot of players may turn their noses up at it.

I wonder what changes were made to the battle system aside from tweaking the global cool down timers? Or if anything was changed beyond simply that.
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 Post subject: Re: Ready for Phase 3?!
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lol I actually like the way Limsa looked in these pictures. Uldah is the city I never liked, and still don't. I'm sure i's partially because I was forced to spend so much time there since Uldah is everybody's favorite town.

I'm also from Bastok and agree LL relates the best out of the 3 towns.

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Krellis
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I like Grid the best, reminds me of Windy. I really hated LL and the surrounding areas in 1.0, but these screenshots make it seem better.
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The cities are looking nice and Odin looks like a zombie and bahamut..looks overweight I hope those are not the final concepts >.>

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I like Limsa for it's red banners. haha. I got my chocobo from Limsa, due to that. And any sort of city-based choice, if it involves the color red, I'll be picking Limsa.

I thought the surrounding areas of it looked nice. And I liked the music around Ul'dah, even if the town was dull. Gridania, as a town was decent, but the shroud really made me sad. I started off in Grid, thinking that'd make a good choice for a mage char, or whatever. Guess it really doesn't matter, though.

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I almost wanted to go with Limsa for the red stuff, but I didn't like being there at all. I figured anything related to the company probably wouldn't be the best items to use forever so it doesn't matter too much.

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i always thought limsa was the best looking town and had the best looking surrounding lands. i thought it was obvious they spent more time creating it compared to uldah and gridania. i started in uldah because i thought it would be the least populated since it's kinda dull and ugly.

but now that they've revamped everything, who knows...

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The Armoury Board is now the Armoury Chest. As previously speculated, it looks to be a completely separate equipment-only inventory. You then drag items from here to your gear sets. That way, the item can be in multiple gear sets.

You can also see the "content finder" too. Looks like it shows all the quests you haven't done and/or know about and you can tick them as stuff you want to do.
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I love the idea of having gear sets, especially being able to share an item between them.

I'm pretty excited about phase 3, but I've been doing so much in Minecraft lately, and I've lost a ton of weight. One of the three things will have to give in a few weeks. I'm really hoping it won't be the weight loss. haha

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Character Creator got some upgrades:

- Much larger color palette.
- More tattoo options (stars, chocobos, lines, full face paint).
- New hairstyles.
- Long hair options.
- Sliders for sizes instead of Small/Medium/Large.
- Extra size customization (ears, more?).

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/335

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Getting in Character
May 17, 2013

Hey guys!
Fernehalwes here.

We've received a two-tonze truckload of feedback on character creation since the alpha test, and from what I saw in today's build, much has changed since then. If you thought there were a lot of options before, wait until you see all the new ways to customize your avatar, including...

An extended hair color palette, plus a plethora of playful tattoos.
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Several new hairstyles for men...
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Several new hairstyles for women, including...OMG! Long hair options! And is that a SLIDER on the right for ear size!?
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And a slider for height!? What else could there be a slider for!?!??
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And purple whiskers!? And purple eyes!?
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And OH MY GOD MY EYES THE RED IT BURNS!
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Get ready to let your imagination run wild!

Fernehalwes.
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Ketrebu
 Post subject: Re: Ready for Phase 3?!
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 8:43 am 
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Also, Live Producer Letter coming up at the end of the month. Sounds like they might be revealing the release date as well as talking about beta.

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl ... b23364b993

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is our pleasure to inform you that the seventh installment of the FINAL FANTASY XIV Letter from the Producer LIVE is scheduled to air on May 30, 2013, from 6:00 a.m. (PDT)! During the broadcast, Producer & Director Naoki Yoshida will be answering various questions from fans the world over. Be sure not to miss this opportunity to hear the latest information straight from the minstrel's mouth!

Date & Time

May 30, 2013, from 6:00 a.m. (PDT)

URL

YouTube Live URL:
* URL will be announced at a later date.

For viewing on smartphones, iOS 5 or greater is recommended.

How to Submit Questions

Prior to the live stream, questions will be accepted in the designated thread on the official forum.

It is also possible to ask questions during the live stream. To do so, please follow the official FFXIV Twitter account (@FF_XIV_EN) and send tweets containing the "XIVLive" hash tag.

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Beta test and the official release

Questions will be forwarded to Naoki Yoshida who will attempt to field as many questions as possible, and to the best of his ability.
* Please note that the audio will be available in Japanese only.

To Our Alpha and Beta Testers

In accordance with the non-disclosure agreement, we request that you do not ask any questions based on information that could only be obtained by those who have played the Alpha or Beta Versions. This includes test specifications, technical details, developer comments, and so forth.

Those of you who are unavailable to view the live broadcast, never fear! All the questions and answers will be posted on the official Twitter account in real time. Furthermore, a Q&A summary will be released via the official forums shortly thereafter.

That's:
  • US: 6:00am PDT (9am Eastern, 8am Central)
  • EU: 13:00 GMT (2pm UK time)
  • JP: 22:00 JST

Yeah it's pretty early, and it's only in Japanese, but they usually show off some stuff (last time it was the housing zone and limsa) so it's sometimes worth a watch. There's usually some guys from the official forum trying to translate it live too.
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 Post subject: Re: Ready for Phase 3?!
PostPosted: Fri May 17, 2013 5:45 pm 
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Ridere wrote:
I love the idea of having gear sets, especially being able to share an item between them.

I'm pretty excited about phase 3, but I've been doing so much in Minecraft lately, and I've lost a ton of weight. One of the three things will have to give in a few weeks. I'm really hoping it won't be the weight loss. haha



You should just play ARR with us and be fat like me haha I do need to lose weight also 8-[

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 Post subject: Re: Ready for Phase 3?!
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haha. I'll be playing it. Just have to find a balance.

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Just work out for 15 minutes a day, that's only 1% of your day. You'd be surprised at what you can do if you use that time every day for fitness. It doesn't even need to be intense for you to feel better overall.

Also, while I like the plethora of options we are getting for character customization, I feel very uneasy about the people that go full retard when they make characters and what kind of abominations we can expect to see.

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Ulgokiem sounds like the name of an anal STD. Why anyone even listens to that douche bag is beyond me.

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Ketrebu
 Post subject: Re: Ready for Phase 3?!
PostPosted: Wed May 22, 2013 2:47 pm 
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PS3 version.

Note that a bunch of the images have been upscaled to some odd resolution, which is why the image quality looks low. Not saying the PS3 version doesn't look worse, but upscaling it to 863p doesn't exactly help it. Compare the first three to the last one (at full size, you can click em) and you'll see what I mean. It's not too bad for 2006 hardware.











Also, the tank sucks. No enmity in any screenshot.
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Krellis
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PostPosted: Wed May 22, 2013 3:23 pm 
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Yikes... at full size those look like shit. Wonder how long its gonna take to start hearing how PS3 is holding back the graphics like PS2 did for ffxi.
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Yarr
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Yikes... at full size those look like shit. Wonder how long its gonna take to start hearing how PS3 is holding back the graphics like PS2 did for ffxi.



I dont think we need to worry about that with FFXIV since the PC version was built first.

Its really coming along well. Mikey was down for the weekend (Talisin got married) and for the life of me I couldnt convince him to start playing casually. With Mikey there is no such thing as a casual MMO.

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I have the same problem as Mikey ( or at least we share this one). i tend to be either "fully on" and spend 4+ hrs 6+ days a week on an MMO or I quit it entirely. I don't think i've ever played a MMO casually. Either I enjoy it a lot and want to play nonstop or I'm burnt out and just fulfilling my raiding/guild obligations until I decide to actually quit.
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Wasn't the main problem with the PS2 storage space, moreso that graphics quality? I know that FF11 wasn't at the bleeding edge of graphics, due to PS2, but it still looked decent. I think they did a good job making things look quite pretty with a "lower end" graphics engine, compared to other games.

I'd be fine with FF14 always looking the way it does right now. What I don't want, however, are 5 expansions where "new" zones are just slightly different versions of existing zones, so that they can save on space, and lack of tons of new and exciting armor/weapons/other things that take up space. That was my biggest gripe with the PS2 limitations issue.

I really don't think that'll be a problem wtih 14 (Fingers crossed) Not with GB of storage on even the smallest PS3's.

Edit: And Dmitry, I do 90 minutes of cardio a night right now, and 3 hours a day on the weekend. haha. So cutting it down to 15 minutes a night is one of my concerns. At least not until I get to a maintenance weight. That's probably a few months off. But I got the Rocky theme going, so I'm sure I'll do fine. Having a PS3 in my room with the exercise stuff helps, too. I can just rock ARR on the PS3.

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Honestly, all PS3s can have their hard drives upgraded to a larger one. I understand that may be beyond most people's capabilities, but that shouldn't limit FFXIV at all considering there are still 20GBs out there somewhere and it's still being made for it.

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Ridere wrote:
I do 90 minutes of cardio a night right now, and 3 hours a day on the weekend.

nice! i am doing 30min now and have been for about 2 weeks. still haven't noticed a difference yet. how long does it take to feel progress?

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