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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Topic Started: Jun 28 2013, 11:27 AM (5,196 Views)
Bazza
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Alright, dudes?
I got a beta invite for FF14 today and spent about 4 hours playing it. I was quite impressed with it. It does have a very WoW feel to it and it doesn't really offer anything new or groundbreaking, but for a standard MMO I was enjoying myself.

My only criticism so far is there doesn't seem to be much customization in terms of stats or talent trees. I may be wrong though, I only got to lvl9 before I had to stop.

If anyone else has the beta and wants to play with me, I'm on the Cactuar server with the username Bazza McMahon.
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Scarrio
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Roll for Initiative
I've been messing with it since the start of Phase 2 and it's not too bad. I think most of the customization really comes into play when dealing with combining job abilities as you level multiple ones up. Seems like there is lots to do. I don't have a lot of gaming time these days but it's nice seeing an MMO where I can jump on for an hour here and there and feel like I did something.
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Brodehouse
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YEAHYEAHYEAHYEAH
I'd like to try it. I haven't got into any MMOs since SWTOR. That was fun.
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Bazza
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Alright, dudes?
I actually got recognised in game by some guy. He asked me when I was going to add Jotaro to VGCW.
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Mettool
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I played slogged masochistically through the majority of v1.x for a couple of months last summer. So when I heard that 1.x players were going to be able to participate starting at phase 3, I jumped right on that.

So I've been playing for this and the past weekend and I am still in disbelief at how much they've improved this game. Any stories or reviews you may have read about 1.x's flaws truly didn't do it justice, as the game was originally such a train wreck that you had to see it to believe it. But almost none of the flaws of 1.x have remained (crafting still needs some work), and everything flows just spectacularly. I'm really looking forward to seeing the game's reception at launch.

Although I gotta say that running around doing mandatory Level 1 quests with my imported Level 50 character has been rather awkward. :king:

EDIT: Since the NDA is partially lifted and screenshots are allowed, Here's a few screens I took
Edited by Mettool, Jun 29 2013, 04:57 PM.
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Genericaster
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Will you guys be playing the game on release? I wouldn't mind attempting a dungeon with the rest of you guys.

Also, the best way you can tell that this is a Final Fantasy game? Play the Ul'Dah main story. Fucking silver-haired Mary Sue.
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Bazza
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Alright, dudes?
I'll probably get the release version. Maybe. Hopefuly we can all start a guild together. So far I havn't had anyone to play with. The guy who recognised me when I was playing before told me I made my character on the server that /vg/ use, so he invited me to their guild. I left a few hours later after seeing how terrible they all were in the chat.
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RurouniGeo
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I was really really hoping for an English version of Phantasy Star Online 2 to happen. I've been playing on the Japanese servers off and on and its fantastic and unique. But if that doesn't come Westward FFXIV looks pretty legit from what I've seen.
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BelmontLegend
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Furious Dancer
I will certainly be playing it as well. While it took more WoW attributes, it still feels like a FF MMO to me. I loved playing the Lancer and we definitely should organize a guild together. That would be sweet!
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Genericaster
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A new beta period has just begun. Apparently, this one's going to last a bit longer, until the devs are sure that the Duty Finder is working.

If you betabros are interested, maybe we can group up and suck at our classes hit stuff until they die.
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Mettool
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I'd be down for Beta-ing it up with you guys. I'm kinda looking to reroll at launch anyway since all my old LSes are dead.

Won't be home to play for another 6-ish hours, though.
Edited by Mettool, Jul 5 2013, 09:42 AM.
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Atrkl
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#RiseAboveFate
I'd love to play but I've been getting the same error for the past 3 beta times and am unable to play. Ugh.
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Genericaster
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... and apparently, I was wrong. Beta period's going to be standard length. At the time it was announced, there was no end for the period. Shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.
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Scarrio
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Roll for Initiative
I should be picking it up at launch and will probably play it regularly but probably pretty casually. I've been very impressed on how much they have fixed from the awful that was 1.0.
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Mettool
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Next beta test starts tomorrow and will last five days. Even though it's all gonna be wiped afterwards, it'll be nice to be able to play for such an extended period of time.
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