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Title: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on August 19, 2013, 08:14:04 pm
Anyone else been playing?  Open beta just ended, next weekend is early access.  I managed to get Gladiator and Conjurer to level 20 by Saturday night, started Pugilist and then the 3102 bug got me.  Couldn't log in the last couple days.  The game was playing great up until that point, no disconnects/latency issues.  They added some new quests since last beta and leveling was much smoother to 20... I never felt like I had to look for content.

Took a screenshot after getting some cool low level robes for my Conjurer class:

(http://i1229.photobucket.com/albums/ee465/Varkias/ffxiv_08172013_215200.png) (http://s1229.photobucket.com/user/Varkias/media/ffxiv_08172013_215200.png.html)

Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on August 19, 2013, 10:40:54 pm
I've been playing FFXI and plan on doing a lot of stuff in that that I couldn't do before. But I'm really tempted to get on the FFXIV wagon... especially after I read about Summoners (fav class). It'll more that likely be a while after launch before I hop over tho.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: ffxik on August 20, 2013, 01:50:06 am
The HUD is definitely more cluttered that FFXI's I saw the pic and was all like, male Mithra.  With the way this is designed it feels as though FFXI was nothing more than an extended beta.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on August 20, 2013, 12:47:26 pm
The HUD is customizable, I've added a bar and increased the size of the chat window.  My mumble window is up as well.  There are lots of options if you wanted to clean up the UI.

There are a lot of similar details to XI but this game still feels very different.  There should be tons of fan videos on youtube next week once the NDA is lifted.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on August 20, 2013, 02:14:35 pm
Wait... that's a male Mithra?

I would have expected them to be more... I dunno... masculine.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: ffxik on August 20, 2013, 10:43:20 pm
Wait... that's a male Mithra?

I would have expected them to be more... I dunno... masculine.

I believe it goes by another name in XIV.  For all intents and purposes though they lifted the PC designs straight out of XI.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on August 20, 2013, 11:03:53 pm
Wait... that's a male Mithra?

I would have expected them to be more... I dunno... masculine.

I believe it goes by another name in XIV.  For all intents and purposes though they lifted the PC designs straight out of XI.

That's true, all the races are back but called by different names.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: ffxik on August 23, 2013, 03:26:31 pm
On a side note I just realized that the Miqo'te is gender specific like the Mithra.  That being said.  Is it just me or does it look like she has a goatee.   :(

Blargh  I need to get better info.  The site I checked didn't even list the male Miqo'te or the female Roegadyn, which looked nothing like I  figured it would.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: soera on August 23, 2013, 03:45:03 pm
I think it should be illegal to post pics of any cool looking MMO on the forums Im on! Im having withdraws already and I keep seeing stuff about DQX, Elder scrolls online, etc and now to see FF XIV stuff is making it hard too. :P

On another note, I think I may know one of the people that has a message on your screen. I recognize a first and last name :o
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on August 23, 2013, 07:18:13 pm
I think it should be illegal to post pics of any cool looking MMO on the forums Im on! Im having withdraws already and I keep seeing stuff about DQX, Elder scrolls online, etc and now to see FF XIV stuff is making it hard too. :P

On another note, I think I may know one of the people that has a message on your screen. I recognize a first and last name :o

That's funny, in the chat window or in mumble (voip client)?  I'm excited for DQX too!  I wish there were more hours in a day :/
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: soera on August 23, 2013, 10:04:41 pm
In the chat window in the bottom left corner. I used to play EQ with a guy who named himself Artemis Enteri. Unless thats a more common name than I realize.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on August 24, 2013, 12:13:05 am
Enteri is a pretty important character in R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt Do'Urden novels.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: soera on August 24, 2013, 12:38:31 am
Ahhh a D&D novel reference. That could explain the name. It may not be the person Im thinking. :)
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: ffxik on August 25, 2013, 03:56:44 am
In the chat window in the bottom left corner. I used to play EQ with a guy who named himself Artemis Enteri. Unless thats a more common name than I realize.
Enteri is a pretty important character in R.A. Salvatore's Drizzt Do'Urden novels.

A human assassin who was the only one to ever really go toe toe with the Drow.  I'm fairly sure that character is long gone now though. 
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on August 26, 2013, 08:32:21 am
A human assassin who was the only one to ever really go toe toe with the Drow.  I'm fairly sure that character is long gone now though. 

Not to mention, He cut off two of Regis' fingers, as bait for Drizzt. He's actually a still around, despite the Forgotten Realms timeline getting fast forwarded something like 100 years.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on August 26, 2013, 05:57:31 pm
Early Access has been pretty miserable for Legacy servers at least.  The servers are just so crowded they are having all kinds of issues.  I'm hoping things settle down soon.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: ffxik on August 27, 2013, 01:56:57 am
A human assassin who was the only one to ever really go toe toe with the Drow.  I'm fairly sure that character is long gone now though. 

Not to mention, He cut off two of Regis' fingers, as bait for Drizzt. He's actually a still around, despite the Forgotten Realms timeline getting fast forwarded something like 100 years.

Really?  Even after the time line jump.   ::)
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on August 27, 2013, 09:58:37 pm
Something about his vampiric dagger and siphoning life force out of a Shade, made him age less quickly?

I dunno, I'm like 7 books behind....
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: ffxik on August 28, 2013, 03:26:07 am
Something about his vampiric dagger and siphoning life force out of a Shade, made him age less quickly?

I dunno, I'm like 7 books behind....

Last ones I read was The Hunters Blade trilogy.  I am genuinely clueless.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: Seikenfreak on August 28, 2013, 06:07:37 pm
I've been playing a ton since Early Access started. I love the game. PS3 CE just arrived today. But I'll mainly be using the PC version.

My guys name is Silverware Utensilius and I'm on Sargatanas.

(http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u351/SeikenFreak/ffxiv_08252013_045144_zps2ed20822.png)
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on August 29, 2013, 12:59:53 pm
Awesome name, I like it!  My legacy character didn't get played much so I started over.  I'm on Excailber leveling my Whitemage.  Content is finally get harder, I ran Haukke Manor last night.  I'm excited to start gearing for endgame, another week and I should be 50.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on August 31, 2013, 09:40:29 am
Well, my buddy bought me a copy of FFXIV and says he's gonna give it to me the next time we meet up. So it looks like I'll be joining the fray soonish.

Already know I'm going w/ a Lalafell, and I'm really looking forward to leveling up and unlocking Summoner!
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on September 03, 2013, 09:48:16 pm
So my Lalafell (Still want to say Taru) is named Hayadi Hoyadi and I'm currently on Shiva (EU)... because that was the only server I could get onto last night. Eventually, unless they offer character migration in the near future, I'm going to have to reroll on a different server so I can play with my buddy that gave me my copy.

I'm only level 4 and haven't gotten any new gear yet. This is from the Lodestone character pages.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21697512/hayadi.jpg)
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: teck on September 04, 2013, 01:35:44 am
I picked this up, but haven't even turned it on yet....  I'm thinking I should do it soon, but with so much hub bub around the stability of the servers right now, I will likely just wait and fiddle with Diablo 3 for a while....
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on September 04, 2013, 09:48:58 am
They just did a server upgrade last night. I'm not sure how well it fixed everything, I'll find out tonight when I go to play.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on September 04, 2013, 12:54:18 pm
I picked this up, but haven't even turned it on yet....  I'm thinking I should do it soon, but with so much hub bub around the stability of the servers right now, I will likely just wait and fiddle with Diablo 3 for a while....

The servers are super stable, they've just had to implement login restrictions.  Which I'm hoping last nights emergency maintenance has fixed. I managed to hit 38 on my White Mage and ran Brayflox a few times.  The dungeons have been getting better and better as far as difficulty.  I can't wait to hit 50 and start some crafting, probably alchemy me thinks.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on September 04, 2013, 04:17:48 pm
What server are you on V?
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on September 05, 2013, 03:42:20 pm
What server are you on V?

I'm playing on Excaliber
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: teck on September 08, 2013, 11:35:10 pm
I think I'll pop on by Wednesday or so....  I'll likely join a server that is popular here then....  Excalibur so far, any other winners~?
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: varkias on September 09, 2013, 12:37:31 pm
I think I'll pop on by Wednesday or so....  I'll likely join a server that is popular here then....  Excalibur so far, any other winners~?

Excaliber is one of the Legacy servers, any of the four legacy servers is going to be extremely high population.  I'm not sure about the standard US servers.
Title: Re: FF XIV A Realm Reborn
Post by: scott on January 20, 2014, 01:40:00 pm
FINALLY hit level 50 on my Summoner. Took me a long time, since I don't have a lot of gaming time currently. But the ending of the main story was pretty sweet.