Final Fantasy 14 (FFXIV)

Shaneoh · 21-06-2014 10:17PM

jaxdasher wrote: »

Summer holidays being here, I thought I'd waste it away on this game. Anyone here on the Odin server to help out a nub sometime?

I just transferred my character to Midgardsormr with a couple of friends but still don't find myself logging in as much as I did in 1.0! Crazy world!!

How is everyone enjoying the game at the moment? Was hoping for news of the expansion from E3 but it was not too be!

Just in case anyone missed this at E3 though! Coming in patch 2.4 (probably sometime around October I'd imagine!)

I can't post video's it seems but anyway! Go to Youtube and type in FFXIV Ninja

TheBandicoot · 22-06-2014 04:06PM

Still playing, like all games it is fun with friends. I have fun just doing my roulettes, raiding for a couple of hours, helping people with stuff, and completing the Zodiac books in my free time. It will only get better as time goes on.

TheBandicoot · 08-07-2014 07:39PM

Trying to download patch 2.3 on UPC and it is insanely slow, 14 hours remaining for a 1.5GB download. Anyone else having problems?

MarkJD · 08-07-2014 09:36PM

got mine earlier no problem

Shaneoh · 09-07-2014 02:01AM

Got mine no problem as well an hour before servers were meant to go online

TheBandicoot · 09-07-2014 10:18AM

Fair enough. It eventually took about an hour and a half, it sped up as it went on. Bad peering somewhere between UPC and SE I guess- I have had experiences in the past where certain downloads just operate at a crawl for some reason.

Great post-patch excitement buzz on the server last night. Only had time to do the new ST- the bad attitudes were fully out in force, and I still don't fully get the mechanics but it seemed fun enough, just really really easy- there was almost no damage to heal and all our wipes came from 1hko! I'm also not sure what the longterm point of doing ST is for someone in my position who is already i99- is it just grinding for a weekly sands/oil of time?

Shaneoh · 09-07-2014 10:42AM

Me and a group of friends went into ST last night and we wiped on the first boss along with everyone else in the alliance. Then guess what popped up, "vote to leave instance"

Haha people are so stupid, someone left when it failed. Second boss, died again. Exact same thing. Killed him second time.

Same for 3rd as well. What is peoples issue with dying in raids these days. If it isn't a speed run it is not worth it lol.

It is a fun dungeon and is easy to heal.... unless everyone is standing in the crap haha.

TheBandicoot · 14-07-2014 03:44PM

Fan Festival in London on Saturday 25th October, tickets €80 on sale this Thursday 9am to active subscribers(you should get an email on Wednesday), 31st July general sales.

Was considering going(will see what my FC members are doing, most of them are in the UK anyway), but I'm not hugely familiar with the logistics of a trip like this- was thinking fly out on Friday, book a hotel for Friday and Saturday nights, spend Sat at the event and Sun seeing sights/visiting Forbidden Planet, etc etc, fly back Sunday evening? What's a good price for that kind of trip?

TheBandicoot · 17-07-2014 12:05PM

Got my ticket today. Apparently the VIP tickets sold out almost instantly. Wasn't too interested in getting one myself, got a standard.

VampiricPadraig · 17-07-2014 12:08PM

TheBandicoot wrote: »

Got my ticket today. Apparently the VIP tickets sold out almost instantly. Wasn't too interested in getting one myself, got a standard.

I got in at 10:00 and got my VIP ticket. When I went back to the page after I payed, it said that the tickets had sold out.

Apparently, it only took 8 seconds for the VIP tickets to sell out.

TheBandicoot · 17-07-2014 12:11PM

Congrats so!

MarkJD · 17-07-2014 12:50PM

Nice one lads! Hope you guys enjoy it. I got two tickets for the Vegas show. US forum i post on one of the users who has a NA account wanted to go the UK show so we swapped codes. Moving to Vancouver in a few weeks so will be a handy flight.

Dont think there was any VIP tickets for the US show so im sure that will be great. Looking forward to seeing some pictures etc.

Regarding the game its just completely bad timing for me on 2.3 have no time to play for about 4 weeks now with the move and sorting everything out so im completely out of hte loop and behind. Hadnt beaten T8 to that point and tehre is so much more content now. Seems daunting for when i return.

How are you guys finding some of the new stuff? Any of you in a US FC or has some groups that run at PST times?

Shaneoh · 18-07-2014 10:30PM

I'm in a US FC but we are EST (well I'm not but whatever) and we are super casual! Kinda only do stuff once a week and haven't even looked in at Coil yet!

Barrythe chopper · 20-07-2014 11:18PM

Hey guys does anyone ever use the map chat in FF14 I play guild wars 2 also and the map chat does be alive it makes it fun but in FF14 I find its not used at all much. How come? and am i missing something?

Shaneoh · 21-07-2014 01:31AM

I never use Map chat, sometimes /shout but rare enough. I think people in xiv like to talk in /say or in guild chats more than anything else. At least that is my experience!

TheBandicoot · 21-07-2014 10:19AM

No, everyone talks in linkshells and FC(guild) chat. /sh and /y are really only for recruitment, asking for a res, announcing hunt marks, that kind of thing. TBH most players would find it irritating to have their chat log spammed by a lot of zone chat and would tell you to take it to a private channel.

As for why? Guess it's just the game design, you don't need to talk to randoms out in the field. If you need a party for an activity you can use DF or PF.

Barrythe chopper · 21-07-2014 10:33AM

TheBandicoot wrote: »

No, everyone talks in linkshells and FC(guild) chat. /sh and /y are really only for recruitment, asking for a res, announcing hunt marks, that kind of thing. TBH most players would find it irritating to have their chat log spammed by a lot of zone chat and would tell you to take it to a private channel.

As for why? Guess it's just the game design, you don't need to talk to randoms out in the field. If you need a party for an activity you can use DF or PF.

Do you not think that make the game which is an mmo kinda lonely there are lots of people playing it any time i go to a city its swamped but it just feels like its empty when you see no in game chat

TheBandicoot · 21-07-2014 10:42AM

Barrythe chopper wrote: »

Do you not think that make the game which is an mmo kinda lonely there are lots of people playing it any time i go to a city its swamped but it just feels like its empty when you see no in game chat

Doesn't feel lonely at all to me, there are always at least 30 people chatting away in my FC, 7 or 8 of us on TeamSpeak, I can jump into pretty much any dungeon in less than 3 minutes and play with other people.

Eoin247 · 18-01-2015 12:00AM

Anybody still playing this here?

I joined about a week ago on the free trial and upgraded within a few days. I'm loving the story and graphics in this game, I've never felt so immersed in an mmo before. The combat seems a bit lacking, but that's only because I came from wildstars action combat.

I'm on the Cerberus server if anybody else is on it.

VampiricPadraig · 18-01-2015 12:04AM

Eoin247 wrote: »

Anybody still playing this here?

I joined about a week ago on the free trial and upgraded within a few days. I'm loving the story and graphics in this game, I've never felt so immersed in an mmo before. The combat seems a bit lacking, but that's only because I came from wildstars action combat.

I'm on the Cerberus server if anybody else is on it.

You probably haven't hit 50 yet on your main class and you won't get all your abilities until then. I haven't played WildStar, so I can't comment on the combat of that game.

I'm also on Cerberus. I mainly log in to chat and help a couple of newer players out with a few things. I'm Crakila Fors'ee. Drop me a /tell if you need assistance with anything.

ArthurG · 18-01-2015 02:20PM

Still playing and going strong. A series of massive patches coming out then the first expansion in late Spring. Just started levelling a ninja, loving it.

MarkJD · 21-01-2015 09:20PM

Still playing here. I moved to Midgardsormr after being on Excalibur. Needed to get into a PST timezone. Currently progressing through Turn 13 hopefully have it down in the next week or so.

Game has lots to offer from casual to weekly raid clears. Plenty of ways to gear up etc. Patch looks great. Shame a group of us arent on the same server

NoviGlitzko · 30-01-2015 02:24AM

I'm on an American server 'Sargatanas', which is grand 'cos it's full of English speakers and it runs smoothly on that server. This game is great. Currently maining Paladin, and will be giving Dark Knight a go when Heavensward drops. Can't wait for Triple Triad.

@Eoin: The gameplay at lvl50 when doing the extremes & coil's of Bahumut is very demanding, but it's edge of your seat kinda stuff. The gameplay is outstanding.

Eoin247 · 01-02-2015 05:19PM

After hitting 50 this week I can say that the combat and fight mechanics does improve towards the end game and I'm having a blast! Haven't been this into a game since my early days of wow back in 2007/2008.

I'm very disappointed that I can't participate in housing though as it has always been one of my favourite aspects of mmos. The cheapest plot of land on my server is about 12,000,000 Gil, I don't know how I'm ever going to have enough money for that

Sephiroth_dude · 01-07-2015 09:02PM

Anyone get the expansion?

Sephiroth_dude · 02-07-2015 11:02AM

I never even reached 50 in the original game o_o

Noxin · 02-07-2015 11:24PM

I resubbed before the expansion even came out having never hit 50 either.
Bought the expansion too.

Started a character from scratch and very much enjoying it actually. Only around level 30 on the main but having good fun. Will keep it going for a while yet seeing as I've quit wow.

Kiith · 06-07-2015 12:25PM

Bought this for €8 over the weekend, with 30 days play time, and enjoying it so far.

Can you really level any class, with one character? How does it work? I'm lvl9 Lancer now, but can i just switch to a White Mage whenever i feel like it (assuming i have the gear and unlock the class)?

Ivan · 07-07-2015 12:44AM

Essentially yes. You get to level 10 I think, and then do some RP quest for that class and bam. Job done! There are also some cross-class skills and "prestige classes" that use secondary and tertiary class skills. Of course... you've probably figured all of this out by now.

Noxin · 08-07-2015 11:17AM

Yup as Ivan said. Hit level 10 on your main and you're free to do whatever you want.
There are plenty of quests to help get you through it. I've only done storyline quests for the last 6 levels as I was way ahead having done so many sidequests. Now I'm skipping them to save for alt classes.

At level 10, do your main class quest. Then they give you the option to be whatever you want. Visit any class guild and ask to join. Problem solved. They'll give you an initial quest and some basic gear. It's a good idea to hold onto some gear for this reason as you level. The armory bags are great for this.

You might not be able to get to some cities at level 10 for some of the guilds you want. Just keep doing the story and the airship will become available to you shortly after.

If you do run out of quests, do leves. Easy way to grind levels.

Final Fantasy 14 (FFXIV)

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