Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

[cidbahamut]

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Finally got in today and then I regretted it. The interface makes me want to strangle kittens and the fact that they buggered up both camera control axes and then tied it to other functionality is unforgivable. The battle system was unintuitive during the tutorial session and the interface prevented me from reading most of the tutorial.

In FFXI it took me 3 minutes to figure out how to walk, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that in FFXIV it took me 3 minutes to figure out how to successfully engage and attack an enemy.

I'm about to write this whole thing off as an utter design failure and settle back into FFXI for the long haul.

[MrMageo]

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has anyone found how to search for people yet?

[Bricklayer]

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ok, so i picked up a local leve for carpentry, and i have to go to some camp other than bearded rock, but the leve doesn't have a "map" button to find the camp. anyway, this is not a major gripe, just an inconvenience. also, the leve recommends carpentry rank 5. does that mean i should use botanist to get some logs, then raise carpentry through planks? or, is there another type of leve that would be good for lvl'ing carpentry?


edit: wait, i think i know the answer. i've already done eight regional guildleves, so i have to wait 48 hours before i can do more (e.g. job-specific guildleves), right?

[DakAttack]

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Their downloader sucks. They should make it a little easier for us to use our own torrent software.

And, I wouldn't mind being able to read the patch notes while I update. All they have to do is load in a small web page.

[TheGrandMom]

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I can think of a few people I wish would volunteer. lol

[Aksannyi]

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Okay, who wants to win the Darwin award and try it out and videotape it for me? XD

[Yellow Mage]

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But how exactly does water beat lightning?

Dropping a toaster in a bathtub should, indeed, be lethal to all present within the bathtub. But just try using the toaster again afterward.

[Malacite]

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Why did they go and change the elemental properties? I mean come on, doesn't it make more sense that water extinguishes fire? -.- That's just confusing, dammit, after so many years of playing XI and learning them one way, they went and changed them? That's so stupid ...

Not just XI, but virtually every other fucking RPG ever. Except FFX, where Ice & Fire were opposed as were water and lightning - the latter making no god damned sense whatsoever. At least when Ice melts it creates some water and/or steam. But how exactly does water beat lightning?

EDIT: Going to re-distribute all my elemental points when I get on into fire and see if that affects Red Lotus. I'm also starting to wonder if my INT affects it at all or if it's straight up physical damage (Just elemental like Tachi: Kagero)

[Aksannyi]

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I really don't read most of the XIV threads because either A. I don't know what the fuck they're talking about or B. I don't care. Lol.

[TheGrandMom]

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Jeez, I posted that a while ago. /sigh No one reads shit. lol

[Dux]

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Slightly confusing this new implementation its like we don't have an elemental wheel anymore more a pair of elemental stabilisers.

[Aksannyi]

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Why did they go and change the elemental properties? I mean come on, doesn't it make more sense that water extinguishes fire? -.- That's just confusing, dammit, after so many years of playing XI and learning them one way, they went and changed them? That's so stupid ...

[DakAttack]

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I wonder if this also applies to elemental abilities, such as Red Lotus. Where's the light and dark elements?

[TheGrandMom]

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This is from in game:

http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/ffx...tml#post891118

"Section 3b – Elements
Aether manifests itself as the six elements which make up all matter on Hydaelyn - fire, ice, wind, earth, lightning, and water - with each element possessing its own strengths and weaknesses.

Fire melts ice, but is extinguished by wind.
Ice obstructs wind, but is melted by fire.
Wind extinguishes fire, but is obstructed by ice.
Earth grounds lightning, but is eroded by water.
Lightning boils water, but is grounded by earth.
Water erodes earth, but is boiled by lightning.

Attuning yourself to a certain element increases both your attack power with, and defense against, spells of the same aspect."

[Aeni]

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For example putting points in "fire" will make your fire based spells hit harder/be more effective, and make your fire resistance higher, but it will also make you weaker to say, wind. (is that what fire is weak to in FFXIV? I forgot -.-)

Water, Earth, Fire, Lightning, Ice and Wind.

Not sure if elementals have multiple weaknesses against each other or just a 1:1 relationship. However, if you look at how it's arranged, there seems to be a 3 way symbiosis and a pair of that.

Clockwise: Lightning, Fire, Earth, Ice, Water, Wind
Symbiosis 1: Lightning, Earth, Water (Lightning < Earth < Water < Lightning)
Symbiosis 2: Fire, Ice, Wind (Fire > Ice > Wind > Fire)

These may be clues to other things which includes synthesis (combination of the various elemental crystals and shards used), magical combination (higher level abilities and spells may combine different elementals) and other things not yet in the game.