Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

[Kailea]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

this.

sorry for the lack of clarity in my post.

oh my bad, they are suppose to do both actually.

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 -.-)


Think of them as the elemental bonuses from equipment in FFXI, its pretty much the same thing.

[Malacite]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

Yeah I doubt he meant that literally...

I too, am perplexed as to how to allocate them, so I've just been spreading them out evenly.


and ROFL "That is the baddest ****ing rainbow I have ever seen!"

[Bricklayer]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

i think he means, what purpose do they hold, do they count as resistances, or do they provide more elemental oomph when casting.

this.

sorry for the lack of clarity in my post.

[MrMageo]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

i think he means, what purpose do they hold, do they count as resistances, or do they provide more elemental oomph when casting.

[Kailea]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

i like being able to assign my stats the way i want to. i have no idea how to assign my elemental stats (so i'm sitting on ~30 points).

they should be on the same window as your other stats, just click on them with the mouse like you do with your main stats, or if you use a controller hit your "right D-pad" to get to the elemental section.

[Bricklayer]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

initial thoughts after about 2 hours last night in the beta:

these bugs have probably been reported ad nauseam, but my two biggest annoyances right now are:

1) not always being able to tab to an NPC/Mob/etc. with the "0" key on my numpad, but being able to mouse click him/her/it

2) starting a battle, then suddenly being unable to perform attacks on the mob (even though the mob can still hit me!!!)

i was able to two-man for a little while last night, which was very fun, but my conjurer had a gripe as well:

3) not being able to select the tank (me = lancer) to heal, leading to multiple wipes against mobs we felt like we could take


other than that, wow, i'm having a lot of fun in this game. i wish more players would make party requests for doing leves (eight is NOT enough). i also feel like the limsa map could be more helpful. still, it forced me to explore a bit before i found my weapons for other jobs, giving me a chance to take in the views and not just rush directly to the vendor with blinders on.

i had seen a youtube of a guy complaining about fishing. i felt like it was relatively easy, except that i haven't quite figured out what to do when you are close to getting a catch (e.g. "the fish takes some line", "you take some line"). the other thing that sucked was having my internet provider decide to deactivate my line right as i was about to finish the fishing leve this morning (i've got to be less lazy about paying bills (we can do it at 7-11 here, and there's about 3 times as many 7-11's as there are starbucks)).

i like being able to assign my stats the way i want to. i have no idea how to assign my elemental stats (so i'm sitting on ~30 points).

i dislike getting a screen-tear-type bar in the middle of my screen sometimes (reminds me of the last remnant).

overall, i think i'll be keeping my pre-order. i haven't been in enough mmo's to be picky about how complete or functional they are for the first half year or so. this game feels friendly to my style of play so far, and many of the jobs are intriguing, so i'm quite looking forward to the full release.

[Fliegar]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

A suggestion: Make the dodo's belching noise much, much louder. I nearly died laughing when I was getting my ass kicked by a belching dodo who kept putting me to sleep.

[Balfree]

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YouTube - DOUBLE RAINBOW SONG!!

someone let me Thanks a bazillian tiem!

[abknight]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

ya that's true, they should pay us. I could then afford more hostess cupcakes and maybe hang them like ornaments around the TV. =^^=

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[Durahansolo]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

oh don't worry, mew! No matter how the launch turns out, SE will continue to fix and improve FFXIV as time passes!

Things will get better and improve!

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[Takelli]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

ya that's true, they should pay us. I could then afford more hostess cupcakes and maybe hang them like ornaments around the TV. =^^=

Wow... Jenova, you really are weird... At first I thought you where, but now I know you are...

[Aksannyi]

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Your account was banned though so your motivation to return is considerably diminished compared to the average player. Very few people this far along in FFXI's life would entertain starting at level 1 again.

I could have purchased another account like several other banned people, or been given a "mule" account, if I truly wanted to play. It was about three months between the time I quit and when I found out I'd been banned, and in that time, there was plenty of opportunity for me to turn back around and start playing again. Even before finding out my account was gone, I still had no desire to go back.

[Neomage]

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A beta is just that, a beta. It doesn't reflect the finished product in any way, shape, or form. Square-Enix are the masters of hype, so I wouldn't put it past them that they're using this open beta to showcase a small portion of the game while they hold back on what content they're developing during it. They still have internal testers that are picking through every single thing that comes across their desks, as well as the developers that pump out the content for the testers to test. Look at the patch notes, they're all fixes for server stability. They're just stress testing their servers.

Somehow I doubt that the content they are holding back, if any, is an intuitive UI. I perfectly understand holding back particular areas, quests, etc., but there are some fundamental issues that seem to be on the backburner since release is pressing so close. That said, this is one time I would love to be proven wrong.

[TheGrandMom]

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I've been testing games for many years and I have to say this open beta ranks up there in the 5 worst that I've experienced.

top 5 worst? oh please now I know your blowing smoke out your butt -.- There have been many many many MMORPGs that have started out (and some still are) way worse then FFXIV is right now.

You know what? Reading comprehension is your friend. Those emphasized parts = my opinion from my actual experience. Who are you to tell me what I've experienced? Stop trying to antagonize me, I'm sick and tired of it. Consider this a warning. And don't start whining about this in this thread either, if you have an issue, take it to PM's.

Not really trying to start anything, but TGM seems to be the only person who cares about large images. XD

Yes it is. I go by the general rule of pictures being approx. 600 width and this is 1024. I'd say thats quite a bit over.

[jenova_9]

Re: Official Unofficial Bugs, Thoughts, and Suggestions

ya that's true, they should pay us. I could then afford more hostess cupcakes and maybe hang them like ornaments around the TV. =^^=