Got in a couple of days ago, anyone here in there as well and actually been able to get in-game before the servers inevitably explode?
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Got in a couple of days ago, anyone here in there as well and actually been able to get in-game before the servers inevitably explode?
"Yes"
Do you nutters not know anything about NDAs
Happy now?
Yes, only got in for a little bit of time into the starting area.
Basically the intro is the benchmark (which I scored 800 on :D) with a bit of gameplay at times to introduce you to combat. Spending 5 min attempting to attack the jellyfish thing (which you can see in the cinematic from the benchmark) before working out how to get into combat mode. Not entirely sure how I actually killed it, but it died eventually (very slowly, don't be a mage!) and got warped to some sort of dock area. I didn't manage to get out of the dock area, just ran around for a bit before DCing. Not sure if you can get out as the door seems to be closed and players were moaning about not getting out. The camera is annoying, very laggish and clearly designed for consoles. The system options are complete crap, you can control about 5 graphic options with on or off, no res options or windowed/maximised settings. Pretty ridiculous if you ask me, again designed for the console with little thought to a large number of PC gamers with lesser systems, ie me. Running around seemed pretty smooth, and the graphics were pretty epic though I just know my laptop would end up overheating from it. And for that it's clearly not a WoW killer.
As for NDA, I'm sure there are countless youtube videos with this in anyway. Also who cares really? This is free publicity for them, they would be complete morons to stop it. Alpha I can understand, but beta is basically the finished game anyway. If they are going to make large sweeping changes this late in dev, they are insane...
Ain't actually had the chance to get on there yet, got into the character creator yesterday and then the servers went down. Gah..
Once you get used to the fact that it isn't a fast paced WoW Clone the game becomes very enjoyable. It's confusing at the start since it's not very new player friendly but I'm sure someone as smart as you is able to find your way around SiGGy :tongue:
You'll have fun when you actually get in the servers, trust me i was drooling to death after character creation.
Good luck getting on, hopefully the servers will be stable soon.
I dunno whether to take offence at that Mandune, you terrible person :sneaky2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Dandune
Not playing myself, but seen trailers and gameplay video's of other Beta Testers. And from what I've seen its really awesome. I checked the website of Final Fantasy XIV and I've found one thing that immediately got me saying "Ah crap".
If you go to the game info you'll see:
"Subscription"
8.99 Pounds (I think its Pounds atleast)/30 days
I hate subscriptions, made me stop WoW aswell, its so annoying. If they didn't do the subscription part I would defintely play it alot, now I wont be playing seeing as I dont pay to play :(.
*sigh* and I'm such a huge Final Fantasy Fan :(.
subscriptions kill games in my opinion. make it a one time fee like guildwars where you just pay to buy the game and its a lot more enjoyable in my opinion.
i was suppose to get a beta account from a game i purchased, guess it was a joke to get people to buy a ps3 game.
Didn't like very much the new battle mode, i would rather stick with the one in FXI =/
I loved it, I really thought they improved by adding a continuous recharging queue'd action bar.Quote:
Originally Posted by EgobrainX
Sepehiroth Server
Characters: Bosco Barracas, Gabe Seraph, Gabriel Seraph
Nuff Said.
If I ever get a response that I can join the beta I will notify what my server is etc, for now nothing ;).