[Unknown Soldier]

Time for Red Dot Hollow Ataraxia?

[Teknoman]

The future of FFXIV, guided by a fortune cookie. Also: Holy crap! Pretty cool that he's able to geek out as a Blizzard fan.

Panda Express and Diablo III? Yoshi has good taste confirmed.

(no i'm not dead :P)

[kiryogi]

Warning! Warning!

We would like to take a moment to inform you that the goobbue mount will become unobtainable upon the release of patch 1.23a. Those adventurers who have yet to acquire the goobbue horn with which to summon their very own towering seedkin steed are urged to do so with all haste!

New players that haven't gotten your Gooblue yet, you have about 2 months!

[Jinko]

I picked Miqote and I think it was the wrong call. Should have gone with female Lalafell!

You can talk to the lalafell standing at the entrance and choose a different companion at any time.

[AuthenticM]

Warning! Warning! New players that haven't gotten your Gooblue yet, you have about 2 months!

What do we have to do to obtain it!? I'm making it my mission to do so as soon as I'm done with school next week.

[Whogie]

Just talk to an NPC. La Noscea (36,25).

[Allard]

Just talk to an NPC. La Noscea (36,25).

And make sure you got at least one lvl 30 combat class as well.

[Jinko]

What do we have to do to obtain it!? I'm making it my mission to do so as soon as I'm done with school next week.

Get to level 30 and find the NPC in La Noscea, details are on the lodestone.

[Darryl]

And make sure you got at least one lvl 30 combat class as well.

pretty sure you can have a level 30 of anything. i got it off only 40 fishing. still no combats above lvl 20

vana'fest is on right now. any possibility of FFXIV 2.0 trailer either of these 2 days?

[AuthenticM]

Get to level 30 and find the NPC in La Noscea, details are on the lodestone.

Thanks. I've found a pertinent article. Could you tell me how long it takes to reach level 30? By playing normally, I mean.

[desu]

Thanks. I've found a pertinent article. Could you tell me how long it takes to reach level 30? By playing normally, I mean.

Define normal :D. So far it takes me like 2 weeks to get a character to 50. If you use rested exp/tons of leves and know where to level, it probably takes a week or two.

[Allard]

pretty sure you can have a level 30 of anything. i got it off only 40 fishing. still no combats above lvl 20 vana'fest is on right now. any possibility of FFXIV 2.0 trailer either of these 2 days?

Naw nothing for FFXIV 2.0 at Vanafest, there might have been if Tanaka was still producer of both games (He mentioned maybe combining them both before launch) but its not happening that way anymore :). We might get something new for FFXIV at the french Anime Expo on the 7th of July. Yoshida is going to be there for a stage demonstration and signing and they are allowing cameras in for that from what a rep was saying. That's assuming the promotional site doesn't launch by next week. But Yoshida confirmed in a new interview/summary on mmorpg.com that the trailer and all the real deluge of info on 2.0 would happen in August.

[vazel]

I took a break from Secret World to play this and after grinding a few guildleves I can't do any more guildleves. What is this shenanigans? How long do I have to wait to do more guildleves? I want to reach 30 to get my goobbue. I did check Eorzeapedia but it didn't mention this.

Also, the controls suck with both gamepad and keyboard. Really hoping 2.0 fixes that.

Edit: Ok, I see the leve allowances replenish every 12 hours. Not sure what the point of this is but ok.

[kiryogi]

LS has been reformed! We have space again!

[Jinko]

I took a break from Secret World to play this and after grinding a few guildleves I can't do any more guildleves. What is this shenanigans? How long do I have to wait to do more guildleves? I want to reach 30 to get my goobbue. I did check Eorzeapedia but it didn't mention this. Also, the controls suck with both gamepad and keyboard. Really hoping 2.0 fixes that. Edit: Ok, I see the leve allowances replenish every 12 hours. Not sure what the point of this is but ok.

It's their attempt at daily quests like WoW, but it falls flat because they use it as the main way to level solo, in 2.0 we will be getting quest chains and what not so I doubt guildleves will be the main way to solo level.

[mackaveli]

Does this game have a lot of people playing on each server so it looks alive?

Also, should i buy it for $25 bucks?

Can you create unlimited amount of characters or you have to pay for additional ones?

Loot pretty good in this game?

I want to play a MMORPG but don't want to play WoW as I like the FF universe better but is it worth it?

Also does anyone know if FF XIV 2.0 is just a patch update or do you have to buy the game again so if i buy FFXIV for $25 bucks I have to pay like $50 to get 2.0??

Can I still get Legacy status if I pay for 90 day subscription before June 30th?

[notworksafe]

Does this game have a lot of people playing on each server so it looks alive? Also, should i buy it for $25 bucks? Can you create unlimited amount of characters or you have to pay for additional ones? Loot pretty good in this game? I want to play a MMORPG but don't want to play WoW as I like the FF universe better but is it worth it? Also does anyone know if FF XIV 2.0 is just a patch update or do you have to buy the game again so if i buy FFXIV for $25 bucks I have to pay like $50 to get 2.0??

1. Sorta. It's not as populous as most MMOs but if you pick a high traffic server there's a good amount of people around.

2. $25 is a good deal but it's $20 for an Amazon download.

3. You have to pay for each character but you can have every class on a single character

4. Good looking? Yeah. Plentiful? Not really. You use gear for 5-10+ levels at a time. I think I used the same belt for something like 17 levels...

5. Depends I guess. It's less hand holdy than WoW but enjoyable to those that want a non-traditional MMO.

6. I don't believe you'll have to rebuy the game for 2.0.

[IonicSnake]

Does this game have a lot of people playing on each server so it looks alive? Also, should i buy it for $25 bucks? Can you create unlimited amount of characters or you have to pay for additional ones? Loot pretty good in this game? I want to play a MMORPG but don't want to play WoW as I like the FF universe better but is it worth it? Also does anyone know if FF XIV 2.0 is just a patch update or do you have to buy the game again so if i buy FFXIV for $25 bucks I have to pay like $50 to get 2.0?? Can I still get Legacy status if I pay for 90 day subscription before June 30th?

notworksafe answered your questions pretty well but about the Legacy Status, only those who registered the game before May 31 can get Legacy Status unless they changed it.

[Clever Pun]

Will anyone who could get me a pearl for the new linkshell be on tonight? I'll be logging on soon (Ptolemy Ura).

[Sgblues]

On Sargatanas now, so look out for a tell from Arima Sgb

[kiryogi]

Jinko Jinko, Nagisa Kamiya, Vice Winter, Ravidrath Astolph can also be contactec for a new pearl during my offservice hours :D

[Mature]

I'm Vice Winter, by the by. :x

[Zozobra]

Former long-time FFXI player here. I absolutely loved that game, but I stopped playing shortly after 'Treasures of Aht Urhgan' came out.

I tried the beta for this and really didn't enjoy it; however, I just found out about this relaunch and if they're going to be introducing some stuff from XI, I'd be very interested to give this another shot. With the changes to come, does it sound like this game is going to appeal to someone who really enjoyed FFXI in its prime?

[staticneuron]

So I splurged and bought myself a Vanya hat and robe. Looking pretty smart if i do say so myself.

Looking awesome!

[Jinko]

Tanaka leaves SE .. http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=29962

[zazrx]

So what's the difference between the Grand Companies? I'm at the point where I can go with any of them. Should I go with the GC that's in my starting city or does that not matter? I heard that the only difference is the loot but they all have loot for all classes. Also, your chocobos can be pimped up with gear from these GCs, is there anywhere to see the different loot and compare it and see how the chocobos look depending on your GC?

I'm planning on either playing a BLM or Dragoon when I get that high.

[demosthenes]

Tanaka leaves SE .. http://www.zam.com/story.html?story=29962

Hmm health reasons, hope isn't suffering.

[Visceir]

So what's the difference between the Grand Companies? I'm at the point where I can go with any of them. Should I go with the GC that's in my starting city or does that not matter? I heard that the only difference is the loot but they all have loot for all classes. Also, your chocobos can be pimped up with gear from these GCs, is there anywhere to see the different loot and compare it and see how the chocobos look depending on your GC? I'm planning on either playing a BLM or Dragoon when I get that high.

I finished the quests today and joined the Ul'Dah's Immortal Flames. The quests itself were REALLY annoying. It really bothered me how they made you do the quests of each GC. Just when I had finished all the quests the first time around the game made me do a mission for EACH grand company all over again(initial joining+500 badge quest+300 badge quest). So much pointless running and wasting time only to get there and kill some npc's that were killed by one magic attack.

To ease the pain I ended up wasting half my teleport points to get to the next location faster and skipping the cutscenes as at that point I really didn't give a f anymore and just wanted to be done with it.

I actually kinda hoped that the story would be something that would make me want to play more of the game but this far it has been really underwhelming. Especially when there aren't even any cutscenes but just a wall of text gets thrown at you. I tried to read in the beginning but now I've just fallen back to clicking through the next and checking the next location I need to go to.

[gatti-man]

Warning! Warning! New players that haven't gotten your Gooblue yet, you have about 2 months!

Shit now im going to have to resub argh.

[NinjaJesus]

Aight, just joined, really excited to start playing. I'm on Aegis trying to figure out what I should be doing lol. Also, I just got level 5 grinding Lost Lambs...think I can get 30 and get the Gobbuue mount before the patch?

[Mastamind]

Aight, just joined, really excited to start playing. I'm on Aegis trying to figure out what I should be doing lol. Also, I just got level 5 grinding Lost Lambs...think I can get 30 and get the Gobbuue mount before the patch?

Me and a friend went from 16-23 today in a few hours. Once we grouped with others doing leves and behest the xp sped up considerably. 20-23 took less than 2h with us pausing when it got close to time to behest.

[kiryogi]

Aight, just joined, really excited to start playing. I'm on Aegis trying to figure out what I should be doing lol. Also, I just got level 5 grinding Lost Lambs...think I can get 30 and get the Gobbuue mount before the patch?

Why Aegis? :o

[NinjaJesus]

Me and a friend went from 16-23 today in a few hours. Once we grouped with others doing leves and behest the xp sped up considerably. 20-23 took less than 2h with us pausing when it got close to time to behest.

Awesome, I got to 10 in a lil over an hour. I think ill make it.

Why Aegis? :o

A few of my old friends from Midgardsormr (my old FFXI server) are on Aegis.

[Jinko]

I finished the quests today and joined the Ul'Dah's Immortal Flames. The quests itself were REALLY annoying. It really bothered me how they made you do the quests of each GC. Just when I had finished all the quests the first time around the game made me do a mission for EACH grand company all over again(initial joining+500 badge quest+300 badge quest). So much pointless running and wasting time only to get there and kill some npc's that were killed by one magic attack. To ease the pain I ended up wasting half my teleport points to get to the next location faster and skipping the cutscenes as at that point I really didn't give a f anymore and just wanted to be done with it. I actually kinda hoped that the story would be something that would make me want to play more of the game but this far it has been really underwhelming. Especially when there aren't even any cutscenes but just a wall of text gets thrown at you. I tried to read in the beginning but now I've just fallen back to clicking through the next and checking the next location I need to go to.

Yea those long quests are a pain in the butt, you have to remember though for long term players this stuff was done in small sections each patch, so It probably didn't seem to bad to us.

Since Hamlet was added there is a lesser need to worry about Anima also, anyone can gain anima back at the hamlets (Golden Bazaar, Aleport and Hyrtsmill) by handing in items.

You can get the items from completing Caravan runs.

Aight, just joined, really excited to start playing. I'm on Aegis trying to figure out what I should be doing lol. Also, I just got level 5 grinding Lost Lambs...think I can get 30 and get the Gobbuue mount before the patch?

You'll regret not coming to Sargatanas, everyone does eventually :D

[kiryogi]

I finished the quests today and joined the Ul'Dah's Immortal Flames. The quests itself were REALLY annoying. It really bothered me how they made you do the quests of each GC. Just when I had finished all the quests the first time around the game made me do a mission for EACH grand company all over again(initial joining+500 badge quest+300 badge quest). So much pointless running and wasting time only to get there and kill some npc's that were killed by one magic attack. To ease the pain I ended up wasting half my teleport points to get to the next location faster and skipping the cutscenes as at that point I really didn't give a f anymore and just wanted to be done with it. I actually kinda hoped that the story would be something that would make me want to play more of the game but this far it has been really underwhelming. Especially when there aren't even any cutscenes but just a wall of text gets thrown at you. I tried to read in the beginning but now I've just fallen back to clicking through the next and checking the next location I need to go to.

On a diff note, we have space in the LS if you were still interested.

My hours:

Also, Jinko Jinko, Rin Morikaze, Nagisa Kamiya, Vice Winter, Ravidrath Astolph can pearl you as well.

[Coldsnap]

Some give me a history lesson:

So Tanka and Yoshi-P have similar jobs? Tanka did XI then started XIV but SE switch Yoshi-P over to Tankas position to hopefully save the game? How is Baby formed?

Hope Tanka is OK.

[IonicSnake]

Some give me a history lesson: So Tanka and Yoshi-P have similar jobs? Tanka did XI then started XIV but SE switch Yoshi-P over to Tankas position to hopefully save the game? Hope Tanka is OK.

Tanaka seemed to have been stuck in 2002 when he created FFXIV, one must think if he ever played another MMO besides his own in the last 10 years or just thought what worked 10 years ago still works now. Well as we all know that didn't work and FFXIV bombed hard, instead of shutting it down S-E decided to replace Tanaka with Yoshi-P to try and save the game and I must say that he have done a pretty good job turning things around so far but we'll really see how it goes with 2.0. One thing Yoshi seems to be that Tanaka was not is being in touch with the community and actually play other MMO games. Whoever designed the current interface need a slap on face, I mean just looks at this, this is how selling stuff was during launch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EaGvRv6jqw

Now they have changed it a bit and it is a little faster to sell stuff but way to slow compared to other MMO games. All this will be fixed in 2.0 though but one have to think why FFXIV, developed on PC first and came out long after WoW still managed to have a interface like that.

At launch everything in the game pretty much was working against the player, make it as hard as possible to level and if you got too much exp you would not get anymore exp, also you could only do a few leve quests a day.

Of course no one except the hardcores stayed to play the game, it got shit reviews and eventually Tanaka stepped down and Yoshi took over, the game is enjoyable right now and I'm having fun playing but if there was no 2.0 coming I don't think I would have come back and started playing again.

All the best to Tanakas health though and hope he gets better.

[Arksy]

Yoshi-P is also going to take the game in directions that Tanaka would never have dreamed of, such as the inclusion of PVP and other non-guildleve based content. Yoshi-P really seems to have his shit in order. I think the game would have been as successful as some of the other big MMO releases such as RIFT/SWTOR if the intial version was what 2.0 was going to be.

[Coldsnap]

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012...k-steals-keys/

Is someone gonna steal my gilz?

[NinjaJesus]

You'll regret not coming to Sargatanas, everyone does eventually :D

Why is that?

[Coldsnap]

Man, I'm so done with Hamlet yet the sad fact is I've just started. And if this party decides to not include me on seals rotation then I have REALLY just started.

[Allard]

Misc. Rep news of the day.

The recently added behest portion of the Relic Reborn quest is getting a fix where instead of the Allagan band dropping in a loot pool upon completion, it will be handed to the player (assuming they meet the requirements for the quest for completion) by the behest master at the end of quest. Yoshi-P did not specify if this was random drop or not, but it does mean the Allagan Band will not go to unneeded players anymore.

In 2.0 Gathering fatigue as we know it is going to be eliminated but they also wanted to say that they don't want people constantly gathering in the same place 24/7. Further details will come out as they get closer to 2.0. So gathering fatigue where after a while of straight gathering you no longer can get items is eliminated, but the way it was worded makes me think there will be a system in place like Archaeology in WoW where after a certain amount of successful mining/logging/fishing points you won't be able to gather there again till you go somewhere else for a bit. Like from Iron Lake to Halatali etc.

In a question asked by a poster about possibly having a tent or 'cottage' in the field to get rested bonus (Like old school Final Fantasy games) the rep said he would take the idea to the developers but at this time no such function is planned. Having said that though he says it will be possible in 2.0 to get rested EXP at encampments but they are planning to design 2.0 rested EXP where you can't accrue it while crafting.

Teleport and return are going to be redesigned and for new players they will not have access to it right away. They must unlock the function through quests but the rep promised the quests would not be hard, in fact Return will become available at the end of the new tutorial/starting quests, and Teleport will come soon after. (Maybe a quest to attune yourself to an aether node and at the end of it you get access to the teleport feature, and that it tells you go out and attune yourself with all the other nodes so newer players are aware of the function since in the current game its not really spelled out for you.)

[Relaxed Muscle]

Oh man, Ifrit extreeeeeme /TakFuji battle is just LOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8mt3...ature=youtu.be

[Reneledarker]

As a big fan of FFXI I finally decided to buy this game, I'm probably going to play tomorrow.

Sargatanas is the Gaf LS server?

[Mature]

Oh man, Ifrit extreeeeeme /TakFuji battle is just LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8mt3...ature=youtu.be

Woooooooooow?

So that burn dot was crazy. And it came from the vulcan? It makes the melee an issue, but the plumes all spawn in the middle (the normal place of ranged DD) now. Looks like it's going to be a severe gear check, naturally. Gonna need some fire resist materia stuff D:

[kiryogi]

Woooooooooow? So that burn dot was crazy. And it came from the vulcan? It makes the melee an issue, but the plumes all spawn in the middle (the normal place of ranged DD) now. Looks like it's going to be a severe gear check, naturally. Gonna need some fire resist materia stuff D:

80% hellfire lawlz.

[Ravidrath]

As a big fan of FFXI I finally decided to buy this game, I'm probably going to play tomorrow. Sargatanas is the Gaf LS server?

Yup!

[Fancy Corndog]

You guys should post more pictures of your exploits for those of us who have to wait for the PS3 version.

[gatti-man]

Question: if im an OG player that played the first two to three months of release only, is my character still there? I tried logging into the loadstone and it said i didnt have a character tied to my account :-/

[Coldsnap]

Okie

Five chest AV run


Gold chest farming


Hamleting battlefish shot


Running boss into archers