Yoshi-P is srs about this.
Holy shit that's awesome.
Yoshi-P is srs about this.
The original game had 18 total classes including the crafting ones. The jobs are upgrades for the eight battle classes so the total if you include jobs would be 27 including Scholar. Classes are probably more than 75% of their respective jobs so I don't think they can really be considered that separate.Whooa there, two jobs for each class? Awesome! I heard the game will have 18 total classes+jobs, and I thought they'd all been revealed. Or does the Scholar make 17 and there's still one left?
Also, I don't play many MMOs, and I hardly ever make more than one character in them. As a result, I miss out on a lot of class content. You're saying that, so long as I have a complete set of the right gear, I can swap classes anytime? Will my character have separate stats for each so they can be viable for both magic and melee? Or, are you saying that I'll lose some class freedom once I choose a job?
Kinda sucks... I've got a few close friends that'd be interested if Dark Knight and Samurai made a return.
The original game had 18 total classes including the crafting ones. The jobs are upgrades for the eight battle classes so the total if you include jobs would be 27 including Scholar. Classes are probably more than 75% of their respective jobs so I don't think they can really be considered that separate.
You can customize your stats to a degree for each class to slightly specialize or offset racial stat differences. You can also equip certain abilities from other classes based on the ability's restrictions. Classes can equip 10 from any class' compatible abilities but changing to a Job limits that to five compatible abilities from two specific classes.
Here's the official descriptions which are probably more clear:
http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/guide/armoury01.html
Conjurer/White Mage has both offensive and healing magic. Arcanist has DoT and Thaumaturge is mostly offensive and they all can equip certain magic abilities.So what's the closest thing to ffxi's Red Mage in xiv?
Oh well, then you won't gain anything from keeping it, might as well start on a fresh character.
That will certainly be the only way to do all the low level quests for us that have all old jobs at 50.
Legacy characters are locked into several Legacy servers
If you are legacy but wants to start fresh you can choose between Legacy servers or Fresh servers. The same goes to new players. Yoshi has stated he wants legacy players to help new players so he's allowing new players to join legacy servers if they want.
imo it's not that big of a deal though, because the content finder system is cross server. Meaning you can raid a dungeon instance with people from other servers.
So this MMO and Lightning Returns are SE's offerings for this year?
Legacy characters are locked into several Legacy servers
If you are legacy but wants to start fresh you can choose between Legacy servers or Fresh servers. The same goes to new players. Yoshi has stated he wants legacy players to help new players so he's allowing new players to join legacy servers if they want.
imo it's not that big of a deal though, because the content finder system is cross server. Meaning you can raid a dungeon instance with people from other servers.
Hmm. I actually don't really know about this. I didn't play in 1.0, but I want to play with the GAF dudes, who I assume will all be on a legacy server. But since I'm totally new, I would probably be a really poor match for a server like that. Won't the lower level areas be pretty empty?
I doubt it. Not all of the former GAF players have maxed levels on everything (me for instance). And they're going to be helping.
Hmm. I actually don't really know about this. I didn't play in 1.0, but I want to play with the GAF dudes, who I assume will all be on a legacy server. But since I'm totally new, I would probably be a really poor match for a server like that. Won't the lower level areas be pretty empty?
What about the economy?
"First 10 days of June" -> June 14th.
Heh.
The story missions in the original loaded you with enough money to get your foot in the door. There'll probably be BS no matter what, though, once bandwagon builds and whatever are established.What about the economy?
What about the economy?
Hmm. I actually don't really know about this. I didn't play in 1.0, but I want to play with the GAF dudes, who I assume will all be on a legacy server. But since I'm totally new, I would probably be a really poor match for a server like that. Won't the lower level areas be pretty empty?
I doubt it. Not all of the former GAF players have maxed levels on everything (me for instance). And they're going to be helping.
edit: My highest is 45ish I think. And I plan to level the other jobs as well.
Dont forget about Level Sync.
Oh fuck the BLM animations are amazing. Never seen a caster rock the fuck out like that! Damn!
Just thinking about how nuts some of the older primal battles will be. Garuda especially.
The member's code thing is annoying, I have two copies of XIII on my SE account, but I can't find the codes, was I meant to hold on to those little slips? Who would do that?
I'm sad I never got to do tehse
Heh I never had the chance to beat Garuda, but beat King Mog and Ifrit...never got anything I could use though.
To be honest...don't like them.
Not only were the old animations more fluid, the new graphics they have for most of the skills are overpowering. With Dragon Kick (Monk's double kick with the boatload of purple stuff on it) you can barely tell what the Monk's doing; if I weren't already familiar with the animation from 1.23 I'd be lost.
Some are better like Dragonfire Dive and Rage of Halone, but for the most part they're like Simian Thrash in old FFXIV where you can't see over the postprocessing.
What about the economy?
I recall registering for a beta a while ago(January according to the email). Do I need to sign up again?
check your email, there should be a link to the beta forums, if you have already activated it you should be able to access the forum and participate by downloading the beta client.
testing won't start until 14 June so you might no be able to update the client until then.
What about the economy?
What? I thought everything was being wiped.
Do legacy players get into beta phase 3?
Oh whhhhhhhhhhhhhhat. Dammit I thought everything was going to be wiped! I would have played more! XD
First-print copies of FFXIII came with a code to allow PS3 players into the XIV 1.0 beta. They are honoring those codes for the ARR beta. You do not need one but if you enter one you are guaranteed to get into phase 3.
You will both remain on your original (legacy) server for the time being. Legacy characters won't be able to migrate (supposedly till the rest of the population catches up, after that point it's up in the air) on 'fresh start' new servers. There will be no legacy/non-legacy segregation and anyone will still be able to create a new character on any server. They just don't want Legacy characters to start interfering with brand new economies (which was a concern for many new players).Can someone please explain all this "Legacy server" stuff? One of my friends has a Legacy account, but I do not. We were both on the same server in XIV 1.0 and had a pretty fun time leveling together. Since he is a Legacy member, will his character be moved to another server away from mine? Or will we still be on the same server?
I'm a little concerned because I don't think I want to start over if he's on a different server than I am, and I'm not sure if we can transfer servers.