A new custom engine they created just for a new revision of XIV.
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A new custom engine they created just for a new revision of XIV.
ZiZ
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they changed it to a new custom engine that's based off the luminous engine.
Original XIV was using Crystal Tools.
ARR uses a new engine headed by the guy who is in charge of the Luminous engine/Agni's Philosophy tech demo.
IonicSnake
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According to Yoshi the engine is very scaleable.
Chances are he will now be shackled to this games with future content and updates and won't have time for another project.
Goes without saying, has been confirmed to run at sub HD (1280 x 544), looks crap in comparison to PC but what can you expect.
Relaxed Muscle
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Yes, PS3 beta starts on Phase 3.
Exactly what it says, 1.0 didn't have any PvP content and they're are creating it for 2.0. Yoshida was a hardcore PvP in some MMO's and he wanted to create a good PvP enviroment. Seems like in Phase 4 will start the testing of a Coliseum for PvP battles. Suposeedly more advanced PvP modes will be added in the future.
Spycarnegy
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Time to get my ff13 copy out never thought I'd see the day it would hit ps3 beta finallyyy
Sounds good. I'm actually traditionally a pvp gamer, but all the MMO's suck pvp wise these days(hence my interest in FFXIV). Having some pvp is always welcome though. :3 Still it'll be risky business for S-E having to balance for PvE and PvP.
Indeed it will be. I am not optimistic about the PvP and its influence on PvE balance.
They should all be in the inbox of the email address you registered with.
Final Fantasy XI had pvp introduced later as well didn't it? How did SE handle it back then?
djplaeskool
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They were all basically a mish-mash of minigames.
(Quick and dirty explanations, some of the rules in each are kind of obtuse, in typical SE fashion)
Ballista = Powerball (from American Gladiators). PvP for Petra stones, throw stones at Rooks for points.
Brenner = Team CTF. Someone holds a Flamme. Kill them and return it to your gate for points.
Pankration = Pokemon
It will definitely run better than Crystal Tools though which is what matters most. Doesn't look too bad.
So the pvp balance didn't really influence the pve balance?
djplaeskool
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There was no PvP Balance, as there was little to no tangible reward for participating.
PvE was the lone focus really.
I see, so if they're going to take this PvP stuff seriously. It'll be completely new territory for them. Should be interesting either way.
I see, so if they're going to take this PvP stuff seriously. It'll be completely new territory for them. Should be interesting either way.
Oops, got sidetracked by work, but looks like someone already said what I would have, so your comment here now ties back to what I said to begin with. PvE is the traditional focus for FF, and if ARR starts following WoW's footsteps of endless re-balancing to accommodate PvP, I may lose my patience and interest.
Honestly they should just keep the PvP and PvE balance changes separate. They're not doing open PvP afaik, so keeping it separate should be relatively easy.
Class/job mechanics are what I'm referring to. Unless they define a completely different set of rules governing PvP combat (possible), any changes to class/job design for one side is going to impact the other. In fact we already saw something like this in 1.x with the change for mages being unable to cast spells while moving.
I'm not sure. I only did Ballista and Brenner a couple times. The only nerfing I'm aware of was that if you changed gear you were disabled for several seconds, meaning you couldn't abuse gearswap macros for MAXIMUM DAMAGE. The Provoke JA had a use in PvP and I think Sleep's max duration was nerfed but other than that I'm not sure.
It will be better than the old version, but overall I still think it will be a poor MMO.
That's true. I was just thinking they'd just do their thing for PvE and adjust the classes for PvP with the PvE mechanics as base. Since PvE still seems like the main focus of the game. They didn't really advertise the great PvP that's in the game(the first time I heard of PvP being in it was because of the survey).
Mages unable to move while casting, Yoshida played some Lineage. xD
It's not open world, but some zones will be PvP, not sure if this is specific area's or just random area's.
Yoshi-P is a big PvP player and I am slightly worried this may have an adverse effect on PvE balancing, we will see I guess.
Personally I would like to see a seperate set of skills for PvP, ie once you become flagged for PvP your skill set changes.
Necron
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No, it's a copy from the UK. Huh, weird that the NA page has 4 boxes but the EU has 5.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's just going to look pretty. That's it. I'm more interested in the music myself.
Nothing super official yet since it's still in development, but my PC is almost 6 years old and it ran alpha surprisingly well at middling settings (Core2Duo @2.4, 768MB 8800GTX, 3GB RAM). They have intentionally designed the engine to be very scalable (original engine was not).
Quote from director.
Sauce: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...JP-to-English)?p=926339&viewfull=1#post926339
There's recent thread about it here http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/59509-ARR-Recommended-Requirements but no official replies.
Ok, thanks man. I heard someone say the recommended graphics card would be a AMD Radeon 7970, got me a bit worried.
Was running alpha on a 4870 and was above 30fps @ 1080p medium settings.
It seems ARR is more CPU hungry where as 1.0 was GPU intensive.
Hmm they're taking PvP more seriously then I thought then.
Pretty sure only Crysis 3 has the HD7970 on the spec list and that's for the max settings.
I was running the new version on a GTX 260 just fine. The new engine is very scalable.
Maybe they could have PVP only jobs. That way it has no impact on the PVE balance.
For an example:
Marauder > Warrior (PVE Job) and Berserker (PVP Job)
Archer > Bard (PVE Job) and Marksman (PVP Job)
etc.
I cant see this game having open world PVP. More likely be instanced organised PVP. In that case having PVP only jobs makes more sense.
For an example:
Marauder > Warrior (PVE Job) and Berserker (PVP Job)
Archer > Bard (PVE Job) and Marksman (PVP Job)
etc.
I cant see this game having open world PVP. More likely be instanced organised PVP. In that case having PVP only jobs makes more sense.
Quick question. I'm confirmed as Legacy as long as I have the little Legacy emblem on my SE account right?
I'm sure I got in on the Legacy deal, but I only see a $9.99 charge on my card from awhile back. I'd rather not have to look through all of my bank statements to find the $29.99 charge if I don't have to.
Also, even if I'm Legacy, I still need to register for the PS3 beta if I want in on that? And even though I registered my FFXIII code years ago, I still need to do it again?
Thanks!
I'm sure I got in on the Legacy deal, but I only see a $9.99 charge on my card from awhile back. I'd rather not have to look through all of my bank statements to find the $29.99 charge if I don't have to.
Also, even if I'm Legacy, I still need to register for the PS3 beta if I want in on that? And even though I registered my FFXIII code years ago, I still need to do it again?
Thanks!
Yes. They stopped billing back in October.
That is a really good idea, especially because you can switch jobs on the fly. I wonder if they will try something like this..?
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