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[Egnirys]

Yes

I thought you could only use the keyboard to chat?

 

[jiggle]

I thought you could only use the keyboard to chat?

Can control camera too
not sure about moving, didn't try

 

[raven777]

Lancer for DPS

Solo it's probably Archer

Tanking it's Marauder

thanks!

Kinda surprised Lancer is the difficult class for dps. I thought it would be pugilist since you need to move around and have different stance, etc.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

thanks!

Kinda surprised Lancer is the difficult class for dps. I thought it would be pugilist since you need to move around and have different stance, etc.

I'd say PUG is harder.

Need to try higher lvl content but LNC seems rather easy except for positioning.

 

[CmdBash]

Can control camera too
not sure about moving, didn't try

ah okay, what about voice chat?

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Isn't Lightning's sword a gunblade?
guess it will just be locked in sword mode.

 

[Teknoman]

I'm not gonna lie, sometimes you do need to whisper to other party members about stuff. At least its happened to me many times in the past.

I'm so nervous about starting in this game. I'm completely worried it's going to degrade into a community of individuals like WoW, and be not fun to play in the long term. I find myself torn between playing this and trying to get into FFXI again. My original character is long gone but I should be able to find my level 30ish WHM/RDM to pick up...

I just don't know what to do ;_;.

It shouldnt. Throughout the beta, everyone has been really talkative, from in game stuff to random real life stuff. The FF online community as a whole is pretty different from the majority of the other online game communities, for better or worse.

As long as there is plenty of stuff to do anyway.

 

[I'm an expert]

I'm not gonna lie, sometimes you do need to whisper to other party members about stuff. At least its happened to me many times in the past.

Yeah, like how terrible the tank is and to vote to kick him.

 

[Kintaro]

I'm not gonna lie, sometimes you do need to whisper to other party members about stuff. At least its happened to me many times in the past.

/t Teknoman Blade This tank sucks man. Given his gear, I would think he knows better OH SHIT YER THE TANK. =)

or more accurately...

/t Teknoman Blade This tank sucks man. Given his gear, I would think he knows better
/t Teknoman Blade mt...

 

[MogCakes]

Isn't Lightning's sword a gunblade?
guess it will just be locked in sword mode.

She had a gunblade in the previous 2 games, but in LR she seems to have gone with a straight sword instead.

 

[Teknoman]

/t Teknoman Blade This tank sucks man. Given his gear, I would think he knows better OH SHIT YER THE TANK. =)

That and i'd miss the crazy mistells lol.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

She had a gunblade in the previous 2 games, but in LR she seems to have gone with a straight sword instead.

Is it the LR one that will be in this game?
Sorry only played XIII and it looked like the original.

 

[theSlacker]

That and i'd miss the crazy mistells lol.

Games chat system already facilitates them pretty well.

 

[Pachimari]

Wait, I just received a mail with a registration code again. I'm already in the beta but I have to register again?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Wait, I just received a mail with a registration code again. I'm already in the beta but I have to register again?

No but you can give that code to another Gaffer...

 

[QisTopTier]

I don't even know what happened here, but ok.

No, I want to have tells in instances so I can talk to people OUTSIDE THE INSTANCE.

But you keep on believing that everyone is talking about you behind your back there. Because wow, what even brought this on? Paranoid much?

Why would I be paranoid, I'd have to suck at the game to worry about people talking shit

Spoiler

I don't suck at anything

But yes not being able to talk to people outside of an instance sucks, thankfully if you are talking to someone as a friend you most likely share a LS with them.

I was simply stating that tells just flat out don't work at all.

 

[LunaticHigh]

Anyone want to sell me an NA ps3 code? can buy you a game on steam or something.

 

[QisTopTier]

Pugilist is probably more active than Lancer for damage dealers as you get higher and into levels. Stances plus damage boosts based on the direction you're fighting the enemy from will require quite a bit of control and movement to get the most out of your attacks.

Lancer will be going from back to side a bunch more from what Ive seen of their move pool. From what I've seen of the move pool unless I missed something like an idiot pug will be at the sides of a monster the entire time o.o/ Pug will have more of a combo flow to them though, Lancer is going to mostly be doing two chains a majority of the time just lots of movement

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Anyone want to sell me an NA ps3 code? can buy you a game on steam or something.

I might have an extra, I don't know if my brother is going to use it yet.

 

[LunaticHigh]

I might have an extra, I don't know if my brother is going to use it yet.

Just PM me when you know and what you want. I've had a PC code since the first alpha and I still haven't got a PS3 code. My Laptop can't run the game.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

Just PM me when you know and what you want. I've had a PC code since the first alpha and I still haven't got a PS3 code. My Laptop can't run the game.

I will try to find out soon.

 

[devious.one]

Lancer will be going from back to side a bunch more from what Ive seen of their move pool. From what I've seen of the move pool unless I missed something like an idiot pug will be at the sides of a monster the entire time o.o/ Pug will have more of a combo flow to them though, Lancer is going to mostly be doing two chains a majority of the time just lots of movement

Pugs have flank and behind the mob type attacks also.

 

[QisTopTier]

Pugs have flank and behind the mob type attacks also.

You are right, I missed that on one of the skills. Then yeah PUG is harder overall

 

[Strange in Stereo]

Anyone want to sell me an NA ps3 code? can buy you a game on steam or something.

I'll send you mine. Can't play during weekends.

 

[Teknoman]

You are right, I missed that on one of the skills. Then yeah PUG is harder overall

Speaking of PUG, they dont have the mug/pilfer skill anymore right?

 

[QisTopTier]

Speaking of PUG, they dont have the mug/pilfer skill anymore right?

Don't see it anywhere, so yeah we are getting a thief class in the future

 

[Goldenhen]

Since there is duty finder, I'm considering moving from WoW to FF14:ARR and I want to ask question how is healing gameplay?
Is it easy for anyone to pick up and play?
Is there a function that you can map the abilities to mouse buttons? Like you right click the player name to heal. Or press the middle button to perform AoE heal.

Thanks.

 

[Riposte]

Speaking of PUG, they dont have the mug/pilfer skill anymore right?

Did they even have that on launch? I think that was the old FFXIV we never got to see. The one where there probably wasn't an overall character level.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Don't see it anywhere, so yeah we are getting a thief class in the future

I actually believe they may have 2 advanced jobs branching out from 1 base job in the future. It might look like:

GLD -> PLD + Samurai
MRD -> WAR + Berserker
CNJ -> WHM + Blue Mage
PGL -> MNK + Thief
LNC -> DRG + Dark Knight
THM -> BLM + Red Mage
Archer -> BRD + Beastmaster
Arcanist -> SMN + Time Mage

Something like that.

 

[Arc07]

Since there is duty finder, I'm considering moving from WoW to FF14:ARR and I want to ask question how is healing gameplay?
Is it easy for anyone to pick up and play?
Is there a function that you can map the abilities to mouse buttons? Like you right click the player name to heal. Or press the middle button to perform AoE heal.

Thanks.

The healer I run with spends half his time dpsing so I would assume it's easy. Overall I would say it's as easy as WoW to pick up and play. I know there are mouseover macros and I have my mouse4 & mouse5 mapped to certain spots on my hotbars. You have to keybind it to that specific spot on your hotbar for mouse2.

 

[Parfait]

I actually believe they may have 2 advanced jobs branching out from 1 base job in the future. It might look like:

GLD -> PLD + Samurai
MRD -> WAR + Berserker
CNJ -> WHM + Blue Mage
PGL -> MNK + Thief
LNC -> DRG + Dark Knight
THM -> BLM + Red Mage
Archer -> BRD + Beastmaster
Arcanist -> SMN + Time Mage

Something like that.

Arcanist goes to SMN and SCH

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Arcanist goes to SMN and SCH

Arcanist gets 2 advanced jobs already?

I didn't even know that when I came up with this. But now I know it will be true for the other jobs.

 

[erawsd]

You are right, I missed that on one of the skills. Then yeah PUG is harder overall

Pug/Mnk has 3 flank skills and 2 back skills, so a pug is shifting position for almost every other attack. It'll be easy to pick out bad PUGs/Mnks based on how much they're moving.

LNC/DRG only has 1 flank and 1 back skill. 1 skill is used every 15seconds and the other every 30seconds, so they aren't moving anywhere near as much.

PUG has more mechanical complexity, while LNC is more about aggro management since they can unload a crazy amount of damage in a short amount of time.

 

[QisTopTier]

My list was

Gld- Red Mage
Mrd - Beast Master
Cnj - Geomancer
Thm- Time Mage
Pug- Dancer
Lnc- Samurai
Arc- Ranger

PUG has more mechanical complexity, while LNC is more about aggro management since they can unload a crazy amount of damage in a short amount of time.

I agree, I missed some stuff.

 

[SpaceDrake]

Arcanist gets 2 advanced jobs already?

I didn't even know that when I came up with this. But now I know it will be true for the other jobs.

It's the entire reason we're discussing the idea of other classes getting two jobs.

Arcanist set the standard and now other classes will live up to it.

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

how long till servers are up?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

how long till servers are up?

1 hour and 10 minutes.

There's a patch guys, you should go and do that while waiting!

 

[Razgriz-Specter]

1 hour and 10 minutes.

There's a patch guys, you should go and do that while waiting!

alright thanks. Thought it was 2AM so I got on downloaded the update and it said play in the next beta.
Got worried for a minute.

 

[N.A]

Less than 10 minutes to go until the servers are up!

 

[raphanum]

Which server is everybody joining?

Edit: never mind. OP has them listed.

Edit2: Please, could somebody tell me how I send a tell to get an invite to Free Company?

 

[TranceKuja]

Servers are up!

 

[Xux]

Did we crash the Duty Finder yet?

 

[Taruranto]

You can join a Free Company even before Level 20, right?

 

[raven777]

I just finished lv 20 story quest and whats with 3 guys asking me to join their order?
I have Storm, Serpent, and Flame officers. Do I have to choose one? What is the difference?

 

[Kintaro]

Getting a lot of server drops. Weird.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Huh. Can't get in the game right now. This is looking not good.

 

[Anteater]

boo can't log on

 

[Kule]

They are doing emergency maintenance. Just had a message in game to log out.

 

[ebil]

I just finished lv 20 story quest and whats with 3 guys asking me to join their order?
I have Storm, Serpent, and Flame officers. Do I have to choose one? What is the difference?

You need to choose one Grand Company, yes. I'd suggest choosing based on personal preference, as the only difference is the gear and chocobo barding you'll eventually get. It's also going to affect the storyline you'll get to a lesser extent (you'll basically report to your Grand Company and some story events will take place in your GC region). You'll also get a Company Hunting Log but I don't know if they're different from one another. Here's the Serpent Gear, Flame Gear, Storm Gear list.

 

[Lain]

I was already getting worried that there was a problem on my end, since I was getting a lost connection while trying to log my character. So there's an emergency maint? Hope it won't take too long.