Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
No, they're great for new players. I'm a player who only started with 2.0. Yes, things are more expensive, but there's more money in general because there's so much more money circulating in the economy.
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Balmung is the Unofficial Legacy RP server, and Gilgamesh is the Unofficial Non-Legacy RP server. From what I understand, RP is almost non-existent on Gilgamesh, but I have never played on the server.
You shouldn't be chastised - I found this dude on Balmung not long ago:
And he's not the only one with names like that. It's actually a running joke for my FC that we run around looking for weird names and posting them in FC chat.
Well I guess I'll try Balmung for now
Gonna try to learn how to play 1-handed for the time being, as someone dumped their snake (actual pet! >.>) in my other hand. Too lazy to find another server atm, lol.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
Yessssss, stay on Balmung We ROCK. As to the RP bit (if it hasn't been mentioned, I'm lazy and skimmed thread) pretty much the only time you see RPers is in Inns. The majority of the server doesn't RP, but we do have Rebecca Black, Justin Beiber, Katy Perry and others, dunno if they roleplay them though. Server lag isn't as bad as it was at launch. Anyone that dies from standing in things either sucks or has a bad connection. As to economy, the ridiculous price of housing has taken a lot of gil out of the economy. I've never had more than 200k, but have been able to afford everything I need. The server is very populated, but I haven't seen a queue since before 2.1 (except that weird buggy thing where it shows like 50k people in the queue which you just cancel and re-enter). If you need help with anything find me in game
... Okay so this is pretty fun so far :3 I'm a (Base) Thaumaturge level 11, but I went AFK a ton and messed around a bit. Also got Glad and Pug to 5.
Definitely a bit more fun than I anticipated; hopefully it keeps up
I can see why a lot of people can give it negativity for it being "slow" or "relaxed" though. Clearly, those people haven't played FFXI on a PS2 with Dial-Up, as I had to for a good 2-3 years through Middle School. Compared to WoW, yeah, it's really slow (basic Fire/Blizzard spells taking 2.5s to cast each; GCD is roughly 2.5s), but that's not necessarily a bad thing; it works for FFXI/V, but wouldn't for WoW.
My only complaints is that there are random lag spikes, though fairly seldom (and it's still a fairly new game, so that's to be expected), and how BS it is that not every class can be obtained in one city, so I'm just completely locked out of getting the other Magic classes until ~15 (when I can apparently go on an airship?), but I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes. Oh well, still definitely worth $30, and I'll look into continuing if my classes at the end of the month don't eat up my time.
PS: I'm on Balmung if anyone wants to take a noob (at FFXIV) under their wing. Name is Polar Frozenclaws.
Still wondering why I play this game.
I'm a Rogue and I also made a spreadsheet for the Order Hall that is updated for BfA.
FFXIV doesn't want you to have all classes available in the same starting city for the same reason people complain about one of the crappy things in WoW. Square-Enix wants you to get out of the starting city and explore Eorzea. Explore Ul'dah and then move over to Gridania, and then Limsa-Lominsa - See how each nation's people are different and when you start a new class start your quests in the new areas city and learn about how their regions were affected by The Calamity. Most importantly however watch how the people of Eorzea interact with your character as the story quests progress.
All I can say is I saw this game selling on Amazon for 16 bucks on friday night so I bought it thinking I might as well since all I do these days in wow is post and cancel auctions...
I really am impressed at the amount of detail and polish in this game both in systems and design. Now I haven't played a FF game since FF IV on the SNES so it took me awhile to understand all the terminology, but just from playing 2 days over the weekend I got my gladiator up to 19 and have been tanking some dungeons and having fun.
This is a game I could definitely play for some time to come especially if the development team shows me that they are active with updates.
I'm on Gilgamesh. The name is Grey Fall. Hope to see you in game!
I'd say classes are starting to get a little too similar with each other. With the recent warrior changes to give them CDs like paladin there seems to be only minor differences between the 2. The same goes for the healers (one gives a HoT and the other gives a Shield) with SCH suffering from technical issues like shield stacking but their main spells are the same just different after effects.
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I received a day one ORAS demo code. I am a chosen one.
I main a WAR and while I definitely preferred 2.1 I'd say we're still fairly distinct...
Other then that though yeah a mild amount of homogenization occured buuut nowhere near what WoW has done.
As for updates yep in march we get another massive one and in February we get a smaller one.
We should get big patches every 3 months and a .5 style update between them.
No. Everyone that I played with quit I think. The game had no real content, there was no challenge in any of it. Solo healing titan hard modes was boring. I wish I'd never spent my money on it.
downloaded it for the ps3 last night and will get myself into it tonight. im both curious and scared, horror stories about lag and me wanting to play a tank with a controller might not work out as i want.
If you like WoW then you'll enjoy FFXIV at at least enough to totally get your $30's worth (or whatever) out of it for a month or so.
I can highly recommend giving it a try.
Like almost all MMOs, there's a lot of fun to be had leveling and exploring the world, even if you decide later that the endgame is not to your liking or it's not a game you want to "live in" for years.
If nothing else you can treat it like a regular single-player game experience and play until you get tired of it and, again, I think you'll be happy you did.
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Definitely worth a shot.
However, if you are the type of player that likes to rush to the end and wants super hardcore raids that never end, then this game probably isn't for you. The story is well thought, the world is very immersive, and the community is pretty lax. For myself, I find the end game content suits me. There is enough to keep me interested, but because its a new game I understand there may not be a whole lot for everyone.
If I was to give any advice, don't rush. Take your time, enjoy the game, and have fun.
I think the game is worth a shot, more so if you are a fan of the Final Fantasy saga since the game has enough allusion at the earlier FF (like the incoming battle on a big bridge).
The slow paced combat can be a problem at first, but it's not so bad when you get the hang of it.