Final Fantasy XVFollow

They may have decided to finish introducing the classes before they move to open beta. Which I'd definitely hold to be an intelligent decision, so I can't hold that against them.

Of course, it could be for something else entirely. I'm just hoping.

Oh, and for the Phase 3 Beta, there were certain NPCs that would auto raise you to level 15 on your second classes if you completed the main story on your first class. If we go another weekend of Phase 3, I'll probably do that to get my sub jobs up to 15 for unlocking what ever main secondary I want...

http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Test/threads/53533-Instant-Level-Secondary-Jobs-1-15-in-Beta

Edited, Jul 7th 2013 10:59am by TirithRR

I wish I had known that before I spent all that time leveling Conjurer to 15. I might have had time to get Gladiator to 26 and boost to 29.

I think that is the 26-29 jump he is talking about. Apparently it's after you do one of the later Dungeons to boost you up to the next. If next weekend is another phase 3, I'm gonna try to get to PLD and see what it's like.

I always kind of thought DRK and PLD were opposite sides of a coin. It'd be appropriate for Gladiator to transition into both, though I could see Marauder getting DRK.

****. I haven't been this hooked this early in an MMO since I started FFXI (since that was the first MMO I played). I just want regular access to happen RIGHT NAO.

Also, if beta weekends could ******* include Sunday, that'd be great. I work Friday and Saturday and it keeps bumming me out that the one day I have off, access ends in the wee hours of the morning.

The final Phase 3 weekend starts this Wednesday and goes until Monday. So there's that.

Also, according to the gen board, Arcanist and Fisherman won't be in the game until launch.

Iirc, it's a 2-3 week phase 4, then a short break, then early access (which is 2-3 days).

So assume 3 days, another 3 break, then two-3 weeks for a total of 3-4 weeks before launch. It's launching in late August. So say 2 weeks?

I wasn't really planning on playing much during the week. I have extremely limited free time on weekdays, and it forces me to be fairly strict about how I spend my time.

All I have planned for this beta event is to:

1. Try the rest of the classes to get a very basic feel for how they play.
2. Try and get a feel for what combat animations are like, so I can get more information on what to play.
3. Explore LL and Ul'dah some more, for a better feel which city I'd want to start in (I've already explored Gridania, and it's a contender).

Actual PLAY probably won't happen.

Idk what Im going to do for the last part of Phase 3. I want to play, but I also dont want to put to much time into a character I know will be deleted soon. Ill probably reroll a character as a lancer or healer or something. Im already skipping story as not to ruin it so I have something to look forward to come permanent characters.

Maybe Ill focus on crafting/gathering

My plan right now is to get GLA to 30 to try out Paladin. I won't be touching any of the other classes in beta, except maybe a gathering and/or a crafting class. I want to save some stuff for when I eventually get bored down the road.

I think a big thing for me will be to play around with the UI. I just have to find out if UI changes will carry through to Phase 4. I would hate to spend the hours it will take me to get my UI just right, only to have it wiped.

This was a pretty neat "ultimate job list" someone came up with: http://i.imgur.com/AGwf3O9.jpg

As for Turin, it's explicitly stated that video capture is not permitted at this time. What did you expect to happen?

I love some of those, agree with many, don't agree with some, and hate a few. So... success?

My biggest issue is how many additional classes they added to make it work. That's a LOT of additional development I don't see happening. We'll definitely see SOME new classes, but I'm doubting we'll see anything close to that many even in a decade.

I can see them adding a daggers class and a gun class. But everything else seems close enough to an existing weapon that it will probably just exist for jobs, like greatswords.

Which isn't to say that I wouldn't love a greatsword class. I just see them expanding Gladiator or Marauder with it, in the context of a job. Same thing with Rapiers - why bother, when you can just toss them to the Gladiator, disable slashing-based attacks, and add a bunch of new piercing attacks with a Fencer job?



Elvaan were pretty popular too, because of so many people trying to min/max for physical DPS. At the same time, Hume were popular because of so many people wanting to be average+ in every job (Humes were statistically pretty great across the board, compared to how high/low the stat could actually go based on race). Tarus were probably third, for people specializing in Magic. Then Mithra, for people with odd fetishes, and the desire to specialize into dex/agi-based classes. Galka were definitely last.

And yeah, Galka felt like you were moving so slow. Which was one reason I adored playing my Tarutaru.

For me, it's Lalafell, Miqo'te, or Hume.