Final Fantasy XVFollow

Well Im sold, Imma pick up a copy soon. GMG still has it on sale i think

Yeah, I'm probably going to grab it as well. I've only reviewed Archer and Thaumaturge so far. The first is fun, the second was confusing (having no idea what the buffs did, or how to read that info on the PS3 version).

What are the CE items? Anything good?

I've played a few hours, and so far it's not bad. I don't know if I'll keep playing once it goes live or not. I'm currently on Midgardsormr, but that can change since nothing matters until phase 4. I'll have to play a bit more to see what the rest of the world is like before I can decide. Right now I've got a level 7 Lancer in Gridania. I like the feel of the city, and the graphics are great. I could go for a bit more in the way of lore, but I suppose that will come in time.

Instanced party fight for the level 20-22 Story Quest (a bit after the 3 city dungeons) is really fun. Things are well balanced. I won't spoil the name of the boss, but I'm sure it's spoiled all over the shout channels with the "LFG <XXX> Fight". It's nice that you can progress through the story and don't have to worry about traversing a whole zone or two without aggro like in FFXI. Most of the story events are solo.

Oh, and if you hadn't noticed, Square Enix went ahead and put scantily clad cat girl dancers in some of the cities and towns for us, along with audiences cheering them on, so people didn't have to waste their time creating catgirls, stripping them down, and dancing.

Edited, Jun 29th 2013 6:52pm by TirithRR

Honestly I couldnt figure out why you cant change marking on the cat people. it seems kind of weird. Also other then a chin scruff they lack any sort of beards/goatee ohh and almost all their hairstyles are beiber cuts.

I think I may be coming a tad jaded to Jpop hair styles

Yeah, what's with this recent trend of disappointing beard options in games? I don't approve.

That said, I'm looking at the patch notes now, and it says character creation options will be expanded/adjusted following phase 4.

GW2 had this problem, too. And WoW has never had good beards, except for gnomes.

TOR is the only game that actually bothered giving you some quality full beard options. And, hell, they had tons of other facial options as well. At the very least, I hope they add them later, with tailor NPCs or something.

I like the take on the cities, so far. Ul'dah is probably my least favorite, but not by any huge margin. Limsa Lomisa and Gridania are fairly close.

I'm guessing the Arcanist Guild will be in LL, since right now they only have one main class option to start there. The other two cities both have three options, and each has a DoM (Lancer/Archer/Conjurer for Gridania, Pugilist/Gladiator/Thaumaturge for Ul'dah). LL just has the Marauder right now.

I'm also guessing they'll either be revealing another Disciple of the Hand at the next major event (QuakeCon?) or they'll be starting the first expansion class in LL.

I'm guessing it'll be in an expansion, and I'm guessing it'll be Thief (or similar), with the additional introduction of the Corsair job.

As of right now, I'll probably start Arcanist.

Limsa doesn't have it's Disciple of the Field class yet, does it? I assume it will be fishing?

Gridania has Bontany
Ul'dah has Mining

Double.

Edited, Jun 29th 2013 8:49pm by idiggory

I've already accepted that fate from GW2 dailies. Whenever I was focused on a task, they were everywhere. Whenever I needed them for my daily quest, I couldn't find a single one nearby.

They're the sorts of events that are best considered random bonuses, not something you seek. I don't know if there's a reason you WOULD be actively seeking them in FFXIV (like daily quests, or particular bonuses). But that's my take on it.

Oh, something worth noting (because it isn't at ALL clear from the character creation screen), is that there might be multiple pages of creation options. Specifically, hair styles. Try to scroll to the right from the bottom-most style, and you might have more options.

Once you progress through the story and join one of the three nations "Grand Companies" FATEs are a good source of the currency used to buy gear and stuff from the company store. Daily gathering missions give you 5-100 depending on what item you turn in. FATEs give you 50-200 for the level 10-15 ones.

Edit:
I just reached the end of the main story line available during Beta. The game announced it to me and thanked me for playing, told me to continue enjoying the Beta.

Edited, Jun 29th 2013 10:28pm by TirithRR

I just wish these beta times weren't so dumb. Sunday is the day I actually get to sit down and do what I want.