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Beta 3 Part 1 turns off in about 13 hours, so best get crackin'!

I got in too. Played yesterday, looks nice, and plays way better than the last edition of FF14. Minor things here and there can be fixed but it is looking like it is moving in the right direction at least. I just hope they don't rush through the Beta process like they did last time. It is miles ahead of where it was, but I think SE should be more attentive to the things players are suggesting. They didn't last time and we saw the results. It plays fun so far...but its new, and I am not sure how long that "fun" can last to a long time fantasy MMO player. (bored bored bored.)

So far it's a lot better than original FFXIV Beta. (though, that's not saying much).

I can't help but think it'd be better with a keyboard... maybe I should plug one into my PS3 and see what happens? I see a bunch of people around me talking to each other, they must be typing.

If you want to play any MMO on a console, you will need a keyboard. Ok, maybe not NEED, but I would never dream of not using one.
FFXI had some slow hunt and pick system to chat with- I don't know if it's in FFXIV, but it's was so ridiculously slow that you'd get left far behind in any conversation.

Also, you might be seeing PC players, who already have keyboards. PS3 and PC will be on the same servers at launch, so I see no reason they would separate them for phase 3.

Edited, Jun 15th 2013 9:41pm by xypin

FFXIV has not had a chat client for 1.0 and beta. I have yet to play an MMO with its own voice chat system, so I don't know how common of a practice is it.

For PC, it is assumed PC players will set up their own chat groups, if desired.
I don't have a PS3, but I assume the system has some form of group chat? If so, that would be your only option.

I know how useful voice chat can be (my FFXI group uses it frequently), but since not everyone likes using voice, I believe SE recognized this and wanted to develop a game that would not require it. I do not remember them ever responding to questions about voice chat, so it might not have come up, but I don't browse the forums constantly either.

The devs have so far been pretty receptive to feedback, so you could comment it on the feed back sections of the beta forums and they'll probably give a reply one way or the other, with their reasoning. It would be nice to have cross-platform chat, however.

LOTRO has a native chat client. I haven't played it in years but, when I did, it sucked.

You can use keyboard. I was using a wireless one.

Combat still awesome with the controller though.

I assume you can accomplish the same with the PS3 Keyboard that plugs into the controller, I don't have one so can't confirm.

Edited, Jun 16th 2013 2:52am by rdmcandie

Bluetooth keyboards also work.

I've been using the MK520 combo for Dust514 without any problems.

You still have a chance. (If you signed up for the Beta, that is). I think they give out new batches of keys with each Phase. And the next Phase starts up on Friday morning, 2am PDT, and ends Sunday morning at 2am PDT.

I'm bummed that the hours are shifted so far off the NA/EU weekend. Understandable because it's JP and all that, but still. I only get try things out for one day.

I mean from a standpoint of Square Enix. Pretty sure over the years of me playing FFXI, maintenance, etc. were always done based on the JP times. I've always assumed that the crew was relatively small (company speaking) and all stationed in Japan.

If you aren't an old FFXIV player, and are looking to get into ARR, pretty sure GMG has the best deal on the preorder, you can get the collector's edition for 37.50USD, or the regular pre-order for 22.50USD.

I was only in the Beta for FFXIV, so I didn't see what they had done trying to fix it, but ARR looks like an entirely different game. Though I did start a character in Limsa Lominsa on ARR and it looked very similar to what I remember Limsa Lominsa was in the previous version's Beta. Even similar monsters outside.