Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

Flight

Molten Core Raider
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If you just went through the early access code bullshit with the rest of us, yes. I had to do the same thing.
Cheers mate; yes I went through the error 3 code BS. Is there something from SE saying this will work for 1.0 non-legacy accounts or are you assuming it will work ?
 

ZyyzYzzy

RIP USA
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Nola;333325 said:
Anyone else get this email?

Woke up with that email. Wondering if my account is messed up as I got me NA 20digit code when I did my 18digit one from GMG. The one that got sent this morning is a EU 20digit code.
 

wanand

Bronze Knight of the Realm
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If I was SE I would have done another option of buying early access for people who already brought the original steam pile of shit and never subbed. I would be willing to pay say ?5 for early access but fucked if I am going spend another ?16 for a game I already paid for just to access it 3 day early. I really thing they could have made more money adding this option
 

Myst

Peasant
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I am quite confused at this point. I entered my pre-order code last night and got a 20 digit code starting with RAAU. I entered it and everything was fine. I wake up this morning and have an email from Square Enix with a 20 digit code starting with RAAE.
 

Flight

Molten Core Raider
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If anyone gets a spare EU code they aren't going to use I'd appreciate you PM'ing it to me in case early access doesn't work on my 1.0 account.
 

Vorph

Silver Baronet of the Realm
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Anyone know where to get an updated list of what classes are needed to be a bard, black mage etc..? You would think this would be on the official website for the game but I'm not seeing it. Looks like Bard is no longer archer/conj.
No one knows, and any websites/forums/etc. saying otherwise are pure speculation. It could be 30/15/15 now or it could still just be 30/15, and I guess we'll find out about the time the first person hits level 30 on their main. Bard is definitely not arc/cnj anymore, that much is certain.

Edit: I got the weird RAAE email last night too, but this morning I had a new email show up with the correct RAAU code in it.
 

Myst

Peasant
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Edit: I got the weird RAAE email last night too, but this morning I had a new email show up with the correct RAAU code in it.
But why are we getting an email asking us to enter our code if we've already done that? Just a confirmation and to track our 20 digit code?

Things are really messed up. I had two accounts and registered the code on one account, but received this email on the SECOND account's registered email. I get in touch with support and they tell me that my code in fact registered on the first account. This is beyond frustrating and confusing.
 

Qhue

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I got a RAAU when I first managed to register my pre-order code. I am guessing that the RAAEs are just incorrect euro codes applied to north american pre-orders and the best way they could come up with how to handle it was to just reissue north american ones.
 

Vorph

Silver Baronet of the Realm
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But why are we getting an email asking us to enter our code if we've already done that? Just a confirmation and to track our 20 digit code?

Things are really messed up. I had two accounts and registered the code on one account, but received this email on the SECOND account's registered email. I get in touch with support and they tell me that my code in fact registered on the first account. This is beyond frustrating and confusing.
Because that email is generated by the preorder.na.finalfantasyxiv.com page, and their mail server is apparently so overloaded that the mails don't get sent until several hours after you've already used the code. It's basically just for people who completed half the process and then stopped for some reason, and didn't bother to save their 20-char code somewhere.

No clue about the second part, that's just bizarre. I really don't know why they felt the need to create a pretty ajax-based site to process pre-order codes just to send us to the same secure.square-enix.com account page to enter in a second code. All the first day problems were apparently caused by poorly-coded ajax, and there's no reason why the main account site couldn't have processed the pre-order code and cut out the 20-char code step entirely.

And yes, RAAU = NA and RAAE = Euro.
 

Gravel

Mr. Poopybutthole
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Add me to the list who received an RAAE code, sent the 20th, after I got it to work with an RAAU code yesterday. Fucking SE. They suck at this.

I can't wait for the clusterfuck that happens when everyone tries to enter their regular game codes, which I'm pretty sure no one has even received yet.
 

Guzrog

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dunno if this was already posted or not, but the new nvidia beta drivers are giving me a nice ~10% performance increase in the benchmark.

scores with 326.41 drivers:

1080p @ max - 10073, avg. fps 89.27
1440p @ max - 6954, avg. fps 57.19

with new 326.80 drivers:

1080p @ max - 11439, avg. fps 104.223
1440p @ max - 7657, avg. fps 65.33
Thanks dude! What kahlim said. Nice gain with 326.80 Nvidia beta drivers!

Before: 8398 - full screen - max, 1920x1080 (326.41 driver)
After: 9047 - full screen - max, 1920x1080 (326.80driver)
 

Saban_sl

shitlord
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Typical, my email address seems to exceed the character limit on PS3 and as far as i know i don't have just a regular ID to enter.

Edit: nevermind, logged into JP site and it showed me my SE ID.
 

Vorph

Silver Baronet of the Realm
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There are new beta Cats (13.8b2 - Win 7/8 64-bit DLhere, other OS you're on your own) which claim to have FF XIV optimizations done. 13.8b1 also caused the game to crash repeatedly during phase 4, so hopefully that's been fixed as well.

I don't have before and after scores in the benchmark. I tried to get them but my PC was all messed up from the weekend, and I scored 6900 with b1 and 6700 with b2, both of which were absurdly low for my hardware and settings. So I rebooted and scored 10070 with b2, which is considerably higher than I'd ever seen before. YMMV.
 

Tol_sl

shitlord
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But why are we getting an email asking us to enter our code if we've already done that?
Because, Square-enix. This whole thing has been pretty hilarious. They emailed me my code again this morning, and I went to enter it and got a 'code already used' error, and it took me a minute to remember I had used that code after being linked to the second code input screen after trying to enter code #1 for hours and finally getting in. SE account management is the true MMO labyrinth to navigate!
 

Bruman

Golden Squire
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There are new beta Cats (13.8b2 - Win 7/8 64-bit DLhere, other OS you're on your own) which claim to have FF XIV optimizations done. 13.8b1 also caused the game to crash repeatedly during phase 4, so hopefully that's been fixed as well.

I don't have before and after scores in the benchmark. I tried to get them but my PC was all messed up from the weekend, and I scored 6900 with b1 and 6700 with b2, both of which were absurdly low for my hardware and settings. So I rebooted and scored 10070 with b2, which is considerably higher than I'd ever seen before. YMMV.
Just curious from people - what video cards are you using? I don't expect a video card as old as mine (4870 x2, or numbers close to that, heh) to get improvements with video card drivers anymore, but I didn't know if their unified driver architecture made it so it would still boost them.

Great thing is - I can still play the game at max rez with high settings (just no AA, a couple of things one notch down). I love that video card.
 

Ao-

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Thanks dude! What kahlim said. Nice gain with 326.80 Nvidia beta drivers!

Before: 8398 - full screen - max, 1920x1080 (326.41 driver)
After: 9047 - full screen - max, 1920x1080 (326.80driver)
Those straight from the nVidia site?




Also, I was able to log into the client, update, sign EULA stuff, and get to the point where it said "wait for your early access".
 

Chysamere

FF14 Free Company Master
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Thank you for playing FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.

We are notifying about the issues that occurred and measures taken during the Beta Test Phase 4.

-For Worlds under the North America/European Data Centers, we have resolved the issue where in some cases Error 3102 was displayed and was not allowing login.

Since the detail of the error was that it occurs when a Character is left in a World for a short period of time, the error may display upon situations such as connection loss. Even in that case, we have fixed the issue so players are able to login again after a minute or so.

-We have resolved the issue where in some cases Error 90000 was displayed and was having login difficulty.

-We have resolved the issue where in some cases Error 90000 was displayed and players were unable to move to certain areas.

-We have resolved the issue where in some cases players were unable to complete Main Quests and Class Quests even though they were completed.

Also regarding the Beta Test Phase 4, we are currently fixing the data for Characters that had the corresponding issues.

*There are Quests that allows players to choose their rewards, but we have reports saying that the status of the selection stayed as unselected. For Quests that allows players to select their rewards, we please ask our players to select the rewards.

-We have resolved the issue where in some cases players were unable to complete certain Sub Quests even though they were completed.

Also regarding the Beta Test Phase 4, we are sorry to ask our players to abandon the Quest once and offer it again for the corresponding issues if occurred.

*There are Quests that allows players to choose their rewards, but we have reports saying that the status of the selection stayed as unselected. For Quests that allows players to select their rewards, we please ask our players to select the rewards.

-We have made a change, so when receiving damage during an Event and in some cases unable to progress in certain Quests, players will no longer receive damage.

Also, regarding the Beta Test Phase 4, we are sorry to ask our players to abandon the Quest once and offer it again for the corresponding issues if occurred.

-We have resolved the issue where in some cases players were unable to progress Guildleve Release Quest.

Also regarding the Beta Test Phase 4, we are currently fixing the data for Characters that had the corresponding issues.

-We have resolved the issue where in some cases the client program force quits when selecting a Character.

-We have resolved the issue when completing Thaumaturge and Fisher Class Release Quest, the amount of gear set increases by two.
*Gear sets normally increase by one

Also, if affected by this issue, some players will be at a disadvantage compared to other players so for the corresponding Characters, we are planning to implement a compensation. We will notify everyone once we decide on the compensation date and method.

-We have resolved the issue when in some cases during a server outage, the action to mount and call a Minion was disappearing.

Also, for Characters that have the call action disappear, the action has been reinstated.

-We have resolved the issue when in some cases during a server outage, Items that were stored in the Cabinet was disappearing.

Also, for Characters that have lost Items, what was in the Cabinet has been reinstated.