The game's polish is great in most areas and it definitely scratches that itch. I'm impressed with Yoshi and a fair portion of what he says/what direction he goes in I agree with but once and awhile he makes me think a 12 year kid is running the show. "Try it and have fun" when responding to critical issues/feedback sometimes scares me. I just hope he sticks with his hardcore roots, nothing wrong with making the game accessable but lets make the top part of the difficulty curve still high. I WANT to wipe sometimes, I WANT to have to figure out a way to get better dps/heals/tanks to win a fight be it mechanic changes or gear upgrades etc.Let's not forget, this game has a producer who actually has a damn brain and as an avid MMO player, has gone through the same shit the rest of us has in the last 5 years with the MMO scene. Every post/letter he has written has me nodding in agreement - that gives me hope for the future of the game.
The whole sacking the old FFXIV team and hiring Yoshi-P to totally rebuild the game was a genius move.
Wait what?So from reading about GC's, it looks like PVP may be GC oriented. Has anyone thought about which GC to join, assuming we'd like to be in the same one as a FC? I know you don't have to be in the same one, but I figure it might be a good idea to have an "unofficial" GC.
That's definitely not concrete information as PVP isn't in game yet. Also, P4 didn't have lvl 25, so no experimenting with GC's -- which means I don't really know the differences between the three.Members of different Grand Companies can be in linkshells and Free Companies together. Additionally, your Grand Company affiliation does not appear to negatively affect your ability to PVE with other factions. Our current understanding of the game suggests that Grand Companies will play a role in the PVP aspect of the game. It appears that at least one PVP scenario will involve some form of GCvGCvGC (hey, everyone in MMO-land has to have royal rumbles).
I'm 20 and haven't spent any stat points out of fear I'll make the wrong choices and be unable to reset them.Wait what?
As in join pvp map and it chooses sides based on your chosen GC?
Coeurl for life.The problem with waiting on GC's is I want a chocobo. That's going to be one of my first goals, hit 25 and get my chocobo!
Will make me want to burn less money on teleports that's for sureThe problem with waiting on GC's is I want a chocobo. That's going to be one of my first goals, hit 25 and get my chocobo!
Hmm sounds like 1 "BG" out of X will be GC based, which is no big deal. It's really no different then just the game randomly picking sides(since there are no factions really) for players. If anything it could allow rewards based around the GC.I have no idea. Been doing a shit load of reading about this game today. I'm getting an EQ, I can't wait to log back in, vibe today. Just from reading this link:
Free Company, Grand Company, and Linkshells
That's definitely not concrete information as PVP isn't in game yet. Also, P4 didn't have lvl 25, so no experimenting with GC's -- which means I don't really know the differences between the three.
We can redo our characters appearance for free?There's an item that can reset stat allocation from GCs. There's also an item that can redo your appearance from GCs (someone said like 40k seals) but we'll also be getting a free one for the first month of subscribing.
Basically it sounds like they want us to have freedom and not lock ourselves in to anything, so I doubt it will be hard faction PVP
Some item you get for subbing for 30 days, that re-does appearanceWe can redo our characters appearance for free?
That's good to know, wanted to change races but didnt get a chance to with server locks and 3102.Yes, the 30 day veteran reward is a free character reset. Can change race, sex, and appearance.
It was 20 in P3 for chocobo, please tell me that shit didn't go up.The problem with waiting on GC's is I want a chocobo. That's going to be one of my first goals, hit 25 and get my chocobo!
For some reason I thought it was 25 just based on GC's. But I'm probably wrong. The post above mine makes it look like 20, since that's directly from SE regarding mounts.It was 20 in P3 for chocobo, please tell me that shit didn't go up.