Final Fantasy XIV - Page 54

On September 06 2013 01:29 Vaporeon wrote:
You can skip cut scenes, just hit escape.

On September 06 2013 01:30 LaNague wrote:
for new people mmos are completely overwhelming.

So they start slow and introduce you slowly to everything. This includes easy combat at trhe beginning.
If you are bored, you can attack lvl 5 mobs as level 1 and have your mortal danger.

Also, noone ever is forcing you to do sidequests, especially the level 1 ones that make you run around the city for an hour.
You can just not do it.

On September 06 2013 00:35 Yacobs wrote:
infernal_dream, why can't a game have at least a SEMBLANCE of complexity when you start? Why do you equate me wanting some form of complexity with me wanting to be all-powerful?

On September 06 2013 01:46 JonnyBNoHo wrote:

It does take forever to get a decent skill set. Lancer has to wait for lvl 26 to get the oh-so-complex combo of press 1, press 2, press 3...

I'm at lvl 36 now and it's getting really fun during boss fights. But getting to this point, wow, just way too simple IMO.

So far I've found the leveling/progression aspect much more boring than SWTOR (the only other mmo I played a lot). On the flip side the boss mechanics are much better in FF14.

On September 06 2013 02:38 Tobberoth wrote:

This is what worries me the most about the game. I only got to lvl 12-15 or so in the beta as a gladiator, so my only experience is that limited, but it seemed like skill progression was ridiculously slow and there was almost no tactic to skill usage what so ever... use the damage combo as fast as possible, dodge red areas, pop cooldowns at the right times (which is pretty much as soon as possible when solo questing). Obviously use the aggro combo and the taunt if tanking for a group.

I realize lvl 15 is nothing, but like you say, it seems that even more than halfway through the levels, it's still just a very small amount of skills and very simple rotations. I'm not saying Wow had amazingly complex rotations, but there was a lot of optimization that could be done which was enjoyable IMO. I loved to play dps warrior because the difference in damage between a lazy rotation and an optimized rotation was massive and required quite a bit of concentration... is there any chance FFXIV has anything like that in the end-game?

Also, could someone compare healing between WoW and FFXIV? I've never had as much fun as when I healed heroics at the start of cataclysm on my holy priest... you had to use spells almost perfectly before the heroics were nerfed and better gear was widely available, but I can't imagine healing working like this in FFXIV since it has to be playable on controller.. in Wow, I had the grid mod which allowed me perfect control and overview over the whole party, what buffs I had going where etc... It was hectic as hell, but ridiculously fun.

On September 06 2013 02:17 aTnClouD wrote:
Titan hard mode went down, it was so hard for my guild with the 800-900 ms delay from Europe. Had like 50 trys or more. We got dem epic weaponz

On September 06 2013 02:50 dnosrc wrote:


There are no servers in the EU?

On September 06 2013 03:17 ragz_gt wrote:
There are alot EU playing, and the lag is not that bad. Friend mate from Sweden plays with about 250-300 ping, while not ideal, is not impossible to overcome.

On September 06 2013 02:38 Tobberoth wrote:

This is what worries me the most about the game. I only got to lvl 12-15 or so in the beta as a gladiator, so my only experience is that limited, but it seemed like skill progression was ridiculously slow and there was almost no tactic to skill usage what so ever... use the damage combo as fast as possible, dodge red areas, pop cooldowns at the right times (which is pretty much as soon as possible when solo questing). Obviously use the aggro combo and the taunt if tanking for a group.

I realize lvl 15 is nothing, but like you say, it seems that even more than halfway through the levels, it's still just a very small amount of skills and very simple rotations. I'm not saying Wow had amazingly complex rotations, but there was a lot of optimization that could be done which was enjoyable IMO. I loved to play dps warrior because the difference in damage between a lazy rotation and an optimized rotation was massive and required quite a bit of concentration... is there any chance FFXIV has anything like that in the end-game?

Also, could someone compare healing between WoW and FFXIV? I've never had as much fun as when I healed heroics at the start of cataclysm on my holy priest... you had to use spells almost perfectly before the heroics were nerfed and better gear was widely available, but I can't imagine healing working like this in FFXIV since it has to be playable on controller.. in Wow, I had the grid mod which allowed me perfect control and overview over the whole party, what buffs I had going where etc... It was hectic as hell, but ridiculously fun.

On September 06 2013 03:19 aTnClouD wrote:

I have delayed response on a 800 ms average.