Beta Begins! Feb 25th 2013

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Beta begins next Monday! Get excited.


Screenshots are on the lodestone and at FFXIVcore.com
 
I'll only be excited if I get beta access. I've actually been pretty pleasantly surprised by some of the alpha gameplay videos on the official site, as they looked a lot better than the ones I had previously seen on youtube. Sadly, I wont be able to play the game at it's official launch the way things in my life are right now. Just simply I don't have the money to spare for monthly subscriptions. :/
 
I'm wondering why they said invites have already been sent and yet I'm lacking one as a Legacy account holder.

Edit: They're out now.
 
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I received my email and have registered. They were send and received today at about 1:00AM PST

 
Received and registered mine as well. Game looks amazing and I didn't even mind the old game when they closed servers down. Seems like they've made more improvements then I'd have ever imagined. Looking forward to the 25th now lol
 
I hope they're seriously not going to wait until the next to the last day to toss up the client download...
 
Guess I didn't get an invite. *sad face*
 
Welp, seems like it's up, or at least the character creation process.
 
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Strid said:
Welp, seems like it's up, or at least the character creation process.
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You weren't kidding when you told us about your experience with Alpha and 1.0. This game is worlds apart from the original FFXIV and it is so goddamn refreshing that the lore of the world actually looks like a Final Fantasy title now.
 
Was on this all day pretty much. Such a great feeling to have that excitement and feeling that V1.0 so sorely lacked. So much to do now, and they haven't even unlocked everything for us to test yet! I put more time in doing things from level 1-11 than I did from 1-30 in 1.0. I still don't feel like I even grazed the surface yet, and that is a good sign! For a beta, The population sure is booming. Droves of people everywhere.
 
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Was on this all day pretty much. Such a great feeling to have that excitement and feeling that V1.0 so sorely lacked. So much to do now, and they haven't even unlocked everything for us to test yet! I put more time in doing things from level 1-11 than I did from 1-30 in 1.0. I still don't feel like I even grazed the surface yet, and that is a good sign! For a beta, The population sure is booming. Droves of people everywhere.
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Right! Everywhere I turned there were massive crowds.

Had a boat load of fun today, even if the first 30 minutes was with a random character. Xp

It had a solid middle and end even with the server lag. Although it became less frustrating once it became known to me that you can target and battle claimed mobs and get the quest gain from it.

FATES were nothing new if you played Guild Wars 2. They spammed often and I predict a slight decline in how often they pop due to the quick EXP gains. Although, nobody knows with this game.

What server is everyone playing on? I think I was on Atomos.
 
Dammit you guys. >< I wish I had gotten an invite. It sounds like the game is much better now (it'd be hard pressed to get worse than v1.0 though) and that's a good thing. Hmm, I played GW2 but I'm not sure what you mean by FATES. Please elaborate, as I'm sure I'll realize what you mean by it.
 
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Dammit you guys. >< I wish I had gotten an invite. It sounds like the game is much better now (it'd be hard pressed to get worse than v1.0 though) and that's a good thing. Hmm, I played GW2 but I'm not sure what you mean by FATES. Please elaborate, as I'm sure I'll realize what you mean by it.
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F.A.T.E. - Full Active Timed Events

It's exactly what dynamic events is in guild wars 2. No other way to put it, lol.

Also, NM's in this game only happen through FATE. No pop NM's or lottery spawns like in 11.
 
Ah, well that's cool. I just DL'd the benchmark and ran it, got a score of 4095 with turning all my settings up as high as I thought they could go, but apparently there is a preset 'maximum' setting. I'll try that too. Watching that was awesome. I can definitely watch it again. :D Looks much better with higher settings. Not quite and good as 1.0, but still, it reminds me of a greatly improved XI, which is what they should be aiming for.

Also, I see mobs with greatswords. So I had better see Dark Knights relatively soon after launch, god dammit. XD
 
And on their preset Maximum setting I got 3903, so not a huge difference. I basically shouldn't have any problems playing this game at top settings, and that makes me happy. Now I just need to get a better job, something I should have long before XIV:ARR comes out.
 
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