Hydaelyn Role-Players

So the Lodestone is online. It actually looks really REALLY helpful. It even has info about the game that I haven't seen covered on the fansites. Another plus is that it has crafting recipes from 1-30.

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Oh and Hardware Cursor in the retail client is confirmed

YAY!
And now for a totally off-topic question... I see on the Lodestone site that servers will be going up tonight for those of us who have purchased the CE. How does SE know that I've pre-ordered my copy from Amazon? Will retailers be sending out an email with access codes?

Bleck. I feel rather stupid...

Yeah... that whole thing makes me wonder if I should make a trip to Wal-Mart tonight and cross my fingers they have a copy. Of course I COULD just be a responsible adult and wait until mine comes tomorrow. But what fun is that?

As for the 8pm EST thing... I'm thinking that's basically midnight the 22nd in Japan.

Having such a staggered release could be a good or bad thing for us. We won't really no until tomorrow comes and all the NA players start registering copies.

EDIT: Yeah, that's what it is... as of this posting its 1:39am on the 22nd in Japan.

Asytra Wrote:Oh and Hardware Cursor in the retail client is confirmed

Thanks, I totally missed while doing my settings =_=

Noëlle Wrote:

Asytra Wrote:Oh and Hardware Cursor in the retail client is confirmed

Thanks, I totally missed while doing my settings =_=

The other good news is that it is defaulted to "On"

Just checked, mine was set to off.

I advise everyone to check, though I'm sure they would anyway.

Noëlle Wrote:Just checked, mine was set to off.

I advise everyone to check, though I'm sure they would anyway.

Really? How strange, mine was on. =O.o=

I'm so OCD about setting up a game before playing it I ALWAYS go through the graphic and other setups first. It annoys me greatly when games don't let you do this. (I'm looking at YOU City of Heroes!)

A real shame they didn't deliver on those new hairstyles though. Guess it'll be a little while before those make it into the game.

Shawnzy Wrote:A real shame they didn't deliver on those new hairstyles though. Guess it'll be a little while before those make it into the game.

Out of curiosity, has anything been added to the game's character creation? Or is it just the same as it was in Open Beta?

Satisiun Wrote:

Shawnzy Wrote:A real shame they didn't deliver on those new hairstyles though. Guess it'll be a little while before those make it into the game.

Out of curiosity, has anything been added to the game's character creation? Or is it just the same as it was in Open Beta?

So far, the game is pretty much exactly what it was in Open Beta. No apparent new zones, no new options in character creation.

Shawnzy Wrote:So far, the game is pretty much exactly what it was in Open Beta. No apparent new zones, no new options in character creation.

Hm. I would presume there is at least the addition of the Dravania region (west of Ishgard), and then maybe the Gyn Abania region where the ruins of Ala Mhigo (east of The Black Shroud/Gridania) are. It would seem silly to not have the entirety of the beginning continent available for exploration.

Satisiun Wrote:

Shawnzy Wrote:So far, the game is pretty much exactly what it was in Open Beta. No apparent new zones, no new options in character creation.

Hm. I would presume there is at least the addition of the Dravania region (west of Ishgard), and then maybe the Gyn Abania region where the ruins of Ala Mhigo (east of The Black Shroud/Gridania) are. It would seem silly to not have the entirety of the beginning continent available for exploration.

Nope.avi

Doesn't seem to be so. FFXI didn't have the entirety of it's landmass available on release either. Neither did WoW.

Shawnzy Wrote:Nope.avi

Doesn't seem to be so. FFXI didn't have the entirety of it's landmass available on release either. Neither did WoW.

Ehn. Fair enough. I sometimes forget that us non-Japanese players came in alongside Rise of the Zilart. So even excusing Elshimo and Kuzotz not being in (further continents than Mindartia and Quon were to each other), there was main continent areas that were added only then, such as Tu'Lia, Li'Telor, and Vollbow.

Oh well, I guess.

Normally not one to double post, but thought I'd throw out a bit of numeric statistics a few hours in to release thanks to the wonders of Lodestone, and the search function.

Keep in mind this is totally unscientific. This was basically just flipping through every server and not picking a specific name or job class to search for, ensuring maximum(?) search results.

Secondly, it appears that search results might only go up to 1,000. I figured that while all but one server had not hit that cap yet, I'd show how things seem to be panning out.

With that said ...

Numbers pulled between 2:33 am and 2:37 am EST:

Lindblum - 1,000+
Selbina - 956
Figaro - 910
Gysahl - 903
Cornelia - 884
Mysidia - 835
Besaid - 825
Trabia - 731
Wutai - 525
Istory - 519
Rabanastre - 421
Kashuan - 418
Palamecia - 389
Melmond - 347
Bodhum - 344
Saronia - 339
Fabul - 319

Edit: And because I am that *expletive* bored, the numbers between 3:00 am and 3:04 am EST, behind the spoiler to save space and avoid a "long post is long". Last time I'm doing it since Selbina will likely crack 1,000 soon, anyway: