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RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Siuane Raih'li - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 09:52 AM)Dameon Wrote: Pinched from Reddit.
  • Beta phase 3 players can start one day early on the 16th
  • Early access starts on the 24th, no down time between early access and launch
  • Level cap is 20 in phase 4.
  • Arcanist available in phase 4
  • Fishing profession available in phase 4
  • Coliseum PVP will be in phase 4
  • Scholar confirmed to be healer role
  • Payment options Crysta, credit card, 30 day and 60 day game cards confirmed
  • Fee based world transfer service confirmed (available 2-3 weeks from launch)
  • Free of charge smartphone apps (named Libra Eorzea) confirmed. Shows character stats, all abilities, quests, crafting materials, and basically all information about the game. Available 1 week after launch for iOS and 3-4 weeks after launch for Android.
  • No item transfer between same account and same server available.
  • Barber shop not available at launch, In the barber shop you can change hairstyle, hair colour, face tattoo, face paint, face paint colour and beard.
  • Seasonal events confirmed (Xmas & new years confirmed so far), with season-themed gear obtainable
  • Snowman gear confirmed (lol)
  • Fire resistant swimsuit gear confirmed
  • New Eorzea 2013 Collection Video (Mob version)
  • Phase 4 data will not be wiped unless a game breaking bug is discovered. Stop asking.
  • Crystal Tower 24 man raid confirmed (not available at launch)
  • Primals finishing moves confirmed to be changing
  • No /tell allowed in raids.
  • Duty finder to be expanded over time.
  • Extreme difficulty setting confirmed for primals
  • Unicorn mount confirmed, for white mages! (<3)
  • Other unique mounts for different jobs available
  • Character gender and race effects mount sitting pose
  • Limited amount of times you can "need" in dungeons and raids confirmed.
  • Leviathan confirmed

Thanks Dameon for pinching this.  Definitely interesting information though I still wish that phase 4 of the beta was this weekend.  Was there anything more about the arcanist and how it's going to work?

Need to find something to do to pass the time.

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - FreelanceWizard - 08-08-2013

The official translated updates are here.

From those, I can see the Redditors have a few inaccuracies:
  • They may allow /tell in instanced raids at some point, but they're concerned about harassment. It's not a technical issue; the feature has just been disabled. (Q20)
  • Need roll restrictions will not be implemented. (Q23)


RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Eve Malusion - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 09:56 AM)doctorgalactic Wrote: I've got some clearer pics for the event costumes for those interested - 
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And some more pics from later in the stream, a lot of them look like housing items - 
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Thanks, managed to screencap everything past that point so will edit and use yours where you have clearer ones. Greatly appreciated because my stream froze on a few of them.

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Vlll - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 10:02 AM)FreelanceWizard Wrote: The official translated updates are here.

From those, I can see the Redditors have a few inaccuracies:
  • They may allow /tell in instanced raids at some point, but they're concerned about harassment. It's not a technical issue; the feature has just been disabled. (Q20)
  • Need roll restrictions will not be implemented. (Q23)

Wait, so everyone can Need on items even though they're not on the job? :/

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - doctorgalactic - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 10:24 AM)Eve Malusion Wrote:
(08-08-2013, 09:56 AM)doctorgalactic Wrote: I've got some clearer pics for the event costumes for those interested - 
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And some more pics from later in the stream, a lot of them look like housing items - 
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Thanks, managed to screencap everything past that point so will edit and use yours where you have clearer ones. Greatly appreciated because my stream froze on a few of them.

Happy to help!  I'm updating that post, so keep checking back Smile

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Warscar - 08-08-2013

Since P4 is unpaid, how do you guys think they will enforce character limits? Everyone can only make 1 per server for now?

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Raccoon - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 10:39 AM)Warscar Wrote: Since P4 is unpaid, how do you guys think they will enforce character limits? Everyone can only make 1 per server for now?

In P3, I made several. I imagine they already have systems in place for people that have too many characters that downgrade their subscription plan to the base level. You'll probably just be left either with the first one you created, or they'll let you choose which to be your one.

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Dameon - 08-08-2013

Previous post updated with all current reddit information.

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Azthran - 08-08-2013

I understand putting a level cap on the beta but that kind of restricts the pvp testing to legacy players. I know things won't change but I think it would have been better for them to have the cap be 30 with job quests disabled instead of having the cap be 20. I do understand time restrictions as 3 days isn't that long but wouldn't it be in their best interest to have as many people testing it as they can instead of leaving it up to just the legacy group?

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Raccoon - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 09:52 AM)Dameon Wrote: Pinched from Reddit.
  • VETERAN REWARDS PROGRAM, bonuses granted depending on how long you have been subscribed. Bonuses such as items, mounts and character remake ticket. 30 day reward is wind up cursor minion and phial of fantasia. 60 day reward is cascadier uniform and black chocobo minion. 90 day reward is beady (tiny) eye minion and Voidal Resinator (Ahriman) mount. 120, 180 day and more rewards confirmed. (thanks to BarbequeChickenWings & wooooooper for the pictures)

Aww. I'll have to wait two months to get the rent-boy outfit? And then another month for a really creepy mount. Assuming that's not just for those that stuck around in 1.0.

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Lren - 08-08-2013

Well, looks I have some time to complete my back log before the Open Beta at least XD

RE: Open Beta & Early Access (among other things announced in the live letter) - Eve Malusion - 08-08-2013

Rewrote the main post entirely to make it easier on the eyes and more informative.

Well I love the veteran reward mount, I'll probably be buying enough game time to get it right away. Considering getting bard up just for that PvP set, at least I assume it's for bard, it sure looks like it would be, either way it looks great.

The veteran rewards are given as soon as you buy the subscription, so you don't have to wait for that amount of time to get them, you just need to purchase the amount of gametime required.

RE: Open Beta & Early Access, Live Letter 8 Discussion - FreelanceWizard - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 10:30 AM)Vlll Wrote: Wait, so everyone can Need on items even though they're not on the job? :/

I should've been more clear. Smile Currently, you can only Need on things that you can use on your current class/job. However, a lot of gear can be used by multiple classes even if it doesn't make sense for them to use it -- for instance, a Marauder can roll on Lancer gear. Also, rolling and loot drops are really random, with some dungeons resulting in people not getting any loot at all. For these reasons, some people wanted more severe restrictions, such as limiting the number of Need rolls you can make per duty or establishing some sort of hierarchy of rolls. The devs said that they weren't going to do that.

From the official translation:
"Q23: You previously mentioned that you might restrict the number of times we are able to roll a NEED on loot. Have you decided if any restrictions will be in place?

A23: After discussing the matter internally, we have decided not to implement any restrictions on the looting system."

RE: Open Beta & Early Access, Live Letter 8 Discussion - Apoc1216 - 08-08-2013

(08-08-2013, 09:56 AM)doctorgalactic Wrote: I've got some clearer pics for the event costumes for those interested - 
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Maybe it's just me but I swear that looks like a Samurai headpiece.

Maybe Samurai are going to be added in the game later? *bounces in chair with excitement*

RE: Open Beta & Early Access, Live Letter 8 Discussion - Vlll - 08-08-2013

Oh, that sounds reasonable. It seemed kind of bad to be able to do that as MRD in beta, yeah.