Quuyn

I feel like, there's absolutely no way to go through all 1k pages in the, what 15 hours left of beta? NOT EVEN WORTH!

We're downstairs in Ul'dah near a side bar thing. Just take the Lift down to the Airships!

Don't worry, we'll be short together :love:

I'll be there in a year once I get out of cutscenes.

Ul'dah it is then!

I'd say Tiamat because a lot of people already made characters there last night. - As for starting city. I'd vote for Gridania because I love that place, buuut I'm up for any of them~

Yeah was about to say; Either Tiamat or Fenrir are popping up with some RPers. But I'd be in for a bit~

I found the perfect cure to this problem... In effort to take my mind off of things, and waste time till Early Access. I've decided to take on the painstakingly long game of 'Marathon' mode of Civ V. ...These games can last up to a week. BOREDOM. GONE.

Pfft, it's BETA. Just remember that! If it was launch I'd understand, that's why this isn't as big a deal as Error 37. The game isn't actually out yet, or released, so they get a bit of teeter room. After all, this was the -purpose- of Beta! STAND STRONG... or don't, IDK it's your money.

Eh, look at it this way; Square made a rather stellar MMO (For me at least) and I trusted them with making an awesome game, soo now I'll trust them that they can sort out the technical issues! Besides, even if we picked another server. Who's to say that one won't get locked down as well. From what I hear, it's not just Gilgamesh and Balmung that have been blocked, multiple NA servers have been blocked from Character creation, even before the implementation of the new servers.

Eh, I'm not bothered by the lack of communication. I have no idea what the technical aspect of this situation is, and I imagine they are working towards fixing it. The best sort of communication we would get, even if they did respond would be something along the lines of: "We're looking into the issue at hand." Which doesn't provide much comfort anyways! Either way, Beta is Free, so we're not really entitled to anything, even after you pay, you're still not entitled to it. You just paid Square for 'permission' to play their game. They can take it away at any time they want, cause it's still their game. But of course, logic is lost in a land of thirst. AND DAMNIT I WANT TO BE QUENCHED... FIX IT SQUARE. FIIIIX IIIIT~

Personally, I'm already on Balmung, but to my understanding, beta is beta and this issue will be resolved by Early Access. I highly doubt they've completely shut down character creation for servers. I think it's a beta restriction to try and deviate flow to other servers, to make sure everything is stress tested. I think, when launch comes. The restrictions will be lifted and everyone will be free to create characters on servers. On top of that, Beta is Free, the game is not. So a heavy chunk of the overwhelming population will be chiseled off right there. I doubt the entirety of the Beta population is going to be in the full release. SHORT VERSION: I don't think we have anything to worry about!

Error 3102... 2013... 2+0 = 2+1 = 3... So you know what that means...

I think it's more of a 'situation calls for' thing. I tend to favour long winded emotes, but if it's a fast paced back and forth, I'll stick to shorter responces to keep up with the flow. That said, I'm also a rather fast typer, so usually I can push out a paragraph before people can push out a sentence. I'd say stick to what you're comfortable with! No one is going to think of you as 'less of an RPer' it's all about quality, not quantity.... I just try to execute both. I'M SO GREEDY~

I reallly hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this was just posted to the launcher:

Jeez... Can't wait to see what happens when Beta ends and you have four full days before Early access! :evil:

...Weeeeelll... it was supposed to be finished about 40 minutes ago. (Yes, that's after they extended it.) So uuuhmmm... Let's just say the withdrawal is about to intensify.

I'm in complete agreement. It pretty much feels like they took everything I love and shoved it in an MMO. - I adore WoW's questing style, because I love getting a bunch of quests, then doing them all, and turning them in. However FFXIV also takes the event systems from Rift, mashes it with GW2, and makes 'story / lore' based Fates pop up. While in Rift it was like "...Hey, guys... Monsters!" - It feels like there is a -reason- behind each event. And the personal favourite for me is the fact that I can walk right past that Fate and keep doing my quests, because they're not embedded into the Exp grind, as they were in GW2. ( I remember being severely underleveled because I never did events in GW2, so I had to go back and do them. ) Combat itself is so slack, and easy. It's something I enjoy, due to the fact I'm one of those 'casuals' who just wants to laze about and not really pay attention. Usually I just talk to people while I spam buttons. AND OF COURSE, best part is the appearance. Ugh, everything is so attractive in the world, and the Weather effects are what got to me. When I was leveling in the Black Shroud, there was so many cycles. From Fog, to Rain, to sun. Everytime it shifted I kept getting lost because the effect it had on the actual world, changed the view of it, I thought I wandered into a swampy place by accident when Fog first hit. RP wise, the sitting mechanics are awesome, the animations for the plethora of emotes are amazingly adorable. Only gripe I have is the severe lack of base emotes that most other MMOs have, such as /yawn /hug /pat. Though, I understand why, as all the current emotes are character animation specific, and they didn't want to have emotes that didn't animate. (Hugging / patting nothing would be a bit weird.) HOWEVER, the lack of /yawn still perplexes me... But at least I have /doze... which is adorable. Beta is beta, crashes are crashes. This whole 3102 is the only time I've been actually blocked from re-entering. I've had a few minute crashes at loading screens but that's it on a technical standpoint, no other issues to report. WELL THAT WAS A RANT AND A HALF. THERE YA GO 10 / 10 WOULD RECOMMEND. And as a side fun faact, according to the JP Twitter, the Beta hit 150,000 people. (Probably another million not being able to get in, right guys?! Ha.. Ha.. Haha... *Tugs at collar*)

Code for: /joy on Miqo'te. CUTENESS OVERLOAD.

Haaah, nice signature Edward, but you haven't survived yet, you're still in the midst of the chaos~

Whenever I get these issues with online games I just stop and think; "Okay... How would I fix this problem?" - Which is when I realize I'm frowning at developers and essentially taking them by the shoulders and shaking them violently, screaming; "I DON'T UNDERSTAND, JUST FIX IT. YOU CAN DO IT I KNOW YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. JUST FIX IT." ...And that is what keeps me sane. Cause I know I wouldn't have a flipping clue as to what to do.

And everyone's smiles, shrunk three sizes that day~

I think this is an awesome idea. On top of this we might establish little niche points. For example the Bobbing Cork in Fellgourd Float (The place where the Gala is being held) is an awesome spot for a 'tavern' setting, yet it's deserted! Where Koyu hangs out. -Gridania, primarily! Wandering the streets occasionally. - Sitting on the fence near the Aether Crystal -Squatted on random rocks, crates, or leaning against trees in Old Gridania. Essentially, if I'm in a City State, chances are I'm IC, or willing to be pulled into IC. I'll just -normally- hang out in Gridania when I'm actively looking for RP!

I'm with you there. It's extremely easy. Usually I just spam Cure on the Tank, and if someone gets targeted I'll just switch. I'm sure it might get harder later on. I actually enjoy it this way though. Much less stressful! Usually I never do dungeons because of stress, but healing is so lax I can get away with it. Without powering down! :thumbsup:

Yeah, they're extending it to 1am. But I'm with Lia, it's odd that apparently they're doing 'maintenance'. Emergency maintenance at that, and they, to my knowledge, didn't actually turn off the servers!