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I say new character as well.

I'd be really surprised if they had no delete character functionality for launch.

I understand what you're saying but... ...Zyrusticae suggested that if people were so worried about the economy that SE simply reduce everyone's Gil by 90% or so, I responded that they are doing this. Whether or not the purchasing power remains the same is irrelevant - I actually disagree that it's completely the same, because there are way more Gil sinks in ARR than 1.0 - they are indeed slashing player's Gil by 90%, therefore, yes, they are doing that. I don't see any reference to a wealth tax here? Just a suggestion that player's Gil value be cut by 90%. Either way, my eagerness to continue this discussion isn't as great as your apparent eagerness to demonstrate how I'm somehow wrong about this, so I'm done for now.

No, they aren't. The value of everything in the game (all items sold by NPCs, repair costs, sell values, quest rewards, etc.) are all 1/10 the numerical amount that they were before, because arrows (the original reason that the entire economy was scaled up by 10x prior to the 1.0 launch) have been phased out. Everyone's purchasing power is still the same as it was before, all of the numbers in the game are just 1/10th the size that they used to be. Nobody is losing any money in terms of the economy; everything's being scaled in unison. Now, that doesn't account for dumb players trying to sell stuff for the same numeric price that they sold stuff for in 1.0, but there's nothing SE can do about that. Yes, they are. http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=88335137fbe9c0166ad74c643de956cb586363ab. This is why my barely played legacy character has 48,000 gil instead of 480,000 gil on Balmung right this moment.

Characters from an actually good Final Fantasy game will be something to look forward too!

...Although it does give me hope we'll get another Big Bridge battle with this wonderful piece playing~ K4M5ivckBPQ

It's not a matter of hating really, it's a matter of not wanting to mix the XIV setting with other settings so casually. This possibly opens the door RP-wise for people to play characters from just about any setting they want to, something a lot of us are not too fond of. The Crystal Tower is supposed to have elements from other Final Fantasy games right? I'm hoping that they approach this smartly and implement it in a similar fashion to how Gilgamesh from Final Fantasy V consistently shows up in other Final Fantasy games. In Final Fantasy V there was something called The Void which was inside a place called the Interdimensional Rift, it served as a space between dimensions, during the events of Final Fantasy V Gilgamesh is banished to The Void, and it's generally speculated that this is the reason he shows up in other Final Fantasy games. In XII for example he's a special Elite Mark boss fight, during this battle you can see that he's wielding Squall's Revolver gunblade, Tidus's Brotherhood sword, and Cloud's Buster sword. If they handle Lighting in a similar fashion, and not as a different version of her hanging out in Garlemard or whatever, I'll be cool with it. http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Interdimensional_Rift for reference.

I'd say that's more an easter egg than an implied appearance, but yeah.

Rakka'li Kuhn hlc2KYhEVRg So I will pave this road till glory Sets our broken spirit free From every cross-soaked nail pours endless rain With tears no eye should see But they could fill our highest ocean And the rivers in between With every blade that flowers must grow then drown With love our cruelest sea So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was I shared your name Yesterday forever speaks your grave Hail the shower from the broadside To the heavens down below Draw one last breath from your fanning ship Sink the hunger in us all Shake the hand that speaks of freedom Kiss hate one final bow Till each twilight falls then rests till dawn and tomorrow's never sleep So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was I shared your name With each word forever speaks your grave And of the fool we shall not mention That depraves the cries of youth Drag not your strength from government But from the voices they abuse So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was I shared your name Yesterday forever speaks your grave Only time will tell when this rain of hell, shall wither in defeat Separate the bread they forgot to share, till the milk still left to feed Though this body aches then disappeared into the ground, our seeds He said, "I'd, I'd always comfort thee" So I will pave this road to glory Watch as our broken spirits soar Resignate with perfect reason Shut life's last gloomy door So with a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was I shared your name With a wonder and a wild desire I will crawl from under every weight With a wonder and a wild desire Bless the day it was I shared your name Yesterday forever speaks your grave

NOPE

They are doing this.

I have a legacy account, but I barely played the game in 1.0 and certainly didn't RP at all. I only paid for legacy so I could have my name in the credits and a discount on the sub. Rakka'li will be a fresh new character on Balmung.

Been listening to this all day, it's awesome.

You're making the assumption that their position as Nuhn means that they get exclusive access and/or dominance over as many Miqo'te women as they want. All the lore says is that they gain the right to breed, and that there's about 50 or so females to every breeding male. That doesn't mean they run around acquiring as many females as they can manage for a supposed harem type situation. This automatic negative light some of us are casting on Seeker culture comes from our own cultural norms regarding sexuality. This is roleplay though, on a totally different, fantastical and importantly fictional world. It's alright to apply a more neutral sociological perspective to them because of it.

In my experience so far in beta and skype RP it's been the case that Miqo'te RPers tend to play metropolitan city-living Miqo'te that don't follow the traditional angle detailed in lore. So if you want to have a non-traditional Miqo'te, go for it! One additional thing to consider, often I see people assuming that tribal Miqo'te are inherently savage, brutal, or primitive and uncivilized. There's no grounding for this reasoning, as there are plenty of traditionally named Seeker and Keeper Miqot'e hanging out in the three city-states getting along with the civilized folk just fine. My own Miqo'te is a traditionally raised Keeper of the Moon male who is far from a savage - though his education is a little lacking.

I listen to hyadain ALL THE TIME. He also did a lot of great Dragon Quest songs, not that anyone in the west cares about Dragon Quest T_T. TcRHTFKBvv0 He also did this, which is really nice... xSXr99WhxDo

MMOs benefit a great deal from SSDs due to the constant texture loading. With ARR installed on an SSD it makes for a stutter free experience that you usually associate with HDD disk thrashing.

I'd be very, very surprised if they actually designated an official RP server, the whole RP server thing is an entirely western idea when it comes to MMOs, and honestly I'll be happier if they don't. I've played games with designated RP servers, and games without designated servers, having or not having them didn't effect the amount of RP I managed to find at all, as decent roleplayers tend to go out of the way to find each other regardless. What I did notice is that having an official RP designated server, at least in my experience, draws people specifically looking to grief RPers. EDIT: Nevermind, just saw that mod post where YoshiP stated that he likes RP and wants to set up an RP server for 2.0 launch. I almost can't believe he so casually stated that. lol

I'd like to point out that it's typical for beta servers to be renamed entirely for release. There's no guarantee that Gilgamesh will still be around come launch. They have confirmed that the legacy servers are sticking around, and all of the legacy servers follow the name of powerful weapons in Final Fantasy games. I suspect that Gilgamesh and the other non legacy servers that are being used in beta will be renamed to follow the naming conventions established by the existing legacy servers. Square Enix did pretty much the same thing for Final Fantasy XI, the beta servers had antagonist or monster names, the launch servers all have summon names. Of course, this is only educated speculation, but it does give me pause about holding a vote before phase 4. People may be very committed and excited for servers that may not even have the same name come launch.

Six months is a rather bold claim that suggests a great deal of future knowledge. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Time to force Gerik to do the same~

My old legacy character is going to become my second character, a midlander Hyur female who time-skipped. My main is going to be a fresh start, it just makes sense because he was pretty much a kid during the Calamity.

I considered that too, one way to excuse it is that the proliferation of healing magics could minimize the permanent aesthetic damage that people suffer the world over. However scars do happen, as we can choose them in the character creator. Perhaps those scars are the result of truly dire injury. I dunno. I say it's up to personal preference how rugged a character ends up looking. This is Final Fantasy after all, it's fairly common throughout the franchise for characters to go through hell and then come out the other side of it looking as if they just got their hair and makeup done by a professional stylist.

Li totally wanted to get back Rhio~ Next time maybe.

Final design for the Rakka twins as phase4/openbeta/launch.