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Trizzip · **09-13-2010, 03:38 PM**

(Courtesy of FF14 News)

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Square Enix is hosting a pre-launch event on Sept 14 (tomorrow) in Japan for Final Fantasy XIV. They will be live-streaming the event, as well they will be translating and tweeting a translated version of the event on their twitter account.

Start Time by Timezone
* Tuesday, September 14, 18:00 (JST)
* Tuesday, September 14, 10:00 (GMT)
* Tuesday, September 14, 4:00 am (CDT)
* Tuesday, September 14, 2:00 am (PDT)

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Looks like I'll be staying up late tonight Wink

I'll be available on voice chat if anyone wants to talk about the live stream while it's going on

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Admin edit: Find most of the new info here! http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/event/prel...rt_en.html

Kylin · **09-14-2010, 08:13 AM**

Opening trailer for the game revealed!

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC510DpbU0&feature=player_embedded#">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzC510Dp ... _embedded#</a>!

New interview info! This comes from Core and I think it was a translation but not sure.

Quote:# Retrying guildleves: The best way to level is with guildleves, that is, even without the guardian's favor, you will earn way more exp and skill points per each kill. For this reason, we wanted to prevent abusive use of leves by killing all the monsters but failing right at the end and then retrying on the spot. However, if you visit the NPC that gave you the leve, you can retry it.
# There will be hardware mouse support!
# We believe that the item selection interface should be very responsive, and by release we will have introduced a MUCH improved version. After release we will continue improving this.
# The FFXIV development team acknowledged that there's issues with the mouse and user interface and apologized about it. Hardware Mouse + UI improvements will be a major focus for them.
# There will be package discount pricing on the subscription (Japan-3months, NA/EU 3/6 months)
# Due to game balance consideration, the level cap on release will be 50
# We will change it so you do not lose disabled abilities when changing class any more. [assume this means they won't leave the ability bar, they will probably just gray]
# Physical stat distribution will affect both crafting and gathering classes as much as it does everyone else.
# There aren't any "open world" NMs outside of guildleves.
# New hairstyles will be added, as well as the ability to change hairstyle in game after you make your character.
# Crafters will be able to cooperate in large-scale projects (boats, cannons, wedding cakes! YUM) so more fun for you and your company!
# There will be guildleves where crafters and adventurers have to cooperate.
# The guildleve issue will be fixed so they cooldown will be significantly decreased from 48 hours.
# Anima regeneration will have to be raised since you'll have to travel more for more frequent guildleves.
# The faction leves have you fight different beastman tribes and such.

Freyar · **09-14-2010, 08:42 AM**

# Retrying guildleves: The best way to level is with guildleves, that is, even without the guardian's favor, you will earn way more exp and skill points per each kill. For this reason, we wanted to prevent abusive use of leves by killing all the monsters but failing right at the end and then retrying on the spot. However, if you visit the NPC that gave you the leve, you can retry it.
Good to read as an affirmation. Part of the problem I had was that I don't recall being told this, or at least the "new player experience" didn't train it well enough.

# There will be hardware mouse support!
There's only one thing that can show how frustrating it gets.

# We believe that the item selection interface should be very responsive, and by release we will have introduced a MUCH improved version. After release we will continue improving this.
[i]While you're at it, please, please make it easier to discern what is damaged, how damage it is, and what materials are need to repair it.

# There will be package discount pricing on the subscription (Japan-3months, NA/EU 3/6 months)
Which is fairly standard, maybe not for SE, but I'd be a bit curious if this wasn't the case.

# We will change it so you do not lose disabled abilities when changing class any more. [assume this means they won't leave the ability bar, they will probably just gray]
I'd actually like for each profession to just keep the bars that are set. That way those that you can't use will be replaced with something useful.

# Physical stat distribution will affect both crafting and gathering classes as much as it does everyone else.
I'd like to know how much stat distribution has on actions to begin with.

# New hairstyles will be added, as well as the ability to change hairstyle in game after you make your character.
Either someone's been playing WoW post-barber shop, or they've heard the grumbling from all the Hyur, Elezen, and Lalafell.

# Crafters will be able to cooperate in large-scale projects (boats, cannons, wedding cakes! YUM) so more fun for you and your company!
Is this a step closer to a ground-based EvE Online? I'm actually quite excited for this idea. However I wonder what these things could actually be used for.

# There will be guildleves where crafters and adventurers have to cooperate.
... Crafter has to manufacture something in a hostile environment or something?

# The guildleve issue will be fixed so they cooldown will be significantly decreased from 48 hours.
Awesome. This will make me very happy.

# Anima regeneration will have to be raised since you'll have to travel more for more frequent guildleves.
I never noticed a problem with Anima regeneration. I never dropped below 60... How bad has it been for other people in the beta?

Tadir · **09-14-2010, 08:51 AM**

Woot! Tadir is in the trailer!

ArmachiA · **09-14-2010, 09:26 AM**

More:

# City-states' Guilds: Not all guilds are in every city-state
By passing a certain condition, "class quests" will become available at guilds. Class quests are of course related directly to the class itself, but at the same time are a way to truly learn the details of each city-state. Please enjoy the story revealed in these quests, in addition to the quest rewards themselves.
When you complete a quest, you will receive Guild Tokens [marks?]. We are planning to add more and more things to exchange tokens for.
# Balances to enmity in party battle: In beta, they made adjustments to enmity based on magic and abilities, but they have plans for more. These changes, however, will probably take a while to implement. They plan on adjusting the enmity according to contents, equipment, abilities, monsters, and so on. These changes will be made continuously after service begins based on how things are going.
# Mana Regeneration: In FFXIV, management of your MP use is supposed to be an important part of strategy. TheyÃ¢Â€Â™d also like magic to have explosive power in fewer hits, and not just be used to spam enemies with light damage attacks. To promote this, theyÃ¢Â€Â™d like to continue to balance the recovery methods used for MP, including the abilities and aetherite, as well as adding new methods later on.
# Usefulness of Battle Regimen
Battle regimen serve a double purpose: to expand the strategy of party play, and to reduce the difficulty/rigidness in forming parties. They are not just for doing extra damage, there are lots of various effects. For example:
# - Phys Resistance Debuff
# Normal melee attack -> Normal melee attack (ex. slash -> punch [these are basic DoW abilities])
# - Magic Resistance Debuff
# Normal melee attack -> Normal magical attack (ex. slash -> spirit dart)
# - Cast speed down + MP consumption up
# Normal melee attack -> Magic (ex. slash -> Fire)
# - TP gain reduction + TP consumption up
# Normal melee attack -> Weapon skill (ex. Slash -> Red Lotus)
# - Action aptitude up (Using a different class ability on the current class grants the same effect as when used on the other class)
# Same class magic -> Magic
# Same class Weapon skill -> Weapon skill (ex. Trunksplitter -> Brandish)
# - Damage up
# Various class WS -> WS -> Magic
# Various class magic -> Magic -> WS (ex. Blizzard -> Scourge -> Puncture)
# For example, if it's difficult to continue dealing physical damage, use Phys resistance debuff. If it's a casting monster, use cast time debuff + MP consumption increase etc.
# Negotiations are another way of obtaining loot (other than battles). By choosing the right conversation subject with a NPC, player can engage in negotiations and receive items in exchange for items wanted by the NPC. If player does exceptionally well, it's possible to get some free stuff as an extra.
# Ishgard: Ishgard's people have long been at war with man-eating dragons, and thus have not taken on Adventurers. In this city, there are already several quests appearing for the "Dragon Slayers" [faction?] who are at war with the dragons.
# Guildleves in the Beta: We sincerely apologize to our open beta testers for the client errors that would occur more frequently during guildleves in the beta. In the release version, we are dealing with these diligently.
# Retainer: Right now, when you buy something from a retainer, there is an unnecessarily long delay. On release, we plan to make this a lot more smooth. We would like to make improvements to make commerce even easier for everyone.
# Relationship Crafting/Gathering & PC Status: PC's physical level & attributes will have an effect on crafting and gathering. There are hints in the game as to what does what, so please search for it.
# Crafting
# Physical: Closely related to the tool being used and will particularly affect quality
# Attributes: related to "Godsend" [I think these are the extra result/HQ result] probability & "attribute stability" [?]
# Gathering
# Physical: Affects difficulty in obtaining items in the "gather" phase as well as the number of items obtained
# [translator note].. this is a literal translation of "physical" and "attribute" I wasn't sure here if they're talking about skill level or what, but judging from the use of katakana for Physical, I must assume it means physical level, even though that sounds odd to have an effect here.
# Market: We don't want crafters and gatherers to simply "put up" their items on the market and that's it. We want them to also act as salesmen and learn to play the market intelligently. For this purpose, we will begin with focus on the Bazaar market system. On that note, in order to be able to tell "What's for sale?" etc, we are planning to adjust policy and add functionality to improve the user friendliness.

ArmachiA · **09-14-2010, 09:27 AM**

Even more!

# Notorious Monsters
Soon, there will be NM's even in the world of FFXIV. These will look very different from most of the other normal monsters. We're planning to introduce NM's that are so huge they make a Malboro look small. The tranquil era is about to end! We're going to torment adventurers with these powered up, aesthetically varied NM's which we've prepared "episodes" for.
# Damaging monster body parts:
There are monsters which have different body parts that can be damaged. Using a specific weapon skill while standing in a specified position can lead to cutting a monster's body part off. For example, you can cut Malboro's vines or a horn/tail if the enemy has one. In addition to changing the monster's appearance, those actions can have the following effects:
- Weakening the monster
- Preventing monsters from using specific skills
- Acquiring materials from cut/damaged body parts
# Other: By combining a particular race's equipment etc with city-state it's unavoidable that a certain degree of being tied down will occur, so this time we are not thinking of doing that. [I'm a little unclear here but I think this means they want to avoid certain races being tied to certain city-states]
Scenario's are balanced, basically, completely soloable or depending on the situation doable with a small number of people. "For the most part, soloable"

ArmachiA · **09-14-2010, 09:32 AM**

C-c-c-ombo (I know I can edit but some people may not realize I'm posting new info if I do that)

:
# Guildleve availability/cooldown
Right now, there is a 2 day cooldown for guildleves. This is not enough for a single person, but the aim was that people would share guildleves to extend this time. This is why we have the leve-link and the bonus rewards for higher difficulty selection, to make it more rewarding and better exp/skill gains to play in a party. However, the time was just too long, and we heard many complaints of this nature, so we will shorten it. With that, we can see the problem with having to travel via teleport more frequently, so we are currently tweaking an anima regen increase.
# Upcoming guildleve introduction
We will be adding not just normal guildleves, but a wide variety of types of guildleves. First, there will be higher level guildleves. Among those, many will have more variance in the rules/goals as well as being able to fight with more varied monsters in many more target areas. In particular, we heard many comments of "I want to fight more and more NMs!" so we want to respond to that quickly. Also, the faction leves that were in the Open Beta are designed to be a somewhat "different taste" from regular leves, with hidden starting conditions or npcs. The rewards for these are fairly good, so please try them out! Finally, we are going to be steadily adding more and more leves that encourage coordination between all the classes including gathering/crafting/magic/war. Please look forward to it!

(Yay on the guildleve thing)

Emaraya · **09-14-2010, 09:52 AM**

Freyar Wrote:# There will be guildleves where crafters and adventurers have to cooperate.
... Crafter has to manufacture something in a hostile environment or something?

Hostile environment? Building together like cannons? Let's make a siege weapon and storm Ishgard!

Magnus · **09-14-2010, 11:39 AM**

All of this is very good news. New hair styles and the ability to change styles after creation. Giant NM's I'm thinking I'm going to need a bigger screen.

Soren Miren · **09-14-2010, 11:43 AM**

The pre-launch event for FFXIV was held yesterday...or this morning...or something, I dunno these strange japanese times. In any case, the event featured the debut of the game's CGI Trailer, which I have to say is pretty damned amazing and tells a much better story than anything Blizzard has put out there. /biased.

In addition, a great deal of updates have been planned. While it isn't clear whether these are intended for launch or a patch later on, they all sound absolutely fantastic. Check out the full list below:

Guildleve availability/cooldown
Right now, there is a 2 day cooldown for guildleves. This is not enough for a single person, but the aim was that people would share guildleves to extend this time. This is why we have the leve-link and the bonus rewards for higher difficulty selection, to make it more rewarding and better exp/skill gains to play in a party. However, the time was just too long, and we heard many complaints of this nature, so we will shorten it. With that, we can see the problem with having to travel via teleport more frequently, so we are currently tweaking an anima regen increase.
Upcoming guildleve introduction
We will be adding not just normal guildleves, but a wide variety of types of guildleves. First, there will be higher level guildleves. Among those, many will have more variance in the rules/goals as well as being able to fight with more varied monsters in many more target areas. In particular, we heard many comments of "I want to fight more and more NMs!" so we want to respond to that quickly. Also, the faction leves that were in the Open Beta are designed to be a somewhat "different taste" from regular leves, with hidden starting conditions or npcs. The rewards for these are fairly good, so please try them out! Finally, we are going to be steadily adding more and more leves that encourage coordination between all the classes including gathering/crafting/magic/war. Please look forward to it!
Notorious Monsters
Soon, there will be NM's even in the world of FFXIV. These will look very different from most of the other normal monsters. We're planning to introduce NM's that are so huge they make a Malboro look small. The tranquil era is about to end! We're going to torment adventurers with these powered up, aesthetically varied NM's which we've prepared "episodes" for.
Damaging monster body parts:
There are monsters which have different body parts that can be damaged. Using a specific weapon skill while standing in a specified position can lead to cutting a monster's body part off. For example, you can cut Malboro's vines or a horn/tail if the enemy has one. In addition to changing the monster's appearance, those actions can have the following effects:
- Weakening the monster
- Preventing monsters from using specific skills
- Acquiring materials from cut/damaged body parts
Other: By combining a particular race's equipment etc with city-state it's unavoidable that a certain degree of being tied down will occur, so this time we are not thinking of doing that. [I'm a little unclear here but I think this means they want to avoid certain races being tied to certain city-states]
Scenario's are balanced, basically, completely soloable or depending on the situation doable with a small number of people. "For the most part, soloable"
City-states' Guilds: Not all guilds are in every city-state
By passing a certain condition, "class quests" will become available at guilds. Class quests are of course related directly to the class itself, but at the same time are a way to truly learn the details of each city-state. Please enjoy the story revealed in these quests, in addition to the quest rewards themselves.
When you complete a quest, you will receive Guild Tokens [marks?]. We are planning to add more and more things to exchange tokens for.
Balances to enmity in party battle: In beta, they made adjustments to enmity based on magic and abilities, but they have plans for more. These changes, however, will probably take a while to implement. They plan on adjusting the enmity according to contents, equipment, abilities, monsters, and so on. These changes will be made continuously after service begins based on how things are going.
Mana Regeneration: In FFXIV, management of your MP use is supposed to be an important part of strategy. TheyÃ¢Â€Â™d also like magic to have explosive power in fewer hits, and not just be used to spam enemies with light damage attacks. To promote this, theyÃ¢Â€Â™d like to continue to balance the recovery methods used for MP, including the abilities and aetherite, as well as adding new methods later on.
Usefulness of Battle Regimen
Battle regimen serve a double purpose: to expand the strategy of party play, and to reduce the difficulty/rigidness in forming parties. They are not just for doing extra damage, there are lots of various effects. For example:
- Phys Resistance Debuff
Normal melee attack -> Normal melee attack (ex. slash -> punch [these are basic DoW abilities])
- Magic Resistance Debuff
Normal melee attack -> Normal magical attack (ex. slash -> spirit dart)
- Cast speed down + MP consumption up
Normal melee attack -> Magic (ex. slash -> Fire)
- TP gain reduction + TP consumption up
Normal melee attack -> Weapon skill (ex. Slash -> Red Lotus)
- Action aptitude up (Using a different class ability on the current class grants the same effect as when used on the other class)
Same class magic -> Magic
Same class Weapon skill -> Weapon skill (ex. Trunksplitter -> Brandish)
- Damage up
Various class WS -> WS -> Magic
Various class magic -> Magic -> WS (ex. Blizzard -> Scourge -> Puncture)
For example, if it's difficult to continue dealing physical damage, use Phys resistance debuff. If it's a casting monster, use cast time debuff + MP consumption increase etc.
Negotiations are another way of obtaining loot (other than battles). By choosing the right conversation subject with a NPC, player can engage in negotiations and receive items in exchange for items wanted by the NPC. If player does exceptionally well, it's possible to get some free stuff as an extra.
Ishgard: Ishgard's people have long been at war with man-eating dragons, and thus have not taken on Adventurers. In this city, there are already several quests appearing for the "Dragon Slayers" [faction?] who are at war with the dragons.
Guildleves in the Beta: We sincerely apologize to our open beta testers for the client errors that would occur more frequently during guildleves in the beta. In the release version, we are dealing with these diligently.
Retainer: Right now, when you buy something from a retainer, there is an unnecessarily long delay. On release, we plan to make this a lot more smooth. We would like to make improvements to make commerce even easier for everyone.
Relationship Crafting/Gathering & PC Status: PC's physical level & attributes will have an effect on crafting and gathering. There are hints in the game as to what does what, so please search for it.
Crafting
Physical: Closely related to the tool being used and will particularly affect quality
Attributes: related to "Godsend" [I think these are the extra result/HQ result] probability & "attribute stability" [?]
Gathering
Physical: Affects difficulty in obtaining items in the "gather" phase as well as the number of items obtained
[translator note].. this is a literal translation of "physical" and "attribute" I wasn't sure here if they're talking about skill level or what, but judging from the use of katakana for Physical, I must assume it means physical level, even though that sounds odd to have an effect here.
Market: We don't want crafters and gatherers to simply "put up" their items on the market and that's it. We want them to also act as salesmen and learn to play the market intelligently. For this purpose, we will begin with focus on the Bazaar market system. On that note, in order to be able to tell "What's for sale?" etc, we are planning to adjust policy and add functionality to improve the user friendliness.
Retrying guildleves: The best way to level is with guildleves, that is, even without the guardian's favor, you will earn way more exp and skill points per each kill. For this reason, we wanted to prevent abusive use of leves by killing all the monsters but failing right at the end and then retrying on the spot. However, if you visit the NPC that gave you the leve, you can retry it.
There will be hardware mouse support!
We believe that the item selection interface should be very responsive, and by release we will have introduced a MUCH improved version. After release we will continue improving this.
The FFXIV development team acknowledged that there's issues with the mouse and user interface and apologized about it. Hardware Mouse + UI improvements will be a major focus for them.
There will be package discount pricing on the subscription (Japan-3months, NA/EU 3/6 months)
Due to game balance consideration, the level cap on release will be 50
We will change it so you do not lose disabled abilities when changing class any more. [assume this means they won't leave the ability bar, they will probably just gray]
Physical stat distribution will affect both crafting and gathering classes as much as it does everyone else.
There aren't any "open world" NMs outside of guildleves.
New hairstyles will be added, as well as the ability to change hairstyle in game after you make your character.
Crafters will be able to cooperate in large-scale projects (boats, cannons, wedding cakes! YUM) so more fun for you and your company!
There will be guildleves where crafters and adventurers have to cooperate.
The guildleve issue will be fixed so they cooldown will be significantly decreased from 48 hours.
Anima regeneration will have to be raised since you'll have to travel more for more frequent guildleves.
The faction leves have you fight different beastman tribes and such.[/list:u]

Source: FFXIVCore

Aveline · **09-14-2010, 11:43 AM**

OK, now I'm amped for this game. :3 Honestly they could have just said that bit about hardware mouse and crazy NMs and I'd have been swooning. Heart

Soren Miren · **09-14-2010, 11:44 AM**

And I somehow missed this thread as I was typing up my other coverage thread D:

Castiel, feel free to delete the one I just posted.

Tyriont · **09-14-2010, 11:51 AM**

Soren, your post was well laid-out and combined the info into one single post. So rather than deleting it, I merged it in here Big Grin

Soren Miren · **09-14-2010, 11:52 AM**

Thanks! :cheer:

Skye · **09-14-2010, 11:56 AM**

I am getting a bit worried now that Leves and the one-every-ten-level-quest are the only quests out there though.
There's absolutely no mention of more quests.

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