Hello everyone,
First, I should state that I have not even purchased Final Fantasy XIV: ARR yet. I intend to in a few days (when I get a day off from work to get it, as the website is not allowing me to purchase a digital copy at the moment). I have never played a Final Fantasy MMO before, but I am familiar with several games in the series.
I'm not even sure what type of character I'd like to play, but I'm pretty sure I'll play on Gilgamesh, both because I know it has role-players and a good friend has a character there.
I get to be pretty shy about role-play, but I'm really open-minded; the only thing I won't ever do is erotic role-play. I prefer playing good-aligned characters, especially ranger types, paladin types, and mages. I usually stick to one, maybe two, characters.
Some questions I have:
- Is the lore and general story of the game fairly easy to learn? Is the story and lore presented coherently and logically, such that I won't feel overwhelmed by small details or feel like I need to research every other thing? (I'll try to clarify if that doesn't make sense.)
- Do the mechanics of the game compare to the mechanics of other newer games? (Basically, does the game offer me more than point-and-click mechanics?)
- What are some of this game's very unique features in your opinions and/or what makes it worth its monthly fee?
- My friend told me that this game offers a lot of PvE. Can several of you confirm this? I don't care much for PvP and prefer to have plentiful PvE, lest I get bored quickly.
- For anyone with very good knowledge of computer hardware, would you be able to tell me if my computer (the exact model detailed here) will handle the game at least on low settings? (I'm not getting my new video card or power supply for a few more months yet, but I know that the video card really needs a replacement. Extra points if you can recommend a video card and/or affordable power supply that you can confirm would work with my compute and fit in it that would make a significant difference. If it helps, it handled Guild Wars 2 on low settings with a few medium settings.)
I think that's it. Thank you to anyone who reads all of this and/or takes the time to reply. I'm hopefully looking forward to seeing a lot of you in-game very soon.
First, I should state that I have not even purchased Final Fantasy XIV: ARR yet. I intend to in a few days (when I get a day off from work to get it, as the website is not allowing me to purchase a digital copy at the moment). I have never played a Final Fantasy MMO before, but I am familiar with several games in the series.
I'm not even sure what type of character I'd like to play, but I'm pretty sure I'll play on Gilgamesh, both because I know it has role-players and a good friend has a character there.
I get to be pretty shy about role-play, but I'm really open-minded; the only thing I won't ever do is erotic role-play. I prefer playing good-aligned characters, especially ranger types, paladin types, and mages. I usually stick to one, maybe two, characters.
Some questions I have:
- Is the lore and general story of the game fairly easy to learn? Is the story and lore presented coherently and logically, such that I won't feel overwhelmed by small details or feel like I need to research every other thing? (I'll try to clarify if that doesn't make sense.)
- Do the mechanics of the game compare to the mechanics of other newer games? (Basically, does the game offer me more than point-and-click mechanics?)
- What are some of this game's very unique features in your opinions and/or what makes it worth its monthly fee?
- My friend told me that this game offers a lot of PvE. Can several of you confirm this? I don't care much for PvP and prefer to have plentiful PvE, lest I get bored quickly.
- For anyone with very good knowledge of computer hardware, would you be able to tell me if my computer (the exact model detailed here) will handle the game at least on low settings? (I'm not getting my new video card or power supply for a few more months yet, but I know that the video card really needs a replacement. Extra points if you can recommend a video card and/or affordable power supply that you can confirm would work with my compute and fit in it that would make a significant difference. If it helps, it handled Guild Wars 2 on low settings with a few medium settings.)
I think that's it. Thank you to anyone who reads all of this and/or takes the time to reply. I'm hopefully looking forward to seeing a lot of you in-game very soon.
