Lodestone offically online andd.....

[Asytra]

So the Lodestone is online. It actually looks really REALLY helpful. It even has info about the game that I haven't seen covered on the fansites. Another plus is that it has crafting recipes from 1-30.

 

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/index.html

 

Oh and Hardware Cursor in the retail client is confirmed

 

[Gavriel]

YAY!

And now for a totally off-topic question... I see on the Lodestone site that servers will be going up tonight for those of us who have purchased the CE. How does SE know that I've pre-ordered my copy from Amazon? Will retailers be sending out an email with access codes?

 

Bleck. I feel rather stupid...

[Asytra]

Yeah... that whole thing makes me wonder if I should make a trip to Wal-Mart tonight and cross my fingers they have a copy. Of course I COULD just be a responsible adult and wait until mine comes tomorrow. But what fun is that? :moogle:

 

As for the 8pm EST thing... I'm thinking that's basically midnight the 22nd in Japan.

 

Having such a staggered release could be a good or bad thing for us. We won't really no until tomorrow comes and all the NA players start registering copies.

 

EDIT: Yeah, that's what it is... as of this posting its 1:39am on the 22nd in Japan.

[Noelle]

 

Oh and Hardware Cursor in the retail client is confirmed

 

Thanks, I totally missed while doing my settings =_=

[Asytra]

 

Oh and Hardware Cursor in the retail client is confirmed

 

Thanks, I totally missed while doing my settings =_=

 

The other good news is that it is defaulted to "On"

[Noelle]

Just checked, mine was set to off.

 

I advise everyone to check, though I'm sure they would anyway.

[Asytra]

Just checked, mine was set to off.

 

I advise everyone to check, though I'm sure they would anyway.

 

Really? How strange, mine was on. ==

 

I'm so OCD about setting up a game before playing it I ALWAYS go through the graphic and other setups first. It annoys me greatly when games don't let you do this. (I'm looking at YOU City of Heroes!)

[Folken]

A real shame they didn't deliver on those new hairstyles though. Guess it'll be a little while before those make it into the game.

[Satisiun]

A real shame they didn't deliver on those new hairstyles though. Guess it'll be a little while before those make it into the game.

 

Out of curiosity, has anything been added to the game's character creation? Or is it just the same as it was in Open Beta?

[Folken]

A real shame they didn't deliver on those new hairstyles though. Guess it'll be a little while before those make it into the game.

 

Out of curiosity, has anything been added to the game's character creation? Or is it just the same as it was in Open Beta?

 

So far, the game is pretty much exactly what it was in Open Beta. No apparent new zones, no new options in character creation.

[Satisiun]

So far' date=' the game is pretty much exactly what it was in Open Beta. No apparent new zones, no new options in character creation.[/quote']

 

Hm. I would presume there is at least the addition of the Dravania region (west of Ishgard), and then maybe the Gyn Abania region where the ruins of Ala Mhigo (east of The Black Shroud/Gridania) are. It would seem silly to not have the entirety of the beginning continent available for exploration.

[Folken]

So far' date=' the game is pretty much exactly what it was in Open Beta. No apparent new zones, no new options in character creation.[/quote']

 

Hm. I would presume there is at least the addition of the Dravania region (west of Ishgard), and then maybe the Gyn Abania region where the ruins of Ala Mhigo (east of The Black Shroud/Gridania) are. It would seem silly to not have the entirety of the beginning continent available for exploration.

 

 

Doesn't seem to be so. FFXI didn't have the entirety of it's landmass available on release either. Neither did WoW.

[Satisiun]

 

Doesn't seem to be so. FFXI didn't have the entirety of it's landmass available on release either. Neither did WoW.

 

Ehn. Fair enough. I sometimes forget that us non-Japanese players came in alongside Rise of the Zilart. So even excusing Elshimo and Kuzotz not being in (further continents than Mindartia and Quon were to each other), there was main continent areas that were added only then, such as Tu'Lia, Li'Telor, and Vollbow.

 

Oh well, I guess.

[Satisiun]

Normally not one to double post, but thought I'd throw out a bit of numeric statistics a few hours in to release thanks to the wonders of Lodestone, and the search function.

 

Keep in mind this is totally unscientific. This was basically just flipping through every server and not picking a specific name or job class to search for, ensuring maximum(?) search results.

 

Secondly, it appears that search results might only go up to 1,000. I figured that while all but one server had not hit that cap yet, I'd show how things seem to be panning out.

 

With that said ...

 

Numbers pulled between 2:33 am and 2:37 am EST:

 

Lindblum - 1,000+

Selbina - 956

Figaro - 910

Gysahl - 903

Cornelia - 884

Mysidia - 835

Besaid - 825

Trabia - 731

Wutai - 525

Istory - 519

Rabanastre - 421

Kashuan - 418

Palamecia - 389

Melmond - 347

Bodhum - 344

Saronia - 339

Fabul - 319

 

Edit: And because I am that *expletive* bored, the numbers between 3:00 am and 3:04 am EST, behind the spoiler to save space and avoid a "long post is long". Last time I'm doing it since Selbina will likely crack 1,000 soon, anyway:

 

 

Lindblum - 1,000+ (again; duh)

Selbina - 996

Cornelia - 928

Figaro - 923

Gysahl - 913

Besaid - 881

Mysidia - 850

Trabia - 787

Wutai - 562

Istory - 562

Rabanastre - 460

Kashuan - 448

Palamecia - 409

Bodhum - 374

Melmond - 366

Saronia - 366

Fabul - 350