So now I'm around again, this sucks because I really hate being so fickle...maybe I should just start a blog about how fucking fickle I really am. It's pathetic. I wonder if I can mesh the two together somehow...should I even bother?
In case anyone missed the boat, we've kind of jumped ship. I, Wicked, started another blog at http://hellyeagames.wordpress.com.
Originally the idea was to just move Gamer Rants from Hell to Wordpress, but we decided it was best to let this blog die in peace. So, it's still here, and hopefully some of you get this notice, and mosey on over to the new blog.
Thank you all for the comments, and support. I look forward to you joining me at Hell Yea Games
So sorry for falling of the face of the earth and all. I'm back for a post. Can't say how frequent I'll be. Got some real life trouble and I simply must focus on that. For now though I decided to take a minute to talk about my thoughts on XIV. I'm not going to go into all the surplus drama and I'm trying to be as unbiased as I can be when I rant. So stay with me.
One thing I just don't understand is why people insist on comparing XIV to WoW. People who play WoW are shunned. If you mention anything negative about XIV or XI you're told to go back to WoW with the rest of the preschool-MMOers. Even as an SE/FF fan it's hard to sit there and listen to a calm "WoW player" really trying to give XIV a chance only to be berated by a group of XIV testers. I start to wonder...who is the preschooler here. Not all of the fan are like this but there are enough of them there to give the group as a whole a bad name. It goes both ways, generally, but playing WoW I have yet to have anyone tell me to "Go back to XI". I can not stand to hear, "Go back to WoW!" anymore. It's just ignorant and unnecessary. Especially if you've never played it.
I loved and miss XI but I do feel XI is 'harder' and requires skill, determination, and most of all, time. This in no way shape or form means that people who play XI are better gamers than people who play WoW. WoW brings some great things to the table that XI just couldn't offer. PVP and Raiding do present a set of skills that I had to acquire when I started playing. I also love that I can hop on, quickly group, get stuff done, log out, then jet out for grocery shopping. Each is a great ride and I implore everyone to give each an unbiased chance. As far as XIV is concerned..Let's not compare 10% of Beta XIV to the polished monster that is WoW. :)
Now, back on topic with XIV. Anyone who gives any type of negative feedback for XIV as it stands gets yelled at or shot down. Usually in a humiliating and degrading flurry of words. This doesn't change the factoid that the game is still flawed. That's why it's in Beta..(I'm looking at you retainer/market ward system. What's funny is all during Alpha all we did as testers was give mainly negative feedback. We complained what was wrong with the game and SE tried their best to fix it within their parameters for the game. Now it's an all out war. When a new game comes out you usually do some research before you decide to throw down on it. Even moreso when the game is going to require a subscription. That's all a lot of people are concerned with. I know SE will fix the game and it will run smoothly one day. Most likely not tomorrow, not during release month, but one day. That's how MMOs work and the majority of us accept that. But to get people to 'hold' the game the game has to intrigue and excite.(Anyone remember WoW...go youtube the early years *cringe*)
What has me concerned aside from my financial stand, is the content. I have no doubt there will be quests and an epic storyline,(did you see the videos SE released?!). Right now though SE hasn't really said anything about the player's goal. I wish SE had given us a bit more than just the leves and a taste of the main storyline to mess with for 2 weeks. All of us from Alpha/Beta have done this 5 times over. What am I doing leves and quests for? What kind of end game am I looking forward to? Have they decided on these things yet? What do I do when I hit cap? How are DoH/DoL classes going to participate in an end-game scenario? Why are they not releasing anymore information on subjects like these? XIV has potential to be wonderful and I just want to know what I'm getting into since the OB gives nothing on this.
The sad thing is Open Beta sounds like Demo to most and will be a deciding factor for a lot of people buying at release. I've heard a lot of people take the ignorant stand on this with, "..that's just less lag for me." or "..No skin off my back, their loss" but you have to understand release sales can say a lot about an MMOs lifespan. I'm not saying beg people to stay or jump ship before it sinks I'm just trying to explain why these are things we should kinda be concerned about. Typically if it stalls right out of the gate people are going to forget it was even there. Even if it is a Final Fantasy title. I'm not even going to go into the fact that 2011 is going to practically be the year of the MMO...Okay maybe a little...Firefall from Red 5 studios (OMG), Blade and Soul <3, Tera online, WoW:Cataclysm, The Secret World (XD), Star Wars! TIDAL WAVE OF MMO!
I didn't care for XI when I beta tested it either though but I went on to play that for 5 years so I haven't given up hope. As it stands I don't wanna play Beta anymore. All of the fans, newcomers, strays,...give the release a chance! I want to play the real thing please!! Enough watered down XIV!
Friday Fantasy Beta! - Logs from Eorzea Entry XIV aka The Last Stand [Wicked]
Goodness do I wish I had some goggles like Ed does in Cowboy bebop. It would cause so much less stress on my eyes I think. @_@ 284 screenshots later. We have revamped UI's, revamped battle systems, crystal clear skies, everything is gorgeous! More so than in Alpha. Also we have for you a breakdown of everything new or redone in Beta. I will be handling the Battle/Leve aspect, while Sugar is handling everything craft related. Sit tight folks, we have a bit of a long one...
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As Wicked stated in her last post this will be the last set of NDA breaking information. So, for my last post I will be explaining my findings on the harvesting, mining, and logging, systems and a little bit of our experience of how the beta actually went this week. I'm just warning you. This is a lot to put into words so it will be a long post. You might want a snack or something...it's ok I'll wait.
Quick
and short, tomorrow's post is going to be fairly huge and time
consuming. Expect it by Saturday afternoon Tueday night as I fail at getting certain screenshots, and I NEED them to be proper, also I've been working on it
most of the evening and still nowhere near done, it's almost 3am btw
:p. I will restate this though, Post XIII and XIV are the last NDA
breakers. We decided to do up to 14 to give thanks to 14 for existing
and to allow SE to build up some more anxiousness in it's playerbase
rather than ruining everything prior to release. 67 days left till
Retail CE release and I'd like not to be a part of ruining someone's
dreams of FFXIV. These posts were to give the fans the information
they craved of Alpha and Beta and bits of Retail. I wouldn't my
dreams ruined, my excitement ruined so I won't do the same for a
fellow fan. After XII and XIV posts we will continue to post but only
with teasing information :) Call me a dirty tease, it's okay, I'm
used to it.
http://ffxiv.xion2u.net/
Enjoy :)
Apologies ahead of time for forgetting certain shots. I was too excited.
I don't really have too much to say this time around. The bulk of information was reported by Wicked, poor thing is having a rough time, she's a trooper. I'm also aware it's not Friday. I just wanted to make a update post before we really start down our road to release. This post, however, contains tidbit of Sugar I thought you guys might want a taste of before you get into our adventures of Beta.
It's been a pretty epic road so far and the Beta just hit. Although we had our first official taste of the Beta Saturday and the schedule was posted this week SE threw us a curve ball. This morning upon my daily log in to the official Test site I noticed an announcement that the Beta schedule for this week was getting an extension. Instead of just being 4 hours for 3 days a week rotating regions through the day we now have a sleep deprivation schedule! Listen to this; Tuesday July 13th from 3am to 1pm and then again from 3pm to Wednesday, July 14th at 1am. This is repeated for Thursday - Friday. This schedule has us playing with only a few hours downtime for an entire day. This isn't just a server stress test, this is a Tester stress test. This came as quite a surprise only one day into the Beta. Hopefully this means the Beta is moving faster than they thought and perhaps we'll be playing freely, off schedule, sooner than we thought.
The biggest WOW factor of this is that there will be no region restriction. We're all on the same servers. The best part of this is Wicked and I will be able to play together along with other Beta testers we've befriended along the way. How's that for Sweet?
A friend of a friend of a friend who knows something linked me this. Certain people of weight in their words and myself included, feel that these classes may be available on launch. :) Enjoy guys
Oh and
From .dat files, enjoy!
Notice-I did not obtain this myself, this was found through a friend of a friend of a friend who may know someone who knows something. :)
Friday Fantasy Beta! - Logs from Eorzea Entry XII [Wicked Edition]
Welcome back Moogle of old!, Welcome back destined adventure, and hello new tactics. Today we bring you confirmed classes, beta test [START button], Linkshell businesses starting up, NPC Retainers, whats in Beta 1 and what isn't.
Sorry this blog is a day late but I had some real life trouble to attend to and then Wicked and I had a meeting to prepare for some blog ideas. You'll see when they're finished. I don't have a lot of information but it's heavy. We got a release date, preorder gifts, the FF13 code gift, and details on the special edition version of FF14!
Yokoku dekinai(Unpredictable) - Wicked's Game Arsenal
On FFXIV Lounge there was a thread about listing all the games you have, I thought I'd repost it here. Stand back. Oh and the pic? if I could, I'd have the same.
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Friday Fantasy Beta! - Logs from Eorzea Entry X [Wicked Edition] (Report!)
So this is what I get for being offline for a few days, I come back and BAM theres almost daily info released for 3 days lol. Today we take a look at the Dengeki info released. As well as an interview with Hiromichi Tanaka by Nowgamer. More videos! Scary info! Read on to get all the goodies!
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Hey, guys. Sugar here with an interesting tidbit of information straight from Alpha/Beta Limbo!
Without much warning and no information on the upcoming beta for FFXIV, SE has updated the online manual available to the testers. No doubt in preparation for the Beta they added three new subheadings entitled “Market Wards”, "Logging and Harvesting", and “Retainers”. There have also been a few changes announced from Alpha to Beta that I'd like to touch on. These additions are no doubt in direct correlation to the Beta giving us a 'preview' of what to expect. However, since the Beta has yet to go live I'll do my best to explain what these are and how they work based on the description given in the manual. Please keep in mind this is most likely subject to change until we are able to test these live. I recommend you take it with a grain of sugar. ;)
Yet another W.T.F. Gēmā Repōto to wrap up last week. Craziness happened, thanks to E3, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and Square Enix. Oh! And lets not forget the lulz we got from Konami's Press Conference. So without further adue we bring you the highlights and lol's of E3 as well as last weeks posts.
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The end of Alpha is here! Over! /END!, /QUIT /shutdown
When will beta start? I'm gonna say....within 2-3 weeks.
Hopefully Sugar and I can play together, and we may be able to play all of you as well!
Good luck to all those who are hopefuls in gaining access!
See you all in Beta!
Sugar and Wicked, signing off!
Names Sugar. Nice to meet you.
For my first post I have Bitter/Sweet news. Bitter; the alpha test is ending with the last Alpha test slot tonight. That's right, no more Final Fantasy Alpha. It has been fun. For the Sweet; that means the Beta starts soon! This is what we've all been working so hard to get to. I'm surprised it's started so quickly considering how much goes into making this possible. That also means everyone needs to keep an eye out for Beta test invitations. If that isn't sweet I don't know what is.
Now, to get everyone up to date with my short trek through the alpha. I'll take you through my first couple tests, my likes, and my disappointments. That entails my first run through Limsa Lominsa, the port town, and my first quest. I also want to talk you about the guildleves, both battlefield and gathering versions and all the while I'll give you insight on the sweet and sour parts of this Alpha. I won't touch on E3 as Wicked has done that oh, so well already and I don't want my first post to become a novella. I have quite a bit on my plate already. With that said, I apologize if this seems a little half baked. I'm about to head into my Alpha test for the night in about 15 minutes and my husband keeps calling me over to help him make dinner. Ah, real life. I'll make sure my future blogs are sweeter. It's a long drive so let's get started.
Friday Fantasy Alpha! - Logs from Eorzea Entry VII [Wicked Edition]
So, with this years E3 over, we have little information available to the public concerning FFXIV. But we did get some cool options, plus a super awesome view of the Beta UI and BattleSystem. New videos posted on the FFXIV Lounge and their youtube channel showcasing a mash-up of 3 separate videos which one of them shows the Beta played by one of the E3 guests and the explanation of some of the new BattleSystem. Finally, we also have yet another log for Alpha 2 testing by Wicked, and one to come by Sugar.
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Friday Fantasy Alpha! - Logs from Eorzea Entry VII
Today's posts have been rescheduled for tomorrow, there is a lack of things to report on and our new author would like to make a proper introduction of herself to you all. So tomorrow, expect the Logs from Eorzea Wicked, and Sugar Editions!
Wow, last week was a bit off wasn't it? Once again we bring you the weekly the W.T.F. Gēmā Repōto. Last week, we had two interviews with fellow gamer/anime nerds, also known as, Otaku. Also, we had a very opinionated, and somewhat biased Friday Fantasy Alpha 14 post. It may rub some the wrong way, but we do have minds of our own, and opinions of our own, even if they don't match with yours.
We apologize profusely for lacking the Wednesday Anime Wonders, and Thursday Tactics posts of last week, there was some really heavy things irl that needed to be handled and it made it impossible for me to even think about doing the posts. We will do our best not to miss another post, as we continue handling the issues before us as they are still somewhat active, and matter more than this blog. We are sure you understand. :)
Yokoku Dekinai Anime Kaigi - Interview with an Otaku
Yokoku Dekinai A-Kon - Interview with an Otaku
Friday Fantasy Alpha 14 - Logs from Eorzea Entry VI [Wicked Edition]
We have lost our author for Thursday Tactics, so for now, that will be on the back burner until we figure something out. We continue on though, with an exciting announcement...I ask you all to give a warm welcome to our newest author, a fellow Final Fantasy XIV Alpha tester, SugarSpeak!, I like calling her Sugar. She will be giving [Sugar Editions] of FFXIV Eorzea Entry logs, and possible some W. Anime Wonders contributions.
With this, we are regrouping our efforts for now. W. Anime Wonders, and T. Tactics won't be active for a couple weeks, but that will not deter us from bringing you the information you want on FFXIV, with two active posters now. Thank you for your understanding and we hope to resume W.T.F. combo bento's in full.
That wraps up this week's W.T.F. Gēmā Repōto, stay with us, and don't forget to subscribe! we have multiple ways for you to follow! Google Friend Connect, FeedBurner RSS, Facebook Otaku Page. Don't hesitate any longer :)
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