Originally posted by adam_nox

These are bold claims, but developing an engine and a client for PC only takes years, and add on top of that they would have also had to start from scratch on converting the PS3 version, it makes me very skeptical.

Definitely going to hold them accountable to such claims.

Your skepticism is completely understandable. I might be able to give you a little more information on that being a community member and this was actually touched upon during some press releases between E3 and TGS. 

ARR's new client had a lot of people working on it. The majority from who is building Luminous Studio engine, in fact, it is headed by the same director, Yoshihisa Hashimoto, and was said that FFXIV:ARR's new engine uses much of the same framework. Which could be the reason why it was able to be developed so quickly as a lot of the work was already finished. 

Though, they are not going so far to call it a Luminous Engine entirely, but the sister of Luminous. The team for developing the new client for PC and PS3 on top of the new graphics engine is upwards to about 300 developers. 

I was hoping that I'd see this included in the article, but I understand that some people might not follow the game as intensely as others. lol They are actually putting a lot of time, money, and man power into this game and I sincerely hope that it does well and is greatly executed. I told myself that this is my last MMO as I don't have time for gaming much anymore and will probably have a lot less later in life. So, here is to ARR making magic! 

Originally posted by Vannor
If anyone wants to try this, buy the original FFXIV now (it's dirt cheap at the moment; £3, $5) and save it until reborn launches. Price will surely go up after.

You cant create new account since september 27 or 28 so dont tell people to buy something they cant use.

Awesome article. It was well written and I really enjoyed it.

I am psyched for 2.0. I feel like Yoshi-p and his team worked their asses off and regained my trust. Can't wait to try what they have been working on.

Originally posted by keitholi

Originally posted by DarkVagabond

This is one to watch folks.

 

Whether it succeeds marvelously or fails spectacularly you are in for a show.

It has already failed spectacularly at least once. I see no direction other than a complete failure again.

 

If there is one thing that has held true in the 16 + years of online gaming, it is that you only get 1 shot at a first impression. Countless amounts of people were screaming on the beta boards prior to launch that it just was not ready and that there were too many features that needed tweaking. Like ALL game companies out there these days, the developers knew best and they pushed through the launch anyways and the game flopped, and flopped hard.

 

I disagree totally with you, if the game is good is they really create something good, people will try it. Some will wait the reviews or a trial to see how it goes and i cant blame them. Me i will play at release and see this game by myself, like the new game it is.

Originally posted by Skuall
summoner? ......... :3 for sure im going to give it a try

 

SE said they will let ppl change race ect for existing customers hope it still on the planlist

Should be noted that Summoner won't be present the day ARR launches (Arcanist will however, which is another class that possess a summon) but will be release shortly after. This was mentionned by Yoshi-P in the Live Letter.

He also made mention of the Ninja and Samurai, although I'm not sure if it's just ideas floating around or classes they're actually planning to make.

Originally posted by Silok

Originally posted by Vannor
If anyone wants to try this, buy the original FFXIV now (it's dirt cheap at the moment; £3, $5) and save it until reborn launches. Price will surely go up after.

You cant create new account since september 27 or 28 so dont tell people to buy something they cant use.

I wonder if unused codes from boxes will still be usable after relaunch, anyone know?  still waiting on a link to a 5 dollar copy of the game (if shipping is 4 bucks then LOL that's not the same). 

Also, about renaming it and calling it a new game, it doesn't have to be 15, it could be 16, or 17, or 22.  Still could be done.

Originally posted by dimmit77
I stopped reading at : "A Realm Reborn will feature a PC version and a PS3 version ... "

FFXI supported PC, Playstation 2 and Xbox 360 ... I don't see what the big deal is.

Originally posted by MadnessRealm

Originally posted by Skuall
summoner? ......... :3 for sure im going to give it a try

 

SE said they will let ppl change race ect for existing customers hope it still on the planlist

Should be noted that Summoner won't be present the day ARR launches (Arcanist will however, which is another class that possess a summon) but will be release shortly after. This was mentionned by Yoshi-P in the Live Letter.

 

He also made mention of the Ninja and Samurai, although I'm not sure if it's just ideas floating around or classes they're actually planning to make.

 

Oh well ,arcanist still has pets to play with (want to see how SE add a Pet job) .

Awesome ,Nin and Sam! my fav jobs on FFXI :3 , praying for no ninja tools lol

Originally posted by MadnessRealm

Originally posted by dimmit77
I stopped reading at : "A Realm Reborn will feature a PC version and a PS3 version ... "

FFXI supported PC, Playstation 2 and Xbox 360 ... I don't see what the big deal is.

mmorpg.com is infested with PC supremacists, even ones that don't know their mmo history.

Originally posted by Silok

Originally posted by Vannor
If anyone wants to try this, buy the original FFXIV now (it's dirt cheap at the moment; £3, $5) and save it until reborn launches. Price will surely go up after.

You cant create new account since september 27 or 28 so dont tell people to buy something they cant use.

Yeah, you won't be able to buy it anyway. More than a month ago SE sent out instructions that FFXIV cannot be sold any longer and that they will buy back all copies of the game from vends. 

However, if you had created an account at any time during the first version, you don't need to buy ARR and create another one unless you're planning on playing the PS3 version. Even people with FFXIV Collectors Editions will get a new ARR version of it. 

As a long time FF fan and huge FFXI fanboy I am very excited to see ARR coming to pass finally.

Not much longer now!

I cant wait to play this. I will stop whatever game im playing, take 1 week vacation and play the game when it will be live and loud!

Originally posted by skydiver12

Originally posted by Tenkousei

If the game offers a compelling PVE experience with TERA-like combat i'm sold.

I'll probably watch the game for a bit before i decide on a final purchase, but from what i've read it seems interesting. Admittedly i've never played FFXIV, so i don't have the bias some of the vets have.

Don't call "vets" bias if you can't even tell what combat system FFXIV used and ARR will use. 

It's your default mmo Tab Target, nothing "like" Tera. (And no, tab target isn't bad)

In fact it was as much Final Fantasy as it could get, select a target use an attack or a strong special. People demanded AutoAttack and so it moved away from FF combat and more to your General Themepark.

I apologize for the poor choice of words. What i meant was that i have no idea of how version 1.0 played, so i won't be able to judge whether the evolution to 2.0 would be a positive or a negative one. It wasn't my intention to use "vets bias" in a pejorative sense.

I'll be experiencing the game as a newbie and i'm fully aware of that.