in regards to the summons:

you have to understand that primals like ifrit and garuda are already in the game as a challenging fight to earn primal weapons. Having them be something that a summoner job can just bust out at any time does not fit in the game, currently. They do have plans later on, as someone else stated, to make these primals free roaming and can be captured.

Considering how many legacy players will be leveling the class/job, i am quite happy i wont be seeing 328141 ifrits on my screen.

Originally posted by Vorthanion
After playing the beta for a couple of days and uninstalling, I find Aion to be more enjoyable and less restrictive with content funneling.  Of course, that doesn't mean much when I don't like either enough to keep playing them.

lol, can't tell if trolling or serious.

Originally posted by Dauntis

Sorry guys, but Final Fantasy 14 doesn't deserve to be most anticipated or anything else. They pulled a mulligan, don't you remember they already released the game once and it sucked balls?  Now I do give them Kudos for pulling it and reworking it and the rebirth may make it a fantastic game... but they f'ed up, they deserve no honors and pats on the back beyond that.

Now as far as EQN goes... Best of Show shouldn't go to something unseen, but I sure hope it is awesome. I hope it lays somewhere directly between Sandbox and Theme. I like an open world, but I love an open world that also has a point and a reason for my character to exist, beyond just survival.

not really a mulligan if you hire a completely new dev team and build and entirely new game and engine that puts most games out right now to shame.

the dev team plans to roll out new content every 2-3 months and yoshida said they already have enough content planned to last them through 3 patches as well as stuff currently being developed for the future.

good interview here: http://www.novacrystallis.com/2013/06/e3-2013-final-fantasy-xiv-developer-interview/

some of these games look decent....and your coverage is all well and good...

however, FFXIV: ARR is about to launch in august and is already in beta 3 yet you still have no coverage whatsoever about it. They were at E3...did you even bother to stop by and take a look? It's easily shaping up to be one of the best games of 2013 as well as a great success story but for whatever reason, mmorpg.com still holds some kind of aversion for FFXIV and square-enix.

Originally posted by kabitoshin

Originally posted by kaludytk

an interesting tid-bit that i am sure a lot of new players are going to overlook....

 

at level 10, you can unlock other classes to level...then utilizing the armory system, you can combine several skills to make life easier. I.E. if you level a gladiator to 15 and find difficulty doing something, then unlock conjurer. Level conjurer enough to get Cure and maybe Protect. Then you can equip those skills on your gladiator and viola...you have a pseudo-paladin. Wanna take it further? unlock Pugilist and level high enough to get second wind...then you can have a cast heal and an instant heal as well as protect, lol.

 

This is not an attack on you OP, just an observation that people will cry about things and "difficulty" without thinking outside the box or utilizing mechanics built into a game...lol

Yeah that's the best part about classes is the ability to use other class skills.  People have overlooked that classes are for mainly solo play.

not to mention they tend to overlook the concept of group play, these days, lol. 

Originally posted by mcrippins
Random question but where did you guys get beta keys? Or did you play the previous game?

legacy from the previous game.

an interesting tid-bit that i am sure a lot of new players are going to overlook....

at level 10, you can unlock other classes to level...then utilizing the armory system, you can combine several skills to make life easier. I.E. if you level a gladiator to 15 and find difficulty doing something, then unlock conjurer. Level conjurer enough to get Cure and maybe Protect. Then you can equip those skills on your gladiator and viola...you have a pseudo-paladin. Wanna take it further? unlock Pugilist and level high enough to get second wind...then you can have a cast heal and an instant heal as well as protect, lol.

This is not an attack on you OP, just an observation that people will cry about things and "difficulty" without thinking outside the box or utilizing mechanics built into a game...lol

600 coins to unlock cathar even as a subscriber. Yeah right, i'll pass. 

I'm sure it will cost even more if you planned to race change.

The alien VO thing is a joke too...I mean, if I have to suffer that disgusting twi'lek language in cutscenes and on nar shadda, I'm sure I can stand to hear it while leveling a Bothan smuggler, Wookie Bowcaster (i wish) or a Kaleesh assassin.

i keep seeing "best gear will come from crafting" and things of the sort....

has anyone even bothered to consider the possibility that the high end 4 man dungeons will provide top end crafting materials to make the best gear? seems like that would be enough to keep the raiders and gear mongers happy.

truth be told, i raided the old 40 man raids in wow many years ago and was quite pleased with 10 man raids. These days, i can't bring myself to stomach any type of large scale raid. too much drama and they generally become chaotic until it's second nature to just enter and clear over and over again which in turn becomes a chore.

to each their own i guess but I will probably give this game a shot. Oh and the guy who said "would you pay $15 a month to play skyrim?"....you're just dumb. that's not even a viable comparison what so ever.

Originally posted by Geminiv
Been playing a "infiltraitor" Sniper most of the time an haveing played BF3 when i pull off a pefectly timed head shot from player loading on my screen distance (another thing that bugs me haveing limited loading distance)  all i get is 100xp same as any jarhead with the Alot easyer to use (or just spray an pray) LMG or Carbine which i've tryed an rack up 3 or so kills before im tanken out to spawn meters away to jump back in an rack up more kills just feels like "skill" is not rewarded right now which is a shame cos im loveing the game.

First of all, don't use the term jarhead. Second, I play infiltrator a lot too and I find the xp rewarded for "skill" at 100 is fine considering that I am not on the front lines getting destroyed every 30 seconds. Lastly, you need to learn basic english contratcions, lol.

Originally posted by Ozmodan
So after two years, the game finally hits alpha?  This is probably the only game that has charged for pre alpha code.

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As for JCBN, you really should do some research because you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. All the money you spent on 1.0? you mean for the box cost? no worries because 2.0 is free to people who have bought the original game. You should also check out the letter from the producer videos, game play videos and various interviews done. So far, they are delivering on what they are promising. and if it matters, I alpha and beta tested 1.0 as well...I am well aware of what they said back then and how it is differing from now.

Originally posted by Toxia

Everyone keeps saying how they are making a whole new game- and i just dont see it .

If we go by what they say, they have almost completely removed everything old from the game and remade it. In a year.

IN A YEAR-while also updating the failed version.

 

I just dont see making an MMO that fast. Sorry :(

 

EDIT: Where are the gameplay videos for this new release? It is surely in their best interest to show how awesome they've made the game to win back customers. But they aren't. Which tells me cash grab :(

I'll be using my free week to make sure tho, but im not getting my hopes up

There have been game play videos released already. you can find them on youtube or watch the live letter from the producer videos on the lodestone in which they demonstarte some of the changes.

what a terrible opinion piece. your whole article just sounds like you are holding a grudge against the game which has made excellent strides. You used no worthwile information about the current state or the upcoming ARR and apparently have not done any research since you got the name wrong twice which was pretty laughable.

If you're going to write an article about a video game, you should probably actually play it and do some research instead of "poking your head in" whiich, in a game like this, requires more.

It is articles like this that people see and ultimately get turned off by. Just like that ime this site slapped that big FFXIV negative review up the day before a really big update was released, haha.