Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

[Malacite]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

Wasn't there something said that the crafting jobs would need to do some foot work to learn about the different recipes? Travel to different towns, talk to NPCs and all that? Seem to remember reading about that a bit.

You always learn a new recipe when completing a Hand leve.

[Firewind]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

Yeah but there's no recipe list so you tend to have to write things down or hope that the guy who wrote the guide you're reading didn't get it wrong

[DakAttack]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

A lot of the recpies on Lodestone can be extrapolated, of sorts. The kinds of ingredients in the same amounts are used in both copper and bronze sheets, etc.

[Raydeus]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

The only way to combat RMT (other than banning gilbuyers on sight) is doing things like CCP does on EVE.

That is taking over the most of the business from gilsellers. It's like drugs, as long as there's people interested in buying there will always be someone trying to profit from that demand, so might as well be the company making the game and the legit players instead of RMT.


Although knowing SE there's no chance in hell they would be able to adapt like that. So better just re-implement the AH system with a much longer buy/sell history. And maybe making market statistics from the past year available to players in-game.

[Ziero]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

In this game, where crafting is such a huge feature and focus, there's no reason to not have a centralized, in-game crafting list. I mean, I can understand not knowing what you can make initially, but once you craft it the game should remember the recipe. Ideally, you should also be able to start crafting directly from said list.

Open list > pick item > start crafting process. Would streamline the entire crafting system and make it far more user friendly for players who really get into it.

[Aeni]

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Equipping gear is reliant on physical level, but stats are conveyed accordingly to optimal level of the currently equipped class. I had a friend equip a "optimal rank 9" gear on a level 8 class, level 13 physical character and he could equip the item but received no stats from it.

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You can only do 8 crafting leves per 48 hours and that is assuming you succeed at them.

I didn't see this being logged in my Journal as counted towards any restriction. You are restricted to 8 general leves, but the other NPC has leves which are issued that do not count against your running total.

[DakAttack]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

I think regional and local are both limited to their own eight.

[Aeni]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

Yeah but there's no recipe list so you tend to have to write things down or hope that the guy who wrote the guide you're reading didn't get it wrong

http://ffxiv.yg.com/

[hexx]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

I was on the fence, now I'm sure I'll be playing the game, seems they fixed some things that were buggin me, plus now my friends are all on Palamecia so we have a LS going and are doing stuff together to keep us from getting bored and lonely :D Anyone on Palamecia is welcome to the LS if you need one btw ^^

[Malacite]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

I thought I read somewhere that the level cap was 50, but apparently it's 30?

Does anyone know for sure? If it really is 30 (probably is, with the 1st increase going to 50 I think that's what I read) then holy shit, I'm already physical level 20 (crafting gives a shit tonne of EXP) and have got several crafts at or close to 10. I hope the XIV updates are less sporadic than XI's, or content is going to run out fast. I'm sure the grind on classes will really begin to suck around the 20's, but so far it hasn't been too bad.

Getting my Botany and Mining up to 15 on the other hand, is really trying my patience. Especially with the massive back log of ores I can't process due to a horrible lack of fire crystals. Damn I can't wait for that 15 botany skill...

[Aeni]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

I thought I read somewhere that the level cap was 50, but apparently it's 30?

30 until non-CE release ... then it goes to 50. At least that's how I interpreted the plan.

[jenova_9]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

well kotaku is a slow learner.

Final Fantasy XIV MMO Log One: What's My Motivation?

[Ziero]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

Oh no, an MMO that makes you think! While XIV most certainly isn't perfect, a lot of his frustrations come from basic assumptions and not really paying attention to what the NPCs tell you to do. But then again, the target claimed bug seems like it's a major issue with the game right now and that needs to be fixed asap.

[Malacite]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

Gah I can't find the update thingy anymore the link is gone off Lodestone, but they are working on an in-game recipe book.

Honestly though I don't understand why the hell they don't just have an NPC or two who suggests recipes to you like they did in XI. Also CTRL + R is still buggy as you need the chatlog open (can't just hit it to cycle between people who've sent you a tell) and you have to actually send a manual reply first to that person before CTRL + R will work.

[Firewind]

Re: Honest First Impressions? (For those of us still on the fence)

Honestly though I don't understand why the hell they don't just have an NPC or two who suggests recipes to you like they did in XI. Also CTRL + R is still buggy as you need the chatlog open (can't just hit it to cycle between people who've sent you a tell) and you have to actually send a manual reply first to that person before CTRL + R will work.

Yeah it's annoying but it's better than nothing I guess.