Area overview (Alpha)

[Raydeus]

The Black Shroud.

[Kailea]

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am I the only one that liked the old Black Shroud? it was a confusing maze like Forest, you know like it was supposed to be -.- now it seems to be a much bigger open area. Don't get me wrong, I like it but the old one was not bad.

[Raydeus]

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Yeah, at first it was pretty nice because it made the Shroud feel more complex than it was. But after a little while of playing, once I realized the massive amounts of copy pasta involved, I just got severely bored of the few actual patterns involved in the area.

And while I hope there's still a maze-like portion of the Shroud I think this design will probably be much better than the old one, but we can't really know until we get to explore it by ourselves. XD




PS > Also worth notice is the Castle Zvahl-ish [S] section at the end with the imps. XD

[Kailea]

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mmm yeah true, I want to see more of the "other Final Fantasy" things they have placed in this game, or are going to. Like the Crystal Tower.

To bad they could have just dropped the number, made it a side FF game, and just went crazy with cameos, I would have been fine with that too. I would love the run a BCNM where I could beat the ever living hell out of Cloud, or Kefka, or hell Kain

[Raydeus]

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I would've preferred Vana-HD, and then an MMOG based on VIII's world afterwards. With players being SeeD students in one of the 3 Gardens (Balamb, Galbadia or Trabia) fighting and taking contracts in conflicts all around the world and unlocking GFs and abilities through studies at Garden.

But that would be way too good to ever happen.

[Mezlo]

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looks nice

[Malacite]

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am I the only one that liked the old Black Shroud?

Yes. Death to the copy & paste clusterfuck.

[Kailea]

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Yes. Death to the copy & paste clusterfuck.

not saying I liked the copy & paste of it, I liked the maze feel to it.

[Malacite]

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Again, you're the only one.


Sorry, but I don't care for running through a goddamned maze in the overworld. Dungeons are another story, that's fair game - but just getting to something like an Aetheryte camp or an NPC shouldn't require jumping through a million hoops.

[neenja_jenkins]

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Yeah, I absolutely hated it. I picked the city there (The names escapes me atm) as my starting city initially, just because of the jungle/wooded look of it. But realized after about an hour that was a mistake. Terrible area.

[jenova_9]

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VIII's world afterwards. With players being SeeD students in one of the 3 Gardens (Balamb, Galbadia or Trabia) fighting and taking contracts in conflicts all around the world and unlocking GFs and abilities through studies at Garden.

oh great idea, mew!! =^^=

we could throw paper balls at the teacher in class, then apologize in a friendly mew mew mischief way.

oh I wonder if the cafeteria is going to run out of hotdogs each day? ohhhh and imagine our dormitories!! And and graduating and getting the SeeD uniform!! That would feel more rewarding than any AF!

Are leak leaks allowed here? THere are some links found of many updated screenshots, people said they updated the animations for mages, the graphics got an upgrade I think, and the screenshots show the updated names and text bubbles updated in more detail.

[DakAttack]

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oh great idea, mew!! =^^=

we could throw paper balls at the teacher in class, then apologize in a friendly mew mew mischief way.

oh I wonder if the cafeteria is going to run out of hotdogs each day? ohhhh and imagine our dormitories!! And and graduating and getting the SeeD uniform!! That would feel more rewarding than any AF!

[Aeni]

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Are leak leaks allowed here? THere are some links found of many updated screenshots, people said they updated the animations for mages, the graphics got an upgrade I think, and the screenshots show the updated names and text bubbles updated in more detail.

Are you daft? If you look at the legal disclaimer when you sign up for Alpha (Please, for the love of god, I implore everyone to read the fine print) you were bound by an agreement that you would not (a) disseminate information about Alpha to the outside world and (b) you will not share your account. Already, SE has alerted YT and they've taken down quite a bit of channels and it's not like these people can claim they didn't know (it's right there when you click on OK)

[Malacite]

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Just be glad they don't sue you for breaking NDA's (most of the time?)

[Kailea]

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yeah one of the forum admins posted that world wide alpha starts on the 26th...and he said:
"Just one more reminder... Don't forget about the confidentiality agreement regarding the Alpha Test (as referenced in this post). "
It was sad that I laugh a little, because I knew how many would break these rules.