Melody's FF XIV Question

[Mezlo]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

i got my code!

[Melody]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

That's weird, so I think I should try Gamestop then for my early access code...I'm kind of confused.

[Aeni]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

Ah, so I'll get an e-mail from SE on the 20th then? ^^

Also, why did you pick Leia as your avatar? She's such a ditz @.@ (useful as hell though for farming items! Hope ARR gets a THF class soon.)

I don't want to spoil the story, but you'll learn about it later (my experience from the JP version)

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That's weird, so I think I should try Gamestop then for my early access code...I'm kind of confused.

If they haven't given you ANY code, then yes, go and threaten to cancel their pre-order (or don't even bother trying to pay for it and block your credit card with them) ... because they're just BS'ing you. It's why I don't shop most of those retailers/e-tailers ... they think ALL pre-orders work the same way, and end up screwing over customers who need to have EAs. I suggest you shop elsewhere (or just go with Amazon.com)

[Malacite]

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o.O I totally just realized that's Teepo in your sig... is that a gif from Xillia 2? That doesn't look like Elize so...

[Aeni]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

o.O I totally just realized that's Teepo in your sig... is that a gif from Xillia 2? That doesn't look like Elize so...

Yeah, I made the animated gif out of the ToX2 OP.

[Melody]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

Ok. So I'll cancel today, I'll take a ride over there and do it, because Gamestop is BSing me at this moment. Also, does anyone know if our old PlayOnline Viewer accounts can be used or is it a totally different registration process? PoV was a load of shit. Also the open Beta for PS3 is from the 17th to the 19th, so 3 days. Where do I register so I can get an account and just begin playing? God SE doesn't shed light on shit do they? Also does EA bite into people's 30 day Trial? I would imagine it would.

[Wise Donkey]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

PoL is no more. Thank God.

[Melody]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

Woot! Got my code. So Gamestop HAS them, but if your ordered before the game before the codes were being given out (Like I did) you had to redo your transaction. I redid mine at the store and they gave me my code. Just to make sure, my code is supposed to have 18 Alphanumeric characters in total right? Now where would I put this?

[Firewind]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

The format for my code goes:

ABCDEF-123-GHIJKL-456

[Melody]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

The format for my code goes:

ABCDEF-123-GHIJKL-456

Yup! Now, the Open Beta starts in 2 days. My question is, where do I sign up so I can join into it? Also, since it's a fresh new game to those of you who tested the game how much experience can you grind? God I am so excited! >3< I'm not sure if Taskmage put in a sign-up page, but if someone can give me a direct sign up page, it'd be much appreciated! Also I'd like to play XIV with you Firewind.

[Firewind]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

Well in Phase 3 it was difficult to grind past 20-25 unless your 1.0 character was already past that. Basically quests dried up and the only way to grind was by doing leves which start hitting a diminishing return pretty quickly at the high end of the level limit due to XP given. Sort of understandable really to stop people from playing everything in the beta. Once you finished the available story quests though there were NPCs to talk to to instantly get every class to 15 for the purposes of testing, which is why a lot of us got to test so many classes in group play in such a short time.

It wouldn't surprise me if they did have another "Soft Cap" for this beta since IIRC they are rolling this data over into Early Access. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume about 20-25 again or 30 as a sort of "Soft Cap" until the game goes live.

Basically quests are the best source of XP and there is a variety of different kinds so not everything is a fetch quest. You pick a class at the beginning and sadly your class in the beta seems to be tied to starting city, but as soon as you hit Lv10 you unlock the ability to switch classes, and once you get to about 15 in the Storyline, you unlock airship travel. Classes are unlocked by visiting the relevant guild and honestly? It only takes a couple of hours to get there anyway. Basically if you hate the starting class you picked then it's pretty easy to switch so pick the starting city you like the most.

I'll be on Balmung, mostly due to the good sized EU population and Roleplayers being there. The community there seems pretty friendly too (for an MMO).

[Aeni]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

Yup! Now, the Open Beta starts in 2 days. My question is, where do I sign up so I can join into it? Also, since it's a fresh new game to those of you who tested the game how much experience can you grind? God I am so excited! >3< I'm not sure if Taskmage put in a sign-up page, but if someone can give me a direct sign up page, it'd be much appreciated! Also I'd like to play XIV with you Firewind.

1. Turn on PS3
2. Sign on PSN
3. Go to Account Management
4. Go to Enter Codes
5. Enter your code
6. You will see a window from the PSN Store confirming a download
7. Download the client (6.4GB)
8. If you don't already have an SE account, visit their website (under FFXIV, NOT SE Members NA site!) and create a new account.
9. ???
10. Profit

[Wise Donkey]

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It wouldn't surprise me if they did have another "Soft Cap" for this beta since IIRC they are rolling this data over into Early Access. It wouldn't be unreasonable to assume about 20-25 again or 30 as a sort of "Soft Cap" until the game goes live.

They have already stated a level cap of 20 for beta phase 4.

[Firewind]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

Seems pretty reasonable and you would probably have to play nonstop for the entire weekend to hit 20 anyway. Plus it gives you the chance to grind other jobs to cherry pick the low level abilities useful to your main.

Thinking of getting THM as far as I can, then going back to pick up the Pugilist and Archer DD Cooldowns and the utility spells from CNJ. Cure, Protect and Raise are really nice to have if your group doesn't need the extra damage from the Pugilist and Archer stuff. Especially if there's an Archer in the party and SE didn't nerf it. Let's face it in P3, if there was an Archer in the group, none of the other DDs had anything relevant to do.

[Malacite]

Re: Melody's FF XIV Question

First thing I'm doing is trying out Arcanist and Fishing.