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Nill
Aug 24, 2003

They mentioned working on multi-FC chat channels over a year ago, though I imagine we'll get those around the same time they finally add the UI plug-in API.

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SwissArmyDruid
Feb 14, 2014

by sebmojo
As they literally are out of memory for the UI on PS3 (If you open up your party window, those stat buff indicators at the bottom used to be on the party list in the main UI, but they moved them there JUST to have enough memory for TP bar indicators) I don't expect that until the PS3 is cut loose like the boat anchor it is.

OhFunny
Jun 26, 2013

EXTREMELY PISSED AT THE DNC

SwissArmyDruid posted:

As they literally are out of memory for the UI on PS3 (If you open up your party window, those stat buff indicators at the bottom used to be on the party list in the main UI, but they moved them there JUST to have enough memory for TP bar indicators) I don't expect that until the PS3 is cut loose like the boat anchor it is.

I think the odds are strong that the PS3 gets dropped when they roll out the next expac.

After watching a few times there's three FF bosses from the mainline games in 3.3:

Calofisteri from FFV.
Whelk from VI.
Omza from IX.

Vitamean
May 31, 2012

Saigyouji posted:

That's nothing compared to this:



Remember to cap your frame rate to as low as possible for this one!

Thundarr
Dec 24, 2002


OhFunny posted:

I think the odds are strong that the PS3 gets dropped when they roll out the next expac.

After watching a few times there's three FF bosses from the mainline games in 3.3:

Calofisteri from FFV.
Whelk from VI.
Omza from IX.

Just looking at that preview of WC I suspect the plan is to have Ozma preemptively brick the PS3s that are still being used to play this game.

Nuebot
Feb 18, 2013

The developer of Brigador is a secret chud, don't give him money
Cactaur is a cold, lonely place. I think I've seen like one person running around on magitek armor, the rest of the people seem to be gold spammers.

Vapor Moon
Feb 24, 2010

Neato!
The Human Font

Moldy Taxes posted:

Remember to cap your frame rate to as low as possible for this one!

So I just read up about this and what the goddamn hell SE?

Stalins Moustache
Dec 31, 2012

~~**I'm Italian!**~~
Wait a minute. I was just told that you can level any class in this game on one character. Does that mean I won't need to have thousands of alts? :stare:

Mazed
Oct 23, 2010

:blizz:


I can't wait to fight Eynzahr while dressed like Eynzahr.

OhFunny
Jun 26, 2013

EXTREMELY PISSED AT THE DNC

Stalins Moustache posted:

Wait a minute. I was just told that you can level any class in this game on one character. Does that mean I won't need to have thousands of alts? :stare:

Yes.

You can also leveling all professions on one character too.

Hidingo Kojimba
Mar 29, 2010

Skaw posted:

Was that Succubus in PotD following the party and helping? Huh. Wonder if there's any plot ties to Haukke Manor.

Hmm. Well the dungeon is called the Palace of the Dead and Edda and Lady Amandine both died in the Shroud. Interesting implications if so.

vOv
Feb 8, 2014

Hidingo Kojimba posted:

Hmm. Well the dungeon is called the Palace of the Dead and Edda and Lady Amandine both died in the Shroud. Interesting implications if so.

I'm pretty sure that players were getting turned into monsters, but I could be wrong.

Solumin
Jan 11, 2013

Stalins Moustache posted:

Wait a minute. I was just told that you can level any class in this game on one character. Does that mean I won't need to have thousands of alts? :stare:

You can do literally everything on one character! Every class, job, profession.... everything. And you can switch between them very easily, since your class is just based on your weapon.
Playing as other races is the other reason to have an alt, and FFXIV address that by "fantasias," which are potions that let you change your character's looks. (They cost money, but not much, and you can occasionally get them for free.)

As far as I know, people only have alts in order to avoid weekly content lockouts... because they just love raiding that much, I guess? The game is very much designed around one character per player though, considering how much investment there is just to get through the MSQ alone.

Brother Entropy
Dec 27, 2009

Nuebot posted:

Cactaur is a cold, lonely place. I think I've seen like one person running around on magitek armor, the rest of the people seem to be gold spammers.

you're just starting out right? it's mostly that population of randos is gonna be thin until you start getting into the expansion stuff, cactaur has a pretty decent population size overall

Sinners Sandwich
Jan 4, 2012

Give me your friend's BURGERS and SANDWICHES, I'll put out the fire.

The only thing your missing out is that depending on your class, your starting city and main quest are split 3 ways until you hit level 15

SpaceDrake
Dec 22, 2006

I can't avoid filling a game with awful memes, even if I want to. It's in my bones...!

Stalins Moustache posted:

Wait a minute. I was just told that you can level any class in this game on one character. Does that mean I won't need to have thousands of alts? :stare:

Yup, you can, and are indeed rather encouraged, to do everything on one main character.

It's why I flip-flop via Fantasia (character recustomization) so much - I just can't pick between a potato (Lalafell) and a dragon-princess (Au Ra).

Chinese Batman
Jun 28, 2008

Saigyouji posted:

That's nothing compared to this:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vapL2pVFZOQ

Cirina
Feb 15, 2013

Operation complete.
Well, I just ran straight into the fact that you can't gather Cobalt Ore until level 46, despite crafting a ton of 40-45 level items requiring it, including the level 43 Miner Main Hand, because gently caress you people who were gathering their own materials I guess.

nuru
Oct 10, 2012

Eopia posted:

Well, I just ran straight into the fact that you can't gather Cobalt Ore until level 46, despite crafting a ton of 40-45 level items requiring it, including the level 43 Miner Main Hand, because gently caress you people who were gathering their own materials I guess.

Your mining level has no bearing on your crafting level, so I don't see the problem.

Cirina
Feb 15, 2013

Operation complete.

nuru posted:

Your mining level has no bearing on your crafting level, so I don't see the problem.

I'd been gathering my own materials for my crafting up until this point where the game gave me a hearty gently caress you on that is the problem.

The most annoying bit is needing materials I won't be able to gather for several levels to make current level gear.

Cirina fucked around with this message at 01:51 on May 28, 2016

Ainsley McTree
Feb 19, 2004


It's not that hearty of a gently caress you. Much as I dislike people who talk like this, if you can't afford to just shell out a little gil on gear to level miner up to 46, then maybe this isn't the right time for you to dive into the gilsink that is crafting. There is more after that and it is worse.

Fister Roboto
Feb 21, 2008

That's the game telling you "hey stop being an idiot, just buy the mats".

Cirina
Feb 15, 2013

Operation complete.

Ainsley McTree posted:

It's not that hearty of a gently caress you. Much as I dislike people who talk like this, if you can't afford to just shell out a little gil on gear to level miner up to 46, then maybe this isn't the right time for you to dive into the gilsink that is crafting. There is more after that and it is worse.

I can and will do so, I'm just annoyed now because I didn't have to prior to this.

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Oh god is it so much worse. Especially once you break 50, where until you hit around 54 you won't be able to HQ ANYTHING at your current level without food all HQ gear and melds, or having done the treadmill that was level 50 crafting before HW (lucis tools, etc).

Fister Roboto
Feb 21, 2008

Also if you're really dead set on mining all the mats yourself, you can just level miner to 46 with an outdated pickaxe. Unless the rest of your gear sucks you'll still be able to mine cobalt.

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Yeah it isn't until you try unspoiled nodes and the like that you really need to hit specific thresholds for gathering. Before that you can get by with boosting abilities and the vagaries of the RNG.

The Black Stones
May 7, 2007

I POSTED WHAT NOW!?
I don't see what the gathering problem is because you can use older gear to gather you're just not as good at it. When in 2.0 I pretty much just got my gathering stuff from quest turn ins and if it was cheap on MB. Did just fine. Hell, I finished the HW gathering quests with having level 54 gear still.

Crafting? Crafting is just a poo poo pile all the way down. My FC loves that I can meld for them now though. I haven't decided if I actually want good gear for the jobs and bother with scrips.

Mazed
Oct 23, 2010

:blizz:


We're worse than Hildebrand.

Sinners Sandwich
Jan 4, 2012

Give me your friend's BURGERS and SANDWICHES, I'll put out the fire.

I may have just condemned an innocent person by accusing them for murder but I was awarded 500 casino chips

You would do the same in my situation

Dastardly
Jun 14, 2011

Fresh outta hecks.
Everything about the Mhachi is cooler than Allagan crap. Why can't the game be about the Mhachi slapping white mage and scholar butts

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


Sinners Sandwich posted:

I may have just condemned an innocent person by accusing them for murder but I was awarded 500 casino chips

You would do the same in my situation

I don't know, I followed a trail of evidence that pointed clearly at the treacherous shifty eyed potato person.

Dastardly
Jun 14, 2011

Fresh outta hecks.

Tortolia posted:

Which song was the Mhach theme a remix of? I recognize it, just can't place which game/area it's from.

I can't really place it either but part of it reminds me of IX's battle theme. Specifically this part 20 seconds into the theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ9O1Gh58vI&t=20s

SonicRulez
Aug 6, 2013

GOTTA GO FIST
So what's the etiquette on new content? Everyone is cool to just die a bunch of times til we figure it out together?

Verranicus
Aug 18, 2009

by VideoGames
Gonna be calling Mhach VA2 just to annoy people.

Kwyndig
Sep 23, 2006

Heeeeeey


SonicRulez posted:

So what's the etiquette on new content? Everyone is cool to just die a bunch of times til we figure it out together?

For the first... twelve hours or so you can expect that. After that for each hour that passes the number of whiny assholes who'll bitch at you for not knowing mechanics increases until you hit an unbearable number around the day after patch.

Tortolia
Dec 29, 2005

Hindustan Electronics Employee of the Month, July 2008
Grimey Drawer

SonicRulez posted:

So what's the etiquette on new content? Everyone is cool to just die a bunch of times til we figure it out together?

Generally. Goons are pretty respectful of folks wanting to go blind into fights and winging it if you ask them to not tell you the gimmicks ahead of time.

24 mans, probably best to get a cliffs notes version because there will be people who get impatient and ragey.

Fangthane
May 16, 2007
Be true, Unbeliever.
New patch seems to have a ton of stuff in it, and I'm excited! Also, anyone else notice the snail creature is a direct copy from FF 6? Wonder if not attacking the shell will be part of the mechanics...

Potato Jones
Apr 9, 2007

Clever Betty

Fangthane posted:

New patch seems to have a ton of stuff in it, and I'm excited! Also, anyone else notice the snail creature is a direct copy from FF 6? Wonder if not attacking the shell will be part of the mechanics...
I would like that. The bosses for this patch are actually pretty cameo-heavy with V, VI and IX being represented. I like it when the reference game makes references.

SonicRulez
Aug 6, 2013

GOTTA GO FIST

Kwyndig posted:

For the first... twelve hours or so you can expect that. After that for each hour that passes the number of whiny assholes who'll bitch at you for not knowing mechanics increases until you hit an unbearable number around the day after patch.

Wow, that's not a very long time. At least the queues will pop fast.

Tortolia posted:

Generally. Goons are pretty respectful of folks wanting to go blind into fights and winging it if you ask them to not tell you the gimmicks ahead of time.

24 mans, probably best to get a cliffs notes version because there will be people who get impatient and ragey.

Well 24 mans are a poo poo show by design, so I won't worry about those at least.

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isk
Oct 3, 2007

You don't want me owing you
Good rule of thumb for new dungeons/trials is to do them with goons for the first couple weeks after release.

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