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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn: Preparing for Beta Phase 2
SBFord
Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
The latest Producer's Letter for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has been published. The letter reveals the fact that 100,000 players are taking part in the closed beta thus far and have been providing feedback to the team. Most notably, game pad support will be dropping into the second beta slated to kick off in early April.
Keep in mind that testing the gamepad is the focus of the second phase, so the available content will be mostly the same. In my last letter I briefly mentioned guildhests, which are based on behests from Version 1.0. After reading your feedback, we decided to adjust this system so that you can attempt them at a lower level. Guildhests are scheduled for phase 3, and I hope you'll be ready when they're finished!
Read the full letter on the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn site.
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And I wasn't invited to phase 1 despite being in the alpha.
SE really don't like me anymore apparently.
I hear from "channel 4" that its a Final Fantasy themed "wow clone" now.
They threw out what actually wasn't bad from the original XIV and turned leveling into a solo quest marathon.
Forgot where but he talks about the features that were implemented that he really liked from other MMO's. This game will be focusing heavily on lore, story, and PvE. I'm not a big fan of PvP so I'm really looking forward to this game.
if u were in alpha u are able to log in into beta , did u try to log in? all alpha testers were invited to beta
How do they even know beta lvl cap is at 35, and the zone that was available was a 1- 15 lvl area.
They specifically said that unless you're a legacy member non - legacy alpha testers must re apply.
That not truth, only legacy where all invited, for the others alpha players, they had to be re-invited. Some did some did not.
You didnt have to re-apply, if you where in alpha, you just needed to wait for the invite email. You have to re-aplly for the ps3 version tough.
Being a pessimist is a win-win pattern of thinking. If you're a pessimist (I'll admit that I am!) you're either:
A. Proven right (if something bad happens)
or
B. Pleasantly surprised (if something good happens)
Either way, you can't lose! Try it out sometime!
As I tell everyone else that is hesitant to play it based on its past repetoire or uneasiness in the direction it's heading; try out the open beta and judge for yourself. The only thing you have to lose is time spent elsewhere.
I played XIV at launch, and it had a few technical issues, though less than Sim City Always Online strangely enough, and I thought it was just way too hardcore a PvE sandbox for most gamers to take. Tremendous freedom, but way to little to guide most peeps. XIV reborn I am thinking of playing on PS3 at release. Will be a blast on console. While many like Bill and the guys here seem to be looking to jump on the Champions online rework in Neverwinter from there GW2 casual heaven, I am thinking XIV is the fantasy mmo to play untill Elder Scrolls Online eventually goes live some way off from this present point in time.
As someone else has mentioned, it's likely that only one area is available for play, and a level cap initiated. In addition, given that it's a true beta, it's also likely that only one form of leveling is implemented and the story turned off to prevent spoilers. Judging from the live letters and the letters from the producers chocobo raising and combat isn't even in the game yet, as houses are still an internal thing and that's where you build a chocobo farm. With the latest live letter from the producer Behests seem to not be in the game either at this point; I wouldn't be surprised if only quests were available and the occassional FATE to test the waters.
Anyone who claims it's easy to level the first time is likely speaking out of their behinds due to the beforementioned restrictions (especially since the last letter specifically spoke of these tests targeting only a few things, just as exclusively testing gamepads in phase II).
Can't wait for this to go live. Especially now since I have a computer that can run it.
It will indeed be the real deal this time. XIV was very PvE hardcore in its approach and had some technical issues. ARR is easier for Joe and Jane casual GW2 gamer to get into, and given that GW2 is aging you will get players hoping onto newer games. Similar thing with WoW, people get fed up with the lack of content at 90 and want to move on from a gear treadmill end-game onto something new.