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Is this gonna be a solo fest or will there be group content
vtravi
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I am just wondering is this game gonna be like all the others where the only group content is in a few dungeons. Any landscape group areas?
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http://absoluteretribution.enjin.com/ Guild Website and Recruitment link
And a dynamic event style system called F.A.T.E.S. or some such.
And the entire guild leve system which can be done in a party and gives much better reward.
Apparently there were also other systems in XIV.. behests or something? Hamlet defense?
Pretty much, from what I've seen/read, you CAN level up by yourself just doing quests, for maybe a single class or some such, but there is TONS of group content at all levels you'll need to participate in to level up multiple classes.
In ARR you can lvl all the classes on one char so even if you try to lvl your character doing only quests you will run out of them after getting maybe 3-4 classes to 50 and there are 8 classes on launch. Other means of leveling your char is Hunting Log which is also solo content.
Party content includes Guild Leves, Guildhest and Dungeons.
F.A.T.E.S are open world events like rifts in Rift..
To answer your question - both.
There will be quests like other MMOs, and multiple options to level. BadSpock is talking about Guildhests, which is group content for levelling. We don't know much about it yet. There will be Dungeons, of course, which require a group.
In one of the Live Letters they make mention of levelling off of PvP after level 30 (don't hold me to that).
So, you can go and do whatever you would like, solo when you want ot be alone or have toruble fidning a group and group content when you are in the mood for that.
Both.... plenty of group content and plenty of solo quests... however, after your first few classes to 50, after that youwill have to do a lot of group content to get to 50.
If you're expecting grind parties like FFXI, that won't happen. YoshiP is dead set agianst it. He thinks that's a relic of the past and will not design content for grinding parties. A huge chunk of your xp will be from doing Dungeons.... there will be 16-18 dungeons at release.... 9 of which are for lvl 15, 25, and 30.
Where did you get the idea that you have to buy XIV again in order to play? I can't insult you properly otherwise i'll get a warning again.
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If you bought the first one and registered it.... if you remember your account or have your account pass code.... you get FFXIV ARR (2.0) for free.
As a FFXIV v. 1.0 owner, you're automatically elgible for Beta phase 3. You are thus eligible for open beta. What ever progress you make during open beta carries over to release. After release, you get one month free.
No offense, but maybe you should research before spewing misinformation about a company that's gone out of its way to say "I'm sorry" and try to make a wrong into a right.
You should be commending SE for doing something that no other company has ever done. Compare SE to how EA does business and maybe you'll hve more appreciation for the work they put into FFXIV ARR (2.0).
Don't forget about Guildhests, FATE, & Leves done in a party.
umm not really soem stuff but not as a whole
Yeah, really. Especially when Yoshi-P took a page (one of many) right out of the WoW handbook, and provided enough hand-holding and guidance that you don't even have to know what you're after, why you're after it or even who the NPC (aka "Anonymous Quest Dispenser") is giving it to you.. You just chase quest markers and then go back for your reward. In a demo video SE put out showing the questing system, that's exactly what the player does. They just skip right through all the dialog, click "accept" and start chasing quest markers.
No wonder people complain about questing being boring.
People should really read his developer letters, watch the live letters and get some information on the game.
The argument that "This game has quests.... WoW has quests.... therefore this game is a WoW clone," is not really true.
The game is designed early on to be this way to get most people, like FF fans who've never played an MMO a tutorial on the game. As you level up it becomes increasingly different.
Here are the things you can look forward to, if you took the time to research it.....instead of basing an opinion on the beginning levels of a beta, which offers you only 10% of the game. BTW BETA is for testing, it's not a free trial.
-Grand Company Content from three nations that ties into one part of the main story
-Class Quests, Job Quests
-16-18 dungeons (at launch)
-Normal and Hardmode Raids (Crystal Tower, Labyrinth of Bahamut)
-FATEs (this deserves an even bigger catagory because we've been told there are going to be A LOT OF different VARIATIONS on end game FATES).
-Leves
-Hunting Log, Crafting Log, Gathering Log
-9 Classes on one character, No need ever to grind the SAME QUESTS (you do the quest, it's done forever)
-Chocobo, Gobbue, and other mounts from my memories of other FF games (Courl and Magitek confirmed)
-Content with Pets (Choco specialization for soloing or duoing dungeons with your Choco)
-Crafting that is more fun and in depth than other games (opinion)
-Golden Saucer (confirmed for future patch)
-Chocobo raising (maybe even choco racing like FFVII)
-Customizable Housing (Build your own furniture as carpenter and decorate house with potential spoils of war, Ifrit Mounted Head)
-Guildhests
-Free Companies
-Linkshells (chan channels which foster community instead of general chat like in other games)
-Content Finder
-Achievements
-Gamepad support
-PS3 Support (future PS4 support, hinted by Yoshi-P)
-International Servers (if you choose) with online, instant translator
-Voice acting, fully realized cutscenes and storyline.
-Airships,
-Free Company created airships (confirmed for future patch)
-Limit Break and Fine Play battle content
-PvP Arena battles and two battleground (confirmed for launch)
-Open world Primals
-Materia
-Relic items and quests
-Guaranteed seasonal content
-Beautiful Art Style and Scenery (Can't wait to see 80% of the game we have yet to see)
-Future FF style jobs from other FF games (Samurai, Blue Mage, Red Mage, Thief)
-Variety between class play and job specializations with customization of classes with 10 abilities from other classes
-Depth of Character in being able to switch to any class for a given situation and role (I don't need to create 12039120 Alts just to play every single class)
Everything I mentioned above is public information.... some people would just rather play for 15 levels and pretend they know everything about the game.
Thank you for that awesome post, ZizouX!
I would also like to point out that the Frontlines (PvP Battlegrounds) are less similar to a Battlegroud/Warzone you'd see in say WoW/RIFT/SWTOR; they are more along the lines of DAoC PvP areas (forget what they are called)