Final Fantasy Friday: A Blog Series Reborn
A Phoenix Down has been tossed on this old blog series of mine and it's alive again. In the Final Fantasy Friday series, I discuss a lot of various FF related topics. This particular entry will be about the most recent game in the Final Fantasy series I have been playing.
Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn is a MMO but I am actually enjoying it. Before FFXIV, The only MMO I have played was DC Universe Online. FFXIV is not that different from what I know about other MMOs. You get a quest from a quest giver which usually involves killing a certain number of monsters. The monsters drop a item that you pick up and return to the quest giver. The quest giver rewards you with experience points and some of the game's currency. The currency in FFXIV is Gil which has been one of the things that make this a Final Fantasy game. Chocobos and air ships are other FF things that are in FFXIV. I haven't run into a guy named Cid yet but I haven't explored every part of the world of Eorzea yet.
Eorzea is the name of the world that FFXIV takes place in. Five years before the start of this game, A great calamity occurred which wiped out Eorzea's legendary heroes known as the Warriors of Light. The world is being rebuilt but new threats are emerging in Eorzea. The Garlean Empire is readying another attempt to take over the world. Also, Fierce monsters known as Primals have awakened. Eorzea has 3 City States which are the starting points for your character in the game. They are Ul'dah, Limsa Lominsa, and Gridania. The starting point of your character is based on what Class you choose to start as. As a Gladiator, My character started in Ul'dah. My character is a female Miqo'te named Aya Mayer. Miqo'te are the cat like race in FFXIV. There are also the human like Hyur, the elf like Elezen,the short Lallafell,and the large Roegadyn.
Unlike most MMOs, You can be multiple classes with the same character. I think this is a good idea. It gives you a lot to do in the game by joining the various guilds and completing the quests they have. You can join another guild when you reach level 10 of the guild that you initially join. This makes sense. It helps you create a good character and you are not bouncing between guilds right away. Changing your class is simple as switching out the weapon associated with your class. I can switch out the sword of the Gladiator for the staff of the Conjurer if I want to change my class. In addition to classes based around combat like Gladiator, There are classes solely focused on crafting like Blacksmith and Weaver. Obviously, all of the starting classes in FFXIV are combat classes and crafting classes are available to you once you reach level 10 of your starting class. Being able to craft your own items is a great idea in my opinion. There are also classes focused on gathering like Miner and Fisher. These classes can help you gather materials that you can use to craft things that you can use or sell to a merchant. It's a good idea to level up your various classes often. It gives you a bit of variety in what you are doing in the game.
Combat on the console versions of FFXIV is built around using a controller and it works. Your various actions are set as icons on a hot bars in the lower part of the screen. There are multiple levels to it which you switch between using the L1 button and a face button or direction of the D pad to switch between hot bars. You use the action by holding L2 and the face button or direction of the D pad associated with the action. Spells take time to cast so it's best to put some space between you and whatever is attacking you. If you are part of a party during a group instance, This is not really a problem since another character who is the Tank of the group has the enemy focused on him or her. My main class, Gladiator, is a Tank class and I am slowly getting used to that role.
Wow......This is turning to a wall of text already so I will continue my impressions of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn for a future installment of Final Fantasy Friday. FFXIV is currently available for PC, Playstation 3,and Playstation 4. All 3 versions run on the same servers so PC players can play with people who are playing on the consoles. I have played a couple of times with a friend who has been playing on the PS4 while I am playing on PS3.
Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn is a MMO but I am actually enjoying it. Before FFXIV, The only MMO I have played was DC Universe Online. FFXIV is not that different from what I know about other MMOs. You get a quest from a quest giver which usually involves killing a certain number of monsters. The monsters drop a item that you pick up and return to the quest giver. The quest giver rewards you with experience points and some of the game's currency. The currency in FFXIV is Gil which has been one of the things that make this a Final Fantasy game. Chocobos and air ships are other FF things that are in FFXIV. I haven't run into a guy named Cid yet but I haven't explored every part of the world of Eorzea yet.
Eorzea is the name of the world that FFXIV takes place in. Five years before the start of this game, A great calamity occurred which wiped out Eorzea's legendary heroes known as the Warriors of Light. The world is being rebuilt but new threats are emerging in Eorzea. The Garlean Empire is readying another attempt to take over the world. Also, Fierce monsters known as Primals have awakened. Eorzea has 3 City States which are the starting points for your character in the game. They are Ul'dah, Limsa Lominsa, and Gridania. The starting point of your character is based on what Class you choose to start as. As a Gladiator, My character started in Ul'dah. My character is a female Miqo'te named Aya Mayer. Miqo'te are the cat like race in FFXIV. There are also the human like Hyur, the elf like Elezen,the short Lallafell,and the large Roegadyn.
Unlike most MMOs, You can be multiple classes with the same character. I think this is a good idea. It gives you a lot to do in the game by joining the various guilds and completing the quests they have. You can join another guild when you reach level 10 of the guild that you initially join. This makes sense. It helps you create a good character and you are not bouncing between guilds right away. Changing your class is simple as switching out the weapon associated with your class. I can switch out the sword of the Gladiator for the staff of the Conjurer if I want to change my class. In addition to classes based around combat like Gladiator, There are classes solely focused on crafting like Blacksmith and Weaver. Obviously, all of the starting classes in FFXIV are combat classes and crafting classes are available to you once you reach level 10 of your starting class. Being able to craft your own items is a great idea in my opinion. There are also classes focused on gathering like Miner and Fisher. These classes can help you gather materials that you can use to craft things that you can use or sell to a merchant. It's a good idea to level up your various classes often. It gives you a bit of variety in what you are doing in the game.
Combat on the console versions of FFXIV is built around using a controller and it works. Your various actions are set as icons on a hot bars in the lower part of the screen. There are multiple levels to it which you switch between using the L1 button and a face button or direction of the D pad to switch between hot bars. You use the action by holding L2 and the face button or direction of the D pad associated with the action. Spells take time to cast so it's best to put some space between you and whatever is attacking you. If you are part of a party during a group instance, This is not really a problem since another character who is the Tank of the group has the enemy focused on him or her. My main class, Gladiator, is a Tank class and I am slowly getting used to that role.
Wow......This is turning to a wall of text already so I will continue my impressions of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn for a future installment of Final Fantasy Friday. FFXIV is currently available for PC, Playstation 3,and Playstation 4. All 3 versions run on the same servers so PC players can play with people who are playing on the consoles. I have played a couple of times with a friend who has been playing on the PS4 while I am playing on PS3.