FFXIV Beta Anyone playing it's free!

[shriva]

Anyone playing FFXIV Beta?

If you buy the actuall game there is no monthly subcription fee.

I just got it as a gift from my hubby.

Comments

[solanyxe]

I've been looking froward to it ever since they announced it (Two years ago, was it? I can't remember), but then I played the beta months ago and cancelled the preorder right away.

The UI was unintuitive and it took too many clicks to get to the window/option you needed, there was too much lag, not enough leves (quests) or other content (a story quest only every 10 levels, if I remember correctly). I hated the market wards. There was a bunch of other small details that didn't seem important at first glance but were annoying when you (well, I) played.

That's why they're still not charging the subscription fee.
The game was more or less a flop. :S

They're working hard to improve it, though. I read the game updates every now and then to see how much it improved, but so far they haven't convinced me yet.

If you got it as a present, I think you can still have enough fun with it. :) It looks gorgeous, the community probably isn't bad, updates are still coming.
And hey, it's box-to-play!

typo

[solanyxe]

forward*

[artistic_g4m3r]

I currently play FFXIV and have been playing since Alpha.

The UI was unintuitive and it took too many clicks to get to the window/option you needed,

They've streamlined the UI a TON since the beginning.

there was too much lag,

The Lag is gone

not enough leves (quests) or other content (a story quest only every 10 levels, if I remember correctly).

It's annoying that you can only pick up 8 leves a day, but it generally takes me several hours to complete the 8 I pick up. They've also implemented side-quests (they're not leves, so they don't count toward the 8), and the story quests are at 10, 20, 26, 30, 36, and 42 iirc and each job gets a quest every 10 levels after 20 I believe.

I hated the market wards.The market wards aren't a pain in the ass anymore. They've added a search function - it tells you the price of the item and what ward it's in. Also the wards no longer have generic names, but are categories (weapons go here, tools for crafts go here, gear in x level range goes here, etc) and you get less tax on a sold item if

[solanyxe]

Thank you for taking the time to address my points

[the_wild_ones]

i find market wards to work just fine, not lagging behind ffxi ah by that much. the only problem i have with it is its instability. every few days, the wards crash, and you need to recall your retainers. if this is fixed (i.e. automated recalling of retainers), i'm 99% satisfied with the system.

[artistic_g4m3r]

I really disliked XI's AH system. I didn't like having to wait however long it was to see if my stuff had sold or not. I didn't like that you couldn't see what the current prices were, just what things had sold for. I didn't like that you could only have... what, 7 things up at a time? I played WoW for 5 years and I preferred their AH system so much more