A Realm Reborn: A Look AheadFollow

Enjoy!

http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=31884

Was that a moogle animation for a notification of getting mail (like the pigeons in GW2)?! That was awesome! Everything else looked amazing too...

I am concerned about this too. I know at least one person who won't play if he can't compete against others to hunt down elite NMs.

As for me, though, I've never been much of a monster hunter. This game is looking fantastic, and Yoshi-P has earned himself a rest before beta starts.

I hope you're right about them getting much tougher later on... was extremely sad when I saw you say that you could solo one (even if it was lower level). Granted, I wont care one bit if there's tons of other things to kill that require full parties. I was a big fan of world NMs too...was extremely disappointed XIV never added more than they did and was just as disappointed when they went from epic battles in 15 man parties to near effortless after the switch to 8 man groups. I can't wait for launch. ><;



*Puts the xanax back in the medicine cabinet*

Edited, Feb 21st 2013 1:06pm by scorleone

Did they talk any about how loot will be distributed and how they will balance the dfficulty of higher level FATEs? Going back to my previous post I am not sure how they will be able to get a huge amount of people on one mob and still make it mechanically interesting instead of a complete zerg, not to mention what if there are not enough people in the area? The only real option I see (in my not very creative mind lol) is balancing the mobs difficutly based on people fighting it, otherwise it feels like it would either be impossible or too easy depending on how many players you have. And like I said how will loot not be trivialized if everyone gets loot, is it based on performance (Never thought this worked out very well in previous games where a system like this was used)?

Don't get me wrong, I think FATEs look fun, but I am a little worried and I am not sure why they chose to go with only FATEs instead of a little bit of both worlds. We will see soon enough I guess, but I am so hyped after all this info I want it all now lol

Edited, Feb 21st 2013 1:14pm by Belcrono

boo no NMs... i liked the "mystery" of killing mobs then all of a sudden a new mob with a weird name popped up.. even if it dropped nothing good it was still a surprise...

and ho would you get l33t gear from fates? I mean lets say 200ppl are fighting behemoth.. surely everyone isnt gonna have their own individual drop pool.. I mean that worked in places like dynamis because you started as a team and entered as a team and there were restriction... if fates are in the open world whats to stop a level 1 from getting uber high end gear lol

Wow. They did an incredible job with the little time they had.

I think that they should bring back all the old NMs like Leaping Lizzy etc and have them on a 30 min spawn time or something. They don't have to drop epic items, but perhaps gear that looks awesome that can replace the look of your current armor. WoW did this with Transmogrification and it's really fun. Just bring them back for the nostalgia, some people really liked camping NMs. It's one of my fondest memories and I even made some lasting friendships in game during camping competitions.

The music is hugely improved in some areas. The game just has a much more Final Fantasy feel, even more so than FF11 in some ways. I can't wait to see the Golden Saucer and other throwbacks that Yoshida mentioned. If this game can shape up to be a big enough challenge and yet still fun when we're short on time, this could be my new MMO for quite a while. I'm feeling a little bit excited.

Since the game is built with and for PC primarily, they should be able to port this over and optimize it for PS4 whenever it's released right?

SE really needs to have some kind of content for a select few though. If there is plenty to do for casual players such as FATE, low man dungeons, PvP, etc. , there should also be some kind of hard mode raids and HNMs that can clean your clock up for claim. It promotes healthy competition between Linkshells and keeps the prestige in the community alive. The only people who complain about it are people who feel entitled to everything and probably have the same attitude in their jobs and lives outside of the game. I won't even have time to attain that status in game most likely, but I'd really like to see it brought back.

Edited, Feb 21st 2013 1:37pm by Transmigration

I asked, PS3 and PC are first. After those are safely launched and humming I'm sure they'll watch the PS4's adoption rate and decide then if they want to port it.

So. Enlighten me.
What's the difference between a FATE and a NM with special loot distribution rules?

You don't have to compete with other players to get the claim. You don't have to be in the party that got the claim. You can't camp a low level spawn as a high level job (leaping lizzy). Everyone has a chance at loot.

ETA: this is a lot like the rift and invasion events in Rift. It was really fun to be ou gathering or soloing and then the invasion horn would sound and everyone would run like heck to the event. It's a good way to shake things up.

Edited, Feb 21st 2013 11:03am by LebargeX

So FATEs are basically Rift events from.. well.. Rift.

What happens if the FATE doesn't get completed? Is there some kind of time limit after which it just ends? Or does it stick around for all eternity waiting for someone to come along and kill it?

There is a time limit yes, I don't know what that is in all cases, I wasn't really paying attention when I did the one I participated in.

What about levelsyncing during FATE fights ?