FF14 Launch

[Souca]

So FF14 launches today for the people that bought the Collectors Edition, and I was curious who all was going to be playing, either tonight or next week when the main launch is.

Also, do we want to all try for the same server? Selbina has been suggested in a previous thread, but if someone has a good reason for a different server, let us know.

My copy will arrive sometime tomorrow, not sure why Amazon didn't send it today, and I'll be starting up a char then. Look forward to seeing you guys ingame.

- Souca -

[Naji]

Will be playing tonight just picked up the game this morning and went through all the setup (my head hurts). I would be interested in playing on a server with some others on the forums

[Hivetyrant]

Will be playing tonight just picked up the game this morning and went through all the setup (my head hurts). I would be interested in playing on a server with some others on the forums

Is the setup and regsitration as bad as the old one?

Was almost painful enough to not bother playing it!

[Naji]

Is the setup and regsitration as bad as the old one?

Was almost painful enough to not bother playing it!

was not to bad... not as simple as it should be, but much better than that playonline viewer crap.

the majority of the annoying stuff is payment options

[d0z3rr]

Probably gonna pick it up today. And God was the playonline shit terrible!!!

[Naji]

Probably gonna pick it up today. And God was the playonline shit terrible!!!

Yes it was, and support was even worse lol

anyway

im on selbina, has anyone else got it yet?

[Souca]

Just set mine up. No where near the pain Pay Online was. When you set up the account, chose Crysta as the payment type. You can change it later, but if you select Crysta you don't have to provide any more details, they just discount everything so it costs 0 Crysta during the 30 day free period.

Also, anyone besides me think the stuff in the CE is great, but the box is so cheap that they might as well just throw it away?

- Souca -

[Naji]

Also, anyone besides me think the stuff in the CE is great, but the box is so cheap that they might as well just throw it away?

Yea its got some neat stuff - the in game item is uglyyy though lol

[d0z3rr]

Was playing it some yesterday. Beautiful game. But seems slow and I have no idea what I'm doing. I managed to make it to some camp outside where you stand near a crystal and do the "leve" quests. Is that pretty much all you do in the game to level?

I started a lancer. I'd like to be a class that is rare (kinda like druids in WoW) that no one plays. Anyone have any ideas on what classes that would be?

[remanz]

A couple of my friends switched to FF14, I also purchased CE FF14 and tried.

Didn't like it.

Tech side of things:

No matter what I do, I just can't get this thing to run at above 50 FPS. The graphics are impressive, really ? Compare to some of the non-mmo I played on my PC, ff14 is barely on-par. Gears of war PC (a game from 2007) still looks better. Note that my PC is not top of the line, but by no means a push over. i7 920 OC at 4Ghz, 12G ram, GTX295. Running FF14 on it, with all details turned low/off, res at 1080p, barely 35-45 fps, UNacceptable. Having Crysis flashbacks~

Above all, my gaming laptop that has an ATI mobile 5730, can't even play the damn game. It crashes on start up. Sure, I just patch the game right ? nope, you need to start the launcher to download the patch. and Now it is the launcher that is crashing. Brilliant.

For the problem everybody complains about, the UI/input lag. This is the game breaker for me. The control is just not smooth. This game is designed and made with console in mind. MADE to be played on PS3. Sorry for bashing the game so hard, but I really have some high hopes for this game, being a long time Square-enix / FF serie fan and all.


Those 2 things completely put me off on this game. But somehow my friends were having a blast. Telling me "oh , as the game progress, it gets better. So much depth. the system is good. Unlike wow, which is flat and noob friendly. The combat is complex." (really ?? all I see is I can't move if i cast/execute anything, combined with the input lag)

So I ask you guys who got further into this game. Did FF14 get better later on ?