I remember playing the 10 day trial and it looked nothing like this. I had to walk away from the screen to stop my eyes from bleeding, but the music was pretty sweet
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Except that they just announced a hard mode version and its loot list here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzi-L...layer_embedded
I gotta say this was a big relief to me after reading in the JP translation thread that Ifrit was only "pretty difficult", and the speculation in this thread based on the video. Hopefully the Hard Mode at least tops the encounters in Darkhold (I don't expect anything to blow my socks off until the battle system is complete and we have alliance content).
So there was a video on the FFXIV YouTube channel of some devs testing the livestreaming equipment.
It's since been made private, but I snagged a screenshot (linked below) revealing two interesting tidbits of information:
- The UI lock button has been changed from a star to a padlock (if that's even what the star was in the first place)
- Their test builds are called Rapture :)
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...252520Test.png