Breaking down some of the screenshots

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Originally Posted by Firon

Whats that icon that's on everyone's bars its on the crafter pic and drg and pld top right on drg pic.

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return maybe? also like that you can put potions directly on the hotbar

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Originally Posted by Chopin

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/...-Shadowing.png

I wonder if this Chocobo is a result of Chocobo raising. It has no nation flag and looking at the concept art does not seem to be the Legacy reward.

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Interesting, wondering after seeing the chocobo farm concept art that getting a chocobo might be different post 2.0

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Originally Posted by Chopin

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/...-Shadowing.png

I wonder if this Chocobo is a result of Chocobo raising. It has no nation flag and looking at the concept art does not seem to be the Legacy reward.

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Could be just a rental chocobo =) though admittedly, I've forgotten what they look like in-game currently.

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Originally Posted by nibelunc

Hm I am not sure.. But how should it look better AND work better on low PCs at the same time?
However, I really like it. I WANT 2.0 NOW!

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possibly using a more efficient and less resource consuming graphics engine?

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Originally Posted by Chopin

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/...ery_Forest.png

I wonder what "CP" is next to the HP bar.

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I'm wondering what the 'U' shaped inventory bag in the lower right is!

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Originally Posted by nibelunc

Hm I am not sure.. But how should it look better AND work better on low PCs at the same time?
However, I really like it. I WANT 2.0 NOW!

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How many PC games have you played?

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Originally Posted by Denmo

I'm wondering what the 'U' shaped inventory bag in the lower right is!

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Equipment damage.

Just noticed all the stuff around the mini map, like the zoom in/out and the moon/sun locations, the button under the - button might be a HP button but can't tell

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Originally Posted by Chopin

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/...-Shadowing.png

I wonder if this Chocobo is a result of Chocobo raising. It has no nation flag and looking at the concept art does not seem to be the Legacy reward.

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I'm betting you're right. If you look in the background, those buildings seem to resemble the artwork for the chocobo stables.

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I'm betting you're right. If you look in the background, those buildings seem to resemble the artwork for the chocobo stables.

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That was my initial thought, it does seem a lot like that concept art. Reading through the dev letter they mention a release of a 2.0 site just after E3. I get the impression they are withholding a lot of information until this site launches. As much as I love to have these images and it's great to see. It's not as much as I had in mind since last October when we first heard about 2.0 at E3.

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Originally Posted by Denmo

I'm wondering what the 'U' shaped inventory bag in the lower right is!

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That's what you have equipped.

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/...-Shadowing.png

They definetely seem to have been working on every single detail of the UI and graphics. Even the shadows, that used to be of poor quality, are quite of gorgeous now!

With X|V, we'll be sure to know exactly what our graphics card is exploited for. ;)

I'm a bit curious about the 'empty' slots in the PT list...

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/..._Dragoon-1.png

We don't see them in:

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/..._Paladin-2.png

EDIT: they must be part of the mission/quest/leve that the player is on in the first SS.

There just empty party slots, it seems like they moved Players 3 & 4 into slots 5 & 6 for some reason.

With regards to empty slots I have a theory. They had mentioned macros based on targeting the tank etc. Perhaps you can have pre loaded party slots and you move the characters into which roles they are playing.

Purely as example with a 4 man group, DRG DRG WAR WHM. Giving the option to put the WAR in tank slot and DRG as DD 1 and 2 would allow the WHM to have a pre made macro set and switch the party around to suit. Perhaps in the image with the empty slots these 2 roles were not present but remained there for if anyones joins.

This way you could prepare for different battles. On a tough fight perhaps you need 2 tanks so would could be designated T1 and T2 allowing all party members, esp the healers, to be much more prepared before a battle with much more effective macros.

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Originally Posted by Chopin

With regards to empty slots I have a theory. They had mentioned macros based on targeting the tank etc. Perhaps you can have pre loaded party slots and you move the characters into which roles they are playing.

Purely as example with a 4 man group, DRG DRG WAR WHM. Giving the option to put the WAR in tank slot and DRG as DD 1 and 2 would allow the WHM to have a pre made macro set and switch the party around to suit. Perhaps in the image with the empty slots these 2 roles were not present but remained there for if anyones joins.

This way you could prepare for different battles. On a tough fight perhaps you need 2 tanks so would could be designated T1 and T2 allowing all party members, esp the healers, to be much more prepared before a battle with much more effective macros.

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Im guessing you can just move members around to where you want them

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Originally Posted by Ikea

I love the low resolution textures... Oh wai...

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and possible non antialiasing :(

I love lamp.


Lols, seriously though everything thats been mentioned I really really love soo, so excited ^^

I really can't understand how some of you are disappointed with the graphics.

Sounds awesome as a healer, could just make a set of macros like /ac Cura <T1> and never have to worry about targeting your tank, also noticed that the mobs have letters after there name so it would be easier to say "atk mob-c next" for better coordination

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Originally Posted by Denmo

I really can't understand how some of you are disappointed with the graphics.

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haters gonna hate

OMG LOVE IT!! Madagora!!! WOOOHOOO!!! "Oh oh" lol. Hope we get that magic shield like in the pic.
And yeah, the shadows are AMAZING!!

Dalamud looks really badass close up.

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Originally Posted by Otaku

Sounds awesome as a healer, could just make a set of macros like /ac Cura <T1> and never have to worry about targeting your tank, also noticed that the mobs have letters after there name so it would be easier to say "atk mob-c next" for better coordination

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I'm thinking that's an alpha thing, and there are different models for the same type of creature. That was model A.

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Originally Posted by gahoo

If people have any questions based on these please let us know and we can see what we can work into our interview tomorrow. Here's our topic on these images: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/forums/...=14683#p331039

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Thank you Gahoo, wow this is really exciting, I can't contain myself!!

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Originally Posted by Krausus

I'm thinking that's an alpha thing, and there are different models for the same type of creature. That was model A.

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Could be, just noticed the PLD's mob was letter F

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Originally Posted by Denmo

I really can't understand how some of you are disappointed with the graphics.

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If certain parts of the graphics are worse then they are today, that usually disappoints people.

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Originally Posted by Chopin

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/...-Shadowing.png

I wonder if this Chocobo is a result of Chocobo raising. It has no nation flag and looking at the concept art does not seem to be the Legacy reward.

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Originally Posted by Fear

Never noticed that, good eyes! :D it probably is ^.^

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What is Rental Chocobo?

It's incredible how different the game looks

I cna neither confirm or deny the existence of Roegadyn tails in these images.

This fills me with cautious enthusiasm.

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Originally Posted by Zantetsuken

I'm a bit curious about the 'empty' slots in the PT list...

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/..._Dragoon-1.png

We don't see them in:

http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/..._Paladin-2.png

EDIT: they must be part of the mission/quest/leve that the player is on in the first SS.

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One of the Reps did say you can assign and setup the PT list the way you want it so probably this is what they meant.

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-conten...bf76-intro.jpg
That's no meteor.
http://www.ffandmore.com/wp-content/...mud_meteor.png

It's a space prision...

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Originally Posted by Ikea

If certain parts of the graphics are worse then they are today, that usually disappoints people.

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But that ignores the benefits of the revamped system. More characters on screen at once, meaning larger scale content. More accessible to players using dated hardware. Personally I'd rather have shitty graphics in a fun game than pretty graphics in a shitty game.

That being said, these screen shots look pretty amazing considering what they were aiming for. And Yoshi's comment, 'You may want to change your character's face when you see how he/she looks in 2.0' had me worried, but no longer.

I get a sense that the new UI was inspired from FF13's UI.

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Originally Posted by Ikea

If certain parts of the graphics are worse then they are today, that usually disappoints people.

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it was teh same with AF weapon screenshot, people cried over shitty resolution and size, then bahyonne posted it was actually taked on a crappy workstation. Almost sure it's the same on some of this screenshot.
Also, don't forget this is still in developing. Textures can still be refined.

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

it was teh same with AF weapon screenshot, people cried over shitty resolution and size, then bahyonne posted it was actually taked on a crappy workstation. Almost sure it's the same on some of this screenshot.
Also, don't forget this is still in developing. Textures can still be refined.

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This ^, All FFXIV screenshots are usually taken on standard (middle of the range) settings with little to no AA and lower background resolution

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Originally Posted by Denmo

But that ignores the benefits of the revamped system. More characters on screen at once, meaning larger scale content. More accessible to players using dated hardware. Personally I'd rather have shitty graphics in a fun game than pretty graphics in a shitty game.

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I am all for bad computers playing with bad graphics, but isn't that why you have customizable settings, so people with good computers can play with highres textures and people with bad computers play with lowres textures? And I would expect that they are infact showing the best settings on screenshots released to the public, so I guess we're stuck with bad groundtextures and bad foliage cause everyone wants to press "high settings" then?

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Originally Posted by gahoo

If people have any questions based on these please let us know and we can see what we can work into our interview tomorrow. Here's our topic on these images: http://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/forums/...=14683#p331039

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would certainly like to know what all the icons mean on the mini-menu. I mean ones a seashell lol.

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Originally Posted by yukikaze_yanagi

it was teh same with AF weapon screenshot, people cried over shitty resolution and size, then bahyonne posted it was actually taked on a crappy workstation. Almost sure it's the same on some of this screenshot.
Also, don't forget this is still in developing. Textures can still be refined.

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if that's the case I will be happy pappy, because believe it or not besides the lowres textures on ground and foliage, I am really happy with the graphics.