A Realm Reborn Media Tour 2013

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Originally Posted by AresGodofwar

I dont think, they really wanted to put it out there and show us what's to come and trying to hide it. This mob is like 1000x bigger then any mob put in any FF games, just by the look of it on the screen it's almost bigger then area itself. I think they trying to tell us, are you ready to have a FULL FREE COMPANY EVENT with all your 100 members???

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Did you see Titan in FFXIII? Those giants in FF-Blood of Bahamut? :) Weapons in FF7, Sin in FFX.
I suppose it will just be a Wandering non-hostile thing....sort of those flying things in Aion, and Tera.

The Adamantoise was shown as a common monster in The Black Shroud in some of the Alpha videos and even one of the Live Producer Letter. I wouldn't discount there being a meaner, nastier HNM type version of one though.

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Originally Posted by Nuinn

:p

A Marmot is that rodent thing that uses nutkicker :3

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Ehh... mamot?? forgot the name from XI... the puppet ><
EDIT: Automaton from FFXI

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

Ehh... mamot?? forgot the name from XI... the puppet ><

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Yeah, it's Mammet ;)
I edited you in quote (in my prev. post) You need rest, man xD
:p

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Originally Posted by Reinheart

3:44-45 the chef has MarmotMammet/Automaton pet
http://youtu.be/A03CRvgZT3k?t=3m44s

Miner on the right has bomb pet

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So I think the next question is, do those pets come in subligars?

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Originally Posted by Shougun

So I think the next question is, do those pets come in subligars?

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Definitely in subligars!

It's scary... I'm watching the vids over and over... and I can read the Eorzea text... must be after trying to write my own name over and over from that other thread...

I wonder if ifirt will be a wandering primal? lol would be pretty bad to be a lvl 1 or 2 whatever and then *boom* ifirt drops down and smashes you chara XD

I think there will be two versions of primals honestly. One in a secluded setting like 1.0 and another in a open world roaming nature.

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Originally Posted by Forgo

I wonder if ifirt will be a wandering primal? lol would be pretty bad to be a lvl 1 or 2 whatever and then *boom* ifirt drops down and smashes you chara XD

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Afaik, he will be. Don't wander too far! (not like it will pop in lv1 areas anyway ._.)

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Originally Posted by Forgo

I wonder if ifirt will be a wandering primal? lol would be pretty bad to be a lvl 1 or 2 whatever and then *boom* ifirt drops down and smashes you chara XD

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From the 4Gamer interview I'm reading the Ifrit primal you see in the vid was done as a promotion thing. Later on after Ifrit related story is completed by most then they may put him in as one of the F.A.T.E related boss.

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Originally Posted by Fusionx

I think they're trying to tell us "we're putting a whole bunch of stuff on your screen to see how well the game runs" Cactuars and Delivery Moogles aren't just running around in the shroud. Either are giant, thousand foot tall turtles.

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No one said, it was going to be in that area specifically ><;; But if it's on the video, I think it's in the game, I wouldnt see them wasting time creating creature they aren't gonna to implement somewhere in the game to be kill hopefully.

I guess only time will tell, you we can just ask for the Live Letter later...

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Originally Posted by Zezlar

I think there will be two versions of primals honestly. One in a secluded setting like 1.0 and another in a open world roaming nature.

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I'm certain this will be the case. As they said you can summon the roaming primal for battle- and we also know that primal weapons and such will be available in 2.0. I dont see roaming primal + summon + weapons all being in the same content. That Primals are still a part of the lore, one of the three on going core pieces - so we will have those battles like in 1.0 (with a slightly different lore context).

I think Odin might be the only roaming primal. Spawn area Black Shroud looks like from all the videos.

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Originally Posted by AresGodofwar

No one said, it was going to be in that area specifically ><;; But if it's on the video, I think it's in the game, I wouldnt see them wasting time creating creature they aren't gonna to implement somewhere in the game to be kill hopefully.

I guess only time will tell, you we can just ask for the Live Letter later...

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They've resized monsters a million times in FFXI. You simply scale the model up or down- it didn't really require a lot of work.

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Originally Posted by Fusionx

They've resized monsters a million times in FFXI. You simply scale the model up or down- it didn't really require a lot of work.

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But rendering it for a the video, should require a shit lot time from what i see people do at my work. I will bet you my FFXI Kraken, this gigantic adamantine was a hidden sneak peak to some major battle :)
Also wasnt one of those FATE adamantoise fight published from SE and that one was 10x bigger then the little one roaming around one the gamepad video.

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Originally Posted by AresGodofwar

But rendering it for a the video, should require a shit lot time from what i see people do at my work. I will bet you my FFXI Kraken, this gigantic adamantine was a hidden sneak peak to some major battle :)
Also wasnt one of those FATE adamantoise fight published from SE and that one was 10x bigger then the little one roaming around one the gamepad video.

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Iono what they do at your work..but for me it takes all of 5 seconds to rescale a model lol. Doesn't take much either for them to tell the program "hey, load this model at 2x scale size" and bam, that's it.

I've been watching the "A tour of Eorzea - Part 1" a few times since someone pointed out that they've seen a Bard playing a harp in La Noscea.

Did you all see these as well?

Disciple of the Hand & Land gear:

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG2rwpe74o.png

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG1iRczKp4.png

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG1Fr4ke0A.png

Chocobo, Automaton and Bomb Pets / Companions:

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG1iRczKp4.png

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG22syjJp4.png

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG1QyhXKsE.jpg

And a Monk that almost looks like a Beastmaster???

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG2rOHKbfA.png

http://static2.finalfantasyxiv.com/a...XG1iEVhLuU.png

Color me super excited~! \(^_^ )/

Or a pugilist that looks like a bst lol wearing class only gryphon gear.

Edit: nvm its just a crafting orb without the player loaded...

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Originally Posted by Shougun

WHAT IS THAT MOOGLE DOING!?!?!?!

lol.. I know that last scene was a bit set up but.. will a moogle really do that?

http://youtu.be/I38WppE345o?t=2m56s

And the cactuar in that scene is really hauling ass. So Monsters going as fast as chocobos :O

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Pretty sure that entire scene is heavily scripted for effect! lol
It looks cool, but your never going to see the Mail Moogle flying through open environments to deliver you mail! lol
Although it would be kinda cool.
"Moogle Mail will never Fail!"

I think those critters where there just to stress our rigs further, I highly doubt a moogle will be flying around the Shroud sprinkling pixie dust, or a giant turdle will be smooshing everything in that camp, or ochus and treats there, or cactuars in a forest, WTWark?

That stuff was probably added as extra animations for our GPUs to draw, nothing more.

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Originally Posted by Linkurrra

Pretty sure that entire scene is heavily scripted for effect! lol
It looks cool, but your never going to see the Mail Moogle flying through open environments to deliver you mail! lol
Although it would be kinda cool.
"Moogle Mail will never Fail!"

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Well.. its there for something lol. I suppose they could have created the content just for the benchmark but.. :O.. but... lol


Another far stretch hope was that you can see the monsters flying around as if they actually "flew" rather then hover over the ground like we are used to.

That would be cool lol


@Lucke yeah I have no doubt that scene would NEVER happen normally in the shroud but seeing it there makes me wonder how much of it is planned content for other parts of the game just moved into that location for stress test and "wowment".

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Originally Posted by Lucke

I think those critters where there just to stress our rigs further, I highly doubt a moogle will be flying around the Shroud sprinkling pixie dust, or a giant turdle will be smooshing everything in that camp, or ochus and treats there, or cactuars in a forest, WTWark?

That stuff was probably added as extra animations for our GPUs to draw, nothing more.

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There were cactuars in Shroud, in last few patches (1,22+ or such)
I think only that Tortoise won't appear :)

*head explodes due to information overload* ;)

A minute till start of live video?

IGN posted their article, focusing a lot on how its not free to play. A lot of the user comments on there show there is still a lot of hate for FF14. Whats even more funny is the IGN girl said in her video she wants beta testers to tweet her on if the game is cool or it sucks, that would be braking the NDA lol

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/...a-realm-reborn

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Originally Posted by Zumi

IGN posted their article, focusing a lot on how its not free to play. A lot of the user comments on there show there is still a lot of hate for FF14. Whats even more funny is the IGN girl said in her video she wants beta testers to tweet her on if the game is cool or it sucks, that would be braking the NDA lol

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/...a-realm-reborn

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Some people choke on logic.

I really hope PvP is good. As much as I love FFXIV and Yoshi P What's been released so far just isn't enough. I don't know what they want but the non-FF playing MMO public looks at FF and thinks... yeah but I already have THIS game I'm already playing. They may try it out of sheer curiosity, but something has to make them stay. ._.;;;;

The good news is, after forwarding like a billion links I managed to get two more people for PS3 beta. ^^

Need help finding a certain excerpt. I thought I read something saying for 1.0 players your home nation will be tied to your Grand Company.

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Originally Posted by Zumi

IGN posted their article, focusing a lot on how its not free to play. A lot of the user comments on there show there is still a lot of hate for FF14. Whats even more funny is the IGN girl said in her video she wants beta testers to tweet her on if the game is cool or it sucks, that would be braking the NDA lol

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/...a-realm-reborn

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I didn't really see IGN fault Square Enix for going with the subscription based model. Sure it is out of character for all MMO's, but that is only because there are 2 MMO's that are the Developer, Investor, and Publisher all in one! Blizzard and Square Enix. This is why all other games are going to F2P, not because they are failing, but because they are forced to repay their debt's quickly.

It's just how MMO's are made, Square Enix just so happens to own the IP and development. They have nobody to check in with, but themselves! This opens up huge amounts of freedom for an MMO to do whatever they want. They don't have to check with an investor and ask. "Is it okay if we spend our money on this?' or "We would like to do this, do you agree this is a good idea?". This slows down the development process to a crawl.

I'll post an updated list of media tour articles (hope you guys don't mind double posting). Please let me know if I missed something.

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Gamer Escape: FFXIV Media Tour - Gamer Escape Coverage
Gamespot UK: Starting From Scratch - Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
IGN: Relaunching Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
JPGames: Final Fantasy XIV: Our new interview with Naoki Yoshida
Massively: Massively's comprehensive preview of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
MMORPG: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Previews: Ready to Lift the Veil
Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIV media blowout signals the arrival of the game’s official benchmark
Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Interview with Producer/Director Naoki Yoshida
Penny Arcade: Final Fantasy XIV’s director justifies subscriptions, and explains why he couldn’t fix a broken game
Penny Arcade: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn reintroduces the Square Enix MMO, but feels stuck in the past
RPGsite: Hands-On Impressions: Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Zam: A Realm Reborn; A Look Ahead

Translated by Reinheart:

4Gamer: FFXIV interview 2/8/2013

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Originally Posted by Jacien

Need help finding a certain excerpt. I thought I read something saying for 1.0 players your home nation will be tied to your Grand Company.

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Hmm... still can't find it. Did I make this up in my mind? :(

It was from Massively's interview with Yoshida, paraphrased:

"He [Yoshida] also told me that Legacy characters will have their home nations determined by their Grand Company affiliations, but this can be changed during the course of the main scenario (going into further details would be spoiling the plot)."

To me, it makes more sense that "Legacy characters" means "1.0 characters" here, especially since Yoshida has used the terms interchangeably (e.g. "the legacy client").

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Originally Posted by ArkhamNative

It was from Massively's interview with Yoshida, paraphrased:

"He [Yoshida] also told me that Legacy characters will have their home nations determined by their Grand Company affiliations, but this can be changed during the course of the main scenario (going into further details would be spoiling the plot)."

To me, it makes more sense that "Legacy characters" means "1.0 characters" here, especially since Yoshida has used the terms interchangeably (e.g. "the legacy client").

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Thank you. :D

We've updated the official Facebook page with photos from the Media Tour! Feel free to check them out here and share them with your friends. :)

Ah memories~

Good times indeed.

Just flipped through em, great pictures!

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Originally Posted by Rukkirii

We've updated the official Facebook page with photos from the Media Tour! Feel free to check them out here and share them with your friends. :)

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Where would one such as I get a pair of those ARR headsets!?

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Originally Posted by Rex

Where would one such as I get a pair of those ARR headsets!?

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http://www.astrogaming.com/a40-headset-astro-edition

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Originally Posted by Klefth

http://www.astrogaming.com/a40-headset-astro-edition

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Thank you! :O