Beastman Strongholds Video Preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-7vGJiVtqs&feature=feedu

I have to admit, looks way more exciting than I had originally expected from the screenshots... :p

Wow well, definitely bigger that what i was expected and i can definitely feel the 'stronghold' feeling. Excited about this.

Seems like there are shitload of enemies, this might be fun with the new claiming system.

I love the kobold steam one.

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Originally Posted by Munba

I love the kobold steam one.

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Yeah that was the best looking one since it's a more original location than the other two.

Agreed, for the first 2 strongholds... the Amal'jaa's I don't know still seem empty because of the thanalan canyon layout.... Makes it feel empty except for mobs... it really shows how much the starting town area's need a remapping well Uldah and Grid... LL is at least big and spread out. While Thanalan is huge certain parts need a reworking as shown to me by that stronghold video....

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Yeah that was the best looking one since it's a more original location than the other two.

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It's not original, it's mistbeard cove area with just different lightning lol, instead of blue-ish ambient, it has yellow/golden-ish ambient. Which honestly is a good idea to re-use terrain.

I was hopping to see Goblin stronghold! :<

I liked the ixali most because it reminds me of fort geshlba(sp?)

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Seems like there are shitload of enemies, this might be fun with the new claiming system.

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I'm unsure. Seems a lot like Dynamis to me.

Dig the music!

How many of these are they intending to release on the patch? Just these 3?

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Originally Posted by Haledos

How many of these are they intending to release on the patch? Just these 3?

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Don't kill our buzz.

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Originally Posted by Haledos

How many of these are they intending to release on the patch? Just these 3?

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i'm sad you think they spend this whole month on only 3, there is other several things need to be done as well.. <_< geez.

Oh hey.. . new music. Nice!


And from having to waste time some nights (and then him not getting sleep for days on out when stuff needed clean up, etc AND working with 1-2 other people on programs) while my husband did programming... and not knowing how large their staff is... yes, this took them three months to do some of this, plus all the other changes.

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Originally Posted by Lunae

Oh hey.. . new music. Nice!

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"new music" (it's been around since beta, they just haven't used it)

edit: ... nm listening again the amaljaa and kobold music is new to me, but I have heard the Ixali song before.

Worth noting: New song.

Beaten to it, lol

though i didnt expect anything amazing, the first one looked so much better then the last.

Looks nice and since Alpha don't remember any of those, good to have some change the Kobold one looks ace!!

Oh and Lunae just checked out your site you are a very talented lady ^^

By the way..I don't recall ever hearing the first and third songs (second one indeed is in that way old 'alpha rip'), not to mention that the third one is a remix of another song, similar to how raid battle theme is a remix of the area theme.

Aye, first one looks awesome.

Does anyone else think the third song sounds a bit...like there's too much going on? It's almost like they took the style of the Mistbeard Cove/upper-level Thanalan music , made two tracks, couldn't decide which to use...so they layered them on top of one another and mashed it together with some other random instruments.

Not very pleasing to my ears at all. :/

Be cool if there was some beastman named NPC that occasionally popped and dropped some vanity piece. Like, beastman-related headgear, from FFXI. Here is hoping for something similar (although I won't be there for awhile since these are 50+ camps right?)

So I was right, the floating thingies around the cities are indeed Anti Air Gun/Missile Platforms. Look at the ones in Natalan!

Natalan looks like Ghelsba Outpost from Final Fantasy XI to me. I like that!

@ OP: That's a nice sig, what's Chapter is that Dreadnought? Ponies Shredder?

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

Natalan looks like Ghelsba Outpost from Final Fantasy XI to me. I like that!

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Yeah I thought this as well! +11

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Oh hey.. . new music. Nice!


And from having to waste time some nights (and then him not getting sleep for days on out when stuff needed clean up, etc AND working with 1-2 other people on programs) while my husband did programming... and not knowing how large their staff is... yes, this took them three months to do some of this, plus all the other changes.

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There about 75 songs to FFXIV and around beta i got them all. They sound good some some bad but there pretty good overall.

The U'ghamaro mines came out nicely.

The first and third songs aren't in the dats. But the third song is a variation on themes which are.

Looks fantastic, very big and love that they are using up more of the terrain, finally removing that copy/pasted feel (although there are about 5 individual objects in the whole scene haha)

Still worried about the non instanced thing, but fortunately by time i get to it, it will have died down.

Thank you for sharing.

Here's the "original" version of the third song, btw

http://www.goear.com/listen/620b3ed/2f-

the music is just perfect!

I sincerely hope...

that there will be one more vid coming.

Just like with 1.18, I want to see what they have accomplished in regards to the combat system this time around (what can be shown in a video format that is). We didn't see any combat footage in this vid so it makes me hopeful, but then again...

Show me the new animation tweaks pls D:

oh I see more shadows than usual~

Dangit Square. Natalan belongs to Orcs. Bring them back already ._.

Where in coerthas is Natalan?

Where in La Noesca is U'ghamro Mines?

The first one is probably my favorite - I love the lighting! XD Then the one in Coerthas. Third one is okay, but others look better, IMO.

yeah, i'd say out of the 3, the first def. stands out the most.. and besides being an original location which the other 2 lack, i would say also, alot of it has to do with the music, it certainly gives it more hype, i dig the music.

Frankly, i'm not impressed overall, but i was expecting this from the screenshots, i would say though as someone mentioned already, at the very least, they would serve to occupy and make Eorzea more lively than a dead copy pasted terrain. So that's a step forward for sure.

On another note, man.. all these beastmen, how many people is it gonna take to slaughter your way through them?
Feels a bit like Dynamis as someone stated.

better than i expected by looking the past pic :O

I love it! Though, isn't something missing? What's with a stronghold for The Black Shroud? I know we have Ixali, but why are they in Natalan which seems to belong to Coerthas?