Best Load times for PS3?

A lot of content today is farming the same dungeon/instance repeatedly.. i guess it always has been lol.. but now with like.. 3min ravana kills, and it taking me 45seconds-1minute to load... Wheres is the best location to put my character to minimize load screens? when I'm in Idyllshire its nearly double the load times. Not sure if this is a thing, but yeah please let me know if there is a way :) and no i'm not gonna pay 120$ for an add-on to ps3 lol, this is the only game i play so i can't justify buying a 400$ ps4+game or a 1200$ PC :O

I mean you can run FFXIV fine on, like, a $400 PC....
but back when I had my potato laptop I loaded in quickly with places that had no people around....that can vary from server to server but for me it was anywhere that wasn't a hub, so no Idyllshire, no Limsa. Usually just field maps would work.

Your fc house or get an ssd 120gb since u only play ffxiv that should do.
I read somewere that ps3 support was gonna be drop maybe is good to save for a ps4 is a huge upgrade from graphics to lead times.

Inn room or the deserts of Thanalan seem to be fastest.

When i was on PS3, i was going to the gridanian inn room if i was farming something. It loads super fast but also the gridanian one loads faster than the other ones for some reason.

A SSD made my ps3 about as fast as my hubbies ps4. It would win sometimes and lose others (within seconds) This will affect all NPC and Map Load times.

Put everything on limited and outside your party on off. Your PS3 getting hot will also slow it down considerably.

When I was on PS3 just staying in the FC house or inn made load times better. If you stay in an open area( Hinterlands) or a city your loadtimes will be slower than normal.

Ultimately I would recommend you save up for a PS4 or gaming PC because eventually within the next year or 2 you wont be able to play the next expansion on PS3.

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Originally Posted by Derio

When I was on PS3 just staying in the FC house or inn made load times better. If you stay in an open area( Hinterlands) or a city your loadtimes will be slower than normal.

Ultimately I would recommend you save up for a PS4 or gaming PC because eventually within the next year or 2 you wont be able to play the next expansion on PS3.

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Didn't SE said they would support the PS3 until 4.0?

Also im not concerned anymore because im on PS4, but does dropping PS3 support mean to stop updating the game even with hotfixes, or shutting down the PS3 client entirely so its only PS4/PC ?

I know you said you don't want to, but You should really consider investing in a ps4. They will eventually discontinue support for the PS3, so you won't be able to use it forever.

Also, rumor has it they're making a new PS4 with a more powerful GPU and CPU for about 400-500 dollars, and it will be capable of running games at 4k resolution (i'm calling it the PS4k)

Put away a dollar a day for a year and a half, and boom you have a PS4

A SSD is a temporary investment that will cost you about ~$90 for a 120 GB one. You can transfer it to your PS4 when you get one to make it perform better as well. (I outpace hubbies load times by 15 or more seconds on most maps, its almost instantaneous) You will eventually want a ps4 because a SSD bring you from terrible to acceptable and a ps3 to ps4 brings you from acceptable to appreciable. :3

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Originally Posted by CUTS3R

Didn't SE said they would support the PS3 until 4.0?

Also im not concerned anymore because im on PS4, but does dropping PS3 support mean to stop updating the game even with hotfixes, or shutting down the PS3 client entirely so its only PS4/PC ?

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neither. it would still get hot fixes, but thats it.

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Originally Posted by CUTS3R

Didn't SE said they would support the PS3 until 4.0?

Also im not concerned anymore because im on PS4, but does dropping PS3 support mean to stop updating the game even with hotfixes, or shutting down the PS3 client entirely so its only PS4/PC ?

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If they stop "supporting" PS3 it would likely mean they just don't care about balance between systems anymore. PS3 wont get any UI stuff and players may suffer when PS4/PC get new tools. PS3 is still far to much of the playerbase for them to just kill off the system right now.

As for the OP... SSD no question... get one. With an SSD many PC players will be behind you. Basically the only people that beat me when I was on PS3 was people with PS4/PC and an SSD. SSD makes just about everything better with the PS3. It is also not a loss because some day you will be able to take that SSD out and put it in a PC or PS4 and get the bonus from it.

What others have been saying get a SSD it'll help a lot. Even a hybrid drive helps but an all out ssd is the best upgrade you can get there.

Get rid of that ancient toaster and buy a sexy gaming rig or PS4, faster load times with benefits!

just upgrade to ps4 :3 i hated load times when i played on ps3 :( always locked out of dungeons due to slow loading of cutscenes to cancel.. once i played on ps4 i was like <3....<3 lol

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Originally Posted by Sir_Hermes

A lot of content today is farming the same dungeon/instance repeatedly.. i guess it always has been lol.. but now with like.. 3min ravana kills, and it taking me 45seconds-1minute to load... Wheres is the best location to put my character to minimize load screens? when I'm in Idyllshire its nearly double the load times. Not sure if this is a thing, but yeah please let me know if there is a way :) and no i'm not gonna pay 120$ for an add-on to ps3 lol, this is the only game i play so i can't justify buying a 400$ ps4+game or a 1200$ PC :O

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You must be regret if you have switched to PS4! But regret for not swtiching it earlier. ^^;

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Originally Posted by Rawrz

A SSD is a temporary investment that will cost you about ~$90 for a 120 GB one. You can transfer it to your PS4 when you get one to make it perform better as well.

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It's not rentable to have only 120 GB on a PS4.
A hybrid with 1 TB would be better if it should go into a PS4 later.

The load times on PS4 really aren't that bad. My GF plays PS4 and compared to my PC she loads in maybe 2 seconds slower than I do. Go with any respectable 2TB HDD and you'll be fine for a long time to come with the PS4. The best upgrade to load times for a PS3 is to buy a PS4. Quit beating around the bush and definitely don't waste money putting a better drive into a console that is on its way out the door.