[Request] Live Hyadelyn

Heya!

If there was something that got me before trying to play FFXI, it was when my friend let me see Live Vana'diel when he was browsing the internets.
It's really great to see players in challenge on live, and gives the people a good example of gameplay, graphics and sh*t like that.

I say, why not!
You say...?

Lol I use to watch the live cam for XI quite a bit waiting for my beta kit to get to me in the mail (Gogo free HDD and XI for PS2 beta testers!)

I think it would be fun to have it again. However with the lack of players and current situation of the game yada yada.... I'm not sure it would really put much on display.

HOLY COW THERE'S A DRAGON AND A TURTLE AND A GUY OH MY

Maybe after 2.0. . . At this point, it might not be so wise.

One thing for sure though, SE needs to advertise more. %90 percent of my age group (14-18) have never even heard of Final Fantasy. Then %9 percent have actually heard it but, never seen any FF game besides FFXIII. . . That measly %1 percent covers about me and three other people. . .whom are all 18~20. . .
Percentages are made up ofc.

what's a Hyadelyn

edit: aaaah, Hydaelyn!

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Originally Posted by Phe

what's a Hyadelyn

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The planet FFXIV takes place on. . . Eorzea is just a continent.

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Originally Posted by Phe

what's a Hyadelyn

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Hydaelyn is the planet we live on in FFXIV. Eorzea being one of the three continents.

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Originally Posted by Bowen

... %90 percent of my age group (14-18) have never even heard of Final Fantasy. Then %9 percent have actually heard it but, never seen any FF game besides FFXIII...

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Sorry for the off topic reply but, this just made me really, really sad. ;.;

I don't know how I would have made it through my teens without FFVII & VIII or those couple lonely years post college without grinding the hours away in X and XI in my crappy 1 bed apartment.

Heck, I don't even know if I'd be gamer right now if I had never rented that copy of FF1 with my allowance when I was like 6 years old!

I agree we should have this.

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Originally Posted by Bowen

%90 percent of my age group (14-18) have never even heard of Final Fantasy.

Percentages are made up ofc.

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Even if you did make it up, I wouldn't doubt that FF is falling out of touch with the next generation of gamers. Unless these kid's parents introduced them to the series or something, a lot of FF games these days just aren't as good as the competition (Skyrim, Assasin's Creed etc). The gameplay just doesn't cater to today's young gamers imo (not enough action, realism, too much reading, not enough playing) So pretty much the only people that still buy them consistently are the dedicated fans of our generation (20+ year olds)

Can someone please explain what a Live Vana'diel is? I never get to play XI :/

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Originally Posted by Bowen

Maybe after 2.0. . . At this point, it might not be so wise.

One thing for sure though, SE needs to advertise more. %90 percent of my age group (14-18) have never even heard of Final Fantasy. Then %9 percent have actually heard it but, never seen any FF game besides FFXIII. . . That measly %1 percent covers about me and three other people. . .whom are all 18~20. . .
Percentages are made up ofc.

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Wow, that sounds hellish 0.0 Well, I'm 15 and I played most of the Final Fantasy series :p Not much are like me though, Most/All of my friends like to play other games that's not even good, some doesn't even play games o.O

I can't Imagine me without FF and other great games (Tales of Series, Star Ocean, Other great series)

Thought the video was kinda clear on what was Live Vana'diel, but I'll explain with few words:
It's a live where a camera is put somewhere in the cities (GMs or First-view random player) and shows random things about Vana'diel, the world of Final Fantasy XI. Final Fantasy XIV's would be called Live Hyadelyn, since the planet is called so.

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Originally Posted by Anima

Can someone please explain what a Live Vana'diel is? I never get to play XI :/

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Live Vanadiel

Funny that they've got the camera next to the abyssea NPC. It used to cycle through random zones (all of which were empty lol)

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Originally Posted by Renshi

Thought the video was kinda clear on what was Live Vana'diel, but I'll explain with few words:
It's a live where a camera is put somewhere in the cities (GMs or First-view random player) and shows random things about Vana'diel, the world of Final Fantasy XI. Final Fantasy XIV's would be called Live Hyadelyn, since the planet is called so.

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Yeah, I was more on asking who was it that I saw on the Character Selection, and If it only stays on one area :p Thanks for answering!

The main purpose of Live Vanadiel was to showcase new expansion areas/content since for example they would follow random parties into BCNMs/Sky/Sea/Limbus fights etc or when there's no one in the office running it, they just swept across all of the game's zones where you'd see parties fighting in the dunes and whatnot.

It's a feature that in this day and age would be worthless, but way back when was pretty damn awesome.

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Originally Posted by Zetsumei_Tsunarashi

Even if you did make it up, I wouldn't doubt that FF is falling out of touch with the next generation of gamers. Unless these kid's parents introduced them to the series or something, a lot of FF games these days just aren't as good as the competition (Skyrim, Assasin's Creed etc). The gameplay just doesn't cater to today's young gamers imo (not enough action, realism, too much reading, not enough playing) So pretty much the only people that still buy them consistently are the dedicated fans of our generation (20+ year olds)

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It's funny, one thing that has stayed the same is the music, my Science teacher in the 8th grade played songs from the Distant Worlds albums during class, and many other students knew the prelude and chocoholic tunes. . . Even if they had no idea where they came from.
I haven't been able to get ANY of my friends to buy this game because, (This is from their mouths not mine) the game is Japanese. And if there is anything that I have learned from interacting with other kids my age, Japanese things (Besides certain Animes like Naruto and Nintendo games) are weird in there eyes. It's a prejudice they have against it. . . most would rather play Dukem Nukem Forever then pick up an old FF game. Hell, most wouldn't even touch a PS2 whereas I still have my old PS1!
My point is, this game, along with other SE products need to be better advertised. . . My generation is losing touch. . . And I can't imagine what will befell my younger brothers'. . .

Live Vana'diel got my psyched enough to buy that game. I watched it for weeks, while doing homework and things before I could buy the game. it was pretty exciting, and I loved hearing the music from the different areas.

I would love to see something like this for XIV... when XIV 2.0 is out.