AAR video 8

So the new dungeon and boss fights look pretty sweet. However I wonder if they will keep everything as flashy at it appears to be. WHM casting should be more graceful looking, no? All of the explosions and things moving so fast are kind of distracting.

Damn cant fix the title, but clearly its supposed to be ARR.

I laughed out loud when I read the end.

Square-Enix has already said that the flashiness of the abilities will be toned down in the beta.

White Mage casting animation is fine.

Also, we already have a thread on this video: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ns-%28Alpha%29

Welcome to bringing the game up to the global standard.

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Originally Posted by Morticous

Damn cant fix the title, but clearly its supposed to be ARR.

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You be not a real pirate! ARR!

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

Square-Enix has already said that the flashiness of the abilities will be toned down in the beta.

White Mage casting animation is fine.

Also, we already have a thread on this video: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ns-%28Alpha%29

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Hey thanks for the link. Unfortunately its not the same topic :/.

As for the other guy, this is considered global standards? Explosions and crazy what not? Final Fantasy is its own game, White Mage is a Final Fantasy job. Since when was there a global standard outside of what SE has done the past 13+ gamse with whitemage?

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Originally Posted by Morticous

Hey thanks for the link. Unfortunately its not the same topic :/.

As for the other guy, this is considered global standards? Explosions and crazy what not? Final Fantasy is its own game, White Mage is a Final Fantasy job. Since when was there a global standard outside of what SE has done the past 13+ gamse with whitemage?

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Since they're trying to attract your typical MMO player.

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Originally Posted by Morticous

Hey thanks for the link. Unfortunately its not the same topic :/.

As for the other guy, this is considered global standards? Explosions and crazy what not? Final Fantasy is its own game, White Mage is a Final Fantasy job. Since when was there a global standard outside of what SE has done the past 13+ gamse with whitemage?

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...b-but they're the same topic...! You just didn't name the video in your title.

http://cdn.techpp.com/wp-content/upl...sappointed.jpg

I will be sincere, I played every FF, although the NES-era games i've played the remakes and haven't played the PS3 games (don't own one) or XI (because it wasn't a game I could afford).

And for me those animations don't seem any flashier than any of the other ones of the series.

Actually they don't look flashy at all. A bit bright, perhaps, but not even flashy.

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Originally Posted by KiriA500

...b-but they're the same topic...! You just didn't name the video in your title.

http://cdn.techpp.com/wp-content/upl...sappointed.jpg

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one could say almost all topics here are related directly to FFXIV and therefore should be in the same exact post, however I would say that is inefficient and therefore i made a much more specific topic instead of posting in that topic of the video with many different topics associated so as to break out my more specific topic, like we all do under the FFXIV umbrella.

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Originally Posted by Morticous

one could say almost all topics here are related directly to FFXIV and therefore should be in the same exact post, however I would say that is inefficient and therefore i made a much more specific topic instead of posting in that topic of the video with many different topics associated so as to break out my more specific topic, like we all do under the FFXIV umbrella.

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What? o_O

Some most people make no sense. . . .

I got it...



...some people just don't understand?

I agree with the OP, everything does look very flashy. Seems every ability has some form of flashy animation to it. It is kind of distracting. Imo I think the higher tier abilities should be the flashy ones to make them stand out, not every single ability. Where did SE say they were toning this down, link please :)

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Originally Posted by Azzi

Where did SE say they were toning this down, link please :)

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I think he accidentally referred to a Alpha forum quote. NDA!!!!! lol

Azzi's got the idea. I'm not sure I've seen that feedback either but it will be interesting to see what they have done in Beta.

I really want to slap the cameraman in the back of his goddamn head for making the camera violate the poor characters. Seriously he got the worst possible angle...

However, i've just rewatched the video and I noticed why you guys are saying the attack animations are 'flashy'. And- I don't think that any TP move at all will lack that particular light burst because- I mean, pay attention, every single TP ability utilizes has the same light burst, the ARC and LNC both share it for all of their TP moves. It's like a generic 'initiate TP ability' animation.

Which ALSO makes me think that it's a placeholder.

Just watched it again - hopefully they can make the sound effects a little more solid. They all sound pretty swoooshy/same base. Like the sound of protect landing on players, slightly modified and thats the sound you have for any other action effect. (Might be left out to keep the alpha size down or a place holder as well)

All I know is when bockman swings his sword I want to here a gust of wind go by, if with headphones it should sound like it went over my head. And a thick meaty clunk if it hit someone. Also where is the twang of the bow? No draw string or release sounds (and arrow).. :P There is a bow sound but it sounds more like a small rocket on an apachi in a videogame firing off lol.

I think I watched the video the first time with my own music going so I wasnt paying attention XD.

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Originally Posted by Skies

I really want to slap the cameraman in the back of his goddamn head for making the camera violate the poor characters. Seriously he got the worst possible angle...

However, i've just rewatched the video and I noticed why you guys are saying the attack animations are 'flashy'. And- I don't think that any TP move at all will lack that particular light burst because- I mean, pay attention, every single TP ability utilizes has the same light burst, the ARC and LNC both share it for all of their TP moves. It's like a generic 'initiate TP ability' animation.

Which ALSO makes me think that it's a placeholder.

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They are probably noticing it now since tp is set 1000 rather than us having to melee first to gain tp...