Gamerescape Interview: Summons, Chocobos, Train Tracks and Rocks

[Elexia]

gameplay wise i think he just meant it wont be helpful in terms of jumping out of the way of attacks

i'm sure it will still be useful for jumping on stuff and getting to certain places, etc.

No he was pretty clear, it's there for the people who want to see themselves jump. That's it.

[Ingolf]

No he was pretty clear, it's there for the people who want to see themselves jump. That's it.

Apart from the picture that has jumping in it has someone jumping off a ledge.

[Elexia]

Apart from the picture that has jumping in it has someone jumping off a ledge.

That's what you assume, it could just be how the animation for lalafells look, hence: You need a video.

[Zantetsuken]

No he was pretty clear, it's there for the people who want to see themselves jump. That's it.

Should have made it client side only for what it's worth.

[Sabaku_Usagi]

Jumping... Check
Jiggle... <Hmm...>

[Sanctus]

So im a little confused on the beta timeframe. I know that 2.0 is expected to launch along with the ps3 version in january of 2013. In the interview Yoshi mentions it taking up to a month to transfer character data from 1.23 to 2.0 and that our beta characters will not be the ones we have now.

so...

does that mean from like oct-nov we have our beta char and then we get to play 2.0 with our original characters from say nov-jan, or do we have to wait until january to get our characters into 2.0?

[Picoman]

The day i can remove 1.xx from my computer and install the 2.0 beta, will be a very happy day indeed.

[Albio]

This was a really exciting interview, except, I am nervous about Summoning Primals now. Only a few hardcore LS will ever get them, well that is what it sounds like. That is just conjecture but I think it's a real concern. I guess only time will tell.

[Croy]

So im a little confused on the beta timeframe. I know that 2.0 is expected to launch along with the ps3 version in january of 2013. In the interview Yoshi mentions it taking up to a month to transfer character data from 1.23 to 2.0 and that our beta characters will not be the ones we have now.

so...

does that mean from like oct-nov we have our beta char and then we get to play 2.0 with our original characters from say nov-jan, or do we have to wait until january to get our characters into 2.0?

What it sounds to me like is that when the full scale beta is in place, 1.0 servers shut down for good and if you want your FFXIV fix you play the 2.0 beta. In the beta it will be like a proper MMO beta, the character you make cannot be transferred over to the live game. Meanwhile while the beta is in progress they will be actively working on porting your existing character and its data over to the new servers so that there is little down time between when beta ends and the new live servers begin. The beta will last till 2.0 is ready for the live servers, and your characters will be locked away till that happens. When 2.0 beta ends, there will be a period where neither the beta or the live servers will be up, it won't be 1 day, but it will come up as soon as possible. (Maybe a week or two or less). Basically most of the down time will be in the background if you are playing the beta, but as far as your characters are concerned, you aren't playing them again till the official 2.0 servers go live.

In other words, January/February or whenever the 'beta' ends.

[Akujin]

I think a month without the game would do a lot of people some good. Go out.. touch a flower, smell clean air (unless you're in the city, you're screwed there), interact with flesh and blood..before locking yourself away for another year.