A Quick Summary of the recent JP Articles

[Neptune]

Thanks Stanislaw.

[InuraBera]

So you do recognize that there IS a problem?

I've said it once and no doubt will have to again, but in the EU and in my case UK we don't even get the things cross posted onto our forums when the head of WoW makes detailed posts, nor do we get interesting lore reposted and that is English. Before you have a hissy fit about being a paying customer, know that in the EU we tend to get little to no information passed on by community teams.

The amount of info we have received translated is amazing compared to having to hunt it down on 3rd party sites ala WoW and co. Your attitude stinks when they do actually do a good job, heck they even create different versions of the trailers for the different rating system instead of the EU hearing about PEGI. Though I guess when you are used to being the local customer, it may be a bit of a shock.

I really like the look of the UI, can't wait to play even if it sacrifices graphics. My only concern would be frame rate, but we shall see.

[strallaalaa]

personally i would rather play a mmo that is stick figures and have tons and tons of content then great graphics and little content. i have said this alot about all mmo's in general they need to just stop or go back a little on graphics and just slam pack games offline and online with content ...at least some. specifically my A+ mmo's lol. i'm one that can care less what my characters look like, i don't' spend hours making my character, i don't spend time smelling the flowers in a mmo. and all fluff as much as i don't' mind it i think is something irrelevant to a video game. cause that is what it is a game, you play it. anything else tied to it is cool but content is what makes it worth it's time and money to buy it. but that is just me, i know there are tons that love the graphics and lore and get off on it so, too each his own but the other half probably don't even play on half the settings to begin with. it's all about content, and if there is money being invested in one or the other it needs to be content. so i don't mind the ui changes at all, and just the fact that ps3 people get to play just makes it more exciting to me then playing with just pc people. they are like a different continent all it's own joining us and i like variety in my peoples. /cheers

tldr, less graphics is good not bad, long live gaming for gaming and not facebook chatting and roll playing. and 2.0 will be awesome.

[leomike35]

If that boss is Amon, then Yoshi-P doesn't know his lore as well as he thinks. Amon is a pallet swap of Hein, and the concept art uses Hein colors. If they outright said "Amon", then I'm sorry but Yoshi-P has lost a bit of my respect.

I thought Amon was a palette swap stronger version of Hein for dungeon. As will this Amon be a Crystal tower boss correct if wrong though memory not as good getting old lol.

[strallaalaa]

is crystal towers going to be in game right at launch?

[Fyres]

is crystal towers going to be in game right at launch?

they said no

[Firon]

they said no

link please, I don't remember them saying that.

[Elexia]

link please, I don't remember them saying that.

Phase 1: "It will be shortly after ARR's launch."
Phase 2: "Oh it was a mistranslation, it will be in at ARR's launch but only parts."

Aka think of how Nyzul released in parts if you played XI. You got the basic floor 1-100, then the Mythic weapons introduced later, then the ability to unlock WS without the completed weapon, then eventually Neo Nyzul.

It's going to be released in sections thats all that is known.

[strallaalaa]

yeah would love a link, but dang that sucks. but on other hand i would like to work on my relic soon as launch opens and try out any new rank 50 stuff as well. but they really need to hurry with crystal towers, having a 25 man event would help clinch players into the game for a long time if the event doesn't suck ...lets hope it's done right.

[strallaalaa]

nother question about crystal towers, i thought i read it's 25man event, this is correct right? lol or am i dreaming and it's just something else with just 8man and ffxiv really is going to go to the dogs and not worth playing?