New Alpha Video

[Skies]

I'd like to note the load times. They are super fast considering I expected more common mmo loads like gw2 or ffxi

They did mention before on an interview that the game starts pre-loading the next zone when you start approaching the zoneline, so that when you hit it it already has a portion of it on memory and it thus reduces loading time. (which means that hanging by the zoneline is a BAD IDEA because it doubles your memory usage)

[Elexia]

They did mention before on an interview that the game starts pre-loading the next zone when you start approaching the zoneline, so that when you hit it it already has a portion of it on memory and it thus reduces loading time. (which means that hanging by the zoneline is a BAD IDEA because it doubles your memory usage)

So it's basically what XI does. The client will start loading the zone before you actually zone then it will load the serverside things in tandem. XI had pretty fast load times, especially on the PC if you had a good processor (given the PS2 Port nature of it.)

[Felis]

My problem about camera control for now is that the char rotates with the camera, even if he stand still. During running or walking, ok. But not during standing. It is as if the world rotate under him.

[Zantetsuken]

Notice that the zone transition cuts out that whole tunnel you used to have to run through?

With zone loading this fast, and zones that strategically allow us to skip previously long walks, navigating the cities will be a breeze~

I'd like to see what things look like at night..

[axemtitanium]

The aetherythe crystal is right next to the Adventurer's guild! Huzzah!

Also, isn't Gridania supposed to be destroyed? Did they just reconstruct it with the exact same layout or something?

[Kyri]

Ohh good catch it does look like the ones from 12<3
It's not that I don't like the ideas of zones, I would just prefer the zone lines were a bit more hmm.. natural to the environment, or perhaps on our mini maps. Blue floating dots just bugs me a little. If it was maybe a little shady at a zone line, or perhaps a border like two trees touching to make a canopy, or maybe those tall tree logs we pass through in the alphas. In uldah a rock crevice could work, or bushes even. Im sure your more creative then me but you get the idea

[Tonkra]

Ohh good catch it does look like the ones from 12<3
It's not that I don't like the ideas of zones, I would just prefer the zone lines were a bit more hmm.. natural to the environment, or perhaps on our mini maps. Blue floating dots just bugs me a little. If it was maybe a little shady at a zone line, or perhaps a border like two trees touching to make a canopy, or maybe those tall tree logs we pass through in the alphas. In uldah a rock crevice could work, or bushes even. Im sure your more creative then me but you get the idea

i just love it.

and you do not see it from the distance only when you are near to it. and it really matches the new style of the User Interface as well. Which is also in Final Fantasy neon blue color.
i liked it in FF12 and now like it in here.

Its Final Fantasy and you can see it. and definatley better then running into a wall or not seeing that there is coming a loading screen. and she runs even beyond the "loading screen wall" which is really nice.. does not seem so unfluent like you would run against a wall and stop.

[Gramul]

I do hope they add a pivot animation and tweak the jumping one a bit. Otherwise looks great. Those shaders make quite a difference.

[Munba]

Noticed they added the 'splash' effect when walk in the water finally lol

[Shougun]

Shit.

I can tell I just lost my life