2 problems... and 4 more..

[Earis_Gainsborough]

Ok, so I need a little help on the technical side of things, at the moment.
1)Anyone else having issues with shadows flickering despite having extremely powerful units?
2)Flickering quests (Mainly "Mama" if you know what I mean )

So, I've noticed a lot of threads and I agree, while being a player of other MMOs.'

EDIT:: I forgot the most important.. paying $15 or a little less with massive amounts of days payed for.. NO REPORTING? Why is there NO REPORTING? We need to REPORT spammers, botters and toxic players! This is an added advantage for SE!!!! IT"S FREE FOR YOUR LOYAL FANS TO REPORT TOXIC PEOPLE...
1) No queue system while logging in.

- This is bad for a company to leave out.. industry standard anymore because no matter if you're a nobody, per se, people flock to new MMOs in hope of finding something more fun and appealing.

2) No afk timers.

-I don't like bringing up other titles on another game, especially when I am enjoying this game's mechanics more so than it.. But here I go. WoW has a system for AFKers.. even if you're auto running, you are commanded to sit. this stops auto running. You're flagged as an AFKer after 30 mins then about 15 or so later, DC. Why isn't there a system for this? It's, again, industry standard anymore. It irks me when I see a person sitting in west New Gridania since I was level 2, went back and he was still there at level 15!

3) Spam bots are running wild already

-There hasn't even been ONE hint about them stopping botters. It hasn't been addressed "yet".

4) Questing is essentially gone if you want to level up another job.

-You're screwed other than hunting, FATE, Subpar exp Leves, dungeons and class only quests.. lol I LOVE the idea of using one character to do ALL my jobs/classes on, but it's going to be ridiculous unless I find FATE grinders, etc. There needs to be a relaps in questing if you swtch, etc.

[Cyrus-Wallace]

It would be easy if they could implement an instant report buttom by right-clicking the name of the user and selecting "report player" or something.

[Llededje]

1) there is a queue system - it's just the servers are so overpopulated at the moment they've had to restrict access to ensure those who have managed to logon have a stable gaming experience. I recommend you check out the stickies at the top of the General Discussion forum.

4) i've had no problems leveling my other classes using the hunting log - heaps of exp, and while you're hunting just do the FATEs as you run into them. Easy peasy.

[skitatic]

1) there is a queue system - it's just the servers are so overpopulated at the moment they've had to restrict access to ensure those who have managed to logon have a stable gaming experience. I recommend you check out the stickies at the top of the General Discussion forum.

What is there isn't good enough. Enough said.

[mandodo69]

On ps3 I hit start and go to support and click report. it gives me several options, including report for gil farmers and bots. So....IDK what you guys are doing wrong. Granted it could be easier. I reported 2 gil farmers and they went away. Now on Cactuar I have seen 0 gold farming bots.

I also agree that we need an AFK timer of 15 or 25 minutes.

On another note, for your first class, go through your main quest first and do not do every side quest. Leveling other jobs should utilize those hundreds of quests littering the world. I have yet to touch any side quest in Ul'Dah, Limsa, or Gradania.

FATES are kool and work just fine. And hunting logs are fine too. I am level 20 and I have not even finished my diffaculty 2 hunting log for Lancer.

And we do need the queue back ASAP.

[Acrimonia]

I used to have the flickering shadows in beta. I haven't noticed them since, either they stopped or I'm used to them. I think the former!

All the other points are valid in part, though I agree with the hunting log leveling and doing FATEs as you see them. But I haven't tried myself to level another war/magic class, just land/hand.

On another note, for your first class, go through your main quest first and do not do every side quest. Leveling other jobs should utilize those hundreds of quests littering the world. I have yet to touch any side quest in Ul'Dah, Limsa, or Gradania.

Yup I forgot that I was going to do that too. Or rather level that class in the starting area that it starts in, as mine were to be in different areas (just to get the inital job, after that, idk!) ;P

[jimm0thy]

For the flickering shadows, are you using SLI / Crossfire?
Alot of games shadows will do that with multi-gpu setups. Im currently running crossfire and have it set to optimize 1x1 mode so the shadows do not flicker, but the world map still does.

[Earis_Gainsborough]

Thanks everyone.. I'm actually using xfire atm, yes. That may be the issue.. I'll just unplug one GPU.. It's still a really powerful unit.. Been able to play every game so far on ultra. I'll let you know when I can actually login. lol

ABOUT COMMENTS..

If the queue system isn't on in congested times...Which is its purpose.. seriously, why bother using a queue system when it isn't congested? I understand giving people that have been afk all day seamless playing(Joke.) but the reality Is, people that are actually active, have lives, and courteous shouldn't be punished.. we've gone back to spam login days and you haven't really seen that since pre-Star Craft BroodWar days... That's been a very long time ago. lol We've fallen back in standards by not having the queue. Queue systems are there to give players IN GAME seamless playing while others wait to get logged in. Honestly.. There is NO REASON for this mess days after launch day.

It would be easy if they could implement an instant report buttom by right-clicking the name of the user and selecting "report player" or something.

Indeed... that would be a good way from having them actually monitor the game 24/7 on CHAT alone... There is so much going on in an MMO... chat reporting can be a great help. Let's hope they add it. I want them focusing on keeping botters out, resetting quests server side if needed etc.