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Beta Final Fantasy 14 (Version II), Open Beta Start 1st of September!!

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post Jul 17 2010, 05:44 AM

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QUOTE(coffeebreak @ Jul 14 2010, 06:17 PM)
nobody can help me with my problem? the benchmark crashes sad.gif
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i suggest u just give it up.... so far most reports i read RM2000-5000 range laptop
with graphic card got very low score in Low quality test, like around 500. I even doubt
those laptop cost over 10k able to got an acceptable mark

i also suggest those non-hardcore pc-gamer who plan to play ff14 better download
the benchmark first to see if ur current pc able to run the game, it seem ff14
has high hardware requirement, keep a mind to prepare upgrade your PC (and OS,
win7 scored a little higher than XP)

FFonline never be a user-friendly game, either to pocket or game system = =
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post Aug 3 2010, 03:42 PM

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i strongly suggest u guys to gather all english-speaking asian to play in same server by spread this new in all HK, TW, SEA forums.

Interactions among players is the main part of MMORPG, FF14 environment or culture will probably same as FF11: [JP ONLY] [ENGLISH, NO THANKS]. Our play time is usually after work or school 7pm-11pm, same as japanese, but japanese will reject non-japanese-speaking people to join them lately after suffered from culture crash with North America (NA) players, which affect us directly.

There will probably many missions/quest/monster/battlefields that give decent rewards such as good equipments but required a team of 6 to 24 members, you will see different japanese leaders shout in the town and able to make a full members team quickly, but if someone is shouting by english he will get ignored by everyone. To do different activities, english players oftenly need to find members in their own linkshell or community and make appointment, which mean u cant play certain thing anytime u want by just waiting shout in town, unless there are enough english players(with good fame/skills though).

if u can speak little japanese or already learnt how to survive from FF11, then it doesn't matter which server u go. Also, never to think that ur friend who speak japanese able to take care of u all the time.
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post Aug 3 2010, 05:05 PM

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QUOTE(shojikun @ Aug 3 2010, 04:31 PM)
Hmm that may be true but i do found a couple of japanese people who actually talk a lot of english yawn.gif
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they may NA people or asia people who speak good japanese lol. A lots of taiwanese and hong kong people especially university graduate/student who into ACG speak good english and japanese.

If their play time are same with JP, why would they join NA while they could join japanese, the majority in game?

English is second language in most countries, so it is true that more japanese understand little english than english people who understand little japanese. Sometime JP play with NA in a team and they used english to communicate, if the team is lame JP will use japanese to tease NA people are idiots as usual, poor NA saw their words but cant understand what they said.


Added on August 3, 2010, 5:16 pm
QUOTE(gaeryn @ Aug 3 2010, 04:42 PM)
Knowing a little Japanese language does help~  One of my ex-LS mates actually had the JP version installed.

Most of the Japanese are friendly, likewise if you show them back the same they will be more willing to talk to you.
They are more tolerant towards Asian rather than NA.

As a newbie last time, I actually spoke to a JP player who told me all about Dynamis Raids LOL
He tried hard and spoke in English and even asked me when he wasnt sure of the words.
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yea, they are very friendly if they have an open mind or already know u/become friend.
but when u want to join a strange JP team, or any shout team in town,
u send him [Hello] [May I join you?] , u probably will get ignored or translator reply like [i'm sorry] or
[can u speak japanese?], unless they are really desperate.

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post Aug 4 2010, 03:06 AM

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QUOTE(juine @ Aug 3 2010, 11:39 PM)
like the major people in our ls, we have been together 6 years, don't really have problem with that. we're now at least 26-40 in term of age w. tho they live in the states but most of them are asian. we have around 30-40 members for now n still recruiting n things are looking good so far.

in a ls, there is bound to have a bad apple, it just lies on ls officer leadership. sometimes i even have some dispute with other officer, but we never left for each other.. n usually will be fine after a cooldown time. we don't hold grudge for each other. tho i'm recruiting members from lowyat, or any new members that interest to join, he/she will put under observation for a period of times. running few events, checking his attitude n skill which we took at priority. we take friendship very deep, umm dunno how to explain. as for the very bad players with bad attitude, we will just kindly ask him to leave the ls w. simple as that.

if you respect our point system, no drama then. to earn respect from people u also need to respect people first.

to prove yourself worthy, you need to work hard on it ^^ on occasion, when we have some major problem, we will hold up for meeting to discuss a matter where everyone can come up with a decision.

for us, i dunno how about u guys .. but linkshell for us is like a family w ^^ this is opinion how every success ls should be, and most other ls i know are also the same. sometimes we even have alliance with other ls to do some great thing which i really enjoy.

i run a good guild in wkc w, i choose my member carefully and my wkc  guild are following me to join us in ffxiv w. it will be a major blast.
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This sound like a typical strong NA LS...(is it a NA timezone based LS?)
Sometime i feel weird with those strong NA LS/guild , they have top gear/weapon or first LS defeat the No.1 Boss in game, but once outside of their guild they can't do anything.

For example in FFXI there was a raid called "Nyzul", JP just shouted or joined in the town and got full members in 3 minutes, these TOP NA LS have to arrange time with their LS members and don't forget that everyone have different living. In addition nyzul is restricted to 6 members only, LS leader will tend to choose members with better gears or his closed friend, the rest members have to wait second or third rounds if leader still willing to help or they make their own team, each round usually take 2-3 months to complete. Of course this may happen in JP LS too, but JP players got alternative choice that many shout in town they could just grab and join one or shout by themselves.

My advise is go to an environment that u could communicate with as many people as possible rather than the only LS/guild/community u know. It is impossible to let everyone like us or to like everyone even if we have try our best, someday when there is conflict of personality in LS, we decide or asked to leave because we are less-important people eg not an event organizer, at least we can still find other LS or play with many other players even without LS, which is also more convenient and flexible for people who unable to make commitment.
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post Aug 5 2010, 10:47 PM

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QUOTE(juine @ Aug 5 2010, 09:55 AM)
yes i used to be in a very strong NA ls but we have around 5 JP member that time, the ls is so big that we needed 4 pearls to maintain, each pearl are represent for something. timezone are mostly base on whole day depends on that day. what is "once outside their guild they can't do anything?"

Nyzul wasn't really called raid, and Nyzul is really easy and it can be done on "pug" (pick up group), for events like Nyzul we usually just post up ls chat checking who is interest n if no one is interest will just check friendlist, only do "pug" as last alternative coz truthfully, we don't really want to screw up things although we don't really mind ww. there is no who gears best who in or ls leader choose who he want bullshit w.. we dont choose who n who, you up you get point, stuff drop, priority point persons lot. fair n square,  simple as that.

People also can do shout for only camping Fatnir/Nidhogg why not Nyzul, n it actually went pretty well. I done this with a temporary so call HNMLS with almost 16+ jp members and 2 members from NA. I joined for fun and the LS was up till everyone get the stuff they lot for. I still remember the LS leader was a JP, and we only use the translation try to communicate. luckily it went well ^^ i even went to some of their dynamis run as guest.. got few good stuff from it.

seriously, base on what you guys reply, you all just scare with favouritism, am i right? actually i really dunno how to explain this w, my relationship with the ls member also start from 0. i also dunno who n who are them, most of them are also real life friend. i'm like the only asian people in the whole ls w. tho they're asian but they live in na. we also work very hard on exping, camping pop item, help out this n that. too many to tell. tho most of us quit, we still chat around saying hi.

i seen alot of up and fall on every major end-game ls, not just NA.. it happen on JP ls as well. it's really depends on how you see things. just relax ^^ w that's why i said a good leadership is very extremely important in one ls. you got a good leader then you're set.

me n my gf just really just want to play with more m'sian, coz after all will have more people to play at night time coz she work n i don't. if u guys are setting up a new ls, hopefully we can be in a same world so we can apply to join in. ^^ why i am recruiting people mainly becoz well my ls had pretty good foundation to start with + we can play together with other region people. never afraid of not enough people to team up. i don't really like "pug" except no choice.

i always believe a weak players can be improve coz if someone can do it why not others? our ls rarely gives up on weak players, it all depends on whether you can accept people advise. always good to discuss strategy beforehand n this is for very small events such as exping or on a quest. events such as dynamis, or killing hnm, you are require to follow what officer ask you to do, coz your officer are the main guy who will responsible for everythin n report to ls leader for that events. i dunno how to explain here. we can accept mistake but if you keep repeating the same mistake again n again n put the whole alliance in jeopardy, then good luck www ^^ i do take a person attitude highly coz to prevent drama happening tho i know this is very hard to escape. we never had a drama on item dropping due coz everyone need to accept the point system.

so excited ^^ coz ffxiv is so close to release date, feel like xtc n nightmare for me ^^
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Most people just not happy with favouritism instead of scare, or we can call it "unfair" sometime. Only few people can take it positive, it is like u are as hard working/good as B, but boss give B more salary because B is a relative or boss like him more, i think most people will feel unhappy with it, only few will say i am happy as long as boss pay me the salary that he promised me. We learn to accept favouritism, then ignore it or leave it(if got choice) because it is a human being.

From above reply i saw these events/activities like camped NM, pt-ed, missions, battlefields, raid etc were mostly did with LS/guild members or friendlist, that's what i mean "once outside their guild they can't do anything". Let say today NA want to do mission or battlefield, he have to check LS website to see if today got such event, if not then ask LS members who is currently online, still not enough members then seek friendlist help. People may got other plan like want to gain exp or other excuse unable to help, for a big LS with 30-50 members online all the time, it is still possible to get enough people to make a team, in case of a small ls with 6-10 members then... ahem.... My question is, there are hundreds of players in town who want to do same battlefield or mission, why NA not just shout like JP who able to make a team within 3 minutes rather than spend 1 hour to ask and wait LS members or give up finally. After joined a few NA shout team i might have some conclusions.

Anyway, i am still confusing that where do u live and which region prime time u play? It doesn't matter that JP LS got NA member like i said earlier, they are very friendly once they know u/become friend though a few members still dislike attendance of non-japanese-speaking people. However, if u send a tell to strange JP wish to join their team, let say the most basic and simple exp team, not matter how friendly u are, he will probably reply with translator like [i'm sorry] [english, no thanks].

There's no problem at all for english-speaking asian who plan to play at NA prime time, for those who cant speak japanese but have to play at JP prime time, how are u u going to survive in the environment of 90% players are japanese and most of them have bad impression with english-speaking players? Can the rest 10% players enough to build a strong guild/friendlist which they have to count on for everything? When there is conflict of personality within the only one LS where can we go else? Of course this is just a game, may be we should just take it easy and see how things go later or try do something.

FFonline is one of the rare global server MMORPG with some critical issue that doesn't exist in region server MMORPG, i think we need to clarify difference of environment/culture between JP and NA prime time.
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post Aug 31 2010, 06:47 PM

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would like to share some experience regard credit card for FFonline.

currently FF11 3D secure progress seem got some bug or the codes not implemented completely, some NA local players claimed that their credit card got 3D secure and can access on other website which require 3D secure progress, but when they tried to pay FF11 failed at last progress(after typed 3D secure password), the system said the card authorization is denied.

However, if u are using firefox with no-script plugin u can skip the 3D secure progress, or u can use friend's or any valid credit card number which due date by changes the date number to pass 3D secure progress, then roll back to previous screen type ur debit/credit card, 3D secure progress is one time only. If ur card is accepted by SquareEnix, next month they will charges u or temporary suspend ur account until u input a valid credit card. Maybank2u cherry debit card can be used for this trick but u need to call customer service ask them allow ur card pay oversea merchandise.

FF14 might work by this trick as well, or they may improve it to accept all 3D secure credit/debit card because currently some NA players got this problem too. Anyway, we won't know until the release date, if u are not that rush, just wait a few more days.
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post Sep 1 2010, 04:44 PM

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256kbps is enough for u to play FFonline without lag, u can still suft the net while playing though... as long as u are not doing p2p like pps bt xunlei etc at the same time.

if u go for VPN, make sure u choose a good reputation VPN, a lot of expats account in china suspended/banned by SE for using VPN familiar with china RMT.
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post Sep 2 2010, 03:51 AM

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one memo to everyone:

when creating SE account or register FF, try to make ur personal data as reliable as possible or at least copy down/remeber what u have input like street name, state, phone number, dob etc... if one day they decide to wipe RMT in FF14, accounts with suspicious personal data might suspended; or unfortunately ur account is hacked, u need to provide customer service these personal information to restore password and roll back ur gil/equipments.

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post Sep 2 2010, 06:28 AM

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QUOTE(juine @ Sep 2 2010, 04:11 AM)
man, this is the shit www..

my fren got hacked in ffxi .. lost ton of gils, godly eq www...  he quit the next day..

it was a 6-7 years account.. imagine that ww..
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if this is my close friend and we all had spent many happy time/good memory in ffxi, i won't tell him or just let him quit.

some of my LS members got hacked too, their account are most trouble one registered under JP client but not staying at japan, JP customer service has very high restriction like they want to call your phone number at japan, pay the overdue fee from japan bank etc etc, other LS members had seeks help everywhere to retrieve back their account because we want them to play with us again otherwise they would just quit, it is a tough way to restart from lv1 even if we offered them power level, all the gil and gears they lost.

For those who still kept their registered personal details, after spent lots of effort on time and money we success got the accounts back and they are still playing with us, those totally forgot or cincai filled their personal details failed on identification progress, SE refused to reactive account so they really quit, so sad.
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post Sep 4 2010, 04:23 PM

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Guys, u are expecting too much from a beta =_=;

Remember that SE let u FREE download and FREE PLAY the beta, u are "HELPING" SE to "TEST" and find bug, not PAY SE to ENJOY the game, find and testing bug never be fun. It is clearly beta will reveal very little only battle system/elements, mission or quest storyline and etc, this is not even a game demo which tempt u to buy it though. Even if this is a retail game, the fun part only begin after ur level is higher and got stronger abilities/spells to do difficult missions/quests.

Usually MMORPG still got a lot of things/bugs to polish and fix on first year after released, some FF fans already tease that they are ready for paid-beta from September till next year.

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