last night, I used duty finder to search for party & it took less then 5 minutes to get into a party. All of the people I partied with were Japanese, which is to be expected because I am playing on a Japan server. On rare occasions, duty finder matched me with some English players. Some people on the beta forum actually hated duty finder. they actually preferred to shout LFP like a donkey for hours. go figure.

This post has been edited by nwk: Jul 6 2013, 06:50 PM

actually I got lucky because they gave me lots of loot from the dungeons. i wasn't complaining about the amount of Japanese people i was partied with. rather i was complimenting the duty finder feature of the game which i think made this game a whole lot more fun to play.

the next test will start on Wednesday 5PM & end on Monday 5PM.

after that, you can kiss your P3 character goodbye.

we will have to download a new client for p4 because they said p3 client cannot be used for the open beta.

It begins again tomorrow & it will all end in 5 days time.

I am gonna miss my chocobo.....

I am listening to FF13-2 soundtrack to pass the time while waiting for the servers to open.

they said the servers will be closed for 2 weeks after p3 test 5 ends.

p4 will probably start next month.

Grinding seals during this last stage of phase 3 is a waste of time, unless you grinding them for your own chocobo.

Rumour about phase 4: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...als_some_info/

Phase 4 will be 1 week only.
Arcanist will be available at phase 4
Voice acting will be available at phase 4
There will be some kind of exp bonus for secondary class after completion of first 50 class/job.
HQ crafting from NQ materials will have adjustment.

Source: http://blog-imgs-59.fc2.com/m/e/t/me...4031_947_1.jpg