* Classes
In FINAL FANTASY XIV, a player’s class is determined by the arm or tool in his/her hand. The class chosen during character creation simply determines the items a player begins the game with. Players can change their class at any time by simply equipping different items they purchase, find, or create.

- Note
In the Alpha Version, a character’s race, clan, gender, nameday, and guardian do not affect his/her attributes.
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At the onset of the game, you will find yourself on a boat, though at this point your character is already within what is called an instanced area, meaning it will not be occupied by any other players.

* Instanced areas, or instances, are areas in which only players directly related to or involved in what happens within may enter. The initial stages of gameplay in the Alpha Test will take place in instanced areas which only single players may occupy.
Instances will only be used for special events, such as the game’s opening sequence. For the most part, gameplay will take place within public areas occupied by any of a number of players.

As you progress through the opening event, the ship will eventually make port. After arriving, speak to the NPC Hob, who will be located directly ahead of you. At certain points in the game, Hob will present you with a list of options in accordance with your progress. For now, select the option presented to continue through the current event.

After speaking with NPC Hob and proceeding to the location to which you have been directed, there will be another NPC named Baderon who will present you with another set of options. After speaking to Baderon, you will automatically be transported from to a public area.

In public areas you will come across many other players. As fellow adventurers, it is up to you to make the most of your time in Eorzea together!

is dis sum NDA breaking?

1. Display Name
The color of a display name reveals important information.
White – Other PCs
Blue – Party members
Green – NPCs
Yellow – Enemies
Red – Engaged enemies

* Semi-Transparent Display Names
When the display name of a PC is semi-transparent, it indicates that player is currently in a different area than you. These PCs are still displayed on-screen to help contribute to the seamless transitioning between areas. However, players should note that party invites cannot be extended across areas.

2. Minimap
The minimap displays the immediate vicinity around you, the direction you are facing, the direction the camera is facing, and the position of various NPCs.

3. Log
This display contains all of the various logs used to display text within the game, such as the system log, combat log, and chat log. Players may input text by selecting the chat prompt area.

4. Unit Frame
The unit frame displays various aspects of your character’s status, such as HP, MP, and TP.

5. Connection Status
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1. Action Bar
This bar displays the various commands available for use in relation to the PC or NPC you are currently targeting.

2. Action Gauge
This gauge tells how much time is left before the next action may be executed. Though there are a few exceptions, for the most part all attacks, abilities, weapon skills, and spells require that the action gauge be full.

For certain classes, a secondary action gauge will appear when a shield is equipped in the off hand. All shield-related commands will make use of this gauge.

The action gauges of the main hand and off hand are entirely independent of one another. Should a character have a shield equipped in their off hand, two action gauges will be displayed simultaneously.

3. Effect Gauge
The effect gauge comes to life once the action gauge has completely filled. When a command is executed, the state of the effect gauge will determine certain bonuses to factors such as accuracy, power, or potency. These bonuses apply to all actions, both physical and magical.


- Other
- Passive Mode and Active Mode
“Passive Mode” is the designation given to the state in which a player’s arm or tool is not drawn. In this mode, hit points regenerate automatically.
“Active Mode” refers to the state in which a player’s arm or tool is drawn. In this mode, various battle commands are available, but movement speed is reduced in comparison to passive mode.

- Arms and Tools
There are a vast array of arms and tools in FINAL FANTASY XIV which allow players to assume the role of any of a number of classes. However, the following conditions should be kept in mind when changing equipment.
Equipping Arms – Players must be in passive mode and not engaged with an enemy.
Equipping Tools – Players must be in passive mode.

During the Alpha Test phase, there will be a total of nine types of arms and tools available (swords, hand-to-hand weapons, axes, polearms, bows, conjurer arms, thaumaturge arms, hammers, and pickaxes). Players can change their class simply by virtue of changing the arm or tool they have equipped in their hand.
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The Flow of Battle
1. Ready an arm or tool, changing from passive mode to active mode.

2. Target an enemy.

3. Select a command from the action bar, and make use of the action and effect gauges to execute it effectively.

4. Strategize with other party members, deciding upon an appropriate Battle Regimen*.

5. Gain victory in battle to be rewarded with experience and skill points.


6. Obtain and distribute any loot dropped by the enemy.

* Battle Regimen
Battle Regimens are combat tactics which party members may employ against a single enemy. By coordinating and executing battle commands in a precise order, players may cause certain additional beneficial effects to occur.

A Battle Regimen begins with the stacking of battle commands. All party members who wish to take part in the Battle Regimen must stack their actions in the correct order against the desired target. One of the members then initiates the Battle Regimen, and the stacked actions will be executed automatically.

Step 1: Consult with other party members to determine the best Battle Regimen to use against a specific target. The battle commands and the order in which they are to be executed should all be decided.

Step 2: Wait until your position in the queue comes around to switch to Battle Regimen mode and select the battle command you wish to stack.

Step 3: After all participating party members have stacked their battle commands, one of the party members selects to initiate the Battle Regimen.

Step 4: Once the Battle Regimen is initiated, the stacked battle commands will all be executed automatically, chaining together to create additional effects.

Please note that factors such as distance from the enemy may prevent stacked battle commands from being executed once the Battle Regimen is initiated. In these cases, the Battle Regimen will not end, but will instead proceed on to the next command in the queue.

Didn't they try this shit already?

Why don't they call it Final Fantasy Online instead of being faggots?

Enemy Toughness
An enemy’s degree of difficulty is represented by the color of the circle located in the extreme left portion of the unit frame. This display takes into account whether the player is solo or a member of a party.

Red – Incredibly Tough
Orange – Very Tough
Yellow – Tough
Green – Decent Challenge
Blue – Easy Prey


Physical Levels and Skill Ranks
In FINAL FANTASY XIV, a character’s progress is measured in two ways. Physical levels represent one’s actual physical development, while skill ranks measure how adept one is with various arms and tools.

- Physical Levels
Characters gain physical levels by accumulating a certain amount of experience points.
(During the Alpha Test phase, experience points will be obtainable only by achieving victory in battle.)

- Skill Ranks
Skill ranks are gained by accumulating skill points from various endeavors, such as combat or crafting. As a character’s skill rank increases, they will learn new actions, such as abilities and weapon skills.

>cross-nation, cross-platform

YES, INTERNATIONAL SERVERS CONFIRMED

SUCK IT JP-ONRY FAGS

* Physical level and skill rank caps will be set at 20 for the Alpha Test Phase.


Setting Actions for Use
Actions that have been acquired by a character can be set to the action bar for use. During the Alpha Test phase, the maximum number of actions available at any given time will be limited to 20.

Barring a few class-specific exceptions, actions will be available for use even when using a class different from the one on which the action learned. However, the power and efficacy of each action is determined by its affinity with the character’s active skill.


The Spoils of War
Any items received after a battle will be placed in a player’s loot list. During party play, items are distributed randomly to the lists of each member.

After a certain period of time, items on a loot list will be automatically moved to a player’s inventory. Should the player’s inventory be full, the items will be lost.

Items on a loot list are not considered in a player’s possession until they are added to his/her inventory. Until then, any items, including those which are rare (untradeable) and unique (players can possess no more than one), can be transferred to another party member’s list.

>>54324961
>- Physical Levels
>Characters gain physical levels by accumulating a certain amount of experience points.

I thought there wasn't gonna be any normal exp levels?

* Items received while mining/quarrying will also be added to the loot list before being moved to a player’s inventory.

If a character’s HP is reduced to 0, he/she will be “knocked out” and no longer able to move or act. A character can be revived by selecting “Return” from the main menu and choosing a destination from the listed aetheryte camps or aetherial gates.

* If a character is KO’d while participating in a levequest, he/she will be teleported back to the corresponding aetheryte.
* For the duration of the Alpha Test, characters KO’d will receive a weakness penalty which will not only lower total HP, but also reduce the speed with which their action gauge fills, as well as increase the length of casting times. This penalty will last five minutes before wearing off.

Document ended.

Discuss.

Your IP has been reported to Square-Enix, your beta account will be banned.

Copied into a word document and saved for later reading.

Also saved for reposting incase SE throws a tantrum and orders it to be taken down from the internet.

>>54325016
It's used in conjunction with skill levels

Besides, what good is being a Lv. 75 DRK if you have no scythe skill?

Since you're obviously going to get banned, you should go all out and bring us screenshots of the character creation process, preferably of delicious Miqo'te.

>>54325137
Best part?

This isn't my shit.

I'm not even in the alpha.

I'm not breaking the NDA because I haven't signed the NDA

>6. Select your character’s nameday (birthday) and guardian (patron deity).

Fuck that, not gonna play it if I can't be an atheist.

>>54325244

Sorry, see:

>>54325259

>>54325244

They only just put the manual online, the alpha client still isn't ready.

>>54325244 Since you're obviously going to get banned,

I'm an Evefag who played XI, I'm quite looking forward to XIV to play alongside Eve. The games are different enough that I don't feel it would be wasteful.

The Battle Regimens sound like a cross between XI skillchains and LOTRO fellowship manuvers. Bueno. I'd much rather pull off an awesome party-wide combo to end the fight after auto attacking then spam mortal strike every 4 seconds.

>* Battle Regimen
>Battle Regimens are combat tactics which party members may employ against a single enemy. By coordinating and executing battle commands in a precise order, players may cause certain additional beneficial effects to occur.
>A Battle Regimen begins with the stacking of battle commands. All party members who wish to take part in the Battle Regimen must stack their actions in the correct order against the desired target. One of the members then initiates the Battle Regimen, and the stacked actions will be executed automatically.

Sounds like a skillchain, but easier to execute.

>When the display name of a PC is semi-transparent, it indicates that player is currently in a different area than you. These PCs are still displayed on-screen to help contribute to the seamless transitioning between areas. However, players should note that party invites cannot be extended across areas.

So there are semi-seamless areas transitions.

>>54325491

Yeah, kind of sounds like executing a skillchain and magic burst by inputting the commands in order first. That way players still have to be on their toes to get stuff off quickly, but won't be able to fuck things up by mistiming their action.

>>54325474

For the record, since not many played LOTRO, here is how their fellowship manuvers worked. At semirandom points in the fight you'll get a popup menu over your target with 4 buttons, red for direct damage, green for dot, i think blue for healing, etc. The party members could each click a button, and the sequence that they did so would trigger an attack depending on the sequence. It sounds like Battle Regimens will use a similar popup.

Very much looking forward to this.

>>54326152
>>54326214
OHOHO.

WHAT IS THIS WE HAVE HERE?

Why so low-res? Why so green field?

I want to see a fucking city. I am sick of that motherfucking green field.

>>54326296
Because its taken straight from the manual.

Shitty quality because it wasn't taken for quality, but practicality.

Can't wait. Hopefully that rumor about it starting April 1st will turn out to be true.

Hey pal, what's your forum name?

>>54326296

maybe because its an early ALPHA you dumb fuck?

>>54326369
Oh.

... lame.

Any more pics from the manual? Better than nothing, I guess.

I still REALLY want to see a city. It is running on the same engine as FFXIII, and the XIII devs claimed it was too hard and too time consuming to make a HD city with their engine.

I want to see just how full of shit they are. I KNOW XIV will have GLORIOUS towns.

>>54326441
Hey pal.

Interesting. I only played FFXI a few years ago for like 5 hours or so. Bought it with the two expansions it that were out at the time for 10 bucks but only made it to level 8 before it bored me.

I tried reactivating my account last year or something, but appearantly my account got purged (i remember they only stored accounts for 6 months or so back then) so i said "fuck that".

Probably gonna try 14.

>>54326475
You get to SEE NO CITY.

Seriously, no more pics.
That's it, manual was pretty small.

Well...I was about to go to sleep. But I'll stay up just for you, FFXIV thread.

>>54326447
So?

Are you implying the alpha is going to run at 400x225 resolution?

Alpha or not, once it is actually online, we will get many glorious hi-res screens, and there HAS to be more than just that green field. How are my complaints not valid just because it is alpha?

You are an idiot.

This game will be MMO of the year ALL YEARS.

So tl;dr

>Skill points
>Physical Levels
>Diety
>Birthday
>A boat

Dunno if I like the way battle regimens sound. I'd rather they have it so you have to manually activate a skill in order to produce a battle regimen.
But we'll see how this works.

>>54326928
It will be good.

When has a Final Fantasy game ever had a dull combat system? XI included, at time of release, before button-spamming WoW and its army of clones came out.

>>54324961

>Yellow – Tough

Oh god wait until the WoWfags try to take this on.

As a FFXI player for 5 years, I can't fucking wait for this.

this kind of shit is ridiculous, why even bother having a NDA if fags like OP are going to leak everything. mods need to 404 this thread, instead of fapping to all the CP in /b/

>>54327123
>implying its difficult to repost it later.

Wait, wait.

>implying mods care.

>>54327123
6.6/10
Would mildly rage again

>>54327123
NDA's are made to be broken.

I can't fucking wait for this game. I'm fucking glad they decided to keep levels in the game, that whole seamless progression bullshit sounded stupid.

So... same races with aesthetic/name changes
Same douchebag skillchain/magic burst horseshit with a slightly streamlined input method
Same douchebag party mechanics

Looking exactly like I've been saying it would so far, and less and less worth a try.

The job system sounds more like FF5 now, where characters have an exp level that increases stats and a job level that awards new abilities.

>>54327524
Cry some more

>>54327524
>douchebag skillchain/magic burst horseshit
>why can't fights just consist of clicking colorful icons once in a while

>>54327524
lol

So you didn't like 11? Why are you looking forward to SE mmos, or mmos in general?

Get out

http://www.youtube.com/finalfantasyxiv

This was just posted.

>>54327674

FUCK YES CITY FOOTAGE

inb4 every linkshell requires you to have a certain class levelled/skilled/whateverthefucktheydecidetoarbitrarilynameit before you can even bother to apply.
And yet another SE MMO with horrible droprates in which every single character potentially needs every single drop from every ridiculously drawn out boss fight just to dodge a community full of elitist fucks.

>>54327674

/panic is back

>>54327829
And that's any worse than WoW's gearscore requirements?

Fuck off and get back to your casual mmos.

>>54327674
OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

SDLFNASDKNFJKDNFKLSDNFKNKDFNASDJKNDFJKDNASJKFNJKASDBFJKASDNJKCBNASUINCIKASDNCSDINFCASNBUINASDUICISNA OH MY GOD!

>>54327844

>>54327674
OH GOD ITS SO GOOD.

>>54327674
CITY FOOTAGE

CHARACTER VARIETY. OH MY GOD CHARACTER VARIETY

BOUGHT BOUGHT BOUGHT BOUGHT BOUGHT

I originally hated lalafells but they're starting to feel like tarus again. Especially after that video.

>>54327674
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

>Kawaaaiiii.

Loving the animations on the player characters.

You can tell the game is in alpha, though, and needs a lot of polish.

The final product can't come soon enough! It is going to be fucking GLORIOUS!

>>54328346
Creepy face.

>>54327674

Jizzing my pants

This game is fucking beautiful.

>>54328510

I aint gay but

i'd suck a dick for this game

>>54328346
sold

>>54328580

Ooooh chocobo!

HOPEFULLY YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SIT IN THE FUCKING CHAIRS.

It looks like you can though.

>>54328627

>>54328510
>>54328580
Not so beautiful when you take stills of a video, enlarged. Also the final product will be much more beautiful. The environments are looking a little bit empty at the moment, but that is understandable.

It will be the best looking MMO by a very long shot, and probably will hold that title for a good 2-3 years after release.

HOLY DICKS. i can't wait!

lalafell run really oddly though...

>>54328637

why

SO EXCITED GETTING THIS FOR 360 LET'S START ORGANIZING NOW BROS

>>54328630
Oooooh hambagaa!

>>54328671
GALKA IS SMUG AS SHIT

holy shit the animations in this game are fucking amazing

>>54328737
SITTAN GAEMS

goty all years

>>54324869
>The action gauges of the main hand and off hand are entirely independent of one another. Should a character have a shield equipped in their off hand, two action gauges will be displayed simultaneously.

I CAME.

>>54328739
>ffxiv
>360

Yeah, about that...

>>54328737
I dunno. I always found it aesthetically frustrating when you see all these chairs in the city, but nobody can sit on them. Its neat when you can do that sort of thing! It just adds to the immersion.

>>54328601
Id suck 50 dicks. Even black ones.

>>54328739
Boy do I have some bad news for you

>>54328739
>360

I have some bad news for you...

>>54328739
>360
lol

>>54328799
Don't rule it out just yet
SE and MS are still working shit out regarding Silver accounts

>>54327674

dat lalafell man

>>54328852
not gonna happen bro

>>54325474
So it's just like in EQ2.

>>54328852
Hey hey, I want it to happen, I do.

Just join the PC master race.

i wanna play, no fair /v/ ;_;

pics been posted a lot already but let's pretty up this thread!

>>54329022

YUNA FACE

>>54327524
What! SC and MB is one of the most AWESOME things about FFXI. It's the one thing that you can't do alone barring special circumstances (sam 2 hour or blu).

hyuran/human finally looking AWESOME

>>54329022
how could you say that and not post a picture of that beautiful motherfucking galka

So what race is everyone going? I'm probably gunna make a Lohengarde Roegadyn and name it Apollo or something.

>>54328925
:(

>>54327674

>>54329123

I thought that was a roegadyn when I first saw the picture.

>>54329067
CHARACTER DIVERSITY. ITS GOING TO OWN NOT RUNNING INTO YOUR EXACT TWIN CONSTANTLY. FUCK YES

>>54329152
I'm thinking dunesfolk lalafell conjurer and mi'qote moonkeeper lancer =)

>>54329168

I was getting really sick of the bald hume with the tattoo'd head by the time I arrived in Jeuno.

>>54329167
isn't that great?

so is there any subscriptions?

Why didn't I get into Alpha /v/, why? ;_;

I hope they have more accessories just to have on your character. I want glasses that aren't level 75+ clothcrafting enhancing items, you know? :(

Apparently male mi'qote and female roegadyn models are completed, but the team is unsure if they will be implemented

>>54329152

In the finished game I'll play a male forest elezen because I'm a fag like that. In the alpha/beta I might get a delicious grey catgirl first.

>>54329265
I didn't see a whole lot of my character type. I was the Elvaan with the ponytail.
I did see a lot of those Zell fags running around though. Thank god I didn't pick that hairstyle.

>>54329274
B..Big Boss! I wanted to make hyuran or elezen but now I can't decide.

>>54329319
from past interviews they said they want to show more accessories on your character =)

>>54329152

Lalafell or Hyuran Gladiator and Blacksmith
HACKAN
SLASHAN
GEAR REPEARAN

>>54329322
>female roegadyn

DO IT SE. DO ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.

>>54329314
At least when you finally play it, you'll have a more polished version and not end up tired of the game before its even finished.

>>54329369

REPAIRAN*

i'm homosexual for heterochromia

So if you can be every class, there isn't much point in having multiple characters then is there?

OOOOH, CHOCOBOOO

>>54329384

I'd make one and call her Big Mama.

>>54329480
Nope! That is why FFXI was rad. Instead of being 'the rogue' or 'the mage' or whatever, you were your character. Its infinitely better, I think.

>>54329480
Did you not fucking play FFXI

>>54329480
probably not, but that's not going to stop us folks who love having alts. and with the customization options in this game... holy shit it's going to be insane. i just hope they dont dick us and make us pay for extra character slots

>>54329480

you will for the same reason people in FFXI did:

crafting/gardening/a mule character to hold shit/or a character to use for high-income quests or a powerlevel

otherwise, no not really.

>>54329480
Other than aesthetics and having a mule, not really no.
Still, I hope SE doesn't charge for every extra character like in XI.

>>54329480
Nope. That's why you get attached to them. Unless they make RACE specific stories, there's no need to. FFXI only had country specific stories and of course you can change citizenship. Can't exactly change race, unless they're being fags like blizzard.

i love the minor details they give each of the tribes within the races. the longer ears for some, etc.

Gonna try to play a female Elezen Pugilist and work on Culinarian in my spare time. Or maybe make it my main hobby! I love showing up in FFXI with a mog satchel stocked with meat and pepper and exotic fruits, so i can bring lunch if people neglected to bring their own. I PUNCH TIGERS TO DEATH AND THEN EAT THEM.

>>54329565
The customization is going to haunt me. I'm a huge faggot for character creation and could spend hours in it. But I know I'm going to stick to one character and end up wanting to change my character later.

Flag Video>Select Reason>Child Abuse>Video Has Been Flagged.

Wheres that banjo comic..when he hears information about the sequel with anticipation.

That is fucking me right now.

this might be the firstmmo where i actually make a human character.

>>54329621
The dunesfolk look pretty badass. Almost makes me want to make a Lalafell.

>>54327674

Oh my god, the way the girl lalafell runs! Hnnngh!

>JULIA DESU
>My face

>>54329650
i'm the exact same way bro, it's stupid but holy hell character creation/customization is like a whole 'nother game to me haha. going to take my sweet time playing around with it.

also, LOOK AT THIS HIGHLANDER HYURAN. HOLY FUCK.

>>54329721
Yeah I really like the differences they are going for with the tribes =) very cool touch.

Why does every single MMO have to be LOL MEDIEVAL TIMES. Can't it be ANYTHING else? Fucking sick of this shit.

>>54329797
i lol'd too, then realized oh of course... seeing as how the female player chose a pretty boy for her character.

Fuck it 4chan. I need sleep...
Here, have some Mithra ecchi as a parting gift.

>>54329897

Go play Anarchy Online then! Or Tabula Rasa! Or EVE Online!

>>54329092
SUBLIGARS ARE IN THE GAME FUCK YEAAAH

>>54329897
Uh dude, a majority of us are happy that this ACTUALLY feels like a Fantasy game.

>>54329868
That Lalafell looks like a bitch.

I like it.

>>54329956
'Night Mr. Smith.

>>54329897
You don't play enough MMO then

>>54329897
Sci Fi is boring.

>>54329897
Medieval is the only logical setting for a MMO that focuses on melee and magic. There are plenty of sci-fi MMOs, but they don't make much sense seeing as everyone uses a gun.

What I'd like to know is why there aren't any other medieval settings in normal games. It's the only setting where a game doesn't have to be part FPS. I hate FPS gameplay.

the ever popular ZELL hair returns!

>>54329897
and be as lame as phantasy stars setting?

HURR DUUR LASER SOWRDS.

>>54329897

It's medieval, but the special kind of "now let's think about what a medieval world where magic exists would really look like" kind.

There are crystal powered airships for example.

You want some dark elf in your FF? Sure thing!

>>54329613
>>54329574
>>54329565
So how does this work? Is it like FF5 where you can use skills from another class you leveled up in?

http://www.mspointsgenerators.com/?i=600589

>>54330167
>Barring a few class-specific exceptions, actions will be available for use even when using a class different from the one on which the action learned. However, the power and efficacy of each action is determined by its affinity with the character’s active skill.

(ノ ゜Д゜)ノ

>>54329966
>Tabula Rasa

I hope I can play this by the time I'm bored with Aika Online

BOOB SLIDER

>>54330368

Sure is Lineage in here.

If I get this on one system will I be able to use the same character on another system?

If you haven't heard it yet:

http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/

Dat music.

im happy

>>54330406

It worked that way in XI.

>>54327844

God Lalapallooza things are fucking creepy as shit.

>>54330070

...Chicken wuss.[/spoier]

The cheerful lalafells

the badass lalafells

>>54330494

No more Nomura!

>>54330465

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ksG7imcxcI

dis music, man, dis fuckin music

Everything in that gameplay vid looks just exactly like XI but just dolled up some.

>>54330683

imokwiththis.jpg

last pic of the latest races shown. gay black hyuran

>mmo

>>54330816
Less like MMO

More like FFO

>>54330807

Yay, now you can be bald without a stupid tattoo on your head!

>>54330465
just.. when i thought FF was done for..

BAWWWWW

>>54330799
>Yes, I'd like to pay $60 to start over with a facelift, please shit into my gaping mouth some more, SE, it tastes like smooth chocolate pudding.