Final Fantasy XIV Official Release Thread

So I'm trying to convince one of my friends to pick this up and play with me. I'm letting her play on my desktop at 5760x1200 to really give her the best experience. As a pair of characters, what do you think would give the best initial experience? It's probably only for one night, so I doubt we'll get far enough to play around with crafting or anything.
 
Breath_of_the_Dying said:
So I'm trying to convince one of my friends to pick this up and play with me. I'm letting her play on my desktop at 5760x1200 to really give her the best experience. As a pair of characters, what do you think would give the best initial experience? It's probably only for one night, so I doubt we'll get far enough to play around with crafting or anything.
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Let her pick a dps or tanking class and just support her with a conjurer.

And yeah I think phase 4 is probably going to start at the end of the month.
 
coffaholic said:
THM (dps mage) starts there too
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THM starts in the other city (not the one that starts with an L that the MRD starts in). I played CNJ and THM the most so far in the beta and they do not start in the same areas.
 
Marauder ( parry tank ) / Arcanist ( support/dps mage ) available at launch / Musketeer ( ranged dps w/ gun ) to be announced after launch - starts in Limsa Lominsa ( marine city state )
Archer ( ranged dps/support w/ bow ) / Lancer ( melee dps w/ lance ) / Conjurer ( Healer ) - starts in Gridania ( city state located in forest )
Pugilist ( melee dps w/ hand to hand ) / Gladiator ( shield tank ) / Thaumaturge ( dps mage ) - starts in Ul'dah ( city state located in desert )
 
PeeWeePee said:
Marauder ( parry tank ) / Arcanist ( support/dps mage ) available at launch / Musketeer ( ranged dps w/ gun ) to be announced after launch - starts in Limsa Lominsa ( marine city state )
Archer ( ranged dps/support w/ bow ) / Lancer ( melee dps w/ lance ) / Conjurer ( Healer ) - starts in Gridania ( city state located in forest )
Pugilist ( melee dps w/ hand to hand ) / Gladiator ( shield tank ) / Thaumaturge ( dps mage ) - starts in Ul'dah ( city state located in desert )
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where is the musketeer info at....
 
dremic said:
where is the musketeer info at....
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it was mentioned during one of the interview with yoshida Producer
that it will be announced sometimes after launch
there's no real info besides that at the moment
 
PeeWeePee said:
it was mentioned during one of the interview with yoshida Producer
that it will be announced sometimes after launch
there's no real info besides that at the moment
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it will be playable on day 1?
 
Btw, I'm preordering an extra digital copy to get the head start, would anyone be interesting in buying the copy w/o the head start on the cheap, before i e-bay/sell locally?
 
You try opening the UI editor? (I haven't tried, but I'm guessing you can move it from there)
 
The UI editor only allows you to manipulate facets that are not always shown. Since the chat box is always shown, you can't manipulate it from there.

As Skull_Angel said, you can click and drag any of the chat tabs to move the whole box, as well as resizing the box with the upper-right corner.
 
has anybody had success forcing AA with nvidia cards?


whats the status of SLI support? just bought a second card.
 
Haven't tried to force AA(in game AA is broken) just yet, but sli will be supported right on launch as well as official drivers which should help performance.
 
There is a post in either the Beta or Regular SE FFXIV forums about how to get SLI to work (sort of) until it's officially supported

I have not tried it personally since I have an AMD card
 
I tried it, didn't work for me, not that i feel the need for it yet, never below 60fps, waiting on the DX11 client so FF can give my PC a work out.

Think it should be ready by the end of the year.
 
Brianmz said:
I tried it, didn't work for me, not that i feel the need for it yet, never below 60fps, waiting on the DX11 client so FF can give my PC a work out.

Think it should be ready by the end of the year.
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im playing at 2560x1440 and a single 670 cant max this game @ that resolution unfortunately. it can play on high but not maximum. must have. eye. candies!
 
Yeah, i stayed pegged but sometimes I'm close to 99% usage in certain intense fates.
When i was on the 580s i was at 30 fps maxed Q_Q.

I wonder how much gains we will get from official drivers as well. Sli should def help the multi monitor crowd as well.

I just want the damn DX11 client soon lol, the texture in some things just kills my eyes, plus the other improvements would be nice, I'm still enjoying the game tho.
 
There was definitely a noticeable improvement going from my 7870 Tahiti LE to my new 680. Granted, I only play at 1080p, so I know my card is basically overkill. However, the game definitely seems to run smoother on Nvidia hardware right now. Hopefully some new drivers after release will help that even more. Moving to a team green card also fixed the bug that I kept getting whenever I'd start the game up. For some reason, the game would never fill the screen completely, and I'd be left with a black box surrounding the edges. The only way to fix it would be to switch the resolution in game to something different, then switch it back to 1080p.
 
Brianmz said:
Yeah, i stayed pegged but sometimes I'm close to 99% usage in certain intense fates.
When i was on the 580s i was at 30 fps maxed Q_Q.

I wonder how much gains we will get from official drivers as well. Sli should def help the multi monitor crowd as well.

I just want the damn DX11 client soon lol, the texture in some things just kills my eyes, plus the other improvements would be nice, I'm still enjoying the game tho.
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i think it looks pretty good without DX11 though. just needs some serious anti aliasing man.

bpizzle1 said:
There was definitely a noticeable improvement going from my 7870 Tahiti LE to my new 680. Granted, I only play at 1080p, so I know my card is basically overkill. However, the game definitely seems to run smoother on Nvidia hardware right now. Hopefully some new drivers after release will help that even more. Moving to a team green card also fixed the bug that I kept getting whenever I'd start the game up. For some reason, the game would never fill the screen completely, and I'd be left with a black box surrounding the edges. The only way to fix it would be to switch the resolution in game to something different, then switch it back to 1080p.
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a 680 will destroy this game at 1080p! that is a big upgrade ! :) nice
 
dremic said:
has anybody had success forcing AA with nvidia cards?


whats the status of SLI support? just bought a second card.
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Nope, no luck with AA. Will say that I really didn't miss it playing at 2560 x 1440 with maxed settings. I love this GTX 780.
 
Was messing around with official benchmarking tool. Using SLI actually brought the frame rate down and introduced graphical errors.

You know what won't run this game at 1080p and max settings? An 8800GTX, lol. I think I was hitting about 10fps in spots, and this is a canned benchmark. I can't imagine how bad a crowded city in-game would be.
 
i based it off fact that we are getting new client for phase 4.
you can find it under thread called Best test phase 3 schedule 7/8 under testing schedule cateogry
 
Naoki Yoshida said that DirectX 11 support won't be added till after release, probably version 2.1.
 
I haven't played today but I was at a solid 60fps in all areas at 8050x1600 resolution last weekend. That's with 3 x 780gtx on maximum graphics settings.
 
Can't wait for DX11. The cloth in caster robes already looks great. Think about each knit having a depth! The game is already the best looking MMORPG I've seen and DX11 could really bring it to life.
 
Mm, just got my chocobo and craft(alchemy) to 20, guess I'm done testing until phase 4, was also surprised by how much recruitment is going on in the server for Free companies, joined a semi-hardcore FC today, figure it will be useful to have more people to play/trade craft with once P4 comes.
 
toffty said:
Can't wait for DX11. The cloth in caster robes already looks great. Think about each knit having a depth! The game is already the best looking MMORPG I've seen and DX11 could really bring it to life.
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i dont think it looks as good as guild wars 2 just yet. when dx11 comes it will but guild wars 2 was beautiful
 
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