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FFXIV updated Infos!
Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:12 am
by Tivia
Japanese site did an update today. Fairly easy to navigate even if you don't speak a lick of jpn. Just look for the new icons.
They have split all the races into two sects apparently.
Miqo'te
Keepers of the Moon
Seekers of the Sun
Roegadyn (Galka minus the suck)
Lohengarde
Seewolf
Hyuran (Hume)
Highlanders
Midlanders
Lalafel
Dunesfolk
Plainsfolk
Eleyen
Shaders
Foresters
Overall impressions at a glance.
It appears the character creator is not going to be quite as robust as we are hoping. I was hoping for something as flexible as Aion since that really should be standard, but I suspect it is going to be a little more rigid. Still though with this split they are doing, it looks like there will be a large enough variety to make it not a bad thing.
I am especially pleased at the new looks for the Lalafel, they finally made them not look like retard children. If anything they are really quite well done and if you subscribe to the FFXIV youtube chan, they are exceptionally well animated as well. Miqo'te look fantastic as to be expected, though I am a little disappointed at the lack of appreciable animation on them thus far.
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:17 am
by Tivia
Updated the NA site with the same info finally. Only took them nearly a week...
That said, I really wish they would overhaul the NA site, it really looks like garbage compared to the Jpn site. Not to mention the fact that it is just convoluted and difficult to navigate.
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:27 am
by Sugami
You think that's bad, check out the crappy UK/EU section
Seems like the character creation is quite good. Skin, hair, eyes, facial features, even nose and mouth all seem to be selected individually.
I like the two different "tribes" for each race too, seems like one is basically the FFXI version where the other is "new". There's a pic of a Seeker's of the Sun Miqo'te that has one green eye and one blue
Keeper's of the Moon seem to have darker coloured ears and tails. Dunesfolk Lalafell look like serious Tarutaru (seems like a contradiction
).
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:15 am
by Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
The Lalafel look more elfin now and less childlike.
From what little I have seen of the SotS and KotM, there will be serious differences in skin tone selection. And to me both seem to be about as much Mithra as each other.
I like the look of the Shaders. Also that Highlander.
It bums me out a bit that although there are descriptions of the tribes on the US site, only the JP site has pics. Ah well, that's what tabbed browsers are good for.
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:01 am
by Fiye
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Ooops, dropped something!
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:50 am
by Sugami
Tsybil wrote:And to me both seem to be about as much Mithra as each other.
Yeah pretty much, from the description the Keepers of the Moon will have more face paint. Seekers of the Sun seem to have light coloured fur, white, tan and ginger where Keepers of the Moon have the grey and black fur although I could be wrong
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:16 pm
by Tivia
More infos
This is super sekret Aphas stuff....so your warned.
http://www.ffxivblog.com/livestream-of-ffxiv-gameplay/
Stream of some gameplay. Not the greatest since he decided to stream it (translation turn to sh*t quality) instead of fraps and upload. However you get to see a number of different aspects over about 3 hours.
Stat system
Appears to be points distributing based on your personal choice. So it looks like characters who specialize will indeed be superior to those who diversify. That of course is yet to be confirmed, but hopefully that is the case. This will allow those who want to be a jack of all trades to do so, but will ensure that room remains for those who truly want to be good at one or two jobs instead of them all.
Also looking like the character customization is going to be pretty damned impressive. No more 500 versions of Tivia? Perhaps? I hope so...
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:01 pm
by Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
OK, one thing I saw that I didn't like. Generic NPC names. "Voluptuous Vixen" "Short Adventurer". I didn't like them in WAR, I far prefer individual names as in XI.
Truly a minor point though.
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:14 pm
by Tivia
I am assuming that is just an Alpha thing.
Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:25 pm
by Sugami
Miqo'te not have speech impediments like Mithra? D:
Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 3:28 pm
by Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
Sugami wrote:Miqo'te not have speech impediments like Mithra? D:
Well darrrnit.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:07 am
by Raika Akaizer
Although I found this at ffxivcore.....
"You can only play as female Miqo’te, but males exist."
Source:
http://www.ffxivcore.com/topic/5024-fam ... e76bf4efba
Everyone got kinda bummed.... At least until people realized that our favorite felines weren't even playable in alpha. There is still some speculation as to whether or not males will be playable, as a lot can change from an alpha release. For example, Hyur (hume) has a subcategory of highlander which is male only. Since models already exist for males, there may still be a possibility that males could appear in one of the Miqo'te (Mithra) subcategories. Also, Miqo'te not being playable in alpha has also raised some tails in curiosity as to why, and that perhaps they have listened to the demand for males. Time will only tell.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:11 pm
by Sugami
I'd still pick a female kitty even if males existed as PCs
Is it only Miqo'te that aren't available in the alpha? Think I read that female "galka" exist but doesn't seem like they're playable (who'd want to? :lol).
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:12 pm
by Raika Akaizer
I believe Galka are in the same boat is Mithra, just opposite sexes in question.
Edit: You're right, I couldn't imagine them being anything other than mules named Rosie O'Donnell, or Barbra Streisand.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 6:40 pm
by Sugami
In FFXI it's said that Galka reproduce asexually, and therefore are genderless but because they're so huge they resemble males more than females and thus regarded as such.
Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:16 pm
by Alya Mizar (Tsybil)
Sugami wrote:In FFXI it's said that Galka reproduce asexually, and therefore are genderless but because they're so huge they resemble males more than females and thus regarded as such.
The beards might have a bit to do with that.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:08 am
by Sugami
That too
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 7:33 pm
by Karou Ariyen
Sugami wrote:In FFXI it's said that Galka reproduce asexually, and therefore are genderless but because they're so huge they resemble males more than females and thus regarded as such.
Welcome to Whose Line Is It Anyway! The Show where everything's made up and the points don't matter.
The Points are like a condom to a Galka.
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