Boritos, Let's Play FFXIV (Free 96 Hour Login Campaign / 2 Week Free Trial)

[213372bu]

 I figured I make a thread here since not everybody might check the "I just got FFXIV thread".

 Anyways, a couple of Bore members have been interested in playing/are playing FFXIV so I wanted to make a thread to let others know.

 If you've never played Final Fantasy XIV there's a free trial on PS4 and Steam for a two week period. Additionally, if you've owned FFXIV and don't have a current sub you might be able to get 96 hours free until 1/4/2017.

 We'll be playing on the Hyperion server, and while that's not my main account, I'll try to be on while everyone else wants to do stuff. I also don't play as often nowadays, but I'd be willing to play more often for fellow Borians.

 The game is pretty fun and you should be able to clear a lot of content for free if you want to try it out.

 Anyways, considering the free periods and everyone wanting to jump in after FFXV, now's a great time to jump in.

 Also, controller support is not only supported, but also highly recommended. If you've never liked complex key bindings or w/e with MMOs, FFXIV fixes it with their controller support.

 Free Login Campaign w/ requirements

 FFXIV on Steam

 FFXIV (Demo) on Steam

 FFXIV (Demo) on PS4

 Bore peeps that are playing by in-game name:
 Positive Touch: Ydaine Aribalti
 Queen of Ice: PM her
 213372bu: Leet Haxor

[Positive Touch]

game is fucking fantastic and if you have a single weeb bone in your body you're missing out if you don't give this game a shot. I'm someone who never played an mmo before, bc blah blah antisocial and monthly fees and whatever. trust me the game is not some user-unfriendly shitshow like you might think. it's even very easy for loner weebs to play thru. and the price thing isn't much of an issue since the game itself is very cheap and you get 6 weeks free including the demo. very affordable considering your getting a fuckton of content.

I'm Ydaine Aribalti on Hyperion btw

[Let's Cyber]

Is there chocobo riding?  I might be down if there is chocobo riding.

[Let's Cyber]

I'm down to try it out.  DLing the PS4 version

[Positive Touch]

there is both chocobo rising and raising. also you can have your chocobo fight  in battles with you

[Himu]

Will be playing tonight after work around 10 pm ct. Pm me for my ID.

[demi]

No

[Positive Touch]

No

sux 2 b u

[Bebpo]

Will be playing tonight after work around 10 pm ct. Pm me for my ID.

I'll try setting this up tonight.  What server?

[Positive Touch]

queen is on hyperion too. join us

[Dickie Dee]

might just...

[Beezy]

MMOs are the devil

[Dickie Dee]

Alright, Beezy in too. Let's do this.

[Positive Touch]

MMOs are the devil

stop resisting beezy

[Beezy]

 

[nachobro]

oh man this is tempting but i dunno if i want to relevel from scratch

[thisismyusername]

No

More specifically: If it wasn't $15 a month, I would. But a subfee for an MMO is just "no" territory for me. Which is a shame, as I enjoyed the beta for 2.0 when they did it.

[Bebpo]

Stuck at work.  Dunno if I'll have time to get this going tonight :|  I'm assuming it takes a while to make all the accounts and sign in and get going.

[Positive Touch]

yeah it takes awhile to download

[Himu]

IF YOU ARE ON PS4 TURN REST MODE OFF WHILE DLING. It will not dl through the client when in rest mode!

[Dickie Dee]

Downloaded, account setup and just D/L'ing whatever updates. Going to be tomorrow before I can play.

Hope this is good I need some persistent game in my life. I was just retesting the waters with Destiny, was even thinking of going back to WOW.

[Valkyrie]

I'm already on Atomos. : (
But it doesn't matter since I can't play when you guys do anyway.

Btw, you can pre-create your character design in the Benchmark client while waiting for the game to install.

[Dickie Dee]

butt you can? 

come 

[Bebpo]

Ok, just got home and loaded up FFXIV.  Looks like I bought it but never installed it or played it so I still have the free month that the retail Realm Reborn comes with.  I lost my SE account from the one time I tried to play FFXI years ago, so I made a new one and it went fine I think.  I'm logged into the launcher and it's downloading it now.  Gonna take a shower and see if it's done when I come back. 

So I just gotta make a character, join hyperion and then I can find you all?  Are there like different starting points at different parts of the world?  Where should I start to find everyone?

[Himu]

If you can't join Hyperion wait until later tonight to join the server when it's available.

[Positive Touch]

you will start in one of three cities depending on what class you choose. the first few hours of the story will be unique to your starting city.

don't worry about finding us; we'll be able to find you a lot easier

[Positive Touch]

FUCK there's going to be maintenance on the servers tonight in an hour

[Valkyrie]

If any of you are Australian or some shit and live in a dumb timezone like I do, LMK and we can group up!

[Bebpo]

Ok, done installing.  Let's see how this goes...

[Bebpo]

Made a character and did the intro.  Got to a city in the desert and got control of my character at 8:57pm PST and there was a message that maintenance was starting at 9:00pm PST and to log out before then so I logged out because the last thing I want to do is get kicked out and have to sit through the intro again.  I guess I'll get back to it tomorrow since maintenance will be for the rest of the night?

[Positive Touch]

yeah maintenance will be all night. you don't have to worry about doing content over again; any time you log out or are disconnected you will be exactly where you left off when you reconnect.

if you heard someone running around and screaming about how everyone was going to die, that was me. I'll be back on tomorrow.

[Cerveza mas fina]

I played this for a month when RR launched on PC, do I need Heavensword if I want to play again?

Or can I just buy Realm Reborn for PS4?

[Trent Dole]

Man all my peeps from my other weeb-y multiplayer jam are on Ultros tho.

[Cerveza mas fina]

Im on Ultros too 

[Valkyrie]

I played this for a month when RR launched on PC, do I need Heavensword if I want to play again?

Or can I just buy Realm Reborn for PS4?

Heavensward has content you won't reach just yet, so there's no point in buying it right away.
I kind of answered this question in Queen's recent FFXIV thread.

Is FFXIV better to play on PC or PS4?  I'd assume PC with a PS4 controller + kb for typing chat?

Also, I own FFXIV on PC, but not Heavensword.  Just Realm Reborn.  Can I play through the main story with this or does Heavensword add really useful game things that would make the main story more enjoyable?

It probably doesn't matter, but boils down to personal preferences. If you have a very good computer, why not just play on PC for the best graphics? Or just stick with console, either is fine.

There are shittons of MSQs to do before you can access the Heavensword content, so there's little point in buying it right away. You need to be level 50, but also have completed tons of quests to access it. So once you reach level 50, you still have tons of quests (MSQs up until patch 2.55) to do unlock Ishgard. However, I would suggest you buy it right before you hit level 50, since that's the level cap of the game until you have Heavensward. You wanna keep earning XP once you hit 50. At least I believe this is how it works. So if you hit level 50 without the expansion, you won't earn any XP from killing mobs/doing quests. I'm sure someone else can confirm/deny this if I'm wrong. Also, you get to play Au'Ra from the start, if you want that.

[Let's Cyber]

If it wasn't $15 a month, I would.

What, for real?

I was going to start up a character tonight but I don't want to get hooked on this shit if that is the case. 

I'm out. 

[Positive Touch]

weak

its actually $12 a month and the first is free. that's the price is one entree at a damn restaurant


get hooked

[Positive Touch]

I'm on right now btw

[Cerveza mas fina]

So the free period doesnt work cause for me for some reason, lame

[Bebpo]

Do I have to fuck around through 3 hours of boring zzz fetch a bucket quests before I can join you guys and beat up slimes?  Cause I'm overstressed and overworked right now and I don't got time for the intro boring stuff. 

[Great Rumbler]

Well, I finally got it downloaded and everything set up, but Hyperion is currently locked down. 

Alright, Hyperion opened up and I'm in.

Character name: Arlis Cathait

[Positive Touch]

Do I have to fuck around through 3 hours of boring zzz fetch a bucket quests before I can join you guys and beat up slimes?  Cause I'm overstressed and overworked right now and I don't got time for the intro boring stuff. 

no, it doesnt take long to start unlocking dungeons. just do the main story quests that are marked with a meteor icon.  also if you tell me your name i can find you and help you out.

[Great Rumbler]

Finally got everything going, but now it's too late to actually play. Meh. I'll probably be on tomorrow for a while, though.

[Bebpo]

Do I have to fuck around through 3 hours of boring zzz fetch a bucket quests before I can join you guys and beat up slimes?  Cause I'm overstressed and overworked right now and I don't got time for the intro boring stuff. 

no, it doesnt take long to start unlocking dungeons. just do the main story quests that are marked with a meteor icon.  also if you tell me your name i can find you and help you out.

Ok.  I promise I'll play with you guys this weekend.  I'm working crunch right now so I get home, play some Persona and crash.  This weekend's free though so I plan to game a ton with FFXIV & P5.

[Dickie Dee]

Might get a chance to hop on for a few hours tonight.

[Positive Touch]

I'm here bros. I'm always here.

[Dickie Dee]

Do people use voice chat in this when grouping?

[Bebpo]

I'm here bros. I'm always here.

I'm less tired and horribly burnt out.  Might get home at a decent hour tonight and hop on.

[Valkyrie]

I'm here bros. I'm always here.

But where were you when I needed you the most?

[Positive Touch]

probably taking a nap with my cat

[Dickie Dee]

Thought I was set up to download the updates last night, didn't count on it going into rest mode while downloading  :'(

[Himu]

getting on soon

[Bebpo]

Alright, let's do this shit!  I'm lvl.1, haven't done a single quest, have no equipment or anything and am in the desert starting city?  Started as a gladiator because I like to tank and smash.  What do you need to find me?  My character is named "Dequillo Ternatham" because I wanted a very rpg name. 

[Himu]

On now

[Bebpo]

Did the starting quest to explore the town.  Then needed to be lvl.4 for the next one so I ran outside and fought monsters which was pretty boring solo with only 1 attack.  Then I accidently triggered mouse mode while going through the menus and my quickbar turned into a diablo style keyboard bar so I couldn't use my controller and it took me like 20 minutes of going through the ton of menus to figure out what I accidently changed and changed it back.  Hit lvl.4 and I'm off to the next quest.

When does the combat get normal non-mmo rpg fun?  Because attack -> enemy attacks -> attack -> enemy attacks is pretty boring even with a couple of skills.  Also at what point can I just join a party with you guys and do fun things?  Also, as someone who doesn't play MMOs, the UI has like a million things on screen.  It's a bit overwhelming.

[Freyj]

XIV is a WoW-style MMO. It's a lot of solo leveling mixed in with a dungeon / primal every couple levels.

That said, sub 30 most classes are a snoozefest, especially sub 10/15. Once you unlock your job, things get interesting.

NIN at 60 is about 10x more complicated than just about every DPS spec in WoW. There's at least 25 or so abilities in your rotation. The end game content in XIV isn't nearly as interesting as WoW's to me, but I'd much rather play NIN than most WoW classes.

[Bebpo]

Thanks for the info!  So it sounds like after lvl.10/15 when I get a job the combat will get more interesting.  Cool.  Yeah I'm looking forward to the exploration/questing too.  I just need to get a handle on these controls cause it's kind of a lot to take in at first.

[The Legend of Sunblade]

A fair warning is that Gladiator is both the easiest tank class to pick up, but also never really gets complex at all. You'll have a 3 button active rotation all the way up to level 50, with lots of defensive cooldowns. Marauder gets more involved later, with different attacks applying different debuffs on the thing you're tanking.

I'm Onix Sunblade, and SpeedStats is Asha Sunblade, both of us were already on Hyperion~

[Himu]

Had lots of fun!

[Positive Touch]

zomg we had a big bore party