The articles stated that after 8 hours of playtime, you would slowly stop gaining ANY experience. This caused a huge ruckus online, and every forum I've visited was full of negative comments and feedback. Hardly anyone even stopped to think that Final Fantasy XIV is still in beta testing, closed beta testing at that. The only site I recommend (other than the official site obviously) is FFXIVCORE for any and all FFXIV information. Their podcast is also top notch, so check it out.
The following article from FFXIVCORE is Square-Enix's response to all the talk that's been going on while their head developers were away at Gamescom. You can read it here, and please check it out if you're interested in FFXIV. I think this experience cap sounds like an excellent idea, as long as it's implemented correctly. It would keep the hardcore (there's some crazy hardcore people out there) and the casual on a decent playing field.Anyways, Final Fantasy XIV releases right at the end of September on PC only. If you pre-order the game you get to play it a week earlier than the people that buy it in stores.
A new video has also been released by Square-Enix. Eorzea: The Making of a Realm #5, which I'll paste below. I gotta say, it's so nice seeing actual wooden boats again. This strangely feels like a true Final Fantasy, despite it being an MMO game. I can't wait to get involved in this game and with the FFXIV community. It's too bad that I'll need to wait until the PS3 release this coming March (assuming there's no more delays of course) but that should give them plenty of time to work the kinks out and add even more content.
blow out ffxiv flame with the exp cap
ReplyDeleteYeah it was pretty crazy, calming down a bit now though.
ReplyDeleteIm hoping it will not limit gameplay and there will be plenty more to do while waiting for the cooldown.
ReplyDeleteAlthough SE hasn't been good to it's fans lately, I trust they know what they're doing with an MMO. I'm sure they know that they need to keep people in the game doing 'something' at least. Crafting or helping others, gotta be something besides exp.
ReplyDeleteRobert your awsome definite facebook add.
ReplyDeleteAnd i agree SE will not let us down.
I am concerned about the limit being based off time and not exp. No wasting time in town or helping others for fear of lost exp?
Change weapons/jobs just to shop ludicrous!
Well the official word is that when you stop gaining exp, but are still logged in, the exp fatigue wears off :) so it sounds great to me. Yeah ..add me on Facebook, just put Bob's Blog somewhere in the request so I know it's from here.
ReplyDeletenice vid :)
ReplyDeleteI hope that isn't true and it would be stupid if it was. All that time spent on exploring and your telling me no xp because i want to stay on top and get stronger.
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