"Oh btw, FFXIV Online in 2010"

[Numtini]

CoH was designed from the ground up to allow people to move up and down in levels "dynamically". That's what allows them to create "Giant Monsters" and other types that "auto-scale" to the people that are fighting them. In item-centric games like your typical fantasy MMORPG that's very difficult to do.

I'd say that "mentoring" is a little overpowered in EQ2, but they do it.

[Mrbloodworth]

Give everyone free gear or a zone-wide buff

 

[Rendakor]

Mentoring is OP in EQ2 because if you're mentoring down from 80 you are likely to have gear above that which is available to lower levels. Having anything above MC quality while leveling just gets absurdly expensive, while its not uncommon for an 80 to be in all Fableds and Legendaries. IIRC you also keep your AAs while mentored down, giving you another advantage over normal characters of that level.

Regardless, the ability to mentor down is a great feature to both help friends play together and to make forming groups for old content easy. Who cares if leveling content is trivialized by an OP mentor anyway?

[ezrast]

Yeah, the old "scaling content is too hard" excuse really doesn't cut any mustard. If you're making a level-based MMO, you have to deal with the fact that players are going to be different levels and still want to play together. Find a way to make it work, or suffer the consequences.

I also doubt that it would be very hard at all (compared to the rest of making an MMO).

[Margalis]

From what I understand the system in FFXI works pretty well, it level caps you to your party but you can keep wearing the same gear. (With reduced stats) If you keep your high level gear on it's not quite as good as appropriate gear (from what I understand) but no big difference really. (At lower levels gear doesn't matter all that much)

Looking forward to this game, hopefully there will be some sort of closed beta that I can get into. About time to get a new PC anyway.

[jope]

Edit by Trippy: if you are going to shill for some random Web site that nobody visits it's best not to make that your first post ever.

[Trippy]

Looking forward to this game, hopefully there will be some sort of closed beta that I can get into.

[schild]

Looking forward to this game, hopefully there will be some sort of closed beta that I can get into.

Yea, that was one of the more ridiculous posts I've seen.

[Margalis]

Looking forward to this game, hopefully there will be some sort of closed beta that I can get into.

?

[Signe]

Well, to be fair, I've known people who even their mommies and daddies didn't let them in their beta! 

[Lantyssa]

What loving parent keeps their kid out of beta?  (Well, unless it's a really bad game, then I suppose it's that protective instinct kicking in.)

[Aez]

Did I miss the story of Margalis losing his red name or it's simply not public?

[Teleku]

Did I miss the story of Margalis losing his red name or it's simply not public?

Ditto.

[Lantyssa]

Pure speculation on my part?  I figured he prefered being 'anonymous' and not having to worry about speaking for the company since my impression is he was pretty far down in the trenches.  He has almost 8000 posts, so there's history there for anyone to pick through, too.

Hopefully that's all.  I didn't think it my place to ask, so I conjured up that rosey scenario a while ago.

[Margalis]

That's pretty close.

Or is it???

[grunk]

so, let me understand this.

the greatest mmorpg ever made is going to have a sequel!?

OMGWTFBBQROFLLAWLS...!!!!

OMG1 FF14! FTMFW! J00 N00BS NEED TO STEP BACK A MOMENT, BECAUSE J00 STANDING ON MAH DICK...
FFONLINE IS BACK! AND TO ALL THE RTARDS THAT HOPE THEY CAN LOGON, AND GO PLAY SOLO ALL DAY... I GOT ONE THING TO SAY

N U T ' S  I N  Y O U R  M O U T H

[Morfiend]

Yay.

[Ingmar]

The nuts in my mouth wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the horrible taste of apostrophe.

[Ard]

But you know, it being in red kinda redeems it.  That makes it cherry flavor.

[schild]

But you know, it being in red kinda redeems it.  That makes it cherry flavor.

C H E R R Y F L A V O R ' D N U T ' S I N Y O U R M O U T H

That is an amazingly annoying way to type, if you haven't tried it, well, don't.

[Sjofn]

But you know, it being in red kinda redeems it.  That makes it cherry flavor.

C H E R R Y F L A V O R ' D N U T ' S I N Y O U R M O U T H

That is an amazingly annoying way to type, if you haven't tried it, well, don't.

It just illustrates his commitment to showing us what's what.

[Lantyssa]

Excuse me, I've got some grunk in my eye.

[tkinnun0]

No, it's just one nut, 'cos, you know, they're so big.

[Engels]

I love grunk's surprise appearances. Its like being goatse'd, only with text.

[Yegolev]

so, let me understand this.

I won't stop you.

N U T ' S  I N  Y O U R  M O U T H

Do you mean "Nut is in your mouth" or ... well what else could it be?  The only possible solution to using a possessive form of Nut is if "IN YOUR MOUTH" was an object that could be possessed.

[Fabricated]

Man, here I was hoping for something really awesome and I get a poster who is shitty by FYAD and YCS standards?

[rattran]

Man, here I was hoping for something really awesome and I get a poster who is shitty by FYAD and YCS standards?

Grunk is filled with awesome. And piss, and sunny d. And a whole scoop of mental retardation.

[Velorath]

Apparently the Sept. Famitsu Wave came with a DVD with an 8 minute interview with the director and the producer.  The video was translated here at scrawlfx.com:

Eorza is the name of a region that's the main setting of the game and as a full world, Vana'diel (from Final Fantasy XI) is naturally a little bigger. The actual world the game takes place in is called Haiderin. The style of Haiderin will be different from Vana'diel, aiming for a "high-fantasy" style setting. They want the setting to be more modern in comparison to Final Fantasy XI's more middle-age setting. There will be advanced technology in the world, as you've clearly seen from the skyships in the trailer.

The races in Final Fantasy XIV will bring on a familiar look. However, the races of Final Fantasy XI are being reimagined. The Galka-looking character you've seen in the trailer, will not be called a Galka, but something else. Other changes will be in order as well.

Final Fantasy XIV revolves around character growth. There will be no experience points or leveling system this time around, and a new system will come in to play. Square Enix wants to deliver an experience where new players have the freedom to try out any quest and many different things, growing naturally from their experiences. A deep story will be in tact in Final Fantasy XIV, including cut-scenes, but they're going beyond that by also delivering a wider variety of stories and quests. They want players to enjoy the process of character growth.

Jobs were the lasting appeal of Final Fantasy XI. They want to utilize that concept, but stack more on top of it. The focus will be on weapons, determining how you play, grow, and fight. They'll be expanding upon the basic job system. He says this also explains the Final Fantasy XIV logo, which features weapons sticking out of the name.

The main idea for Final Fantasy XIV is to provide freedom of growth through the variety of quests offered. However, players can meet up with friends and set off on adventure or they can play solo. Players won't be left with nothing to do, bored.

Square Enix is considering large scale battles, however, regular battles will be against single enemies. During quests you can gather parties and fight against multiple foes.

The game's music is going to be composed entirely by Uematsu.

"This will be a Final Fantasy that brings the setting to a whole new world that you can experience with the new friends you will meet." Nobuaki Komoto, director of Final Fantasy XIV said. "I welcome you to join us in the world of Final Fantasy XIV and hope you enjoy your time there."

"You can trust that we plan to create a world of new possibilities that redefine the MMO. I hope you're looking forward to everything we have in store."

[Margalis]

It's FF2, the MMO!

[Bzalthek]

I'm just glad this isn't Ivalice.  Ivalice is cool and all, but when they announced Ivalice Alliance way back when I was worried.  I think the best thing I like about the FF series is that each iteration is usually something new and shiny.

[NiX]

The game's music is going to be composed entirely by Uematsu.

You didn't bold the most important part!

[Reg]

What I want to know is will the males all look like females and will the females all look about 10?  This is crucial to my desire to try out out the game.

[tmp]

What I want to know is will the males all look like females and will the females all look about 10?  This is crucial to my desire to try out out the game.

They are keeping the races from previous FF Online.

[LK]

Hm. That sucks...

[Reg]

Seriously though...I'm willing to try this if I'm sure they've removed the awful forced grouping and grind from FFXI. I really did like that game until it burned me out.