Final Fantasy XIV news

[elaniel]

I've just logged in. trying to get my footing

[Rep]

I'll keep my eye open for you

As Wedge said, the opening cinematic compared to Limsa Lomina is fantastic

[C']

Ugh, I forgot how slow the updater was last time I got the beta.

5 hours remaining...

[elaniel]

I'm currently in the Adventures Guild. Gotta get to grips, the last MMO I played was Phantasy Star Universe for 3 years, so this will take some getting used to!

[Rep]

The lag in the guild is making it impossible to spot anyone, so I'm going to relocate the the Chocobo outside at the top of the ramp.

[mikewl]

Ugh, I forgot how slow the updater was last time I got the beta.

5 hours remaining...

It sucks doesn't it, I spent most of yesterday just trying to get the last 0.2%

[Number45]

I'm getting nothing down yet about 20Kbps up, even though I'm not sure I've actually managed to download anything yet.

Forwarding the ports didn't help either.

[elaniel]

Tis very good, although was very frustrated with one of the quests. Gonna keep my special edition pre-ordered and carry on playing a bit further. I don't want to go too far in the story quests, otherwise repeating them in 3 weeks will be annoying as hell.

[Orgun]

I didnt even bother using the downloader, its dreadful. I ended up just downloading the client and all the updates via a torrent.

[sj33]

I don't understand how the torrent system that they're using is supposed to work - surely everyone stops seeding once they've downloaded it, making the whole thing fall flat on it's arse? Unless you seed in the background whilst playing, which doesn't sound like a good idea...

[talizker]

(As with FFXI) This game is way better when played with a pad and the 360 one so far feels good. Really great to see Rargh up and running. Can't wait to get back in later

[C']

(As with FFXI) This game is way better when played with a pad and the 360 one so far feels good. Really great to see Rargh up and running. Can't wait to get back in later

Madness!

But yes, I did find this was better with a pad but could never play NIN half as good on a pad as I could with KB back in XI.

[dataDave]

I'm really tempted to download and have a quick bash but there's no chance I can play even casually where I'm going.

[Rep]

You might be suprised Davi, it's feels like a more relaxed experience then XI. Even if you log in for an hour a day just to do the levlquests, you can make decent progress I reached Rank 11 playing for 1 hour a day.

[Hohum]

I don't understand how the torrent system that they're using is supposed to work - surely everyone stops seeding once they've downloaded it, making the whole thing fall flat on it's arse? Unless you seed in the background whilst playing, which doesn't sound like a good idea...

SE will always have their own seeds going (listed as local connections by the looks of it).