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sorry for the delete above.. info was outdated.

Not sure if this was posted but just a run down of some basic information.. most which we already know.. some I did not yet. It's a little old cause they announced the release date but anyways:

- The third (of four) beta testing phases will begin this June. This will also include the PlayStation 3 version of the game.
- The game will release this summer “when it’s hot”, perhaps ruling out September. They may be able to announce a date next month.
- In addition to 110 tracks by Masayoshi Soken, the game will have music by Nobuo Uematsu and feature a few tracks by Naoshi Mizuta after launch.
- The game will support AMD Crossfire and Nvidia SLI.
- A class that uses muskets (Musketeer?) will be available to players in the future.
- In-game weather reports are planned, but may not make it in for launch.
- Time limits (time attack) on dungeons will likely be reserved for Free Company ranking purposes.
- Minfilla returns as an important character.
- The team plans to release content post-launch on a quickly basis.
- Primals’ themes (background music) will be different but they may have the same motif.
- Phase 3 will introduce Level Sync, which will allow high level players to scale themselves down to do content at lower levels with friends. Stats on your gear will scale accordingly.
- Companions other than chocobos are planned, such as Magitek armor units.
- No Player Kill aka “non-consensual PvP”.
- Monks can chain together certain abilities to increase damage output, but there is a risk involved.
- Fat Chocobo will make an appearance in a post-launch patch.
- A salon is planned post launch where players will be able to change their apperance (i.e. hair).
- Players who buy the Collector’s Edition will get an in-game helm based off of the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy — players who bought the Version 1.0 CE will also get this.
- Free Company headquarters will have multiple floors and members will be able to share items and gil with the appropriate permissions.
- Battle Regimen has become the Limit Break system. It will be available in Phase 3 but in a limited capacity.
- The smartphone companion app will be ready by Phase 4.
- The two second global cooldown may be shortened.
- Hiroshi Minagawa (UI designer) has revamped features of the user interface for Phase 3.
- The team is unsure if Cutter’s Cry and Aurum Vale will be available in Phase 4.
- Character progress in Phase 3 will be wiped when testing completes.
- Darklight gear will return for A Realm Reborn.
- The team wants to implement a feature on the new Lodestone where people can read up on the game’s lore as well as an in-game place to learn more.
- The Arcanist class will likely be debuted at E3.
- New informational videos detailing the game’s systems will come later next month around the time of the next trailer.
- Shiva is planned to be implemented after Ramuh and Leviathan.
- Opening videos for the city-states will have voice acting in Phase 3.

Hello and welcome to DoL!

As far as I see... it's no different from myself. I bought the CE edition when the game came out and that guarantees me everything that they have mentioned for previous CE owners with a SE account. I am also a legacy member but that is different from the CE thing.

This link Oro posted pretty much sums it all up:

http://lodestone.finalfa...118dccb8cd96bf81c212957d


Upcoming beta server names announced. Notice that Masamune is JP server on that list for those of us like Kida who play on there but it's beta so idk if that is going to change. You can still play on there but it just means the locale of your server like for me being in the US isn't efficient.

JP Group servers are in Japan, NA/EU Group servers are in America, except those marked "(EU)

If these are permanent then I can't stay on Masa if it means my server will be across the globe..sigh and it seems they will be from the initial reaction on xivpads.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/post/361

Edited by user Wednesday, June 05, 2013 5:38:36 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxi...7d0d36f1afa1dd51085f4be3

Whaaaaaaaaaat

I wish I knew how much of Balmung actually was RP in 1.0. It's looking like that's where I'll be headed, and I don't RP any.

I originate from Ridill as well.

Edited by user Thursday, June 06, 2013 9:15:36 AM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Really in that case you just have to decide if you want to be on a server with any friends and plus the fact unless you speak jp.. you'll be on a jp server with very little english speaking people I would assume but no way to tell for sure.

Here is a thread discussing servers some:
http://forum.square-enix...re-specific-please/page7

For those unaware how to ping to see what returns you get (people looking for less lag,faster ms):

https://pingler.com/blog...ually-ping-ip-addresses/

For example this guy posted:

From splat in the middle of the UK:

ping 184.107.107.176 (montreal)
average = 117ms

ping 202.67.53.202 (japan)
average = 268ms

(59ms for me to montreal, 166 to Japan so obviously I won't stay on Masa and neither would most of my buddies here in the states so goodbye Masa for sure whenever they allow us to switch)


Looks like some info was updated to be more clear but if I'm right we all have a SE account which we can register up to 8 codes that come with your game right.. and then we all have a service account in order to play the game.

So, if I want to dual box on my pc I only need my current service account.. if I want to play ps3 and pc same time I can do it under my current SE account but I'll need to setup a new "service" account for ps3 otherwise I can't log on both same time? As much as I enjoyed having 2 accounts running on the same pc/desktop in different windows on ffxi.. I think I'm probably gonna setup a ps3...plus when and if it moves to ps4 I'll have that.

I'm taking this from here:
http://support.jp.square...225&id=5382&la=1