Official OS General MMO Information Thread

[ubernoob]

I know FFXIV is getting released on the 27th. I was wondering does anyone know if another beta or an early access will be happening before then? I'll be playing on my PS3, thanks!

Yeah. The 20th should start early access for preorders and open beta should start very soon.

[DakkoN]

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I know the screenshot was posted of the customer rep saying the early access would start on the 20th, but I just don't see it happening.. Yoshida said awhile back that early access would be 3-4 days at the most. The way i see it happening is:

8th - Begin date of the allowance of registering your pre-order codes + Producer live letter that announces phase 4 beta date

16th or 17th - Phase 4 beta begin

23rd or 24th - Early access begin which would last over the weekend to the 27th when the game officially begins service

The only other thing I could see happening is Phase 4 begins on the 9th or 10th instead, the next day after the live letter

[ubernoob]

EQNext class design looks interesting... I will report more later. Still at the panels.

[MachoMyers]

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Really hoping for Phase 4 weekend of the 9th/10th. Nothing going on that weekend for me.

[bcruise]

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BTW guys, there is now a FF14 character creator benchmark out for PC. It has the full character creator and lets you save what you make to import to phase 4 and retail. Also lets you put that character into the actual benchmark scene.

http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/index.html

All good here:



It did get kinda choppy in places so I might drop the settings a bit when I actually play. 16x9 is my monitor's native and max resolution, so I'm pretty happy with maxing out the game settings and getting a good benchmark.

[ubernoob]

Really hoping for Phase 4 weekend of the 9th/10th. Nothing going on that weekend for me.

Agreed. With EQNext being (seemingly) action combat oriented... I am glad to say XIV will still get more than it's fair share of play from me. I'm super exited for EQN just to see how they implement everything they've said (and I love Norrath) but XIV will be my "classic" MMO game.

Needs to come soon.

[MachoMyers]

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Just ran the FFXIV Benchmark. Happy with the results but will be thrilled if Phase 4 is a go next weekend.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Official Benchmark (Character Creation)
Tested on:8/4/2013 11:26:44 PM
Score:7910
Average Framerate:66.097
Performance:Extremely High
-Easily capable of running the game on the highest settings.

[mestevo]

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Randomly decided to play EQ2 again tonight, new character, got him to 12. I blame all the EQ Next press.

Probably won't log in again for months, thanks gaming ADD!

[bcruise]

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The producer live letter + Phase 4 announcement is scheduled for 5:00 AM Pacific. We'll know when it starts by the time I'm awake tomorrow!

[ubernoob]

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FRIDAY! FRIDAY! FRIDAY!

Though, it would kill all attempts at me getting this stupid 1.5 piece in EQ for the time being. Gah.

[DakkoN]

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Phase 4 starts 8/16 for phase 3 members, 8/17 for everyone else. Lsts from 8/16 until 8/19. Early access code registration begins on the 8/20 and the early access play period is 8/24 until launch.

[mestevo]

Looks like Hartsman has been brought in as CEO of Trion and theyve laid off most/all of the San Diego (Defiance) studio. Still a developing story.

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[ubernoob]

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Phase 4 starts 8/16 for phase 3 members, 8/17 for everyone else. Lsts from 8/16 until 8/19. Early access code registration begins on the 8/20 and the early access play period is 8/24 until launch.

That's a redonkulous "open beta".

3 Days isn't near enough for a beta test, let alone "open beta". Whatever. 8 days.

[mestevo]

Should call it a demo at that point. Or a soft launch. Capacity is all thats really being tested.

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[buickbeast]

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FFXIV:
Open Beta Test phase 4 will run from August 17-19.

Pre-order Early access will run from August 24th until the 26th with official service begins on August 27th, but the servers won't go down after Early Access, so you'll be able to play non-stop from August 24th.

Source: http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/08/08/ch<wbr>eck-out-the-info-and-relevant-screencaps-<wbr>from-the-eighth-final-fantasy-xiv-letter-<wbr>from-the-producer-live/