Leeked FFXIV Information
It seems some lucky person(s) who was accepted into the beta test for Square Enix’s upcoming mmorpg FFXIV has leeked alot of information regarding the game. Since these leeks clearly violate Square Enix’s NDA, it’s best that I make it clear that the information reported in this post was found and has been distributed freely across the world wide web. To my knowledge, neither I or anyone here at PS3Blog.net have been accepted into FFXIV’s Beta/Alpha testing which means we are not bound by the terms of Final Fantasy XIV’s non-disclosure agreement. That should keep the lawyers at bay. This information has been leaked to the Internet from this week’s issue of Famitsu regarding the alpha testing of FFXIV. Area changes between cities and the field are seemless BGM flows naturally Private instances will not be interrupted by things happening around you (chat, crowdedness) The L3 button is the target lock Everyone can use teleport from the beginning Warp (like FFXI) sends you back to your home point, which is defaulted to the last Aetherite you used. There are only male Highlanders. You can only play as female Miqo’te, but males exist. There is a difference in starting stats between tribes, but this can be overcome with character growth (?) Gender has no effect on play Roegadyn females exist (does not say they are playable) The difference between tribes isn’t that big The opening will be real time, not pre-rendered. Flow of battle: Select target with directional keys Draw weapon with R1 Select commends with directional keys Effect gauge charges Alpha was made with casual gamers in mind, too, but it may still be difficult Players will be able to reallocate stats in the final version They want to make teleport and warp available for all classes, and make it low-cost. After alpha comes beta 1, then beta 2. PS3 should be playable from beta 2. Alpha and beta 1 will be mostly the same thing. Parties cannot be formed unless the other members are close to you when inviting them. There are five different ranks of guildleve difficulty. After being defeated in battle, there is a five minute “weakened” state (It may be possible to be revived without a raise spell?) There are things like attack magic which can be used without MP Casting while moving is possible There are MP restoring abilities HP regenerates pretty quickly in passive mode I’ve posted more leeked news about the official Alpha Test Manual and some battle music on the official thread on the forums.
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Leeked FFXIV Information