[Tyantreides]

Hello Crystal Core Podcast Team,

first i have to say that i enjoy ur Potcast and im looking forward to every new episode :)

I'm from Germany (so excuse my maybe not so advanced english *g*) Im FFXI Player since Sept.. 2004 (Europe Release) now got 890 Joblevels on a single char. Well got e few things about different Facts:

1. I wonder if there is a new concept about translation at the XIV.. FFXI was released in english at europe Start. it was no problem so i startet in english. later the german/france Version came out via patch. it was a complete mess. the simply translated everything inside the game. Menulanguage items conversations with npc... the result of it was that new german player had problems to talk to people playing in english cuz the item and location name where completly different. thats why i dicided to stick to english version of the game.

2. this "openclass" system sounds like the result of the skill-level->weaponskill system of ffxi so u train a weapon u get an ability to use. same system should fit to passive abilitys like u lern "dodge" ability at for example 100 Evasion skill lvl. the instresting thing will be how the restrictions snaping in. cuz u got basic status alignment like strength agility dextirity and so on. at last the "chang ur class with equipment concept says that u are ur equipment. so most of them should have status alignment up values on it. only with this u can realize different "attackpower" "critchances" "dmg per hit" "max dmg" values.
i thing they will bind abilitys to skill level and actual class like they bound weaponskills to this in FFXI.

3. u have any suggestions about the possibilitys of changing classes on the fly? cuz i think balance is hard to handel if u would be able to change ur class inside the battle. that brings up another fact: "Power leveling" who holds people back from gettin a "high skilled" char inside there party and train there own low skills at a huge mob till it hits the big partymember... at FFXI u got the lvl that decides "no no now u got no more exp cuz one member is to high" i wonder how the solve this problems.

that it for now :D

[Slaite]

hi, i have been wondering if dual wielding was going to make it into the game? because lets say if you use a dagger your a thief, and if you use a sword your a warrior, what if i dual wielded dagger/sword? would that mean i was a third class? or whould it just be my main handed that chose my class? what do you guy think?

[Suo]

Hey, I just had two things I wanted to bring up.

1: Gaining Abilities: Since their isn't a job system in FFXIV I was wondering what you guys thought about gaining abilities in game. (Ex: Warrior would gain Provoke at lv 5.) I believe it will be somewhat FF9 like, or maybe FF5 where your actual weapon has the ability on it and I feel that would be the best way to go. This way you could have, say your main hand weapon with the "Dual Wield" ability instead of everyone having to /NIN. Just wondered what you thought and your thoughts on how abilities would work out.

2: Fearing Death: I've jumped around to every MMO I could trying to get a good idea how they all worked. But I noticed in FFXI the players FEAR death more then anything else. When I played WoW, specially in battlegrounds I noticed players saying things like "We lost this battle, just give up, let them kill us." And every time I just think "I would NEVER hear that in FFXI" I feel the ability to loose EXP would make players do everything in their power to stay alive and to keep other people alive. Do you think their going to find a way to keep the "fear" instilled in us or are we just going to learn to not care about death?

Thanks, love the podcasts - Suo from Seraph.

[Dragonblade]

From the GAME Watch Interview provided by SteveManly on September 28th, it's mentioned that crafting is going to be quite important in this game. As stated by the developers before, weapons and armor will degrade now. While I don't mind this all that much, the way it sounds from the interview is that you need to have players around to repair your equipment. I really hope that you will be able to repair your equipment at a vendor, because I don't feel making it a requirement to rely on others to fix your stuff is a good idea at all, especially if you play as a Mage type class that might need "Woodworking" to repair his staff, and a "Weaver" to repair his clothes. I dread having to shout in one of the cities for three different players because my gear falls under three different categories.

Making repairs player based would be a neat idea if you got some kind of bonus for doing it through them. Say, you repair at a vendor, your gear would be "Normal" durability, but if you repair from a "Blacksmith," you get "High Quality" durability, which could increase damage, last longer, etc. That way, players have some incentive to having players fix their equipment, but not getting rid of the ability to just fix your stuff if you need it.

Another issue that I noticed about the degregation system, is how inconvenient it would be in certain circumstances. Using Final Fantasy XI as an example, imagine being in a party somewhere like Valkurm Dunes. In the middle of fighting stuff, your weapon "breaks." Nobody in your group is able to repair your sword, so you have to shout for someone. This seems like it'd be just as flow breaking as half your group just leaving all of a sudden. For most players, this won't be an issue, because they would repair their gear frequently...but there will be some people who just can't remember to do it. I don't really see something like this happening, because of the Guildleve system, I just don't think having to put everything on hold because your sword breaks mid-mission.

What are your thoughts on the weapon degregation system? Do you think Square-Enix will go for player only repairs, or do you think there will be both options?

Great job on the Podcast! Thanks!
Dragonblade - Carbuncle

This post has been edited by Dragonblade: 03 October 2009 - 10:58 AM

[Griever]

with all the new classes popping up and probably quite a few more to come, do you think we will see people leveling a few jobs from that start rather than just one main job? i myself will probably be leveling atleast one main battle class and a crafter class from the start and maybe an extra one just out of curiosity.

[King]

Will GMs be forever invisible or will we seem them as kick@88 warriors who beam down from the sky, and hit you on the head with their magic wands. - a question that by all means can be taken seriously

PS: I finally got to use that emote!

[Kazedarkwind]

Hello!

I have a question after listening to episode 6 that i would like to address about crafters about having them more involved than just crafting. For example, having the party size on the field be larger with limits. Like having a party of 6 (fighters or mages) and having an additional 2 slots for crafters that can help the party in there particular field of crafting, This allows even crafters to not miss out on the action but still be useful in the party (alot like bards in FFXI where they dont fight but have a useful function). maybe having the chef cook up meals from the dead monsters that come there way and just like ffxi make the party stronger, just curious if you could see this type of thing happening and other uses you might see for having the crafters in the party setting.

Thanks!

Kaze Darkwind of Asura Server and 3D animator

This post has been edited by Kazedarkwind: 14 October 2009 - 04:05 PM

[Vivere]

Hey guys :) I'm a new listener to the podcast and I'm loving it. Listened to all episodes in 2 days. Looking forward to future episodes and appreciate you guys taking the time to do it. Anyway, I do have one topic for discussion I'd like to introduce.

We all know about the meta-gaming craze that is "Achievements," that started with Xbox Live and was followed by PS3 Trophies as well as introduced into games like World of Warcraft and even recent Call of Duty games in the form of "Challenges." The Xbox Live, PS3, and World of Warcraft systems are cool I guess, and I can enjoy a good cosmetic unlock for bragging rights, but I would rather see rewards that actually benefit your character somehow.

In Call of Duty, the Challenges system actually gives the player rewards for completing these tasks, in the way of a small amount of experience that is equal to the difficulty of the challenge you completed. I believe this type of system would be great to see in an MMO, that is, one with actual unlocks for your character that make your character better, whether via experience (or in the case of FFXIV, skill ups) or via items you can actually use. The rewards would obviously be better depending on how hard the task is to complete.

If you do a challenge like "Kill 100 enemies with critical hits" or something, you would maybe get a small reward, because it only really requires that you play the game for a while, but if you complete a challenge like "Kill this overpowered boss that murders souls without anyone in your party dying" then I think you should get a substantial reward. This would provide incentive for players to come to things they don't even need anything in the way of drops from too, because they still can get the achievement reward, whatever it may be. Your thoughts?

EDIT: If you use this, my name is pronounced Viv - Air - Ray with accent on the middle syllable.

This post has been edited by Vivere: 08 November 2009 - 06:06 PM

[Nikki]

Vivere, on 09 November 2009 - 12:04 AM, said:

Hey guys :) I'm a new listener to the podcast and I'm loving it. Listened to all episodes in 2 days. Looking forward to future episodes and appreciate you guys taking the time to do it. Anyway, I do have one topic for discussion I'd like to introduce.

We all know about the meta-gaming craze that is "Achievements," that started with Xbox Live and was followed by PS3 Trophies as well as introduced into games like World of Warcraft and even recent Call of Duty games in the form of "Challenges." The Xbox Live, PS3, and World of Warcraft systems are cool I guess, and I can enjoy a good cosmetic unlock for bragging rights, but I would rather see rewards that actually benefit your character somehow.

In Call of Duty, the Challenges system actually gives the player rewards for completing these tasks, in the way of a small amount of experience that is equal to the difficulty of the challenge you completed. I believe this type of system would be great to see in an MMO, that is, one with actual unlocks for your character that make your character better, whether via experience (or in the case of FFXIV, skill ups) or via items you can actually use. The rewards would obviously be better depending on how hard the task is to complete.

If you do a challenge like "Kill 100 enemies with critical hits" or something, you would maybe get a small reward, because it only really requires that you play the game for a while, but if you complete a challenge like "Kill this overpowered boss that murders souls without anyone in your party dying" then I think you should get a substantial reward. This would provide incentive for players to come to things they don't even need anything in the way of drops from too, because they still can get the achievement reward, whatever it may be. Your thoughts?

EDIT: If you use this, my name is pronounced Viv - Air - Ray with accent on the middle syllable.

Firstly, loving the podcast I look forward to the next!

Secondly, sorry but I had to respond my view on this lol, based on the achievements thing, it is a nice idea but based on WoW I dunno if I would like it in XIV. When they introduced them in WoW I loved it at first cuz it give you something to do when LFG etc, made you feel like trying things you hadn't before to get certain achievements n such. However, after a while people began judging skill on achievements. For example you couldn't get a group for Naxx without having the achievement. No one see the flaw? How do you get the achievement if you need it to get a group? Silly huh. So yeah I guess I would be kinda worried about achievements in that respect. Though if they didn't include ones to do with instances etc then it wouldn't be a problem.

This post has been edited by Nikki: 09 November 2009 - 10:22 AM

[Vivere]

Agree completely Nikki.

[sorry data]

so asuming that u will learn knew skills by wielding a weapon but in the case of crafting skills will u learn skills by carfting or by batteling mobs.

in ff11 u cant max out every carft in the game(so i heard never got past lvl 10 cooking)so in ff14 even if u learn every carfting related skills will u only be the best at only one craft. considering that most might max out there black smithing for cheaper on feild weapons repairs(asuming that better weapons mean more costly to repairs that also need a higher lvl crafter).in the case do u think that there will be a lack an massive damand for non-weapon items at AH for ex u might see people selling ginger cookies for +8k a stack(commonly sold for 4k)

in a podcast before u brogth up the idea of square bring in more items into 14 then 11 i think that they will considering that there is a alcemist craft(~~~mundane materials into wanderis wares ~from <curative concoctions> to~~~)i realy hopeing to see more that just consumeables but conbustables like bombs an poison gas maybe an esape item like a flash bomb for when u are first starting out the gate(running).

?????(no lvl system i think)???
so asuming still that u learn spells from items in 11 to learn a spell u need to be this lvl of job to leanr it but in 14 there is no lvl system so does that mean with the right item an some time spent u could even learn spells like raise just by putting hrs of work into it mean that without going to far from town i could have any high lvl spells maybe mulit target spells even(learning an armory of spells before going into the wild).


sorrydata the soon to be master Magi lalafell A.K.A. Shadow of soul I WILL SWALLOW U ALL IN MY WAKE
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This post has been edited by sorry data: 12 November 2009 - 12:14 PM

[Hella]

I've been listening to the podcasts and I recall one conversation: You guys talked about if you play as a blacksmith and, that possibly, the blacksmith would have some sort of attacking abilities. Of course, the blacksmith having an attack is hypothetical but some of the podcasts topics are just as.

Anyways, that made me think that if a blacksmith would have some attacking abilities, then he could solo the game without any sort of help. (He could attack, kill a monster, use a potion, refine his armor and weapon, then repeat.)

The idea of being able to switch from class to class might make the game more unstable for people looking for parties. Do you think that Square Enix would have to add more advantages to the party system?

They might even have to restrict the classes so that, for example, a blacksmith can refine a piece of armor or weapon every 30 minutes. Your thoughts?

[Neoryudo]

hey CyrstalCore guys, love the show you guys are doing a great job, im a new listener ... i listened to all the shows in one night xD,just thought i would show you what "king" sent in last show about GM's being super kickass players that hit you with sticks xD. this video is from AION have a look AION GM's, IMO i beleve all GM's should be ingame doing this would save alot of time finding out who is RTMing Gill and Power leveling

Thanks Neoryudo

This post has been edited by Neoryudo: 30 December 2009 - 07:39 AM

[Brian]

Hella, on 22 December 2009 - 08:41 AM, said:

I've been listening to the podcasts and I recall one conversation: You guys talked about if you play as a blacksmith and, that possibly, the blacksmith would have some sort of attacking abilities. Of course, the blacksmith having an attack is hypothetical but some of the podcasts topics are just as.

Anyways, that made me think that if a blacksmith would have some attacking abilities, then he could solo the game without any sort of help. (He could attack, kill a monster, use a potion, refine his armor and weapon, then repeat.)

The idea of being able to switch from class to class might make the game more unstable for people looking for parties. Do you think that Square Enix would have to add more advantages to the party system?

They might even have to restrict the classes so that, for example, a blacksmith can refine a piece of armor or weapon every 30 minutes. Your thoughts?

Good thoughts, I guess that all goes into the "balance" of the game and until release I'm sure this is something that will always be refined. As a "buff" I can see it have a cool down, however, as a craft skill, it would really hamper anyone from using it to make money, if they could only use it ever 30 or so minutes. Might detract from the class...

Still, we might see something as in party buffs... To entice people to party together perhaps each class would be an active buff to the group, so by having a black smith in your party, your weapons and armors don't deteriorate as fast etc... Something like that would be interesting, but still we can only speculate until we get our hands on the game. :)

[alacarius]

I really like Final Fantasy but i have never played 11 so if my questions are dumb im sorry, first of all the game looks amazing and the combat style seems kind of confusing, to me it looks a little like a game that just came out for the ps3 called white knight chronicles. in this game you have a time that it takes to do skills also while you do have levels you get stat points to spend to increase your skills with certain weapon classes and magic; does that seem similar or is it just me. also the only real mmo i have ever done is i beta tested Aion and in that game there is the ability to open your own personal store and sell your items, i would really like to see something similar in 14 to me it would open up an entire new dimension for the game and allow more of a commerce side. Thanks for what you guys do i really enjoy your show keep it up and i look forward to playing with you guys( im also from the midwest) in game.

[alacarius]

is this true? i found this on a web site and wanted to know if you had any info.

Last week we reported that Square Enix launched Final Fantasy XIV Beta application sign ups, however, these currently do not include the PS3 version of the title.

The good news is that Siliconera.com (linked above) has revealed that those who got their hands on a copy of Final Fantasy XIII also should have received a campaign code used to apply for the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIV Beta.

As of now, there’s no other way to get access to it!

To quote: "The Final Fantasy XIII bonus item does two things.

The twenty digit code packaged with the first shipment of Final Fantasy XIII gives future Final Fantasy XIV players a secret item when the MMO debuts next year.

Before that happens, the campaign code is also a ticket to apply for the PlayStation 3 Final Fantasy XIV Beta."

[Ralsu]

alacarius, on 19 February 2010 - 06:34 PM, said:

is this true?

Here is the link to the story at siliconera.com. I had not heard this part of it, but I may be behind on the news in that regard. When the campaign code news first broke, no one knew what it was and many figured it was a beta key. The Square Enix officially announced that it was a campaign code to unlock an in-game reward after FFXIV goes live. I am unable to confirm or reject the PS3 beta part.

Please note that this story makes it sound like it is Japan-only still.

[alacarius]

i have a observation/question, while looking at the screenshots in the gallery a specific one caught my attention number 41. In this picture you have an Elezen and she looks like a warrior class and she is healing an injured Roegadyn. Now with the way they have 14 set up to use weapons to give you skills this surprises me, i would imagine a healing class to be more like the white mage in 11. Am i reading too much into this or am i going to be able to create the warrior healer that i want to so bad. I wanted to hear your thoughts on the matter and this may clear up some of the questions of can we get so good at a skill that it stays with us or are the skills based on skill sets that we can learn that are only available if you meet certain criteria, im thinking something like the way White Knight Chronicles is set up.

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[Brian]

alacarius, on 23 February 2010 - 05:32 PM, said:

i have a observation/question, while looking at the screenshots in the gallery a specific one caught my attention number 41. In this picture you have an Elezen and she looks like a warrior class and she is healing an injured Roegadyn. Now with the way they have 14 set up to use weapons to give you skills this surprises me, i would imagine a healing class to be more like the white mage in 11. Am i reading too much into this or am i going to be able to create the warrior healer that i want to so bad. I wanted to hear your thoughts on the matter and this may clear up some of the questions of can we get so good at a skill that it stays with us or are the skills based on skill sets that we can learn that are only available if you meet certain criteria, im thinking something like the way White Knight Chronicles is set up.

Not having played White Knight Chronicles yet I have to say that I do believe that players will have the ability to both wield swords etc and cast magic. Looking back even further to the alpha battle footage you can see the the gladiator has an MP bar with 300 mp in it... Now, that says to me that he might have abilities or spells that will use that MP. I have to think that abilities are learned then equipped to your character to use for any class. Now that's speculation on my part but I think you'll find we'll have the ability to really customize our characters and their classes. As per Square-Enix saying that with FFXIV they wanted the theme to be about character growth and customization. :)

We'll know more soon. :)

[yondaime]

Very simple and quick question.

What do you think about the idea, if having Chocobo's be used more then just a transportation tool. (Ex) - They can store inventory for you, you can summon them on your travels.

thanks!

This post has been edited by yondaime: 25 February 2010 - 04:05 AM