FF XIV Reviews

I spent a total of 700 bucks(counting the game) for a PC that runs FFXIV as smooth as silk! Before this game I have never built my own PC and found it very easy to do. The interwebz is a wonderful thing. Tigerdirect and Newegg are great for getting what you need for cheap and there is a ton of information out there on what to buy to get the best for least cost. After building my own PC I will never buy from dell or any of those places ever again. Basically, if you pay more than 1,000 for a PC you either 1. Have the money to burn for an uber PC or 2. Spent way too much on pre-built.

Smooth as silk 700$ ? i built one for the same price but let me tell you its not silk hahaha, (it was for a buddy) what are your specs?

http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/topics/detail?id=cb4dc09784bc24b4fde2e45de9f018ec5fb504d2

^^ I bet some will still find stuff to QQ about...just sayin'

+(Motherboard)ASUS M4A78 PLUS AM3 770/SB700 R - Retail $79.99
+(Hard Drive)320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA2 WD3200AAKS - OEM $54.99
+(Power)PSU ANTEC|EA650W RT - Retail $79.99
+(RAM)4G 2Gx2|CORS TWIN2X4096-6400C5 R - Retail $49.99
+(Case) NZXT|APOLLO BLACK NP RT - Retail $69.99
+(Processor)AMD Phenom 9950 Agena 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 2MB L3 Cache Socket AM2+ 125W Quad-Core - Retail $149.99
+(DVD Burner)SAMSUNG|SH-S223Q LS % - OEM $25.99
+(Vid card)EVGA 01G-P3-1465-AR GeForce GTX 465 Video Card - 1024MB GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0, Dual DVI, Mini HDMI, SLI, DirectX 11 - $234.99

Total 745.92 -100 in rebates + 30S&H + 50game
Grand total = ~$726

Can I have 1100 dollars so I can build my PC? xD

Honestly though, the bashing on this game is getting old, but at the same time I really can't blame people. I wasn't expecting something that great, however giving the week gap between open beta ending and CE being released as well as the issues the game still had I wasn't really surprised how much of a bomb the game is ATM.

Wow funny you and i built the same system for around 700$ i used 3.0Denab for my buddy and O/C both GPU and CPU, its a great system for 700 for sure though

It is and I love it! I got that damn 2000xp virus though and it messed up my OS somehow even after I cleaned it out, but other than that, works smooth as hell for everything.

No AMD chip runs it smooth as silk. (and I really like AMD)

I've got a Pheonom Deneb core overclocked to 3.4ghz and DDR3 1600 ram and it's sluggish at best.

Yea, the motherboard and vid card seem to be the key factors. I have a friend with the same vid card, but different motherboard and it doesnt work as well as mine. Would like to see if there is any difference in processors like you are saying, but dont have any more money to toss at my pc. It works very well so I am happy. The only lag I get is server side with settings at about 80-90%.

AMD still makes CPUs?

Jaerik I don't think everyone is accusing you of being a hater.

I myself bought XIV because I expected it to have what I liked from XI and have much more in the way of capable content and current generation technologies. As many on launch, I quickly realized that I was let down. Launch content was buggy, riddled with lag and lacking in most all of my expectations. I was one of the people that thought there would be a "rescue patch" at launch, that added the retail features to the game that separated it from the beta/alpha.

What we got was the beta repackaged as a 60-75$ USD game.

If these patches in the next 3 months do what they say they will I might stick around. Otherwise, sadly, I'll probably move on.

lolwut?

So a slight bump here...

I own FFXIV as well as FFXI. with running out of much to do in FFXI unless SE comes out with something new that is actually worth while I am considering giving FFXIV another go since it has been out for long enough I hope to be a much better game.

I am looking for some FFXI player feedback on how they feel FFXIV is now since all the updates before I go into the long upload and download.

what the heck is with the "necro bump" O.o me thinks maybe it is best to just start new forums to avoid the nonsense.

I literally just got started on the game again the other day, so far I like it, although I haven't had a chance to experience many of the changes, but I think they are probably heading in the right direction. SE really doesn't seem to want to give up on 14, and they probably do have a chance at turning it around. I pretty much left 11 for reasons of not having much time to play, and all the new material just seems so re-hashed from old stuff and the "new" wears off quickly. So I went with 14, it's free and it will be interesting to see where it goes... if no where interesting then I will most likely move on to something else entirely or be done with MMO's.

I'm interested to see how the game is gonna look on my new graphics card arriving Tuesday tho... and the download to start playing is actually pretty quick. Much quicker than 11 downloads.

You might wanna wait for someone with more experience in the new part of the game than myself, but so far I'm enjoying it more than the first time around on launch day... although that could also be since I've finally grown tired of 11, not just taking a break, but feel that I'm just done with it.

"necro bump" just means that there are a certain number of days between the last update of the thread and today's post. Essentially the thread was "dead" and you revived it by posting in it.

Copy pasted from another thread, I wrote this a minute ago. It is more directed to the XI fans who played for the experience and not necessarily its WoW-like MMO fun. The kind that like their nostalgia glasses thick.

Same boat as you. Been playing XI and pretty much "beat the game" except for some minor things. However, I had got the XIV CE on release day and didn't stick with the game.

That being said: FFXIV is A LOT better now than it was at release. I'm really enjoying it honestly. It's been around 10 months since I've last actually played XIV, and I'm shocked at how much I've enjoyed the last 3-4 days I've played. My XI LS has been giving me a hard time because I only log on for events now, but the game is really fun. One thing that actually surprised me was the population of this game really isn't as low as you would think. Before I really only enjoyed fishing and crafting, but now I enjoy every aspect of the game. It is definitely worth checking out.

Don't do what I did. Trying out other newly released MMOs really ruins your expectations of what FFXIV should be. Or maybe that's a good thing. I feel like they'll never meet my expectations. Now that the absolutely huge annoyances are dealt with (or are being worked on), I still play XIV on occasion but there's still too much about it I don't like. Maybe it just comes down to... I don't find the battle system particularly fun. I feel like they need to speed it up a bit. Even if it means just making the enemies hit you faster while reducing your delay on skills and auto-attack. It is very visually appealing but doesn't feel exhilirating to play. Does anyone else understand what I mean by this? Maybe I need to get higher in rank to truly judge this.

So in the mean time I'm just sticking to FFXI.

could have bumped another thread >.>

anyways

It is still a unfinished product...

Level'ing is a pain

There is some content....but not really

exploration sucks (there is nothing to visit except the major cities really)

The story is ok....but its still a work in progress

The DoW classes are interesting (ranger is the super class atm especially with the endgame)

The DoM classes on the other hand Conjurer is your healer/nuker (SCH?) and Thaum sucks *** after the gimp (cant AoE cures...and he cant nuke/debuff maybe....)

So yeah

I do know in a way what you mean, but I actually get the same experience between abyssea zones and non aby-zones in 11. My dnc inside aby seems to just come to life and is quick paced with lots of hits, tons of abilities to keep track of and use cause you always have TP from the hit fest... outside aby though... meh... I compare 14's pacing with outside abyssea pacing in 11. Even for mages the amount of stuff you can do inside aby is super fast compared to elsewhere in the game.

I guess after reading a few other posts I've been able to sum up a bit better why I've switched from 11 to 14... besides the "beaten the game" feeling, I get the impression that all that is left to see in 11 beyond the level 90 cap is the same thing we have seen, just slightly re-packaged, and I'll grow bored of that content quickly... just tired of grinding day in and day out in abyssea for KI's and glavoid shells... although I'd probably like to go back and beat the WotG and ToAU stories, but then I'd probably feel even more so like I'm done. Also not here to argue if 11 is a "good" or "bad" game now, I've just personally grown tired of it. I also have very little playtime now, I find it hard with 11 to not want to log in and play all day/night.

Explaining that just shows a little better as to why I've gone to 14, and where my opinion about the game is coming from. I didn't leave 11 looking for an 11 clone... I went to look for something fresh and new, arguably there are better MMO's for that than 14, but for some reason I find myself rooting for the game. SE seems to be doing now what they should have been from the start, and it's going to be an interesting road and I want to be there for it. The game is far from perfect, but the change that is coming has the opportunity to not be a re-skined area, or blowing open the game with bumping up our stats insane amounts... it could actually one day be a new area, new monsters, story, etc. I would much rather take the playtime I have, and devote it to a game that has the possibility to become something very interesting, rather than sink anymore time into 11.

I'm also absolutely enjoying myself while playing 14, where I wasn't in 11, which I think at the end of the day is all that matters, having fun or not... it's still just a game at the end of the day.

Maybe that will help some players who are thinking about going back to 14... playing that game or not is a completely individual experience, from my view there is 11 and 14, I don't care about all the other MMO's and I never would have played anything in the MMO category in the first place had it not been for 11 and later 14.

tl;dr... it's free, if you have the disc it takes a few min to install, the updates are really fast, try it out, make up your own mind.

i have ff14 since sept. 22. it has gotten alot better IMO. i only play about 30-50hrs a week when im not playing other games. i think it will only get better.