tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post5702005544932247508..comments2024-01-04T02:49:23.470-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: First Impressions: Final Fantasy XIVRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-83814501733219260422013-08-25T00:49:19.926-07:002013-08-25T00:49:19.926-07:00The game is great, at least from my perspective as...The game is great, at least from my perspective as a pre-release customer. Very Japanese... but very cool. I had a blast in vanilla WOW and this game seems to call upon those old feelings. Graphics and sound are outstanding. If you're like the rest of us in our late 20's who want a fun new experience without committing a lot of time... get FFIV.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-43074990755831166882013-08-19T15:47:50.533-07:002013-08-19T15:47:50.533-07:00The Jobs are equipped through an extra item slot; ...The Jobs are equipped through an extra item slot; you probably noticed that you have a "Soul Gem" slot on the paper doll. That's where it goes.<br /><br />But yes, essentially it's an overlay of extra abilities you get on top of the normal class. You can think of it as like taking one of the class specializations in WoW currently. But changeable, since it's just an item you equip.<br /><br />Jobs also limit your cross-class skills more, allowing you to only make use of the ones from the classes required to unlock the Job, as I recall. For the most part, if you don't have a Job equipped, you can make use of many skills you unlocked on other classes, as long as it's within the same Discipline; all the physical attackers can share powers, and all the casters can share powers, and a small batch of either one can go between the groups (like Cure is usable by most classes, regardless of Discipline).<br /><br />They're going to be adding a few more options for the originally announced classes later, I'm pretty sure. Arcanist was released with some fanfare due to the fact that it's going to be getting both a DPS and a healer Job specialization (Summoner and Scholar), while everyone else only has one Job currently.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492971146589461692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-1473012071027820962013-08-19T15:11:36.158-07:002013-08-19T15:11:36.158-07:00How does that work with the advanced classes?
I w...How does that work with the advanced classes?<br /><br />I want to go Paladin, which as I understand it requires 30 gladiator and 15 healer class. Do paladins not use swords? Or is it just an overlay of extra abilities on top of the Gladiator?Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-36496107627217005992013-08-19T15:07:17.466-07:002013-08-19T15:07:17.466-07:00Your class is based on your main-hand equipment. O...Your class is based on your main-hand equipment. Once you've unlocked the appropriate classes, equipping a weapon of it's type will change you to that class instantly.<br /><br />You can even save gear sets and put them on hotbars so you can swap on the fly. Unfortunately doing so can't be done in combat, and has a ~15 second or so cooldown on all powers, but it's still handy.<br /><br /><br />The reason for the 2.5s global cooldown is because the director wanted a slower pace of combat. After playing for a bit, I got over it feeling weird, and actually enjoy it. Though casters don't seem to work much differently from casters in say WoW; I unlocked Arcanist over the beta weekend and was playing it, and it does play a lot like a more light-sided Warlock, what with a 2.5s cast DoT, an instant DoT, a 2.5s nuke, and a summon. So the combat rotation isn't much different then I was playing as a Warlock; put up the DoTs, and then chaincast nukes, as the GCD is done by the time the spell is released.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10492971146589461692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-64513474146153282132013-08-19T08:51:14.291-07:002013-08-19T08:51:14.291-07:00I think dated/oldschool really sums it up for me -...I think dated/oldschool really sums it up for me - which is why I have zero interest by now in FFXIV. I just can't let SE get away with stuff like slow formulaic combat, endless exposition or uninspired fedex questing in 2013. <br />for anyone who is okay with that though, there's a lot of FF charm to be had, probably some fun classes and a beautiful world with a lot of story behind it. the gameplay will definitely be on the side of 'satisfaction over fun' though, just to use Psychochild's taxonomy.Sylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473554645340972749noreply@blogger.com