Final Fantasy XIV Coming to China
Final Fantasy XIV is said to be coming to China in the near future. The plan is to separate the people playing in China from others on the global FFXIV servers used by Japan, EU and North America players. At the moment, all Chinese IP address has already been banned from the FFXIV servers. The plan can be seen as a means to lower RMT in FFXIV.
For the full news, check out Square Enix’s Press Release.
Final Fantasy XIV Clans Update
Details about the new clan and arts for Elezen, Hyur, Miqo’te, Lalafell and Roegadyn races are now available at the official Final Fantasy XIV site.
Regarding the clans, the Elezen sees 2 clans, the Wildwood Elezen clan and the Duskwight Elezen clan. The two clans differ as such: the Wildwood Elezen are archer types whereas the Duskwight Elezen are more suitable for face to face combat and thievery.
The Lalafell also consist of 2 clans, the Plainsfolk and the Dunesfolk. The Plainsfolk basically live underground and thus have advanced sense of hearing and smell in adaptation to their environment. The Dunesfolk differ largely from the Plainsfold and spend most of their lives dwelling in the desert.
The Hyurs are split into 2 clans as well, the Midland clan and the Highlander clan. As the clan names suggest, the Highlander clan live in elevated lands and mountains and are thus naturally larger than their Midlander counterparts. The Highlanders are also often mercenaries.
The Miqo’te also comes in 2, the Seekers of the Sun and the Keepers of the Moon. Quite obviouly, the Seekers of the Sun prefer the day and warmth. They also worship Azeyma (the sun goddess). The Keepers of the Moon are a noctural clan and worship Menphina (the moon goddess).
The Roegadyn are made up of the Sea Wolves clan and the Hellsguard. The Sea Wolves are often sailors and come from islands in the north seas. The Hellsguard mostly lives in regions pron to volcanoes. Their belief is that the volcanoes are gateways to the underworld and make it their objective to prevent the dead from returning back to the land of the living.
For more information about the clans, check out the official Final Fantasy XIV website.
Final Fantasy XIV Disciples of War
Square Enix is synonymous with excellent role playing games in the gaming world. Their next installment in the popular Final Fantasy series is an next generation MMORPG entitled Final Fantasy XIV. Final Fantasy XIV strays away from the previous job system found in it’s predecessor Final Fantasy XI. In Final Fantasy XI players selected a job which was able to utilize more than one weapon. A Warrior, for instance, in FFXI, could utilize a great axe, great sword, sword, polearm and many other weapons. In contrast, Final Fantasy XIV uses a job function called Disciples of War. Each job is characterized by a particular weapon.
In the Disciples of War, there are a total of five jobs currently available. Those jobs are Archer, Pugilist, Lancer, Gladiator, and Marauder. These classes have an individual weapon attributed to their job. Switching weapons will not only switch classes for the character but also to the appropriate job level. Although this switch cannot be made on the fly in battle, players can transition from one job to another by simply equipping or unequipping a weapon.
Archers are known for their skill in archery which involves the use of bows. Players will utilize long range distance to optimize their damage. The type of arrow equipped will also play a role in the type of damage to the enemy. For instance, status infliction arrows will cause a negative status when landed successfully.
The Pugilist is an older term for Boxer. In Final Fantasy XIV, Pugilist will use knuckles or bagh nak like claws. Pugilists will utilize a close range style combat, and varying stances to optimize defense or offense as the situation requires. The Lancer is a mid-ranged physical damage job that focuses on uses of polearms. Polearms are long poles with spears at the end. The position of a Lancer is key within battle. When attacking multiple enemies, the Lancer can attack a group of enemies at once if lined up properly.
The Gladiator is a tank type job found in Final Fantasy XIV which focuses on close range fighting. Equipped with a sword and shield, the Gladiator provokes the enemy to focus all of the enmity and allow others to deal damage without taking harm. The Marauder is a unique class of physical damage jobs as it is the first area of effect damage job within the Final Fantasy series. Marauder use the great axe which is a huge two handed axe. Marauder are not shy when it comes to in close combat quarters and prefer to battle large groups of enemies. When striking the enemy, all surrounding enemies feel the blow as well.
The varying factor for all Disciples of War is the distance to the enemy that is required to achieve the greatest success in combat. Players will soon realize that positioning is the key to victory in the Disciples of War.
Open Beta Postponed due to Critical Bugs
The Final Fantasy XIV open beta has been postponed from the original planned date of September 1, 2010 due to critical bugs as the reason for the delay. The delay is on the European and North American servers. The new open beta start date has not been announced.
As quoted from the announcment:
FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, which is scheduled to begin at 19:00 (PDT) on Aug. 31, 2010, will be postponed due to a confirmation of critical bugs. New schedule will be release? at a later date.
Along with the postponement of FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test, the issuing of registration code for FINAL FANTASY XIV Open Beta Test will be postponed as well. With the download of client software’s installer, it will be suspended at 19:00 (PDT) on Aug. 31, 2010.
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