Pre-order Rewards XIV

ah rly? thats good then ^-^ just give me fancy items then =D

Lol I think the auction house is still handy, and hopefully with a search function this time :/

but an FFIX esque AH would be awesome, You can put one item up a day that will go into auction :D

well think of the pros and cons of bazaaring versus ah...

pros 4 ah:
you can just go to 1 place and see everything that is available

cons 4 ah:
cant see price or seller, cant haggle prices etc

pros 4 bazaar:
interaction with potential customer. customer is another player and who knows what paths he or she chose. could be a great smith for example and you made a bud just by giving good deals

cons 4 bazaar:
tons o other people bazaaring and it takes forever sifting through the crap...

i hope theres no love chocolates in the next one -,- annoys me to no end when in a bazaar area i see heart chocolate 999999999999 and thats the only thing in the bazaar.

I don't see what the hype in Starcraft II is and it looks dumb to me, maybe I should some worthless post about it too. /sarcasm


I think the collectors edition wins in the end.

standard version: raises skills faster
The trade off is they must be equipped, thus you loose out on a piece of gear for that slot and how much faster does it raise skills compared to someone without? What if it's a charged item?

collectors edition: reduces weakened time
This is more then likely going to get more use as a end-game item. The googles will just sit in storage after a few levels while you could get a lot more uses out of being unweakened faster. You only need to think of all the times in XI where being able to recover faster would have made things go smoother.

*reads akeda's post*

... damn youre right x.x
look out collectors copy youre mine!!!

You're a dumb woman for not learning how to google.

i want those Hermes sandals!

they even look cuter on 14 then 11! :D gold tips ftw?

I missed seeing your avatar.

awww :D

Fail troll is fail.
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Ok after reading this thread (and skimming out the bitching/trolling etc) Im still confused! I have preordered the standard version of 14 because I'm not prepared to pay £40 for a game Im not even sure Im going to enjoy... However there have been some good ideas on here as to why getting the collectors edition would be a sensible choice.

Months free gaming, well you could argue that your not "really" getting it free because of the price for the collectors edition. Yeh I know it comes with other shiny things but I doubt they come to the grand total of £15 surely?

Also we need concrete evidence that the collectors box will have both free IG items, its no good speculating about these things, which I know is all we can do because SE seem incapable of advertising their MMO's well.

So the question is do I cancel my preorder and go for the collectors or do I save myself £15 and stick with it, but then have to pay for my first month? How much is it anyway, same as FFXI, £8.99? I wasn't going to bother with 14 but as the saying goes curiosity killed the cat..I'm gonna give it ago but as I haven't played the Beta I really don't know what to expect, except from the information given to us by SE (which isn't alot lets be honest) and the players in the Beta who have given us screenshots and info.

The way I see it, you have two choices.

1) You cancel your preorder and go for the collector's edition.

2) Since £15 is (apparently) too expensive to you, you should cancel your preorder anyway and use what money you do have on finding a job or the like, THEN preorder the collector's edition.



My point is, the worst case scenario is you get the game and a free month (which I believe is £10 anyway, so you'll just be spending an extra £5 for Collector's Edition), plus a few extra things you can look at or read. I know if you preorder from Gamestop, you have a 10 day period where you can return it and get all of your money back (At least the ones over here do that).

Should have known someone would be a complete **** about that point.

Why can't people on here construct a response WITHOUT being rude, sarcastic, offensive, etc? Its ridiculous the amount of people on here who think just because its the internet they can be douche bags...

I didn't say it was too expensive for me, I said paying £40 for a game I may not enjoy playing i.e it could be a waste of money!

I didn't think I was being offensive. I was merely stating that, if you had enough money, a difference of £5 won't be a big deal regardless. That way, if you do enjoy it, then you have the good package. And if not, it's only an extra £5.

I've decided to pre order the Collectors Edition, even if it just comes with one of the above items, still get some other nice ***.

my question is, will the hermes sandals be a permanent increased movement item or the one that dissappers when your aggroed?

Probanly buying regular retail version. The first 8 days will be a mess(Server stability etc). Though when the game becomes available to everyone else it'll be a mess lol

Did anyone read about the fatigue system they have in FFXIV its funny as hell. After a certain time you start getting Surplus XP instead of regular and its start to penalize the xp you gain up to 50% of it.


:DDDDDDD

If it's a surplus, why is it a penalty? That doesn't make sense.

Surplus meaning you passed the Max Exp your suppose to earn a day So instead of getting regular xp you get "Surplus" and if you keep pushing it. It can penalize you up to 50% xp earned

Sounds like a beta testing tactic to get people to level/test something else.

there was a interview somewhere with that stuff too lazy to look it up. Its not a beta thing it will be in the final game

Never heard of that. Then again I can't stand playing for long

"the more you level the same class the more surplus xp you get and the less class xp you get. Basically if you tried to level just one job all the time you will grind to a halt eventually and can't get any more xp for that job. This is why people see it as a penalty because they are being limited in so much as they can't grind just one job to cap within the first week and conquer endgame"


basically

This is in fact true and will be part of the final game as stated in an interview. However, like it says above, fatigue doesn't carry other to other jobs, so you can do a variety of things in one day.