While I had bought previously FFXIV version 1.0 CE and was sad that it wasn't at all what it was suppose to be.... I participated in the closed beta phase 2 to 4 of A Realm Reborn.
Sadly, my graphic card died on me a few days ago while playing Fallout 3, RIP GeForce GTX 480...
I couldn't play much of the open beta.... but luckily, i have some good friends left.
One of them did lend me one of his graphic card for a few days so I could play the open beta.
While the game isn't perfect, no game is, I'm really happy of what they have done with it.
They fixed a lot, i mean A LOT, of issues.
Battle system is more friendly than it was, UI is somewhat 'cleaner' and the crafting is way way better than what it was in 1.0. I must admit that it slightly has a 'FFXI' feel.
I played only 1 day and a half, got my Conjurer to lvl16 and my Pugilist to lvl10.
The only craft I tried was weaving, yes I wanna make my own clothes!!!
Did take part of a few 'Fates' here and there but didn't get the time to try again the dungeons.
There was also issues with connections and mostly all servers being full all the time, but hey.... That is what open beta are for! Explode your servers!!! It's a good sign, kinda, means that ppl are interested.
I will be there at launch, I think...
It will keep my mind busy for a tad, I need that.
It was a really good open beta. Some issues occured (3102 and 90000 - which they fixed), but overall very stable experience. Got to 20 LNC, 15 PGL and I also leveled some gathering/crafting classes. They did a really good job with ARR, I found my new MMO.
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