Never played FF11...14 is also on PS3 so yeah probably.

I was invited but my stupid memory couldnt remember my log in infos :(

Phase 3 of the beta starts tonight 2am GMT. :D

hi Jolli,

So how's the beta going? any impressions would be appreciated. I simply didnt find the time to play :S

Oh Don't worry, I am hating myself for it too.... This bloody thesis just won't end :S

NDA is pretty much shot to hell.

You can read all about it at GAF and BG :D

It's too bad you didn't get to test the game Alimo, there is still 3-4 weeks of testing left I would imagine.

Might be worth sharing your account with someone.

This. I'm still waiting for my invitation. I know a lot of people who got the invitation and they don't play at all. Square send invitations to the people who really want to try out this game arghhh.

Supposedly File planet are doing some kind of beta invite thing. Click

This video is worth looking at just for the sheer amount of deatil and customisation option you get with the armour. Click

Yep, didn't get an invite, there're quite a few people I know that's in and didn't even continue testing it because the alpha was "boring", you're inviting the wrong guys SE, and stop sending me emails about Kane & lynch!

Supposedly they are giving away a set amount each day, quite a few on GAF were able to get in, had to pay $7 or something to subscribe though.

Open beta is coming soon anyway.

Latest dev video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIO2gS5ZeLI

Open Beta starts Beginning of Sept.

Open beta early September :)
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-24-ffxiv...

I haven't played much with the macro system, a couple off the top of my head are.

/equip main "Name of Weapon" for quick switching between jobs.
/equip sub "Name of offhand" (replace main/sub with which ever slot you wish to macro an item into)

/equipaction 1 "name of action" (replace the number with the action slot you wish to assign to, its kind of buggy from my experience at the moment)

I didn't bother with casting magic and spells via the macro system as its easier to use the action bar.

I use a DS3 and have to say you can't beat it, SE are having a hard time adding full mouse controls (not sure if this is just to keep the game fair across the 2 platforms), they have promised open beta will see a better PC control system though.

The open beta version was shown at Gamescom here is a list of the new features.

- Gridania and Ul'dah included, tutorial fight, storyline and guildleves
- You are allowed to Skip the cutscenes pushing ESC -> Skip
- Lancer & Archer Guild are in Gridania
- /sit emote included
- some emotes like /clap are possible to do while in /sit
- Chocobos still NOT working
- Found an Airship dock inside Gridania, but seems not do work either
- Able to mark the mobs like in wow "please kill this one first"
- you can make some bubbles like "I'm low on HP, please cure me"
- Friend and Ignore List included
- LS NPC in Limsa may be moved, didnt find her
- You can still accept Lv.1 and Lv.10 Leves with Rank1

- /sit emote functional
- UI is still the same and still laggy
- All 3 cities (obviously)
- you can /check people
- macro's working

Wait, you can use gamepad on the PC version?
If so, any impressions out there?

Now I have never been into these online RPG stuff except for Aion beta, and it was quite addicting to me lol.
But Guild Wars 2 is where I will start considering it doesnt require any fee to play it other than purchasing the game itself.
I hope they do a beta so I can hopefully get in and try out the gameplay, looks promising.

Yes, is the best way to play it at the moment, plays like a console game...kind of.

Very interesting.

So, I've yet to read any useful information for those who did not get into the beta - outside of the controls are clunky, the graphics are neat.

What about the game play? (don't give me that NDA pussy shit either, you're not in the media, and no one is tracking your every move.)
Someone break it down, because if it's anything like FF13 or 11 for the matter, I don't see this doing well outside of Japan.

I want to know, class structure, game speed, skill speed, battle times, group types, serious problems, differences between FFO, etc, etc, etc. Otherwise, it didn't happen. (:o)

NDA was removed several weeks ago, there are plenty of videos on youtube and loads of info at www.ffxivcore.com and www.eorzeapedia.com, just need to look for it.

There has been a huge blow up on the offical test forums about the fatigue system, basically each class has 100% XP for 8 hours (a week) and then gets a 10% fatigue every hour, until you eventually end up with 100% fatigue and can no longer gain XP, the fatigue is reset every week.

SE claims this is so that casual players aren't left out, but its actually more to do with them encreasing the time to level to cap as they have no end game.

Physical level will also suffer from the fatigue penalty so even though you can freely switch class and still gain XP the physcial level will halt after 15 hours of play per week.

It's one of the most bizarre systems i have seen in a game and seems more like punsihment for hardcore players than a bonus to casual play, needless to say it will have to be changed as I can't see anyone paying for a game and not being able to play the way they want to.