So I played a little bit of FFXIV beta on Saturday. I had a ton of video card issues though. If anyone has an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870, they might run into some issues with this game if the settings are all on high/max. I'm sure they will be fixed but your best bet is to remember the default settings of the game because once you begin changing the game's configuration, you cannot reset them.

I only played for about two hours fooling around with configurations, customizations, and what not. I decided to post my initial thoughts here.

Well, as luck would have it, I got into FFXIV beta. There are some restrictions on posting images/videos of the game so I may not be able to post much but I'll try.

My Story - Sunday, August 15, 2010:

I must have subscribed to at least 4 different sites just to get the key. Finally on fileplanet.com, I got it by waiting several hours for them to giveaway the key. It was quite painful listening to all the trolls saying they got it when it wasn't released yet. Once they were released, they didn't last more than a minute on the site.

So I stayed home sick today cause I really needed a break and felt like crap. I actually went through all of the quests and put in as many coords that I could.


[The Crypt of Remembrance]
54, 57 – Do NOT throw out extra skulls.

[Nowhere To Run And Nowhere To Hide]
52, 71 townhall

[The Plaguebringer's Request]
52, 71 townhall
57, 64 Inn
61, 60 forge


[Lambs To The Slaughter]
56, 63

This game is totally interesting right now. I wanted to play the Death Knight to get a feel for it and see which I would prefer. I definitely think it would be awesome to switch over. They are definitely very powerful chars at just level 55. Here are the quests that I completed. I am not going to give too much detail because it's likely something will change when it is released.

I plan on documenting as much of my experiences with the beta here as possible.

Here are some screenshots of Sho Online. My take on it is that it reminds me of different games.

Keyboard shortcuts: WoW
Mini-Map: WoW and FlyFF
World Map: there really isn't one.
Leave city: Corum Online
Houses: Lineage 1
Kill monsters: FlyFF
Speak with people: Similar to an mmo on a video game console

Level 1


Inventory

Safari comes out for the PC!  It's got bugs but it is definitely faster then any other browser.