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After all that wonderful grinding last week, I had enough gil that I should try to craft. After looking over all the choices, I decided on Blacksmithing. I'm not even sure why. It was almost randomly chosen. It's not like I have these visions that I'll make amazing armor or anything. I was just hoping to progress enough that I had pants again. Read more »

Square Enix wants to test crafting. They should give me some gil then. I wanted to play with a craft, but I can't afford it. I need my gil to stay alive out in the wild. Not that they are making it easy. As soon as I think I have enough gil to try out some crafting, I also find my gear lacking. At least they noticed this. Read more »

I know there is no entry for Day 6. I was out that night and wasn't able to play. I should have posted something. Sorry, please forgive this lowly Miqo'te and her scattered little brain. I'll make it up with something, promise! For now, today focuses on Guildeves and Conjurer.

Tonight's session was magical, in more ways than one. This was the first night I didn't have a single crash, client nor server. Everything was running fairly well, to be honest. I'm astonished how far the alpha has come in just a few weeks. My only major bug was that I had a weakness icon that never faded until I actually died. Then I had weakness for reals, but it went away as it should. Honestly, it's more of a nitpick than anything. I'll file my bug report though. Read more »

A week and then some has passed since day 4. The developers wanted to make sure we could login and play. I totally thought it was fixed, but they took the week to make sure it was. They did a great job, too! I didn't have any login problems and I could always see monsters and people.

Well, to be honest, I kind of wished there were less people and more monsters. I mean, seriously. I would sometimes run around for 5 minutes looking for something to poke with my lance. It was getting frustrating. After getting my lance skill to 5, I ran a long while north, all the way to the next Aetheryte crystal. I have to wonder what level these mobs are, because there's no one up there fighting. Spread out, people. Read more »

I came home tonight expecting very little progress tonight in the FFXIV alpha. Because of this, I am quite pleased with the amount of content I was able to explore. Sometimes it's just about expectations. Here is how the 4th night of the alpha went. I'll break it up into sections so I remember everything. Sorry it's not in RP form yet, but I think some basics should be set first, you know? Read more »

Square Enix announced yesterday that the play tests are back on for this week. Early reports from Japan show that we're still going to have problems finding monsters and crystals, but at least we'll be able to login. It's a start, right? I'll know more when I play tonight.

So, if I manage to be lucky and can find monsters and quests, what should I work on? I still want to do some of these quests. I'm so jealous of the testers who get to test the system. I want to experience it as well. Read more »

Let's take a step back, for a minute. Just as I as getting going, it seems that the problems we have been having have put the show on hold. I logged into the forums today to find that the Alpha sessions have been canceled until further notice. It seems that the problems we've been having with the game can't be fixed soon. Read more »

Welcome to Eorzea. After Thursday's rough start, I didn't feel I had experienced anything except the character creator. While it's a wonderful improvement over what we had in Final Fantasy XI, it's not as robust as I was hoping. All the characters are the same shape, for the most part. We can't make bigger arms or other parts of the body, but it does the job for now. At least I know my kitty will be mine, and not one of twelve or something. I just wish I could have her now... Why are they so mean? Are the kitties not done yet? Is something wrong? Maybe The Twelve do not like kitties. Okay, that was stupid. Read more »

I saw that someone was already banned for breaking the NDA. I had a couple people ask me if that would affect what I planned to do. I have to be honest, but I'm a bit scared. I want to share my experiences, but I don't want to annoy the mighty Square Enix. I took some time off to decide what my next step was. Read more »

Today is the big day. I've seen a lot of screenshots from the Japanese earlier today. The game looks as pretty as expected. I wish I was Japanese. They always seem to get everything I want first. It's so sad.

Not that I have a chance of learning Japanese. I've tried so many times, but I am a true blond. I have to settle for what I can do, which isn't much, honestly. At least I'm good at playing games. That's worth something, right? Right?? Read more »