PAX East SE PanelFollow

There is some XIV info in there, the video isn't the greatest, hopefully someone throws up a better one but this is from the official Twitter feed.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30222921

Summary of the FFXIV section of the video that I found.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dVRQZGV8iuDzXJZM9FWE8c9a5ZMlp0bk90j4LzhsQQ4/edit

Edited, Mar 22nd 2013 7:05pm by NaomiCharitey

I want that Chocobo Armor and a Mimic class to wear it!!!

Let a man dream, Theo! Let a man dream!

Also it says



So I get giddy.

Guess I will have to re-entertain myself with ducktails!

Edited, Mar 22nd 2013 9:45pm by Ryklin

I was at the panel yesterday.

No real new info was put out there, but they gave all the attendees beta codes. Aside from their powerpoint, nothing noteworthy happened.

I'm telling you, it would be perfect for a Mimic costume. Not very different from the Mime outfit in FFT (a parrot costume).

I designed one for FFXI that worked just fine. I shared it here recently, actually.

"It would never work," is almost never a true statement wherein game design is concerned. When you're willing to actually sit down and solve a problem, there is a solution just waiting to be found.

Some jobs simply aren't meant for solo play, especially in FFXI. The Mime I came up with was one of them. It did have access to a subjob, but not while it was in a party (in theory it could sub /BST and solo as well as that allowed). Same general idea though--you would have access to certain abilities while soloing, but you'd lose them when you partied with other players. Obviously the Mime I built for FFXI doesn't work in FFXIV, but there is literally no doubt in my mind that it can be done effectively.

I'm not going to dig it up, but the basic concept was that they had very poor base stats and very low skills, but when they were in a party, they had access to any ability that another member of the party used. Magic costed no MP, but was limited by a global recast timer through a Mimic Magic ability (~20 seconds, I think). I also gave them AF that gave them a set of abilities that could mimic another party member's equipment in the same slot. e.g., Their AF weapon (a kendama), came with the ability "Mimic Weapon", which would mimic the stats of the target's current weapon.

It would have been really fun to play in a diverse party just to try to optimize the usage of all the different skills. At the same time, it wouldn't have been overpowered (though even if it were, it's not like a party full of Mime's could do much of anything). Or at the very least, it would be no more imbalanced than any other class, and as always, it wouldn't be difficult to balance just by changing the numbers a bit.

Eh, some people will QQ no matter what you do. Not every class can be ideal in every situation. The best you can do is keep them from lolJOB'ing.

SE didn't help with the orange jester outfit they released for Empyrean.

It's like they want PUP to get made fun of.

Didn't it also have a little rattle or child's drum or something?

Oh, and thigh-high leather boots, a jingly bell anklet, a gaudy '70s medallion... lol what an awesome set.

Edited, Mar 24th 2013 9:39pm by KaneKitty

Of the ~10 people posting in this thread, I know that at least three were hardcore PUPs (myself included). Now what's that say about the Zam population, that 30% of its readers were attracted to that godawful artifact and (uncannily adorable) automaton?

Oh, and Kachi:

Damn it all, it was a toucan!