Done by SteveManly
- Area changes between cities and the field are seemless
- BGM flows naturally
- Private instances will not be interrupted by things happening around you (chat, crowdedness)
- The L3 button is the target lock
- Everyone can use teleport from the beginning
- Warp (like FFXI) sends you back to your home point, which is defaulted to the last Aetherite you used.
- There are only male Highlanders.
- You can only play as female Miqo’te, but males exist.
- There is a difference in starting stats between tribes, but this can be overcome with character growth (?)
- Gender has no effect on play
- Roegadyn females exist (does not say they are playable)
- The difference between tribes isn’t that big
- The opening will be real time, not pre-rendered.
- Flow of battle:
- Select target with directional keys
- Draw weapon with R1
- Select commends with directional keys
- Effect gauge charges
- Select target with directional keys
- Alpha was made with casual gamers in mind, too, but it may still be difficult
- Players will be able to reallocate stats in the final version
- They want to make teleport and warp available for all classes, and make it low-cost.
- After alpha comes beta 1, then beta 2. PS3 should be playable from beta 2.
- Alpha and beta 1 will be mostly the same thing.
- Parties cannot be formed unless the other members are close to you when inviting them.
- There are five different ranks of guildleve difficulty.
- After being defeated in battle, there is a five minute “weakened” state (It may be possible to be revived without a raise spell?)
- There are things like attack magic which can be used without MP
- Casting while moving is possible
- There are MP restoring abilities
- HP regenerates pretty quickly in passive mode
