Final Fantasy XIV - Patch 1.18 Gameplay

With the release of Patch 1.18, Final Fantasy XIV is starting to see a change in the battle mechanics and this is just the beginning. A few things to note from the changes:

-Auto-attack has been implemented. Stamina bar has been removed due to this.
-UI skill buttons received a new facelift (nicer looking icons).
-Cast-Delay timers are visible on the UI
-And a bunch of other updates that would create a wall of text here.

Also if you haven't noticed, or kept up with the videos that I upload, this footage was taken in glorious 1080p as the game was intended to play in. I was skeptical in taking footage in 1080p since it meant sacrificing a bit of FPS. I did drop FPS in a couple of places in the footage but overall it came out better than I expected.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• ffxiv
• final
• fantasy
• xiv
• gameplay
• patch
• 1.18

[Tekku86]

Cool video! What's the name of the song? You really nailed the music in this one.

[EcchiGoshujinsama]

@Tekku86 Thanks ^^

Songs:

"Warhead"

"Nitronic"

"Ladder to the Sky"

all by zircon

[KratosDivine]

Hey, nice video, I wanted to ask something though, I want to return to this game and read in a lot of places, that you need to get Shell, Protect and Second Wind as fast as you can to help you lvl, are those skills helpful with the archer class?

Also, by any chance do you know the starting dates of the summer event that's supposed to happen in august?

[EcchiGoshujinsama]

@KratosDivine Getting Shell, Protect, Second Wind and Sacrifice helps with solo survival, so I would highly recommend getting those for any class you have in mind with playing including the archer class.

SE hasn't announce yet the dates when they will release the summer event but in one of the recent Producer Letters he mentioned the summer event was planned for early August.

[student908065]

after playing vindictus.. I almost fell asleep watching your video.

[EcchiGoshujinsama]

@student908065 yea the gameplay is completely different than Vindictus. Vindictus is your typical hack-n-slash MMO where as Final Fantasy XIV is the strategy-based MMO

[blackcry22]

Can't wait for this to be in PS3 :D

[blackcry22]

@DaCrazyZ88 me too :D

[TheXboxSux]

Man I remember the thrill and the challenge of playing as a beastmaster solo and how much respect you got for being a hog level BM.

Lots of good memories. It would be fun to relive some of them through this game in a way.

[TheXboxSux]

Wow

The only thing this game does for me is bring back nostalgia from playing FF11.

In terms of next generation MMORPG games it does nothing for me. It feels like this game is just FF11 with better graphics and a few extra features...

Oh well. At least playing FF11 back in the day with all my buddies was a blast.

[DaCrazyZ88]

@wDeathw Thats what so epic about this game. Thier Combat system is fucking great. And it makes this game so different from other games. I love it <3

[DaCrazyZ88]

I cant wait for this game to come out on ps3. Its going to be sick :D

[wDeathw]

so slow how they attack, it makes this game boring

[Coldsilfur4]

@student908065

well low level leveling? omg.. stupid commentary in here. seriously