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Waaaaasp


Ow!


Chocobo pub!


Babby Chocobo!


Cactaur party!

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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has managed to smash the previous record of concurrent users for an open beta.

The record was initially broken yesterday, when Director Yoshida tweeted that the servers were undergoing some serious stress due to there being 120,000 concurrent users. Because of this, Square Enix has had to add two additional servers in Japan. These two servers are called Typhon and Ultima.

However, less than 24 hours later, Square Enix had to update fans by stating that they had broken the record again - this time by having 150,000 concurrent users.

Despite this huge influx of users, apparently not too many people are interested in playing tanks. In another tweet, Yoshida appealed to gamers to play some more of the supporting roles in order to help balance the experience. There are apparently not enough Marauders or Gladiators in Eorzea.

The previous record for concurrent users in an open beta was held by Phantasy Star Online 2. This saw 107,259 players online at the same time on the 24th of July.

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn releases on both the PlayStation 3 and PC in a few weeks. There's also a version planned for the PS4, which will appear at a later date.

Gaming Union

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Looking down from some train tracks on a foggy night


Mognet returns!


Riding my rental Chocobo



Looking up a stairlift


Higher level Cactaurs!


Me in my newly earned silly hat

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I've just registered the full game on my PS3, ready for early access now!

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Check out my character on the new lodestone!
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/2267615/

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I just played my first raid, Stastsha, it was a lot of fun!

[Tom4784]

I may give this a go next week.

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If you get the game, there's a month free time, I get why the game is subscription now, they plan to have major updates every three months. Also, I'd rather pay a sub for everything than to have microtransactions in game.

The 2.1 update will bring housing, PvP and a few new bosses.

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There is apparently going to be an in game faire for the next few weeks, starting next week

[Ramsay]

I really really really really want to get this but with gta v, PS plus and the new consoles on their way soon i just can't afford a subscription based MMO at the minute..maybe in a year or something lol

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Yeah, I wasnt sure about getting it with GTA V coming out lol, but I'm glad I did. I've got a whole bunch of screenshots saved on the PS3, I'll upload them all tommorow

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Giant Moogle! *shivers*


Titanic!


My wind-up airship toy that follows me around


A real airship!


From behind check-in


My HUD


Rain, rain, go away


A long dead Goobbue


Someone else's Mammet Minion


My cait sith minion


Chilling out with an in game friend


Ifrit's gonna kill me so bad

[Tom4784]

Looking good, there's a good chance I'll get this tomorrow.

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The servers can get quite full between 6-11pm, but its easy enough to get in if you spam X for 10 mins or so, lol. They're planning on fixing the servers at the start of next week, so that it will run smoothly at all times.

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They're extending the free trial to current players, to say thanks for bearing with them
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...72#post1111872

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I got my chocobo! I named it Quina, lol.

By the way, if anyone on TiBB does join, try and get on the Adamantoise world.

[Tom4784]

I've never once been infuriated this much by a game before I've even had chance to play it. Hopefully I'll be able to actually PLAY it before I die of old age.

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They're upgrading the systems, they say most issues will be gone by Wednesday
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...17#post1132817

Though, servers are much easier to access earlier in the day, its only around 6-11pm that there is massive congestion.

[Tom4784]

I've created a catperson character on one of the japanese servers to try out the game while I wait for Adamantoise and Phoenix to be unrestricted so I can create my real characters.

I've decided I'll play as a little guy Arcanist on the Phoenix Server and either a human or elf archer on the Adamantoise server.

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Awesome, hopefully you'll be able to get onto Adamantoise soon, they periodically remove restrictions as the starting areas clear up I'll hopefully get a free company (aka guild) up and running by the time you're on Adamantoise

[Tom4784]

I've enjoyed what I've played so far though, I expected it to control horribly on the PS3 but the controls are quite intuitive.

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Yeah, the only real complaint I'd have is the targetting, but they're aware it needs some fine tuning and are working on it What I love about the game is every few levels you unlock something new to do.

[Tom4784]

I've managed to create a character on Adamantoise so I'll probably start playing as him tomorrow. Hopefully I get just as lucky with Phoenix as all my other friends are on that server.

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Awesome, this is my Adamantoise character
http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/2267615/

[Tom4784]

Cool, this is mine. I'm level 7 atm and I've got some new clothes but it hasn't updated it yet.

http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/3734272/