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  1. Vandyn

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    My GMG code specifically said NA but it still went to the eu account site where it shows the game registered. No email from square even though it shows registered in the account. Figure ill try again when I know for sure the page is working.
  2. Vandyn

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I can confirm this just happened to me as well. Said there was a problem, please try again later but when I go to the actual Square account page, it's showing FFXIV ARR under registered games. I assume the rerolled guild has not been formed yet?
  3. Vandyn

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    Although different in some ways, the game isn't that much different in core mechanics than say Rift, but I don't see people flocking to that. I still think the IP has some draw to it. It's easier to get invested in this world than something you've never heard of before. Listening to the...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I'm kind of in the same boat as everyone else. Nothing new, nothing out of this world dynamic about the game, but I really enjoyed it (even with the server issues), much more than it probably deserves. I think the IP has something to do with that, the game does feel like Final Fantasy. The...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I'll echo what others have said. So far it's good, not great. Pretty decent time waster probably for a few weeks/month but that's about it. It's nothing revolutionary or groundbreaking. But it does look good and it's Final Fantasy and for some that's enough. The server issues and lack of...
  6. Vandyn

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    If I can't get in within the next 5 mins that probably does it for me in beta. It's a nice game but to be honest their server issues at the very least has probably held me pre-ordering, simply because who knows what kind of clusterfuck they are going to be dealing with on the 27th. ETA...
  7. Vandyn

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I don't know about that. I was getting the message then after trying for 10 minutes it got me into the game without waiting for the queue. I feel like this is EQ again, where you just spammed trying to login until you got lucky.
  8. Vandyn

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I just got in Gilg btw.
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I get the world full too (no queue) for Gilg. Not having queues is probably worse than having a queue itself. The only thing you can take out of this is it's open beta which means there's a potential they could go the Rift route, open a shitload of servers to handle the rush then wind up...
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    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    I'm on gilgamesh Vandyn Soulhart
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    What Made EQ Great? Tell your stories to a filthy casual

    Hey I remember being in those kind of situations where my guild tried to break PoF and of course all wiped. Had to wait hours for a friend to bring his guild to help us out, took hours (I was bound in Velious and was stuck staring at walls, naked). It was frustrating but also relieving. The...
  12. Vandyn

    Final Fantasy XIV (Guide in first post)

    It's on the forums, it took me a bit to find it too. Downloaded now, although it's a little slow. 90 minutes left.
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    What Made EQ Great? Tell your stories to a filthy casual

    Once you left the game the first time, it really was the beginning of the end. I quit initially in 2002, would eventually return 3 more times over the course of the next 5 years and each successive return lasted less and less. You really can't go home again, nothing ever captured the magic of...
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    What Made EQ Great? Tell your stories to a filthy casual

    The game was designed for someone who was willing to have almost unlimited patience in order to succeed. It was designed for the basement dweller. It's also why I think that even if an exact replica of Everquest came out today, with updated graphics that it would have a limited shelf life for...
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    What Made EQ Great? Tell your stories to a filthy casual

    I think what often gets lost in the nostalgia clouded retelling of EQ's past is how a very large majority of the playerbase was done with EQ shortly after PoP. They were tired of all the frustrations that came with the game. Fighting in Oasis and a sand giant steps on your head because he got...
  16. Vandyn

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I still got a DS steam key if anyone needs. Edit: It's gone.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    I still got dead space and burnout keys available for steam. To confirm, bf3, ds3 and sims are origin only keys.
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    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    They are individual keys. I've gifted them before.
  19. Vandyn

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    Fuck it, I picked it up, figure dead space 3 alone is worth 10 bucks and everything else is gravy, plus it's all going to charity. Needless to say I've got some spare steam keys (dead space, mirrors edge and burnout).
  20. Vandyn

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    It's a neat bundle. Problem is I own a majority of it (dead space, mirrors edge, burnout, bf3) and from what I hear Crysis 2 and MOH are not that good (could give a fuck about Sims). So I'd only get it for DS3. Think I may wait to see what they add
  21. Vandyn

    Parent Thread

    Gas drops don't work. At least none that we ever bought. Thankfully the period of time that went on didn't last long.
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    Parent Thread

    My boy is 10 and I'm generally of the opinion that if he has interest in something and wants to try it out, then go ahead. But I've also fully explained what could happen if he gets hurt. He was hardcore into wrestling for about 2 years and I had my doubts about it because he's not the biggest...
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    Answer the question above you, no matter what it is

    A: Drawing (especially comic art) Q: What is the one thing in life you wish you did different?
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    Patrick Rothfuss Kingkiller Chronicles

    That's the first thing my wife said after she read the book about Bredon.
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    EQ Never

    I don't disagree, but this also explains why they would never make an EQ3 or EQ: Reskinned. There isn't enough market share to warrant it.
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    Patrick Rothfuss Kingkiller Chronicles

    I think the issues I have is not so much with Denna herself (she's basically a glorified whore) but how Kvothe just happens to run into her no matter where the hell he is and then his character progression basically comes to a halt until she leaves. Even my wife thinks the whole relationship...
  27. Vandyn

    EQ Never

    I agree with the sentiment that the worst thing SoE did was put the word 'Everquest' anywhere in the title of this game. By doing that, they are doomed to fail because the old school crowd has specific expectations which in reality are probably impossible to achieve.
  28. Vandyn

    Company of Heroes 2

    Not that Metacritic means a whole lot, but there is a huge disparity between the user reviews (2.0) and the critic reviews. Were there underlying issues with the game (like DRM or something like that)? The first game was great and I might eventually pick this up, just checking to see how good...
  29. Vandyn

    EQ Never

    No sane developer in this day and age is going to design a game where you're success/failure is based on whether 'Joe the Cleric' is online or not. You may not agree with that, but that is the reality circa 2013. Think about this for a second. If some of the things that exist now in MMO's...
  30. Vandyn

    EQ Never

    Was EQ2 an 'Everquest' game? Because there is a good chunk of people who didn't think so when it launched.
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    EQ Never

    It sounds like you're asking for Dark Souls Online. I certainly think there is room for an MMO like that, I just don't think it'll be that successful or even stand out among all the other games out there.
  32. Vandyn

    EQ Never

    This is why I'm always surprised when people buy into hype. Like actually defend it. There is no game I can think of that actually delivered on everything they set out to do when initially announced or it didn't turn out as expected. Why nobody thinks that's going to happen here, especially...
  33. Vandyn

    EQ Never

    I always thought the name EQ Next sounded gay so yea. In fact one of the reasons why people dumped on EQ2 in the beginning was that it didn't feel like a sequel to EQ, despite being labeled as such. If this is more of a reboot than what is typically known as a sequel, enough time has past...
  34. Vandyn

    EQ Never

    I agree some of it looks very cool, but I'm also curious how much SOE is going to deliver and if what they deliver is even close to what the expectation will be (probably not). All of you have ridden the hype train so many times you've got sores on your ass. I say wait and see. But prepare to...
  35. Vandyn

    amanda berry found..more importantly, awesome black man in cleveland.

    I don't see how it's white knighting, pointing out someone is making weird faces, when that person just suffered some of the worst abuse you can imagine and we know that she needs surgery to the face, is bad form. Sorry you don't agree.
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    amanda berry found..more importantly, awesome black man in cleveland.

    When you get punched in the face on a regular basis over the course of 10 years, let me know the kind of faces you'll be making. Moron.
  37. Vandyn

    Chromecast - the new Google TV

    Good review, and pretty much sums up my concerns for it at this point in time. I've currently got the set-up where my PC is already in my family room so all I do is run an HDMI cable from the PC to the TV to stream whatever I want. But it's still a pain in the ass to control since the PC isn't...
  38. Vandyn

    Parent Thread

    There is nothing quite like being proud of your child. Yesterday my 6 year old tells me how when she was in the library at school, a boy in her class let her borrow this book where there was only one copy and they both wanted it. He said 'you can have it' and she said she told him 'thank you...
  39. Vandyn

    Steam Deals and Digital Sales

    That still works for me as I don't own any of the games in the bundle except SR3 but with no DLC. If the list for the games to be added is correct, the only one I have is Metro 2033. I've gotten more 'games' in Humble bundles the past 2 months than I've probably bought from Steam in the past...
  40. Vandyn

    16 Team Custom League - Fantasy Football

    Is there a deadline date for keepers yet?