Your expert Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn PS4 beta guide

A new Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn guide has been posted today on the Official PlayStation Blog, marking the official launch of the PS4 beta of the game

[Fixay]

Been playing this and actually think it's really good! Just reached Level 10

[Studio-YaMi]

Level 14 Archer here,LOVING IT!

[ShinMaster]

It's pretty good. But the text is so damn small lol
Need to lean forward quite a bit to read every time an NPC talks.

[Prototype_79L]

You can adjust EVERYTHING in HUD setting to your own desire. Select what element you want to change and you can change it's size by Pressing R3, scaling it from 80% to 140%. As i remember there is even a font size setting too somewhere.

[caseh]

I tried to find this on the store earlier today but it was nowhere to be found. Based in the UK.

[Fixay]

I'm in the UK too. There was a post on N4G a few days ago with a link to the UK playstaion store to download the beta from your browser. Then you just go onto your PS4 and download it from your downloads list. I'll try find the link for you.

[caseh]

I'm in work at the moment but I've done what you've suggested. Managed to find a link for it (think it was an article on the PS blog) and I've added it to my basket, can see it in the basket via the app on my phone so hopefully, it will be there when I log into my PS4 next. :)

[Studio-YaMi]

It won't show up on the store search bar,you'll find it in the "Demo" section.

[caseh]

That would be where I was going wrong then. :)

Thanks for the heads up.

[MonChiChi]

Very well done. Few tweeks need to be made but other than that this is almost identical to the PC version. I am loving the remote play, and even did a little streaming to test that out, both worked like a charm.

I kinda hoped remote play wasn't that good, b/c now I am gonna be on the game more than I am now haha.

[JsonHenry]

For your typical style MMO it is pretty good. But I really want a real time combat MMO like Everquest Next to play instead. I've been playing the same beat to death style MMO gameplay since the late 90s. I want something new.

On topic, as I said- its a good game for the standard MMO. It made me with GW2 would release for the PS4.

[dcj0524]

Samr here man. In all my Real-time combat games i'm the dude with the daggers or fist going in for very quick jabs and quickly moving out of range/dodging. Dodging in this game is so retarted. You don't dodhe the attack animation, you dodge it after it is done casting that attack. Double that with the 2 second delay lag and the fact that the enemy doesn't hsve to physically touch you unline the Souls games and it really screws up my style of playing RPGS.

[Paulie_gualtieri]

Try DCUO.Played it for a good two years on PC and it was amazing.Kinda slowly weened off it once it went F2P but it's still alive and kicking and with an awesome real time combat system.

[dcj0524]

Sounds like my type of game.

[Thatlalala]

They call it that because of a glitch they call "clipping" so animations are will... Clipped lol. The devs can't fix it without rehaul of the combat engine, and the community is to ignorant, they think its intended. Its clearly not. DPS players turn there entire six spell rotations into one animation, which eats up to much power(if you don't do this you will be kicked), so trolls which are meant for cc have to be batterys to keep power up. Mean while tanks and healers scrounge for power because its going to the dps. DCUO is a joke of a game where the community plays it wrong, the publisher is making money so they drag the dead horse just a little longer. But pretty much that game sucks. 103 gadget troll/dps 132sp.

[Paulie_gualtieri]

I would hardly call the entire game shit because a few over compensating DPS players.

Like all MMO's, it had it's fair share of screw ups, patchs, fixes and more problems but the things it right it did SO right.

I don't know if you played PC or PS3 but on PC if a DPS was just spamming, say, fireburst over and over and over instead of working on Power IT's for DMG buffs, we called him out on it and or kicked him.People learn quick to cut that shit out

[Jubez187]

Ehh my argument with GW2 is that it relies TOO much on action. I did practically every dungeon and I don't remember any crazy mechanics, or any points where I had to communicate with the team. Also, there's no imposed team composition. So you pretty much just zerg around flipping and DPS'ing. I like the more strategic/calculated approach of FFXIV and WoW.

Also, real-time combat usually takes so many resources that it starts to pull away from other aspects of the game. And MMO's should be more than just combat.

[Paulie_gualtieri]

That's where DCUO shined.It had the great trinity system which was essential to beat any instance or raid.You couldn't solo squat in DC no matter how beast you are.

Tank needed to do his job
Healer needed to keep everyone alive
DPS needed to burn down dangerous Mobs

But they added another class, the controller, which had to keep everyone's power balls full at the expensive of his own powerbar,else healer couldn't heal, tank couldn't pull aggro, dps couldn't use skills.It was so good.The real time combat just made the boss fights and battles that much more intense and everyone had to be on their A game.

Damn i miss that game.

[RE_L_MAYER]

preety good game-im lvl 13 now,by the way anyone knows beta level cap if there is a level cap?

[PersonaCat]

Level cap is 20.

[s1xt6en]

Didn't really like the game. I guess im more of an action rpg kind of guy like phantasy star. Hope you guys enjoy it. Great guide.

[Meltic]

Graphic are good but gameplay lacks.

[MasterCornholio]

I'm finding it pretty fun.

[il-JumperMT]

I play the full game on PC but I have PS3 and will be upgrading to PS4 version (PS4 Version is smoother then my PC Version)

Here are some tips:

Lancer:
Use Heavy Thrust from Side of Mob to gain damage buff.

As Puglist, Use the following:
From behind: Bootshine, True Strike
From Side: Twin Snakes, Snap Punch.

THM:
Spam fire until out of mana, use transpose then spam ice until you regain mana, then repeat.

Arcanist:
Do NOT use Yellow Carby in groups

Conjurer:
The faster you learn to stance dance with Cleric Stance to DPS and heal the better

Tanks:
You can move out of cone attacks and then go back in during animation and you will not take damage. You have only to wait until the attack bar is max to move in, this allows you to dodge damage without making the mob turn around.
Do the above tips to see your dps skyrocket in groups for melee dps(lvl 15+)

[Volkama]

Tried this on the PC last week. I wasn't expecting much as it was always designed with PS3 in mind. Figured it'd be a bit cramped and the art style would be clean and intelligently designed to look good without too many textures. I figured it'd have some final fantasy charm and maybe have some gameplay strengths besides.

I expected too much. It's ugly, both technically and aesthetically. The dialogue is terrible. The only positive so far is the music.

It has 30 days to change my mind, I will try to force myself to log on a few more times before that window expires.

[TM333]

I can't believe it... 1 article for this LOL. Oh well. I've been enjoying the hell out of it, but I already had an idea from the PS3 Beta. Takes a little bit to get used to the control layout if you're not using a mouse and keyboard. I finally got the knack of the layout with Remote Play. Sure the text was small, but I somehow got used to it. Don't need to read all that anyway. I can certainly tell it looks better than the PS3 version.