New to FFXIV - Will be anywayFollow

As a brand new player when I log in for the first time will I see max level people running around because they played the original?

Only if you sign up to a Legacy server and if you start your character within seven days of it going live cause believe me there will be some players getting 50 in under a week.

Any word if there will be more than what has be introduced and will they included new weapons?

Aside from the ones already announced (ACN: SCH and SMN these all use books as weapons) your guess is as good as mine but I have heard rumours of other possible classes.

Auto attack is there, but it's insignificant compared to the skills you will be using regularly. The skills you use, also won't stop your auto-attacks from happening either, so consider it sort of an additional damage over time for being in point blank range, which supplement your skills, which are your primary form of attack.

No sitting there waiting on your auto attack. Make no mistake, this is a skill-use based game. Or Skill-spam, if you will.



You have no active dodge button. However, enemies DO telegraph their attacks. Attacks that do circle style area of effects will have their range indicated on the ground for you to reposition and evade, and there are some attacks that are telegraphed to strike in front of the enemy or in a cone in front of the enemy, giving you time to position behind, beside, or just far enough away not to get hit by it.

You WILL want to evade these attacks, as sitting there and face-taking them will likely get you killed. And skillful evasion of them will allow you to survive fights you could not have otherwise.





Yes. However this isn't a determent to the game unless you're interested in world firsts. There was no real organized economy in version 1.xx, due to the lack of an Auction House system for the majority of it. What you will have is a lot of established players who have crafting and gathering skills that will keep the market fairly low and easy to break into. And due to the fact that Free Company Housing is expensive, 'inflation' caused by gil gathered from version 1.xx will likely be lost in that system.

Pairing this off with the fact that most mission and dungeons are level-capped (meaning you'll be synched down to the appropriate level for them), you'll have a lot of veterans doing the same content as you without having a giant advantage, or a wanting to lot on gear, making it easier for you to get some of the lower-level goodies while they progress in missions and fill their hunting log for completion/achievement sake.

All and all, if you're not worried about world firsts, a Legacy Server will be a welcoming place for you to join in.



This question is a bit muddy. Do you mean new weapon types or new weapons to obtain in general? The answer is yes on both counts.

As far as new types of weapons. They are attached to the Armory System, meaning each new weapon type will likely correspond to a new Class to play. In this case, they will be releasing Archanist, a Tome user, in Beta Phase 4 (Open beta.) Expect it to be popular as it is the first class to have Two Jobs corresponding to it, rather than just one that the seven previous classes currently have. However, also keep in mind that those classes will likely get patched in with a Second Job to spec with later down the line.

As far as new weapons for existing types. That too will also exist. New Primals (Ramuh, Shiva, Titan) as well as the harcore endgame content (Crystal Tower, Labrynth of Bahamut) will all have new weapons to strive for, on top of the old pool of loot which is getting updated as well.

All and all, very exciting prospects happening.