Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - PC

by Square Enix

• All the hallmarks of the FINAL FANTASY franchise, including genre-leading graphics and HD real-time cut scenes; Robust gameplay features such as Free Companies, story-driven player?vs.-player content, and primal summoning to bring players together
• Incredible new graphics engine that delivers a high level of detail and quality on both the PlayStation 3 and Windows PC platforms
• A flexible class system that allows players to change to any of the eighteen different classes on the fly simply by changing their equipped weapon or tool
• Breathtaking musical score by renowned FINAL FANTASY series composer Nobuo Uematsu
• Cross platform play on PlayStation 3 and Windows PC

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• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.1 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 27, 2013
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,041 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,382 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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Platform: PC | Edition: Standard

Product Description

FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn is a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) for Windows piece and PlayStation3 that invites you to explore the realm of Eorzea with friends from around the world. Form a party and adventure with a multitude of players from across the globe. Forge friendships, mount chocobos, and board airships as you and your companions create your own unique stories in Eorzea. Set out alone or enlist the aid of friends as you undertake epic quests, battle familiar FINAL FANTASY monsters, and acquire unique abilities and equipment. All the classic elements from the series that you have come to know and love are waiting. Embark on the adventure of a lifetime to help reforge the fate of Eorzea on PS3 or piece on 08.27.13. Eorzea. A Land embraced by Gods and forged by Heroes. Seeking control of this realm and its abundant crystal resources, the Garlean Empire sends forth a massive host on a campaign to conquer its southern neighbor. Driven by madness, the commander of the invading forces silently plots to tear the moon from the heavens and hurl it down upon the land. The people of the realm soon learn of this foul scheme, and join their hands in prayer in an eleventh hour attempt to entreat the aid of the gods, only to see their endeavors fail. From within the moon emerges Bahamut, an ancient terror seething with rage fueled by countless generations of imprisonment. Sensing the tug of Fate, a powerful magus channels the last of his strength to send Eorzea's heroes into a temporal rift. There they wait, untouched by the flames of destruction, until they are needed again. Those heroes are you, and the hour of awakening is now. Come and witness a realm reborn.

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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for the PC platform that invites you to rediscover the realm of Eorzea with friends online. Designed as a relaunch of the 2010 PC release, Final Fantasy XIV, A Realm Reborn allows players to enjoy a true Final Fantasy flavored MMO experience the way game developer/publisher Square Enix intended. Game features include: a persistent and evolving world with immersive storylines, a flexible 18 choice class system, guild-based activities, optimized graphics, the choice of solo or group play, a breathtaking musical score, and cross-platform play with PS3 players.

The Final Fantasy MMO relaunches for PC, better than ever.
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18 powerful classes that can be switched.
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Now Comes the Decline of the Seventh Umbral Era

The realm of Eorzea is ancient, with a conflicted history marked by cycles of prosperous "Astral," and disastrous "Umbral" eras. Past interpretations of this led many to predict that the current Astral Era would last into eternity, but now the land stands poised to enter another age of decline, a period known as the Seventh Umbral Era. On the eastern border, the Garlean Empire masses its troops for invasion, while the native beast tribes summon their deities, the otherworldly primals. The threats facing Eorzea will not easily be overcome, but overcome they must be.

Gameplay

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that invites players to explore the realm of Eorzea with friends from around the world. The game is an updated version of the PC game, Final Fantasy XIV, which was originally released in 2010. In it, classic Final Fantasy type themes and environments are merged with MMORPG play mechanics as you form a party and adventure with a multitude of players from across the globe. Forge friendships, mount chocobos, and board airships as you and your companions create your own unique stories in Eorzea. Set out alone or enlist the aid of friends as you undertake epic quests, battle familiar Final Fantasy monsters, and acquire unique abilities and equipment. All the classic elements from the series that you have come to know and love are waiting. Embark on the adventure of a lifetime to help reforge the fate of Eorzea.

Key Game Features

• All the hallmarks of the Final Fantasy franchise, including genre-leading graphics and high-definition real-time cutscenes that advance the game's rich storyline. Incredible new graphics engine that delivers a high level of detail and quality.
• A flexible class system that allows players to change to any of the eighteen different classes on the fly simply by changing their equipped weapon or tool.
• Guild-based activities focused on catering to players with different gaming styles.
• Breathtaking musical score by renowned Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu.
• Cross platform play on Windows PC with PS3 players, and Robust gameplay features -- such as Free Companies, story-driven player–Vs-player content, and primal summoning -- to bring players together.

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146 of 166 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Mostly positive experience, and updates from Square-Enix seem to really improve gameplay.. August 27, 2013

By Dan

Platform for Display:PC Download| Edition:Standard|Verified Purchase

=== Revised for 2.2 patch ===

Would rank 4.5 stars currently. Original review mostly in place, slightly revised with additional notes at bottom:

FFXIV:ARR is certainly a ton better than the original FFXIV 1.0. The game itself is fun, and added a lot of elements that make it enjoyable. For example, using the dungeon finder to continue on in the game's storyline. If only FFXI had that during the CoP days... It basically will find you a Tank, Healer, and 2 DPS automatically so that you can progress in the story.

One thing I would like to make mention that is really impressive is how they do the classes. You can level all of the jobs on a single character, and change them just by changing weapons, but the interesting spin on it is that your main job doesn't get some abilities until you've leveled the other classes. (You only get a few 'additional traits' at first, and it increases every 5 levels.)

For example, if you level a guardian, you'll only get a handful of abilities specifically for guardian. Change your weapon and level Conjurer to level 2 and your Guardian will now be able to "equip" the Cure spell (if you want.) Level it to level 8 and you can "equip" the Protect spell. You can mix and match any number of classes "additional abilities" so long as Guardian main can use it. So I could mix 2 Conjurer spells, a Marauder spell, and a spell from Archer if I wanted.

Once you get to level 30, you can even further specialize into advanced jobs such as Paladin (30 Glad/15 Conjurer) to enable a different set of abilities. By specializing into a job, you get less "additional abilities" slots, however, you gain job specific abilities to make up for it. Jobs are limited to cross-classing with specific classes. For example, Paladin only has access to Marauder and Conjurer spells, whereas Gladiator can equip from all classes. Also for this example, Paladin will gain useful abilities (such as auto attack damage up, or a "reduce damage taken" ability) that Gladiator can't use. (Nov 30th update: This actually isn't nearly as impressive as I originally thought, as once you reach level 30, you'll almost always be stuck on your advanced jobs as the stat bonuses outweigh the additional cross class abilities even while solo. One example is that WAR does more damage than MRD because of access to more base stats + Relic weapon / AF2 stats. So basically you'll have access to two different jobs of cross class abilities, and they may or may not be useful abilities. Definitely not as customizable as I originally thought and leans more toward cookie-cutter builds.)

The battle components to the game are indeed a bit slow at first. However, it does pick up a bit when you do your first dungeon w/ a group. I will also say that the 3 second global cool down seems a bit excessive initially, but as you get more abilities to juggle, the overall battle sequences grow on you and are quite enjoyable.

Quests are plentiful for your first class, and you can squeeze out a little bit of quests for your 2nd, but soon you will run into a quest bottle neck, in that you'll have to resort to doing the levequests, FATEs, and guildleves / dungeon finder to level up. The quests are not very in-depth, and a lot of them are: Start quest, pick this up, deliver this, etc. It is a lot of running around but it's not bad, as there are multiple ways to get around. All characters have the ability to Teleport (for a gil cost) to areas in which you have touched the main Aethernet points. There are no flying mounts in the game, for those that are wondering, and all of the mounts travel at the same speed. They did add some Daily Quests as of 2.1, but they do not resolve the quest bottle neck that you'll run into for a 2nd job.

One thing that will be pleasing people who have came from FFXI is that the game doesn't really focus around gil (except for crafting and buying food) which is pretty common for modern MMOs. Another nice thing is that so far I haven't seen any "grinding" of mobs while doing the quests looking for a specific drop. If it says to go farm four bat wings from bats, it only takes 4 bats to get all the drops. Also, there is some threshold that people can assist even if they are not in your party (in addition you can help others and get credit.) There is a threshold though, as you can't just barely tag a monster and get XP or a drop, but you have to do a pretty decent amount of activity to a mob.

The FATE system is similar to the world events from Rift. They usually involve a group of monsters being killed, escorting an NPC, or killing a single boss or Notorious Monster. The FATE system is rewarding, giving a very good amount of EXP, and a potential way to level up is through a "FATE party." These are parties in which people will contribute to the FATE's success as a group as opposed to solo. However, after the 2.1 update, dungeons are now an alternative way to level up experience wise including daily one-time bonuses from the daily duty roulette feature. The hunting log is also very rewarding, giving you EXP for killing certain types of monsters (not many, usually 2-4). There is also different "tiers" of the hunting log that you unlock by doing the previous log. It's a fun addition, and it is probably the quickest way to level from 1-15 until you unlock dungeons for 2nd classes/jobs.

The environment in the game is appealing and pleasing to the eye, as it was in 1.0. The difference is now the game play has actually caught up to the aesthetics. I believe the producers said that the challenges are supposed to be geared towards end game, and that leveling up was designed to be relatively easy as you're expected to level multiple classes. You don't really have to worry about aggro from monsters, as all classes have a "sprint" ability, and monsters lose interest very quickly. Monsters losing interest and returning to their starting position is actually a nuisance for kiting jobs, (Archer, Conj, etc) as if you step too far away from it, it'll just go back to where you pulled it.

Playing with a group is also fun here. As you get more abilities you have to strategically choose which ability to use as they are all affected by the 3 second cool down. There is a built in threat/hate meter to let you (as a tank or a melee) see if you're about to lose or pull aggro on a specific monster (it shows your hate on all monsters that you have some amount of enmity on).

I was definitely worried about the game being difficult to differentiate between skilled players and unskilled players, but the higher I go, the less I worry about that. Overall, the game is very polished and pretty addicting. I would definitely recommend it for the price.

=== Update 4/17/2014 ===
I have not had any log in issues for several months. However, be warned if you are trying to create a character on a specific server. Girlfriend wanted to play on same server as me, and we were not able to create a character on Balmung. Eventually by checking back over and over, we were finally able to see the server open up for new accounts. Took about 24-48 hours of checking before it opened up. Same thing happened to my friend after recommending him to try the game out, he wanted to be on my server and was unable to create his character and play right away.

===Update 12/17/2013===
Couple of things to add now that a few months have passed:

Originally, I had a problem in that using the Duty Finder forces you to always have two tanks, two healers, and four DPS for the 8-man dungeons and you are unable to change classes once you are in the Duty. This presented a problem for party optimization, for example in Titan hard mode having two tanks is detrimental (as opposed to just not being optimized) and parties would be better suited with an extra healer or DPS. The game advertises flexibility by "just changing your weapon to switch jobs" but in reality, this does not happen 'when you need it.' You also cannot queue as multiple jobs. This is actually something that World of Warcraft has done well, in that you can change specs and still be in the same "role." Not the case with FFXIV. However, after the 2.1 update in December, they introduced an alternative way to build parties outside of the duty finder that can be accessed from any part of the world. Update: The Party Finder feature does in fact solve a lot of issues with regarding party make up for specific fights. It is a highly used function that is used to recruit members based on similar goals. No shouting for a group is required, just look at recruiting parties, or start your own and wait for members to join. Really a fantastic feature.

As of version 2.2, the game utilizes multiple ways to gear up. For the average player, you will be able to gear up by using "tomestones" that will grant you access to i90, and i100 gear. You can farm unlimited i90 stones per week now, and now the cap has been placed on i100 of 450 a week which I think is fair. The best loot in the game comes from Coil turns 6-9 now [ilvl 110 gear.]

One problem that remains, is that you can only complete coil turns once per week before getting locked out of the dungeon which prevents you from helping others out. Once a week is fine, but if I am free to do the dungeon on Monday with a pick up group, I should not be excluded from helping my Free Company out who often goes at a random time through the week (in which I may or may not be able to attend.) In addition, if my Free Company does turns 1-3 that I was unable to attend, but I was able to help out for turns 4 and 5, I am not able to go back and complete (and get potential loot) for the first turns. This creates an environment that can cause tension amongst Free Company members and penalizes "subbing" someone in a turn. In addition, if I want to attempt turn 4 without my Free Company with a pick up group because a lot of the times people aren't available through the week, then (if successful), should my free company want to attempt it in the week (as in enough people are available) then I won't be able to help them. They were able to introduce a "lot once per week" loot system in the Crystal Tower (2.1 update), in which you can run the dungeon as much as you want and still help others. Perhaps this is for the better with the introduction of a bridge between initial end game gear and final end game gear to keep people playing for longer and keep final end game loot more rare for those that put in the effort.

===Quality of life adjustments in 2.1 that resolved previous complaints===

Introduction of Party finder for content outside of Duty Finder.

Bridge between mid-game and end game equipment and content for gearing alternate jobs.

Fate Grinding as main method of leveling up is no longer the case with dungeon experience points being buffed. It is now simply an alternative way.

Introduction of Duty Roulette, which allows for shorter queue times as you can queue for multiple dungeons and get a significant daily bonuses (4 categories to complete), in addition to adding additional ways to obtain Tombstones for end game equipment.

Adjustment of weekly tombstones from 300->450 effectively lowers gearing out a job from 5.5 months to 3.5 months using tombstones only (very important considering the multiple class system.)

PvP has been added, and it is okay. It is only a single instance of one small area for now, but being in it's infancy it is already running into the problem of characters being geared in PvP gear vs those freshly starting out. The overall mechanics are okay, and it's fun, but it's largely simplistic.

====2.2 Patch / April 2014===

Square-Enix is up to their old ways with grinding / random number generator stuff. After 2.2 patch, end game now consists of the following:

Farming level 5-45 Fates in order to get a 1-2% drop rate 'stone.' to upgrade your weapon. You'll need 12 of these. Once you get this, you'll need to farm some 12,000+ mythology stones that are yielded at a rate of 50-60 per dungeon. The results of your work? A weapon that is the same ilvl as gear you can get from drops. It's supposedly upgradable later, though.

Farming Leviathan over and over again in hopes to get a 1-2% drop that will be split amongst 8 people doing the same thing.

Farming Coils 6-9, which also has the weekly lockout.

So basically if you want to progress past ilvl90, you will be farming low level fates, 1 primal extreme, farming dungeons for tomestones and Coil 6-9. Casual players will most likely never do Coil 6-9, however 1-5 has been made "pickup groupable" but is still ilvl90 gear.

Final Notes:
During 2.0 I rated the game a 4/5 stars. During 2.1 patch Square-Enix won me over. However 2.2 knocked half a star off for me. It's still a solid revamp and now truly worthy of a Final Fantasy name brand. Read more ›

48 of 54 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the wait. September 7, 2013

By 8BitZombie

Platform for Display:PC Download| Edition:Standard|Verified Purchase

So first off read the bad reviews of this game. Most are complaining the log on issues. AO 9-4-13 the servers have been fixed and expanded. There is no trouble logging on into the game at any time of the day. Yes it will be jam packed during the weekends or the time you get off from work but now there is a que time/status instead of giving you an error code. And I don't work for Square Enix but i bet they didn't expect a big demand for this game which is well worth it. And its understandable if you have patience, they did fix the problem now everyone can enjoy it. So i don't see why people are crying over like spilled milk, and some returning it. News Flash, where i live there is no physical copy of the game on any shelf. I live in San Diego, even parts of Orange County and LA is sold out. And also even Amazon and Square Enix suspended the digital download or purchase of the game.

I played the 1.0 version of this game, even the Final Fantasy 11. This is a completely new game and an easy learning curve. The graphics are beautiful, the music is soothing. And the gameplay flows with a story line. I played World of Warcraft since vanilla and i must say i am happy i switched over cause WoW was going nowhere. But honestly i just wrote this review just to clarify about the server issue, and try the game out from someone you know. See if you like it or not.

28 of 31 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars My new online home for the next few years September 16, 2013

By Phong

Platform for Display:PC Download|Edition:Standard

I've been jumping around many different MMOs since I decided to stop playing Aion(played since beta). I tried WoW again for the 3rd time and I just can't get past level 15 because I would get bored. Rift is cool but I couldn't get immersed into the game world. Reactivated my SWTOR account but I just couldn't really get into that game. FF14 AAR wasn't even on my radar but then I started reading about the server congestion and how people couldn't log in. I got curious and started doing more research.

I decided to take a look and finally got a copy from Gamestop last week because someone didn't pick up their pre-order. Been playing for almost 2 weeks and not once did I have problems logging in. The game runs very smooth and there is practically no lag in the main hubs with lots of people running around. I was very surprised with the smooth game playing and beautiful graphics. I've always preferred PvP over PvE but I really love the game world in FF14 AAR. Eventually they will add PvP and I'll be a happy gamer.

Pros: Beautiful graphics and smooth game play. You can level up all the classes with the same character. You can also level up all the crafting professions on the same character.

Cons: The tab targeting system needs a little tweaking.

Conclusion: Highly recommended.

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty great game and very casual friendly. January 1, 2014

By Robert Spencer

Platform for Display:PC Download| Edition:Standard|Verified Purchase

I've just finished my free trial period which is a whole month, depending how you play you can reach max level on atleast one job in that time frame and get a good feel of the game for yourself and as i said in the title it's very casual friendly, don't need to give away 10 hours a day of your life to this game (yet).

it's gameplay is very fun and the game itself has some aspects of it that can grab onto nostalgia if you're a Final Fantasy veteran for example Materia can be placed on equipment to gain benefits, you can see Magitek armor around the game and even get one as a mount. Those 2 examples are from Final Fantasy VII and VI for those of you who have not played the FF games before there are plenty of other references to older FF games along with references to entirely different games such as a Metal Gear Solid reference during one of the story missions. As for the classes/jobs each class/job feels unique in it's own ways once you get above level 10, just got my Monk to level 50(Max current level cap). There are multiple types of jobs to choose from. I'll give a small description of each from what i understand about them so far.

Disciples of War:
•Gladiator (later on turns into Paladin) which is a tank class who's role is to direct the enemies attention to him/herself to protect the party make things run smoothly.
•Pugilist (later turns into Monk) which is a DPS/DD class (Damage Per Second/Damage Dealer) it's role is to pretty much pummel the enemy down with brute force and combo type moves.
•Marauder (later turns into Warrior) which is another tank like class just like paladin it's role is to keep the enemies on him but i believe it's a more DPS/DD oriented job, (I've not personally played it so i could be mistaken.)
•Lancer (later turns into Dragoon) is also a DPS/DD class that gains a lot depending on what order they use their abilities in, some abilities will gain a bonus if uses after another or from different positions around the enemy.
•Archer (Later turns into bard) this is a ranged DPS/DD/Support class as Archer it's pretty much a DPS/DD but once you unlock Bard it turns into more of a DPS and Support class, it can cast beneficial effects to help the party defeat enemies and also gains benefits from being in certain positions and staying away from the enemy. (I've not personally played it so i could be mistaken.)

Disciples of Magic:
•Conjurer (later turns into White Mage) which is a healing mage job, it uses it's magic to keep the party and/or him/herself alive, and is able to revive fallen players. It does also have the ability to do some DPS/DD with certain spells, but, i believe that's only really useful if your going to be soloing.
•Thaumaturge (later turns into Black Mage) which is a DPS/DD mage job, simply put it's role is to fight from a distance and overwhelm it's targets with hard hitting spells before they have a chance to retaliate, what they lack in defense they make up in power.
•Arcanist (later turns into Summoner and/or Scholar) this one I'll be totally honest and say i don't know much about, it depends which way you wanna take it, Summoner i believe is primarily DPS/DD oriented where as Scholar.. again i -believe- is a healer type class. Arcanist itself can do both roles decently DPS/DD or healer i'm fairly certain. I've not tried it so i can't say.

That's all of the classes/jobs listed above hopefully it helps you make a decision when/if you pick the game up.

The leveling system is very interesting, it's based around questing when you start and turns more towards Fates, Levequests and Dungeons later on.
•Quests if you're unsure and have never played games like this are objectives given to you by NPCs (non-playable characters) where you need to fetch items for them, dispatch enemies or even do something very simple, like, walk around town and talk to people or find something they may have lost. When whatever the objective was is completed you recieve your reward and possibly open up more quest lines/story options. Most quests have a pretty decently written little story attached to them so that's a bonus along with the experience points and Gil (gold) rewards.

•Fates are battles with different objectives that can pop up in most any area excluding in the main cities and have a timer of about 13min, actual duration depends on number of players around and doing fates. They are great ways to gain experience points and alittle Gil (Gold) throughout your adventures. The objectives can sometimes be to dispatch all of the enemies that show up, could be a few or it could be a whole lot of them. Possibly one large Notorious Monster, only one enemy to defeat but it usually has a lot of Hit Points and requires more then 1 person to be able to finish. Or even something like pickup up items laying around the ground or retrieving items from enemies around the area and giving them to a specific NPC near the Fate.

•Levequests like the name says.. atleast i think so.. they are quests to help you level. Depending on your level, what zone your in, and what job you are they can be easy or hard. Levequests give options of usually 4 different quests per zone/per level tier you gain access to new tiers every 5 levels starting at level 10 i believe. Objectives range from escorting an NPC to safety, to pacifying (not killing) enemies around the area. You get the option to raise the difficulty up to a max of +4, in other words if your level 22 and your in a level 20 area you have the option to raise the quest level up to 24 for more challenge. With more challenge comes more rewards, you gain more experience points and gil if you complete it on higher difficulty, you also gain a bonus for speed if you can complete the objectives quickly. Levequests are also not just for classes experience, you can use them to level crafting stuff which ill talk about later down the review.

•Dungeons at early levels are taken on by a party of 4 players 2 DPS/DDs, 1 Tank, 1 Healer at around level 50 you start getting dungeons that require 8 people, 4 DPS 2 Tanks 2 Healers, or 24 people which is just the 8 person party but 3 of them. Along with experience points gained from dungeons you can also obtain equipment for your classes that cannot be obtained by other means and is usually better then what you can get from a crafter or quests around that level. Each dungeon has different objectives and mechanics but all of them stay true to a single format until you get up to level 50 anyway, 2 mini bosses and 1 main boss. The bosses are spaced out so you have a few minutes of fighting and getting to the 1st, fight it, then you have some more adventuring to do before the 2nd boss, etc. As i said the dungeons themselves have varying mechanics as do the bosses, some bosses might just be stand there and wail on it where as others if you were to do that you'd lose the fight in a matter of seconds. It's not hard to learn what each does after your first attempt.

That's my description of most of the ways to level in this game as of right now, that could change in the future, but, there is no way to tell.

Crafting in this game definitely caught my eye, coming from Final Fantasy XI crafting was kind of bland and boring where as here it's very indepth. Crafting works almost exactly like leveling a Disciple of War or Magic in the way that you gain experience points rather than 0.1, 0.2, etc up to 1.0 to gain a point. As i said above levequests have the option to do crafting jobs as well as your melee or mage jobs, the difference is for the crafting ones you just need to turn in something you are able to craft for experience and gil, if you trade a HQ (high quality) item you can double the reward given. The downside of this is you can see lazy people just buy the items needed from a vendor and trade that, i personally like crafting it myself for the HQ chance and double reward. along with levequests for experience and just plain crafting, you gain a bonus for each item you craft that you've not crafted before, the game itself keeps a "Crafting Log" so you don't have to search around online to find the recipes like you had to do in Final Fantasy XI. You have a lot of control over what your making, it feels more rewarding to level a craft on this game in my opinion and depending on what other crafts you have leveled you can gain benefits towards certain things like Quality or Control over what your doing. Along with crafting there are Gathering jobs so you don't have to rely on other players or merchants as much for materials. I'll give some descriptions of them below. (Most of the crafts are self-explanatory just by looking at the names)

Disciples of Hand:
•Carpenter is the crafting class that work with wood, it can make logs into lumber, equipment such as polearms (spears), bows and shields, and some armors. Since Free Company housing was added i would assume they can do furniture too.
•Blacksmith is a crafting class that works with metals bronze, steel, etc. They can make ingots, rivets, chains, tools, and weapons.
•Armorer is the crafting class as the name says that can make armor, usually heavy armor for jobs like Gladiator and Marauder. It benefits from having blacksmith leveled because it can use some of the materials blacksmiths make for it's armor.
•Goldsmith is another crafting class that works with metals but also does jewels and specializes in rings, necklaces, bracelets. It can make weapons but usually for mage type jobs or tools for other crafting classes.
•Leatherwork is a crafting class that specializes in obviously leather but leather is used to make light and mid-range armors for jobs such as Lancer, Pugilist and Archer, it also makes alot of equipment for the other crafting classes.
•Weaver is a crafting class that works with cloth, it can make light equipment for jobs like Leatherworker but usually only does the really light armors and equipment for other crafting classes as well.
•Alchemist is the crafting class that works with potions and status enhancing stuff of the like, it also can make stuff that can benefit all of the other crafts.
•Culinarian is the crafting class that makes the food in the game, and if your wondering why do you need food in a video game that isn't the Sims, food can give large boosts to stats like Strength, Vitality, Critical Hits, and almost all of it gives a +3% bonus to experience gained.

Now we move onto the gathering jobs which i mentioned above, they are meant to get materials for the crafting classed but you don't need to level a crafting class to level gathering, you have the option to sell your materials you gather on the Market Boards for a profit.

Disciples of Land:
•Miner is the gathering class that looks for stuff like ores and gems, it benefits goldsmith, blacksmith, and armorer to have this gatherer leveled.
•Botanist is the gathering class that looks for stuff like grasses that can be turned into thread, cotton to be turned into thread and clothes, and flowers/plants that can be used by alchemists for potions.

That's my Review over all, i hope it helped out, first time doing a written review on anything so i tried to make it as in depth as i could to give people some insight on the game and some of it's mechanics. Also I'm sorry about my grammar and punctuation I've never been very good at either.

If it did help you and you decide to pick up the game come over to Sargantas and say hi, player name is Stryger Severino.

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