How will you prepare for the launch?

ionxeel

What kind of preparations are you planning, regarding real life, when the game goes live? Will you be taking time off work? Buying favorite food/beverages? Personally I treat launching of my favorite games as a personal holiday. When Phase 4 starts I'll do everything to not let real life get in a way, and play as much as I can. That means I'll need a lot of energy drinks, preferably green Monster, as well as snacks. I like salted mini-pretzels, because they don't get your hands dirty, thus not making your keyboard sticky. Not really planning to drink any alcohol, I prefer enjoying the game sober. Anyway during Phase 4 I won't sleep much, until it ends and there will be a break between open beta and the early start. Anyway these are my plans. Share yours.

svann

thinking about a new rig.  this one runs ok, but i could do better

DuffMcD

I have vacation time I need to use, and my birthday is in a month. I am thinking I might actually use some of that to stay home and play a bit  in the middle of September as a Birthday present to myself. Hopefully the collector's edition will have shipped by launch and will arrive by my B-day too

Kesin

Sadly I only have one day of PTO left.  So it looks like I will just become sleep deprived during phase 4 and catch up on sleep during the downtime.  So lots of coffee and 5 hr energy drinks seem to be in my near future.

ionxeel

Originally posted by DuffMcD
I have vacation time I need to use, and my birthday is in a month. I am thinking I might actually use some of that to stay home and play a bit  in the middle of September as a Birthday present to myself. Hopefully the collector's edition will have shipped by launch and will arrive by my B-day too

Happy B-day!!!

DuffMcD

Originally posted by ionxeel

Originally posted by DuffMcD
I have vacation time I need to use, and my birthday is in a month. I am thinking I might actually use some of that to stay home and play a bit  in the middle of September as a Birthday present to myself. Hopefully the collector's edition will have shipped by launch and will arrive by my B-day too

Happy B-day!!!

Thanks!

Chrisbox

Removing all my clothing.

Karteli

When EQN launches in 2016, I'm going to be busy tending my farm in ArcheAge.  I will be tending to the cows when I hear EQ "Next" is going live, at which time I will finish up with the chickens, then look at SOE's cashshop .. and decide then.  Character roles & combat mechanics didn't pull me in now, and unless SOE changes anything, it won't pull me in then either.

 

Now when FFXIV launches, I'll be actively watching, both the launch and the general reception, which is going to be much better than before.

 

While I'm watching, I'll be chopping wood in ArcheAge .. =D

 

 

cybersurfr

Originally posted by Karteli

When this game launches in 2016, I'm going to be busy tending my farm in ArcheAge.  I will be tending to the cows when I hear EQ "Next" is going live, at which time I will finish up with the chickens, then look at SOE's cashshop .. and decide then.  Character roles & combat mechanics didn't pull me in now, and unless SOE changes anything, it won't pull me in then either.

 

I already played GW2, ty.

 

.. If things changed, then I try EQN .. otherwise, on to chopping wood ..

 

 

This isn't the EQN forums. Just fyi

Karteli

Originally posted by cybersurfr

This isn't the EQN forums. Just fyi

A slip, erg.

Foomerang

My personal checklist to keep me a well balanced cave dweller:

1. Sit up straight. Don't slouch
2. Take a 5-10 minute break every hour. Get up, stretch, walk around.
3. Drink lots of water.
4. Be sure to get no less than 6 hours of sleep each night.
5. Keep in mind that nobody at work cares what you did in FFXIV last night. Spare them.

EMP_ThatSoHarsh

I will make sure I have off work the next day and will most likely be streaming the same night. 

NetSage

I won't change a damn thing :P.  Just took last week off don't think work would be happy if I used the rest of my vacation so soon.

Dragonantis

Ive stopped playing MMO's until the release, ive gone old school and started playing the one Final Fantasy I never completed due to being busy, FFXII.

Also looking forward to my new PC parts to come in a few days

Oh yeah I also have a couple of days off work XD

Dzone

I just had a vacation 2 weeks ago, so im gona be working full time when it launches. Besides I usually go outa town for a week when I take a vacation, so I actually have more time when i'm working.

 

Still can put in around 40 hours a week, so good enough for me. I need to start to take breaks regularly heh, I tend to get a headache after like 4 hours of gaming.

 

10 minute break every hour would be good

IfrianMMO

Running alongside the beach with some weird song by a guy named Bill in the background and a black man telling me how much i suck at punching.

Shauneepeak

Originally posted by Dragonantis

Ive stopped playing MMO's until the release, ive gone old school and started playing the one Final Fantasy I never completed due to being busy, FFXII.

Also looking forward to my new PC parts to come in a few days

Oh yeah I also have a couple of days off work XD

GL hopefully you didn't screw up already and prevented yourself from getting the Zodiac Spear, I did =(, you still can get it but by time you actually get it the secondary way you don't really need it. Also look at a license board map all my main party characters had their quickenings at very low levels which allowed me to get quite a few things completed, such as obtaining Adrammelech, more then 20 levels below what was recommended. Also try to get a few Deathbringers early on by thieving them from Ithuno without killing him and running back to the save crystal to refresh his spawn(you must not kill him to allow this). I loved FF XII.

 

Now in regards to FF XIV I will quite simply get very little sleep.

Krimzin

Thankfully I work a job that gives me the opportunity to play while I'm at work. I have still have 4 days of PTO i have to use by the end of September or I lose them, so FF may be a good excuse.

Doubt I'll do any preparation for Launch other than make sure my rig is updated with latest drivers.

EMP_ThatSoHarsh

Originally posted by Krimzin

Thankfully I work a job that gives me the opportunity to play while I'm at work. I have still have 4 days of PTO i have to use by the end of September or I lose them, so FF may be a good excuse.

Doubt I'll do any preparation for Launch other than make sure my rig is updated with latest drivers.

Off topic but your cars paint job is amazing 

ionxeel

Originally posted by EMP_ThatSoHarsh

Originally posted by Krimzin

Thankfully I work a job that gives me the opportunity to play while I'm at work. I have still have 4 days of PTO i have to use by the end of September or I lose them, so FF may be a good excuse.

Doubt I'll do any preparation for Launch other than make sure my rig is updated with latest drivers.

Off topic but your cars paint job is amazing 

Yeah, sweet ride.