Release set for FFXIV

I’m proper excited about FFXIV, I played XI on and off for a couple of years but it was far less casual friendly than the WoW of today. To be fair that was one of it’s strengths and something which kept the spaz happy tweens away and kept me playing. XIV is supposed to be a little easier to solo in with job switching on the fly. Compare that to WoW dual spec if you need something to get your head around but then say to yourself that your tank can switch to a healing spec, squeeze into a nice flowery dress and be ready for action. With seemingly no level advancement the focus is on job advancement through usage. You spend all morning twatting Wamoura with your trusty sword and presumably your sword skill will increase (and this in turn should be linked to your active job). Precious little is really known about the advancement even this close to release but it certainly sounds intriguing.
There is a nice bunch of shots over at scrawlfx that should whet your appetite for the time being and if you are planning on picking this up for the PC, it wouldn’t hurt to check out the benchmark app from the official site. I’m in two minds, my shitty PC would probably be ok but I’m also quite tempted of the prospect of playing this on a PS3 (although would obviously need a keyboard). Will see how things pan out. Kupo.