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TL;DR of the keynote speech
- Samurai confirmed for melée pure DPS, uses Striking gear
- Also liberating Doma as well as Ala Mhigo
- Yugiri and Gosetsu will play major MSQ roles
- New 8-man raid: Interdimensional Rift Omega - The Bend of Time
- New Alliance raid: Return to Ivalice
- New City: Kugane, upon the island of Hingashi
- New Field Areas: Othard continent. The Ruby Sea, Yanxia, Azim Steppe previewed
- New Beast Tribe: Kojin. Live in Ruby Sea (underwater); believe in “kamiâ€; collect artefacts; worship new FFXIV-exclusive Primal: Susano, Lord of the Revel
- New Dungeons: one previewed was ship graveyard (preview vid should be online)
- New Housing Area: Shirogane, upon Hingashi. Won’t be open upon launch so people can enjoy the new content before focussing on getting a house.
- New Housing Features: moving-house feature; doubling housing item limit; adding many more Doman-style furnishings
- New Themesong Information: track title is “Revolutionsâ€, sung by Susan Calloway
- Launch Date (still tentative): 20 June, 2017
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TL;DR of Live LetterQ&A
• Butt sliders: no
• Increasing garden item slots: maybe later
• Eos or Selene recovering position after knockback: do it yourself!
• Rhythm game in Gold Saucer: maybe (probably not)
• Remove racial restrictions for hairstyles: yes for some, not all
• Remove racial restrictions for hempen sets: difficult technically
• Repeating MSQ fights: difficult technically. Roll an alt
• 3.0 EX primals too easy, what about 4.0?: accessiblity of content is more important to them
• Krile outfit on mogstation: would be expensive to make
• More Hildibrand trials?: probably not. Hildibrand may or may not reappear in 4.X
• In-game/official DPS parser: hard no
• PS4 Pro patch: in progress
• Keeping flowers in pots: planned for 3.5X
• Umbrellas as a vanity item: considering adding as a mount
• PotD across data centre: in progress, but cross server alliance raids first
• /tells across data centre: in progress, as are linkshells, free companies, and friends lists
3.55a news
• Live on Tuesday, 28th February
• Anima weapon story quests - “easy!â€
• Zhloe Aliapoh - story quests for crafters and gatherers
• Proto Ultima battle
• The Feast
•• new maps
•• sudden death to resolve draws
•• new items and adjustments
•• season 3 ending / season 4 pre-season so people can get used to new map before ranking begins
• Items:
•• Adjustments to Sophic and Demon Lanner drop rates
•• Garo Gear added to Calamity Salvager
•• FanFest gear codes redeemable
• 3.55a because Diadem isn’t ready for release yet. They’re very sorry, but there’s a bug they couldn’t fix in time. Will be in 3.55b
•• 3.55b release planned anywhere between March 7th - 14th
•• Constant stream of content between 3.55 and 4.0
• MSQ continuation in 3.56
Guinness World Records
• Final Fantasy 14 has longest end credits in an MMO video game (1 hour 38 minutes)
• Final Fantasy 14 has the highest number of original pieces of music in a video game (384 original compositions)
• Final Fantasy series is the most prolific role-playing game series (87 titles)
• Butt sliders: no
• Increasing garden item slots: maybe later
• Eos or Selene recovering position after knockback: do it yourself!
• Rhythm game in Gold Saucer: maybe (probably not)
• Remove racial restrictions for hairstyles: yes for some, not all
• Remove racial restrictions for hempen sets: difficult technically
• Repeating MSQ fights: difficult technically. Roll an alt
• 3.0 EX primals too easy, what about 4.0?: accessiblity of content is more important to them
• Krile outfit on mogstation: would be expensive to make
• More Hildibrand trials?: probably not. Hildibrand may or may not reappear in 4.X
• In-game/official DPS parser: hard no
• PS4 Pro patch: in progress
• Keeping flowers in pots: planned for 3.5X
• Umbrellas as a vanity item: considering adding as a mount
• PotD across data centre: in progress, but cross server alliance raids first
• /tells across data centre: in progress, as are linkshells, free companies, and friends lists
3.55a news
• Live on Tuesday, 28th February
• Anima weapon story quests - “easy!â€
• Zhloe Aliapoh - story quests for crafters and gatherers
• Proto Ultima battle
• The Feast
•• new maps
•• sudden death to resolve draws
•• new items and adjustments
•• season 3 ending / season 4 pre-season so people can get used to new map before ranking begins
• Items:
•• Adjustments to Sophic and Demon Lanner drop rates
•• Garo Gear added to Calamity Salvager
•• FanFest gear codes redeemable
• 3.55a because Diadem isn’t ready for release yet. They’re very sorry, but there’s a bug they couldn’t fix in time. Will be in 3.55b
•• 3.55b release planned anywhere between March 7th - 14th
•• Constant stream of content between 3.55 and 4.0
• MSQ continuation in 3.56
Guinness World Records
• Final Fantasy 14 has longest end credits in an MMO video game (1 hour 38 minutes)
• Final Fantasy 14 has the highest number of original pieces of music in a video game (384 original compositions)
• Final Fantasy series is the most prolific role-playing game series (87 titles)
My full text transcript can be found here.
Images and video from the PR release can be found here.
SO what do we think? :D
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