Since the launch on the Realm Reborn, Final Fantasy XIV has become captivating quantities of players which consists of enthralling story and enjoyable gameplay. A stark contrast through the failure of merely one.0, the newly revamped game quickly grew to 1 on the largest entities while in the MMORPG market. The launch of Heavensward brought even more features into the game: three new jobs, the latest region, plus the power to explore said region while flying. Square Enix has gave the impression to realize with Final Fantasy XIV than a regular stream of content is crucial to keeping players engaged and subscriber numbers high, and they’ve done an excellent job of releasing frequent updates all over the span of the rise that supply new challenges whilst keeping fans happy.
However, numerous patches only do it much to increase a game’s longevity. The announcement of the game’s next expansion, Stormblood, the government financial aid October had players foaming within the mouth for more info. The Key Note Presentation at Tokyo Fanfest today revealed some eagerly awaited news in regards to the upcoming Final Fantasy XIV installment that’ll be sure to tide fans over till more info are solidified.
First, and perhaps most fun, was the announced on the expansion’s first (of multiple!) new jobs: Red Mage.
Red Mage will fill the role of ranged DPS and wield a rapier in addition to a magicked crystal medium. The duty will tentatively start at level 50. Red Mage runs on the combination ranged and melee style?distinguished using quick positioning. The caster can “deal massive damage by linking multiple spells with Chainspell and following them up with melee attacks.”
Also announced were young kids swimming and diving. Characters will automatically move to swimming when approaching an eligible body of water. The Diving skill shall be limited by 4.0 areas, and gathering and NPC interaction will likely be available while submerged (no battling, however!).
A new beast tribe named the Ananta is going to be featured in Stormblood. Comprised of only females, the Ananta reside in the forest near Ala Mihgo, are oppressed through the Garleans, and now have existed because the age of the Allagans. The beast tribe can be renowned for their skill in gem and spellcraft. Accompanying this announcement was the reveal with the beast tribe’s primal, Lakshmi – Lady of Bliss.
The high-end raid in Stormblood might be referred to as Bend of Time – Omega, along with the first 24 man raid is going to be titled Resume Ivalice. “Yasumi Matsuno (Tactics Ogre, Final Fantasy Tactics) will be writing the plot and script to the new alliance raid. Illustrator and character designer Keita Amemiya (Shin Megami Tensei IV) shall be designing the bosses.”
Rounding your Key Note presentation was the announcement on the collector’s addition. Particularly what’s inside are specified by the slide below:
Preorders for Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood begin January 24, 2017, and the expansion features a (tentative) release date of June 20, 2017. How will you guys experience the announcement of Red Mage? Exactly what your thoughts on what the opposite jobs in Stormblood could be? Yoshi-P (Naoki Yoshida) has worn shirts during announcements prior to now that gave hints about upcoming content. Today’s shirt was Spiderman, leading many to consentrate the reveal from the monster magic wielding Blue Mage shall be coming soon. Whether that’s legitimate or perhaps a wild rumor is not seen.
