FFXIV

They were pre-order bonus items for Endwalker. A great addition for anyone that missed them and wants that boost.

Event Schedule / From Tuesday, 15 October 2024 at 8:00 GMT (19:00 AEDT) to the release of Patch 7.1

The Live letter can be watched on YouTube.

Everything Announced:

• Patch 7.1 named Crossroads
• Releasing mid-November
• MSQ will dive deeper into Zoraal Ja’s character
• Pelupelu Society Quests
• Additional Wachumeqimeqi Quests
• Manderville/Hildibrand quests are back!
  • More of a short introduction, and will be expanded on later
• NewGame+ for 7.0
  • MSQ
  • Job Quests
  • Role Quests
• Duty Support
  • non-MSQ dungeons implemented moving forward.
  • Halatali added in 7.1
• Updates to Hall of Novice
  • Training for specific mechanics to be added
    • Unlocked at lv.49
    • Stack markers
    • Tank Busters
• PVP Updates
  • Action execution and hit detection updates
  • Job actions additions and adjustments
    • Except for Viper and Pictomancer
  • Red Sands and Cloud Nine arena improvements
  • Frontline and Rival Wings balance adjustments
  • Series 7 starts with 7.1
• New Dungeon: Yuweyawata Field Station
• Alliance Raid: Echos of Vana’diel
  • Final Fantasy XI for those who don’t know.
  • Part 1 - Jeuno: The First Walk
  • Staff from XI helped work on it
• New Trial: The Minstrel’s Ballad - Sphene’s Burden
• New Unreal Trial: The Jade Stoa
  • Setup for lv.100 and future Unreal Trials will aim for this.
• New Battle Content
  • Chaotic Alliance Raid
    • “Savage” difficulty 24-man Raid
    • Only one planned so far.
    • The Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) - she appears on the key art.
    • Has new mechanics
    • No trash mobs so may only be the last boss.
    • Offers unique rewards for completing
    • Uses new reward system to encourage replay and help others
  • New Ultimate Raid: Futures Rewritten
    • Possibly to be released shortly after 7.1 release date, cannot confirm right now
• Doman Mahjong Updates
  • Voiced reactions and commentary from Scions
• Housing Updates
  • Interior renovation - various different designs to choose.
  • Removing pillars and changing staircases for example.
  • Free as often as you want to change
  • Would like to offer interior size changes in the future (make Small house a Large inside)
• Dawntrail OST to be release.
• The Primals latest concert (Sept. 21) available to stream.
• New Merch (already announced throughout TGS)
• This is part one of the PLL, part two will be later and include updates on graphic changes, characters, etc

• Sunday, 29 September 2024 at 5:50 (GMT) / 6:50 (BST) / 15:50 (AEST)
• Will be showing 7.1

All as usual fairly pricey, but the desk mat in particular is pretty cool!

Few highlights that I found interesting:

• Alliance Raid is coming in the first patch.

“In patch 7.1, we will be having the [FF11 crossover] alliance raid Echoes of Vana’diel, and we are also creating a 24-person savage which is shaping up to be really good.”

• They built it with expected wipes in mind.

“When a player goes through on their first playthrough they will probably wipe three times – this was what we felt was a good line to draw.”

• “24-man Savage” will be different content from normal.

“On the other hand, the 24-person savage – this is going to be a completely different boss. So it is going to be completely different content”

We do plan to continue working on expanding functionality for people who love their fashion. And with regards to the two dye channel system, we still haven't updated all of our previous assets for the system, so we are working on that, and we should be able to finish all of the existing assets by patch 7.3. That is our first goal right now. But after we get through that, then we will be thinking about what to do next.