Ultimate Fantasy 14 On-line is almost 10 years outdated, but it surely does not appear to be slowing down any time quickly. Throughout at the moment’s Dwell Letter 76 broadcast, director Yoshi-P and the crew behind FFXIV revealed particulars in regards to the huge Patch 6.4, which known as The Darkish Throne and will probably be launched in some unspecified time in the future in late Could.
Patch 6.4 will proceed the sport’s Major Situation Quest, including onto the story of the participant’s journey all through Eorzea. It’ll additionally add the brand new Pandæmonium: Anabaseios raid, an icy dungeon known as The Aetherfont, and the “difficult” Voidcast Dais trial.
Different modes of the sport may even change considerably — PvP Sequence 4 and Crystalline Battle season 7 will kick off with the launch of this patch.
Yoshi-P additionally teased particulars of Patch 6.45 in the course of the broadcast, together with a better stage cap for Blue Mages, one other new dungeon, Someway Additional Hildibrand Adventures, and weapon and gear enhancement quests.
Different latest updates to the sport have included the Stardew Valley-like Island Sanctuary and extra instruments for solo gamers. After all, FFXIV’s neighborhood has continued to maintain issues contemporary, too, forming all the things from in-game bands to collections of sources for gamers trying to tackle the sport’s daunting housing market.
In our 2013 evaluate, we gave FFXIV an 8.6, calling it “one of the crucial honest and efficient apologies in gaming historical past.”
Ultimate Fantasy 6.4 Patch Notes
- New Major Situation Quests – The subsequent chapter within the story of the Warrior of Mild.
- New Raid – Pandæmonium: Anabaseios – The ultimate instalment of the Pandæmonium raid collection.
- New Dungeon – New challenges await in The Aetherfont.
- New Trials – The Voidcast Dais – A difficult new battle at each Regular and Excessive difficulties.
- New Unreal Trial – Containment Bay Z1T9 (Unreal)
- New Aspect Story Quests – Tartaru’s Grand Endeavour continues.
- Responsibility Assist System Replace – Assist for various Stormblood™ principal state of affairs dungeons (The Sirensong Sea, Bardam’s Mettle, Doma Fortress, Castrum Abania and Ala Mhigo) will probably be added, which means they are often accomplished alongside a celebration of NPC allies.
- Ocean Fishing Replace – Discover the brand new route in direction of Kugane!
- Island Sanctuary Updates – Quite a lot of quality-of-life enhancements together with the flexibility to position outside housing furnishings, new ranks, crops, animals, and extra.
Participant Versus Participant Updates:
- Crystalline Battle – PvP Sequence 4 begins alongside season 7 of Crystalline Battle.
- Frontline – Changes made to the principles of The Fields of Glory (Shatter) and the inclusion of a brand new UI component, displaying the match time and rating.
- Miscellaneous Updates – Varied updates together with a brand new Allagan tomestone, Job icons will now be displayed within the chat log and on participant nameplates, market board quality-of-life enhancements, the flexibility to glamour Scholar faeries and extra.
Yoshida additionally shared the primary particulars of Patch 6.45 in the course of the broadcast, together with:
- Blue Mage Replace – Degree cap raised to 80, new blue mage-exclusive gear, new enemies to problem and extra.
- New Variant & Criterion Dungeon – Mount Rokkon – Three ranges of problem: Regular, Criterion, and Criterion (Savage)
- Someway Additional Hildibrand Adventures
- Weapon Enhancement Quests – Manderville Weapons
- Instrument Enhancement Quests – Splendorous Instruments
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