FFXIV 8.0: Evercold (January 2027)

[Anoat]

[Zealot]

I'm pretty intrigued by that line about uniting the stars. Are the Scions going to end up bringing all the different planets back together like the Ascians wanted to do?

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[Vaspinne]

Evercold and Godless Realms Saga are both sick names

[Gokulo]

It does make you think that, but that would kinda go against everything we've been doing until now, unless we'll find some way to actually not perform genocide in the process, lol

[Vaspinne]

Looks like a level 110 cap if that player screen is accurate. And this new weekly reward system feels very battle pass which... hmmmmmmmm

[Gokulo]

Yeah, my first thought was also "oh no, battle pass' There's even a mention of season there (although I guess tomestone lifecycle was our season until now)

[Anoat]

The battle pass with PVP works really well, so I think that’s probably a good sign.

[Gokulo]

Also, not being punished for not playing daily is definitely a good thing

[Vaspinne]

Yeah I guess you're right that there is already kind of have a 'seasonal battle pass' system in place of sorts

[Vaspinne]

Them immediately addressing this is smart. The subreddit thread is freaking out about season passes lol

[Gokulo]

Damn, this is just the beginning but I'm happy to hear they're really trying to do a revolution here, not just cosmetic changes

[Anoat]

Oh shit item level reflect is a fucking game changer

[Vaspinne]

It'll be really really interesting to see how they handle gear acquisition and what that means with this new armoury system. I love the ilvl change, but I'm curious if they'll just end up doing like, 1 universal gearset that's the max ilvl vs having different unique sets for each job/stat group

[Vaspinne]

Oh man, Faerie Limsa is gonna be way more chaotic then it already is lol. But I guess we're gonna be getting a bunch of new fantasias again

[Vaspinne]

Ohhhhh shit, getting rid if gigantic pauldrons is a huge fucking win. This is fucking huge, glamour is my endgame lol

[Gokulo]

It'll be really really interesting to see how they handle gear acquisition and what that means with this new armoury system. I love the ilvl change, but I'm curious if they'll just end up doing like, 1 universal gearset that's the max ilvl vs having different unique sets for each job/stat group

Looking at the new UI I kinda feel like maybe you're unlocking/leveling the gear slot itself and just putting any gear you want there

[Gokulo]

Yess, please more relevant open world

[Vaspinne]

Looking at the new UI I kinda feel like maybe you're unlocking/leveling the gear slot itself and just putting any gear you want rhete

That would be a really interesting system. And new dungeons/raids/etc just dropping new and varied gear sets that's more just for the sake of glamour

Edit: Not saying that's what it'll be, but for like, basic weekly tome gear that could be how you get it, while savage raids give pieces that unlock that higher ilvl piece quicker or something like that. Making it more casual player friendly while still keeping rewards for the savage raiders kinda thing

[Anoat]

Player matching across the region lets goooooo RIP Aether dominance

[Gokulo]

Player matching across the region lets goooooo RIP Aether dominance

And it's coming before the expansion holy shit