FFXIV 3.0 : Heavensward - Expansion Information and Discussion

[Karbuncle]

Really like that they uploaded that, going to have a wait a bit for the resolution to upgrade though, can't even make out whats happening x.x

[arus2001]

Really like that they uploaded that, going to have a wait a bit for the resolution to upgrade though, can't even make out whats happening x.x

Dis.

[Sho]

dat Titan Taiko doe.

[Zumi]

Official video better quality

[Sho]

Au Ra character creation campaign on Twitter.

[Deathbringer]

Official video better quality

[Sho]

They currently doing the tour of Ishgard.

* Ishgard itself will be split into two areas.
* The Church in Ishgard is for the 12 Knights (of Round).
* Snowcloak connects to Western Coerthas.
* Dravania Forelands has the highest mountain in Eorzea.
* Western Coerthas & Dravania Forelands were designed almost 6 years ago.
* The Hinterlands is a large area, but with lots of water.
* The Hinterlands has a lot of Sharlayan overtones.
* The Hinterlands have been temporarily abandoned (?) by the Sharlayans.
* No dragons in TH.
* Dravanian Sea of Clouds is an area that exists above the Forelands.
* The story will explain why these floating islands exist in Sea of Clouds.
* The 7 children of Midgarsormr is shown.
* A new beast tribe will be introduced in the Eastern Sea of Clouds.
* The Sea of Clouds will only have places that can be accessed by flight.
* ???? Area (No name given for spoiler purposes) is a place that has many Allagan constructs.

[Deuce]

I assume no one is doing a live translation of the nico nico livestream?

[Sho]

They done, cosplay time. Good night to everyone who doesn't care about the multitude of catgirls and dragonchicks.

[Sho]

Au Ra character creation screenshots:

http://ff14net.2chblog.jp/archives/44443304.html

[Rocl]

They done, cosplay time. Good night to everyone who doesn't care about the multitude of catgirls and dragonchicks.

They actually showed off new screenshots of areas and a short video of the library area/dungeon after the Live Letter !

and apparently they showed a shot of the 7 dragonkings or some shit?? like in art form like they showed off the primals before 2.0

edit: i didn't see sho was even talking about the after LL thing lol, o well WOOPS

[solracht]

dragon picture for those that missed it

Spoiler: show

and the floating continent (8th area from the sounds of it)

Spoiler: show

[Cantih]

[The Stig]

lets all jump on OF and whine cry moan for such a game

I'LL LEAD THE CHARGE!!!

Also, didn't realise Livia was that tall.

[Auspice]

I didn't know that I wanted that but I want that.

I really dig the FFVI love that XIV has gotten so far; I'm sure it's been pointed out before but do I spy the Warring Triad in the back of that floating continent picture?

[Sho]

They actually showed off new screenshots of areas and a short video of the library area/dungeon after the Live Letter !

and apparently they showed a shot of the 7 dragonkings or some shit?? like in art form like they showed off the primals before 2.0

edit: i didn't see sho was even talking about the after LL thing lol, o well WOOPS

:kappa:

dragon picture for those that missed it

Spoiler: show

and the floating continent (8th area from the sounds of it)

Spoiler: show

Be hard pressed to believe they arent.

[Kaslo]

The fucking twins gotta find trouble.

[Sho]

Ripped The47thSen's translation from reddit:

Q&A bit
A whole bunch of skills are coming between 51~60.
No, you don't get them every 5 levels.
Everyone will need to re-work their rotations.
There isn't enough space on the current HB/XHBs for all those actions. They have a plan.
POE-cap isn't being raised/removed because IL130 is a little high in the early stages of Ishgarde. (previous off record interviews mentioned that they'll be relevant up to l55)
next 24man raids coming in 3.1.
FC primal summoning has been delegated to 'some time later'.
Add-ons on back burner because 3.0 took priority. (they added too much stuff)
No plans to show TP.
New jobs aren't getting ZWs.
New ZW-like quests starting in 3.1. A bit of work has been put into the story.
New jobs will have primal weapons.
Summoner has been heavily reworked. Something something tri-disaster.
Expansion of armoury chest to come later.
Number of retainers going up. 4 maybe?
New housing wards comes after Ishgard.
Choco rank caps going up.
You need HW to be an Aura. No other conditions.
New roadmap planned for Wolves Den and other PVP.
A training mode for raids may come. Eventually.
Thinking of adjusting Steps.
New GS attractions start from 3.1
No plans for DX12
Lore panel
Ishgard is split into 2 levels. Peasants below, nobles above.
Lower levels is filled with ruins from dragon invasions
Mostly stone buildings.
Upper level has many religious structures.
'Twelve Knights'. Remember those words.
That statue at the back on the last row, that has a really incredible back story. (src. Koji)
For a very long while, Esoterics(法典) was actually going to be called Aesthetics (美学).
Dravanian Highlands
Really, really out west.
Dragons live here.
Koji worked very hard to create Dragonspeak language.
6 years ago.
The new Gunas tribe live here.
Dravanian Lowlands
Downstream from the mountains so lots of water features.
Has not been invaded by Dragons.
Lots of old archaeological thingies.
There's a deserted Sharlayan city. Kinda like old Constantinople. Big scholary city.
But it feels Greek.
They used tarot cards to predict the future.
Dravanian Cloud Sea
West of Ishgard, above the Highlands.
For some reason there are ruins up there. Important part of the story.
The Seven Celestial Dragons are a large part of the story.
The snake like thing in the middle is Midgardsom. The rest are his children, the 7.
Please look forward to how they get involved.
Aura are not related to Dragons. Their motif are demons.
Abarasia Cloud sea
East of Ishgard.
Huge elevation changes. Flying mounts are necessary here.
Vanu Vanu tribe live here.
Floating Continent
While working on the settings, I become well versed in genetic manipulation & bioengineering → Koji
Gubra Library. (new dungeon)
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Yshtola's name appears.
Sharlayan building.
Aura naming rules coming end May.
Alexander Q&A
Q：You've mentioned that Alexander Normal is for people to relax and enjoy the story, does that mean they'll be cleared within a day or two?
Y: /em nods.
Q. Was Hard mode made with WoW's Mythic raids in mind?
Y: We're actually calling them Heroic internally.
Q.Does that mean there'll be something even harder?
Y: Depends on the players' clear rates and requests.
Q. So Alexander was made with player clear rates in mind?
Y: Yup. Looking at the number of player clears, we also have something called Content Costs where we basically want our content to be enjoyable by more people.
Q. How many levels?
Y: 4.
Q. Will there be higher IL requirements and more gimmicks as we go up?
Y: Yes. We designed it with what players considered fun between all 3 coils.
Q. How hard is Alexander Hard?
Y: About as hard as FCOB Savage ← ?!?!?!
Q: Will the Fat Chocobo fly?
Y: Yes.

[Elcura]

Battle stuff/skills shit giving me some hope. Having to rework rotations is nice as well, because currently DPS (on a fight you know) is like actual clockwork. I wouldn't mind a rotation that keeps me on my toes a bit and considering how many skills they're apparently having this should be fun.

For new jobs as well.

[Sho]

Whoever predicted that there would be no Zenith Weapons for the new jobs (Niiro? Karbuncle?) got it on the money.