Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers

[Dotsudoku]

BLU will never exist in XIV in a way that requires that kind of testing. it's impossible to balance a job that has no set spells, rotations, or playstyle in a game where every other job does

[Fiye]

Or just imagine an expansion coming out and only getting 2 or 3 new spells. Like this is honestly the better representation of BLU rather than having it as a conventional magic DPS class.

[The Stig]

When did the Stormblood job guide come out last time prior to the expansion being released?

We're 2 weeks from early access and it's still not up yet, so I'm a bit surprised!

[Dotsudoku]

Or just imagine an expansion coming out and only getting 2 or 3 new spells. Like this is honestly the better representation of BLU rather than having it as a conventional magic DPS class.

hard disagree. I'd have taken an occasionally entertaining, cool-looking, reskinned change of pace over true-to-identity DOA content any day

[Dotsudoku]

the more I think about it the angrier I am that they actually bamboozled me into going hardcore at what amounts to triple triad for a couple weeks

well played Japan, well played

[Prothescar]

hard disagree. I'd have taken an occasionally entertaining, cool-looking, reskinned change of pace over true-to-identity DOA content any day

^^^^^^^^^^

[octopus]

When did the Stormblood job guide come out last time prior to the expansion being released?

We're 2 weeks from early access and it's still not up yet, so I'm a bit surprised!

For Stormblood the job guide came out during the maintenance before early access began.

[Gokulo]

Yoshi says a lot of things. In history of XIV, probably seen a spike like always, but it depends on what they do 5.0 > 5.1, cuz if its similar to 3.0 > 3.1 and 4.0 > 4.1, the drop off can be significant, so stagnating subs is better than nothing I guess.



Yep, I remember "WHAT IF YOU USE DEATH ON OMEGA" and "WHAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE SPELLS YOU WILL GET KICKED FROM PARTY."

Meanwhile every boss even in Blue Sky resists most of BLU's debuffs, including Doom/Death/Demi (Tail Screw/Missile) skills and most bosses already resisted basic debuffs like silence and paralysis anyway. Though it just proves the players he caters to will literally listen and believe anything he says, even when the game contradicts him. Like the whole 'what if you don't have xyz skills' - You can't continue some blu quests unless you learn the skills. You can't purchase totems unless you have x number of skills.

The game already checks you for that, so literally what stops them from using those checks before queuing?

Latest Luckybancho data shows over 1m active characters, which is indeed the highest number they had.

[Dotsudoku]

Thanks BFA

[Alkar]

I don't really follow WoW but is it really that bad? That's a huge spike and XIV hasn't really done anything to attract these players in the past few months (speaking of content here, I'm sure they've done a great job with marketing and promotions).

[Gokulo]

I don't follow WoW much too, but you hear it almost constantly how bad it is. Plus as already mentioned, SE is giving out the game like candy

[Dotsudoku]

I started playing right before Legion launched, was great for whenever I felt like XIV was lulling for me. almost everything about BFA was a dumpsterfire though. story was meh, gearing was terrible, several jobs with glaring issues being ignored.

that aside, mythic+ is one of the coolest systems I've ever played in. I would love if XIV managed to adapt it somehow

[Dotsudoku]

and of course their glam system is just muah

[Gokulo]

Lots of people hate the mythic system though, say it's an excuse for devs to get lazy with new content design or something

[Dotsudoku]

I mean I wouldn't want it in place of anything else. it just adds an additional piece of content ranging in difficulty from midcore to the hardest of hardcore, bonus points for keeping dungeons alive indefinitely

[Scythiroth]

and of course their glam system is just muah

Them adding anything even close to WoW's glamour/transmog system to FF14 would be incredible.

[Prothescar]

im ready

[Gokulo]

That b rank sensor is a very welcome addition.
Also, this was mentioned during some interviews and the letter, but in case people missed it - they said that this time people should talk to story NPC's even after accepting quests from them, as they have added additional dialogue, which while not necessary to progress, will add lore and stuff

[Alkar]

That's always been the case though, not exactly new.

[Gokulo]

Yeah, but I mean, they specifically went out of their way to say this time they put more effort into it

Those dungeons at the end of the video, sooo seeet.

They're adding the duty queue to story instances to avoid another Raubahn EX (actually, it was implemented before, but wasn't as needed as it will be now)

Also, on primal reveal, Yoshi said they didn't mind putting it in the trailer because it's still nothing compared to other surprises coming

And, illustrated countdown started:

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