FFXIV 6.0: Endwalker (December 7, 2021)

[Corrderio]

Oh man the amount of ass I'm going to have to kiss to rework my PTO.

[Anoat]

Yoshi P seems immensely more upset about this than any players lol

[Lokus]

Slacking on requesting PTO has actually been a good thing.

[Drai]

I've had vacation booked off since May, though it shouldn't be too hard to delay it a couple weeks in my case :3

[Kaslo]

The best thing is this means World's First race isn't on Christmas anymore.

[Anoat]

New trailer is up but it was in Japanese, I don’t know what I just saw but it was hype as fuck

[IceSylph]

English


Japanese

[Prothescar]

the MUSIC

[Corrderio]

Why do I have a feeling Alpha-whats-his-name is going to die and come back as a sage/plot device?

[Kaslo]

I appreciate it's not big spoiler drop like Shadowbringers...

But man these dungeons got me hype.

https://twitter.com/CofyBiscuit/stat...031790083?s=20

[Anoat]

There will be role quests for each job but there will be no further job quests beyond the level 80 quest from Shadowbringers. Yoshi P says those job stories are done.

Makes me think we are heading to something BIG in 6.1…like Cataclysm or another Realm Reborn reset.

[Corrderio]

I sure hope Sage is easy to pick up. If the 90 role quests are good I might have to pick that up because I sure in the hell forgot WHM.

[Corrderio]

On one hand I'll admit I'm a mixed on new job quests. On one hand some like Paladin/Samurai/Ninja were hot garbage, Dark Knight made me wanting more and Red Mage really seemed to indicate there was more to come.

[Shenrien]

This way of handling PVP rewards is the right way forward, constant progression regardless of win or lose where personally myself I wont get annoyed getting put into a random team and said random team all suck shit and I've wated 10 minutes of my time with people who don't care to try.

[Prothescar]

There will be role quests for each job but there will be no further job quests beyond the level 80 quest from Shadowbringers. Yoshi P says those job stories are done.

Makes me think we are heading to something BIG in 6.1…like Cataclysm or another Realm Reborn reset.

Sucks cause some of them didn't really feel over.

[Anoat]

Yoshi P’s official statement on the delay, bless this man

Important Announcement Regarding the Endwalker Release Date

Greetings FINAL FANTASY XIV players. This is Producer & Director, Naoki Yoshida.

First and foremost, I would like to extend my thanks to everyone playing FINAL FANTASY XIV and looking forward to our upcoming expansion pack, Endwalker. However, it is with great regret that I must inform you of some unfortunate news just before our scheduled launch date, and I would like you to read the following in full.

Postponing the Release of Endwalker

I am incredibly sorry to share this so close to launch, but I have decided to postpone the release of Endwalker. The original release date was scheduled for Tuesday, November 23, 2021, but I have decided to delay the release by two weeks. As such, the expansion pack will now be released on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.

There are several reasons for the postponement, but as I’m the one overseeing all aspects of the title as the head of the project, the responsibility falls solely on me. Allow me to convey my sincerest apologies to our players, our Warriors of Light around the world who have been looking so forward to the release of Endwalker. I am truly sorry.

The new schedule, including Early Access, is outlined below.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: Endwalker

Official Release: Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Start of Early Access: Friday, December 3, 2021

Patch 6.01 Scheduled Release: Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Patch 6.05 Scheduled Release: Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Reasons for the Schedule Change

The biggest factor behind the release date change was my own selfishness as the game’s director. Ever since I was placed in charge of the original FFXIV, I’ve continued the development and operations for FFXIV over the past 11 years while always endeavoring to balance my position as the producer overseeing the project and the director in charge of development. It was my intention to work in this same manner as we approached the final stages of Endwalker’s development.

As I have mentioned previously in interviews and during live streams, Endwalker will be the largest expansion pack in the history of FFXIV. It has been a huge undertaking, but we proceeded with development following plans that would allow us to make it in time for the originally scheduled release date, although admittedly everything would be down right to the wire.

However, as we neared the end of development and I played through everything—from quests to battle content and the like—I just couldn’t contain my desire to further improve Endwalker’s quality, specifically because this expansion pack marks the first major culmination of events in FFXIV so far. Even as we look beyond Endwalker, the FFXIV story will continue for a long time and we hope to deliver many more enjoyable experiences in the game. However, it was precisely because Endwalker concludes the first major saga that I felt our team needed to push ourselves to the “limits” that I envisioned.

As a result, we remained firmly resolved to adjust down to the smallest nuances and ensure our writing covers even the finest points of the vast and intricate story that has spanned these past 11 years since the original FFXIV to ensure that everyone can fully enjoy their adventure in Endwalker. Unfortunately, the consequence of this was that we ended up in a situation where we cut into the time required for final quality assurance checks due to this time spent on additional improvements.

At this rate, there was a bigger risk of us reaching the release date without ensuring “stability” as one form of quality, and for that reason, I have decided to postpone the release at this time. As we also anticipate large amounts of congestion across all game Worlds, I felt that even in this respect it wouldn’t be right for us to release the expansion while lacking adequate “stability.” I am truly sorry.

When I look at my own career, up until now I have never postponed a previously announced release date (although I did once shift a release from Spring to early Summer...) and, when I also considered that many players had already made arrangements such as taking days off work in preparation for the original release date, I was incredibly torn between whether or not we should cut down the expansion pack’s volume or even release content in installments. As such, I humbly ask you all to forgive me for the decision I’ve made.

Final Remarks and Looking Toward the Future

While we have postponed the release date by two weeks, I believe we have been able to successfully depict Endwalker’s story because we set forth on this long journey developing and operating FFXIV together with the players. While we will require a little longer until the expansion pack’s release, please rest assured that we will continue investing every ounce of our strength into development and operations in order to deliver an immersive adventure to our players.

Once more I would like to convey my sincerest apologies for the inconvenience caused to our players and colleagues due to my own shortcomings. I sincerely apologize for this decision.

We will continue to do our utmost to bring you the best experience not only in Endwalker but also through further updates and content that will follow, restoring your trust one step at a time.

Naoki Yoshida

[Gokulo]

Aww man, 2 more weeks of waiting, you're killing me Yoshi. Thankfully it shouldn't be a problem for me to take more time off or just change the current planned days, but yeah, this will suck for a lot of people.

Also, just realized I heard Blizzard is targeting their update on the 6.01 release date and now instead of falling on raid release they'll be competing with the expansion release, lol

[Prothescar]

loot boxes lmao

[Shenrien]

the coke market will never recover from this addition

[Takiwaki]

Immersive Audio being added

https://embody.co/pages/ffxiv