Patch 5.5: Death Unto Dawn (April 13th 2021)

[Vaspinne]

I'm glad they have the Nier raids included. I'm gonna be running the shit out of those to upgrade my 520 gear anyway as well as gearing up all my other jobs that aren't there yet. Plus, some fucking great glamour pieces from those raids

And yeah, just doing the daily PVP roulette is quick and easy too, quick queue and matches that last less than 15 minutes. There are quite a few items I'm keen on getting and it also looks like they've increased the amount of tomes you get compared to usual, so it should be way easier already

[Anoat]

Live letter for 5.55 coming up in about 45 minutes at day 2 of fan fest

[Anoat]

May 25 release date for 5.55

Final MSQ before Endwalker
Save The Queen conclusion
Epilogue for NieR Raids
Special reward for collecting all Triple Triad cards in the game at this point
PS5 service will officially begin, no longer in beta

[Anoat]

New Save The Queen area “Zadnor”

Resistance rank will increase to 25
New skirmishes and CE
New 48 player raid, “The Dalriada”

[Anoat]

Player choice will determine how the conclusion of Save The Queen story turns out, Yoshi P says “think carefully and follow your heart”

[Anoat]

One of the rewards from Save The Queen appears to be a 2 seater air bike mount

[Vaspinne]

Time to merit grind in Bozja +_+

[Anoat]

Upon reaching resistance rank 25 you can earn Resistance Honors using mettle to increase Max HP, damage dealt, or healing potency.

[Corrderio]

Merit grinding for weapon upgrades I bet... eck

[Anoat]

Final and fully upgraded relic weapon will be slightly better than Eden Savage weapon

Once the first weapon has been fully completed, the process will change for further weapons and be easier. Yoshi says completing initial weapon will be difficult.

[Vaspinne]

Maaaaaaaaan I have a byakko weapon I'm trying to sell for like 2mil. This change is gonna tank that price ain't it ._.

[Anoat]

Gold Saucer Make It Rain campaign coming in July

5.57 coming in June and 5.58 in July

Moonfire Faire & The Rising in August

FFXV Collaboration Event returns in September, another chance to get the Regalia mount if you’ve missed it

[Anoat]

That seems to be it for upcoming patch news, they are moving on to Q & A now it seems.

[Xno Kappa]

FFXV Collaboration Event returns in September, another chance to get the Regalia mount if you’ve missed it

God bless you Yoshi P!

[Vaspinne]

Looks like the 6.0 finale story will tie together a LOT of storylines. And the Binding Coil and Omega raid stories are particularly of interest Ishikawa says. She's been mentioning Omega a lot too, especially their tie-ins with the Dragons

Edit: Binding Coil mostly to get some Alphy/Alisaie family background. And Omega's inter-dimensional stuff will play a big part

[Lokus]

Lead writer on prepwork for Shadowbringers: Get the Crystal Tower raids done first
Lead writer on prepwork for Endwalker: Do all Job quests, 8-man trials, 24 man raids, relic quests, dungeons, Eureka, Bozja....

[The Stig]

For those in the know, I assume these watches go for over $1000?

[Vaspinne]

I'm sure they'll come with an exclusive in-game minion

[Vaspinne]

Looks like about $450ish for dark, $390ish for light

[The Stig]

I'm sure they'll come with an exclusive in-game minion

Actually a bracelet glamour would be quite funny! But glamour wise in this game unless it's head body or feet everything else is hard to notice to begin with.