A new trailer for the upcoming update for Final Fantasy XIV has been released. It gives a preview of Patch 7.1, titled "Crossroads." In addition, we also get a launch date for the update which is on November 12.
This was all thanks to Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida through the Producer LIVE broadcast. During that same broadcast, Yoshida showcased "Echoes of Vana'diel," which is the crossover alliance raid series with Final Fantasy XI. The first raid in the series is "Jeuno: The First Walk," and introduces a 24-player battle content. There was also other content that Yoshida showed like the "Ultimate" difficulty eight-player raid which arrives with Patch 7.11 and the first ever "Chaotic" difficulty for the 24-player battle, releasing after Patch 7.15.
Here are some of the new content being added to the game courtesy of Patch 7.1:
- New Main Scenario Quests: Crossroads
- New Dungeon: Yuweyawata Field Station
- New 24-Player Alliance Raid: Echoes of Vana’diel - Jeuno: The First Walk
- New Trial: The Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene's Burden
- New Unreal Trial: The Jade Stoa (Unreal)
- New Ultimate Raid: Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
- New Allied Society Quests: Players can join in new allied society quests for the Pelupelu that are designed for battle classes and jobs
- A New Custom Delivery Client: Nitowikwe
- Additional Role & Wachumeqimeqi Quests: Players who finished all Dawntrail role quests or all Wachumeqimeqi quests can enjoy a finale to wrap-up their respective stories.
- New Hildibrand Quest Series: Everyone’s favorite inspector returns for more antics in Dawntrail.
By the way, you can watch the new trailer here.
Improvements Made
Aside from the new content, there are also improvements made like the one of Player Housing. In particular, players can now choose interior designs from different residential areas no matter where their plot is located. There’s also rework done on different Crystalline Conflict maps and PvP action.
Players can also look forward to seeing support for the non-main scenario quest dungeon Halatali.
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