An Impossible Amount Of Content! FFXIV Patch 6.2 Is IMMINENT

This is a genuinely brutal amount of content, and every single part of it seems truly fantastic. How they can keep doing it, even seemingly getting ahead of their OWN schedule... nuts. Crazy. We're blessed.
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[@ZephWraen]

I see Bellular is continuing to misunderstand the Savage delay. It's an intentional change so Savage raiders can actually enjoy the patch at release. The only thing is the developers are unsure if it will be a permanent change and are using this patch as a trial to see how it goes.

[@DrCarlosPadilla]

Maybe getting used to, watcraft delay just meant to.. "You need to stay longer with us to achieve something, got your wallet my little b"tch" To "we will pace the wontent a week for the players that dont want to rush it, and its only a week"

[@Siul_987]

Yup, second time I see the word delay used wrongfully tbh, it is indeed an intentional delay and to explain a bit more: The problem for most raiders was to really rush or even skip the story of the raid tier to do savage that same day/week, now with the time between the release they can all enjoy the normal tier and story (and also other content) to do the actual savage a week later.

[@lethaltoconcrete2194]

Will be nice to have a week to enjoy the story and mess around with other new stuff before Savage releases. I know some players are worried about the extra week of tomestone gear making first week Savage too easy, but that seems dramatic to me. At the very least, it seems premature to complain before we even see how it's tuned.

[@doubleclick4132]

@@lethaltoconcrete2194 what are you all pushing so hard into savage for? its not like youre gonna get worlds 1st or anything.... you gonna keep wiping like schmucks for a week until the GOOD statics figure out the stat, you'll watch a guide and then you'll clear a few weeks after it dropped (AS ALWAYS)

[@knicknevin9975]

I think they'll probably adjust things a bit more. Adding the tomestones and crafted gear a week ahead of the raid has pretty big implications, and it'll probably be necessary to either delay them in the future or adjust the difficulty of the raids slightly.

[@polymniaskate]

Tbf they were *very clear* from the start that Island Sanctuary was never going to be a housing substitute so there is no real reason to be disappointed on that front ;)

[@Siul_987]

This here 100%, I think for some reason people started to create the illusion or idea that this was going to be free housing when they never said that.

[@coreywong6229]

Look I get the desire for a player home mode, but this feels like a gatherer mode honestly.

[@chiekokurokumo]

People create a hype train from nowhere: Choo Choo People realizing hype train isn't going anywhere: surprise Pikachu face As a new player who listened carefully in PLL, I heard nothing to suggest that it would replace housing. If that was the case, it would have been advertised as such right away. That being said maybe this mode may see more robust expansions in the future for those like me who haven't been able to get a house.

[@Riyshn]

They were pretty clear about it starting as of last PLL. But nearly a year ago when they first revealed it, it did look like it might have been meant as a solution to the housing shortage. It then wasn't helped by us going _nearly a year_ without any new information, so expectation got built based on specation.

[@polymniaskate]

@@Riyshn They made it clear much earlier than that, precisely because they saw people were starting to wonder if it could be housing lite - they asked people to tone down their expectations and clarified it wouldn’t be a substitute for housing

[@SuperRamos619]

I can't believe how much content 6.2 is pushing out. It all looks great. FFXIV is like a fine wine, and only gets better as time passes. It's not even close to 7.0, and I'm already excited for whatever they have in store because you know it's just not going yo disappoint.

[@JP11999]

Next expansion is gonna be nutty since they're getting an even bigger budget

[@knicknevin9975]

Like a fine wine but god help you if you drink all of it, might wake up in a ditch someplace.

[@MrMatsudi]

@@knicknevin9975 That's not a very nice way to talk about Limsa Lominsa

[@DronesOverTheMoon]

till they release drg changes and force me.to kill the entire dev team

[@yeetusdeleetus4697]

I hope so, I don't want to sound like a doomer or insinuate that 14 is a bad game in any way, but recently they've made me a bit timid with their decision making and seemingly ev avante style of throwing content out without really properly testing it recently, which is something that 14 has always been known for, few bugs and a clean gameplay experience the first time around. However since the Bozja weapon quests, the insane amount of bugs in early Pandaemonium, and all of the issues that have been popping up in older content being left unaddressed has me concerned that maybe they've bitten off more than they can chew.

[@jude2214]

"It's good to know Soken and co just refuse to get boring." That's the best description I've ever heard of 14s music

[@Smitenheimer]

5:51 I think they have said savage releasing a week later than normal on 6.2 release isn't a "delay from what was planned" but a deliberate spacing to see how it effects people's ability to do the normal raids and other released content in a less-compressed time frame. A trial run that I hope goes well so people can take their time a little bit if they like.

[@gabrielyamatoy.matodraw5570]

This ^ very correct

[@Enderlinkpawnu]

Yes, they stated in the live letter that the Savage is already done. They are just releacing it later to allow people to enjoy the story of the raids and trial without rushing everything for the World First race. Its just a test to see what the community thinks about the week break

[@TheRealLink]

Agreed, this is simply a staggered release. Framing it as a "delay" is disingenuous.

[@johnsnow1749]

I support the 1 week delay. They just need to adjust the tomes/difficulty balance for future raids.

[@Siul_987]

@@johnsnow1749 same, 1 week delay is great and it gives time to enjoy everything else and also not rush story I just hope they balance the fights around people getting ready to do them pre-savage.

[@Jordanbiggs1473]

This game is the gold standard for MMOs now. In every single way. Story, world building, art, characters, gameplay I could go on. The game has turned into an absolutel masterpeice

[@garouchieflol]

and soon graphics upgrade

[@Trozomuro]

Where are the music in your list? Cause music is the thing that i bring outside the game. ITS AMAZING Soken is a treasure.

[@jesperjohansson8874]

Its not the gold standard when it comes to combat gameplay. I would rank it below lost ark,wow,bdo and gw2 when it comes to combat

[@DrCarlosPadilla]

Sadly there's a big issue there with the server ticks (actual and objective issue that would enhance 100% the experience) a 70-90ms response time would do wonders for pvp, specially now that the arena is quite fun. (frontlines needs to delete or modify LBs cooldowns) Some things like, gearing, infinite loot loop arent, but there are preferences and tastes. The graphic update wont be thaaat big but enough if we finally get rid of 240x240 pixels But yeah, overall, FFXIV content delivery should be the standard for MMOs, no worthwhile story, a year without new content is a joke, and expansion should be an addition, not a replacement.

[@Halloween_1985]

It's been the best MMO out since 3.0 IMO

[@Freedom-kl8rt]

I started playing ff14 three months ago and this game took over my life....

[@YusukeShirogane]

Welcome to Eorzea

[@zarakitube]

FF14 is amazing, best decision to switch from wow to

[@mulegemulege2590]

ff14 kinda cringe

[@MIGAS32000]

@@mulegemulege2590 You're kinda cringe

[@8bitiron352]

@@MIGAS32000 Nawh, its kinda cringe but I still play that cringe and other MMO"s. Gamers be gaming out here.

[@JackgarPrime]

Literally something for everybody in this patch. Story, raid, new PVP season, cool cosmetics, newbie improvements, super-chill farm mode.

[@Michael-jx9bh]

It's amazing what can be done by talented people with enough budget. And having a good plan and sticking to it, which it seems the this team does helps a lot too. Playing through a lot of the content from 2.0 to 6.15 in 14 months really show how much "more" the quests have become - longer, voice acted, more view angles - all that stuff indicating more staff/money/courage. It has been a pleasure to experience it. And I'll probably do at least one more MSQ playthrough :/

[@Reldan]

What's sad to me is looking at the number of games that are substantially more profitable than FFXIV, and produce less content and updates in a year than the FFXIV team adds in just a few months. And that's not even considering that they're simultaneously building the entire next major expansion at the same time they're doing patches. The volume of work they're producing is mindblowing.

[@Cassapphic]

The savage delay is a good thing, for previous non expansion launch tiers you had to decide between one of three things: actually enjoy the story of the raid and go through the content in a relaxed manner before savage, speedrun normal to jump into savage immediately, speedrun the new crafted gear for money. This delay serves to make it so the only rush is for world race, giving time ahead of that to enjoy the rest of the content. As someone who likes being self sufficient and also adores both the story and savage, this is perfect, I can watch all the cutscenes, absorb all the lore, then do the work to make my gear before the raid drops. (I know day one crafters lose money from people needing gear immediately in the old system, maybe there could in future be a compromise where the new mats are on patch launch but the crafted gear is with savage

[@gackybass]

Its only a good thing if you're too mentally ill to pace yourself and enjoy content without getting pressured by your "need" to get a week 1 clear (which means nothing other than bragging rights). Poopsockers are ruining things for mentally stable individuals who don't have addictive personalities. The staggered release of savage only caters to them.

[@user-ch7pp8gm4n]

The sheer amount of progression is really unbelievable. Thanks the team, as hope everyone enjoy.

[@TheDeliciousMystery]

What happens when a dev works for your sub fee rather than seeing the customer as a paypig who owes the devs and should be grateful for a patch a year.

[@waltwhite8126]

I was looking for the 6.2 trailer yesterday and saw the "I just want this song" video, I immediately knew what song they ment lmao

[@DameonStarflame]

I like the joke that they had to make the gear fancy and glowy in order to get us out of our Sanctuaries and into the raids. XD

[@VoxAcies]

Is that a joke? This will probably be the first savage tier I'm going to get into on release, because of the gear.

[@jackbordar2727]

@@VoxAcies and you don't even need to rush the story, if you want to go blind this time. I'm really positive about savage releasing a week later.

[@25xxfrostxx]

The music at the beginning is a darker remix of the "City of Troia" piece from FF4 as the new dungeon is "The Fel Court of Troia". I desperately want this music in my collection.

[@omniscientearl]

My personal house is a small with a library up top with a secret door down to my living space. It's all very posh and The Fel Court of Troia's theme will NEVER be off my orchestrion once I get it.

[@Beredaman08]

One thing I did like about the Island Sanctuary is that if you decide you like a particular look/style of an earlier step for the buildings, you will be able to choose that as the appearance rather than being locked into whatever it upgrades to. Depending on what the island hall becomes, I may just fancy the simpler almost cabana style vibe the first step gives, and being able to choose that is a win. Also, for the Savage delay, the week wait was very much intended - it's an experiment to see how it feels for players, and will allow savage raiders the chance to experience other patch content without rushing (including the normal version and its story) if they have an interest in progression.

[@calvinwilson3617]

Ffxiv builds upon itself, wow cannibalizes itself

[@HaratakiXI]

Bell, they said in the beginning islands isn't replacing housing earlier, but no one listened.

[@Dwayneff]

I love how Bellular pulled most of his info from reddit, because just yesterday i looked around ff14 reddit for info on 6.2. Everything he said at the beginning is in Reddit.

[@seekittycat]

The moment when ff14 gets more money and in return they make more content. You can see exactly where the money goes and it's beautiful

[@yabiyabi]

(Hint hint, the online store shop actually is meant to bring out content by popular demand, so support store mounts and let's buy!) actually I made it a joke but it is actually true ^^ every income go in the game (and people still whine and whine and whine)

[@Caursten]

Yoshi P said the EU data center was funded by the FF14 Online Store.

[@yabiyabi]

@@Caursten yeah they needed the resource ... we gotta support our EU players!

[@DracoSuave]

@@Caursten The game's holding up the entire company at this point, so it's also funding all those interesting and riskier side projects like Triangle Strategy, etc.

[@Xaldarus]

Playing FF4 right now for first time in like, 20+yrs, just now realizing the FF14 canon job is Paladin because Cecil changes from Dark Knight to Paladin just like Shadowbringers to Endwalker. Also, the "Hummingways" and the tone that plays when you speak to them matches that audio note that plays at the Loporit moon base, the thing that sounds like an intercom queuing up

[@JackgarPrime]

There isn't really a canon job, though. It changes every expansion, because you can do that in game. If anything the canon job would be Warrior because of certain events with a certain Warrior of Darkness. It is funny how the Trailer Guy has yet to play a healer or magic DPS, but I guess it's harder to make an exciting action trailer with those jobs. The closest we've gotten is 1.0 using Archer, which becomes Bard. But I don't even think he got to Bard in the trailer universe.

[@Caursten]

The Loporit sound was done on purpose. The entire Endwalker expansion is basically a love story to Final Fantasy 4. The Magus Sisters and the Tower of Zot. The Tower of Babil. Loporits and the Moon. Golbez. The Elemental Archfiends. And more. I have a feeling someone on the production team has a very special spot in their heart for FF4 with how much was brought to FF14. We've gotten a lot of bits and pieces before from other Final Fantasy games but never this much so concentrated. Having played FF4 when it was known as FF2-US on the SNES back in the very early 90s, this expansion was extra special for me.

[@zenixvampirchik652]

@@JackgarPrime well, is speculations would be true, other one will turn out to be reaper. But considering shadowbringers trailer aren't we supposed to know all/most jobs anyway?

[@MasterSachaa]

I'd say that there isn't really a canon job for WOL. It just depends on the expension and what is most fitting for each themes. (No spoiler but just in case) In HW, the trailer focused on Dragoons; in SB, it was monks and samurais; SHB focused on dark knight (obvious theme matching there); and now, EW focuses on Paladins cause hope and light.

[@Xaldarus]

Yoshi-p himself said the protagonist was a Paladin for Endwalker, he changes his primary job with each expansion but can swap as needed

[@wdqwdqwefwe3996]

Fail to mention Hildy the gentleman of light, the best part of 6.2

[@ShadowofArts]

Some people would say the opposite (well not me)

[@in2it85]

*Switching over to Final Fantasy 14.* *is one of the best decision of my life.* *Endgame and Everything else is sooo good :D*

[@Sly_404]

The FFXIV devs seem to be actually allowed to re-invest major parts of the extra money, the hype has brought in, back into the game. Novel concept given the current state of game development.

[@neobahumuth6]

well it helps that Yoshida has ful authority on the game and sits on the board of directors

[@Kasaaz]

Japanese companies tend to look towards financial year end numbers more than quarterly numbers, which I think helps.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@neobahumuth6 That dude must be a workaholic. He's not only STILL the head of the second-biggest MMO in the world, he's also heading up the next big single-player numbered FF game AND on the board of directors. There's no way this guy sleeps.

[@smward87]

@@JackgarPrime He's only the producer for 16. Still a major responsibility of course and he ultimately has the final say in what goes into the game, but still a pretty hands off position compared to what he does in 14.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@smward87 It does mean he has to be on top of major decisions that go into the game. E can delegate responsibility more, fortunately, but its still a lot of work.

[@Leife22]

A lot of great content, but I'm probably one of the few who are more appreciative of improving the new player experience. Always interested on how devs would revamp things given the opportunity.

[@JackgarPrime]

Yeah that's honestly probably the most commendable improvement they've been doing. There's been a lot of word on the street for the game of late, and I think recent surges in new players has also stressed to them how important it is to bring old stuff up to the modern levels of quality in order to improve retention. If you plan for your game to continue to grow in player base, you need to make the early experience as good as you possibly can.

[@JLOGIAC]

The improvement for new player is really helpful , for me since I play do early in the morning (4am) I can use the duty npc system to progress and enjoy watching the cutscenes ♥️♥️

[@Cheesecakeman105]

Y'shtola is notably playing a HEALER role in the dungeon footage--you can see her in the trailer where Scarmiglione spins with his greatsword and she is NOT holding her staff like a THM/BLM, she's holding it upright with her other hand raised, like a CNJ/WHM. Cool little detail and I wonder if it'll affect her Trust status going forward. DPS/Healer role, maybe?

[@Pocchari]

I don’t remember exactly if you can switch their roles already, but I remember Urianger playing a DPS in the Hydaelyn trial when I was healing it. I just can’t remember if that was automatic. But almost everyone has at least one other role to default to, so it makes sense she’s healing if we’re tanking and Varshahn is DPSing. He also switches to tank, I noticed, so no matter our role we’re covered.

[@Trattato68]

Well Yshtola started as healer

[@Cheesecakeman105]

@@Trattato68 oh, I remember that, I'm just pleased to see them bringing that back for her.

[@Shiirow]

@@Trattato68 yes she was originally a conjurer. though allowing her to swap just gives more options for parties.

[@brynphillips9957]

I wouldn't be suprised if they added the option to the trusts. Even back in the 6.0 msq when you head into the tower of Zot she makes a comment about just because she has been studying the arts of destruction doesn't mean she has forgotten her healing magics.

[@blackfox4138]

I always love the reaction from long time MMO players when they learn about XIV's content cycle. "Wait, you get *how* much in one patch??" "Wait, it comes out on a schedule????" "Wait....your devs actually **talk** to you??????"

[@vanyel_etc8695]

I mean let's be honest, they're 6+ month patches. It's not a small patch cycle. The perk is that the x.1-3-5 patches release minor pieces of content that are weaved into catch up, as well as making some great evergreen grinds. People talk about the legion patch cycle, but to be honest devs can't really make content like that consistently, they need decent patch cycles. What matters is what they do inbetween, and ffxiv manages to do just enough to thread the needle between content and catch up.

[@astrispaskevopoulos1051]

@@vanyel_etc8695 it's been a 3 month cycle since forever (unless ofc you only count the 8man savage raids as content in which case, it's 6-9 months per depending on if you're waiting for even patches or expansion drops) It's now been made into 4 months as of endwalker to increase the quality of what they're making (and I'd like to say it's been showing). It's never been 6+ months per patch with the singular exception of 5.3-5.4 because of covid.

[@vanyel_etc8695]

@@astrispaskevopoulos1051 the x.1, x.3 patches are like 20 quests and a single slice of alliance raid, they're fuck all

[@astrispaskevopoulos1051]

​@@vanyel_etc8695 Guess ultimates aren't your cup of tea? Not to mention we can make the same 'single slice of the total raid' argument for savage. I won't even mention the other smaller things that do get added (and still require dev time) like beast tribes and (in past expansions) things like eureka and bozja updates/relic updates and so on. And to note; I'm not saying ffxiv patches are humongous in a vacuum, they're just ok (and been getting smaller in absolute terms since heavensward BUT getting higher quality out of them). You do however seem to want to firmly stand in the 'no content to do/no content added' camp. Might I suggest you try big fishing?

[@vanyel_etc8695]

@@astrispaskevopoulos1051 lmao we don't even get one ultimate per expac yet, but I respect your pun. Yes, there is some unvoiced beast tribe stuff. Again, small content. Also, eureka and bozja weren't even released in x.1/3/5 patches lmao they were released in 4.25 And 5.25 respectively lmao. X.2/x.4 patches are THE patches. X.1/3/5 are mostly catch up patches with primarily narrative based releases, which is fine, but it's still a massive patch cycle, and that's also fine. They have a structure and it works for them, that's a good thing.

[@miamha]

Everyone else: *loves the vocal music in the trailer* Me: "DID YOU HEAR THE FF4 BOSS MUSIC?!"

[@JackgarPrime]

The intro to that was the part that hyped me up the most in the trailer by far.

[@miamha]

@@JackgarPrime if that's not the bgm to the troia map I'll be madge

[@burnersforhim]

these post msq patches always make me lucid dream about the next expansion. ffxiv has been killing it for years now. i honestly think the team behind it can NOT mess up.

[@saemitatsuya8419]

Recovering MP from the emotional dmg done in 6.0?

[@burnersforhim]

@@saemitatsuya8419 i’m capped 6660. ( im a reaper main)

[@GarlyleWilds]

I mean they *could* - if you've lived in the mmo space you've inevitably seen the way games can get the life sucked out of them! But it would take a radical change in leadership, priorities, and design for that to happen. Realistically, the team's so consistent that what will likely be the problem is ultimately just fatigue from that consistency, but experiments like island sanctuary and criterion are combatting that. So...

[@brynphillips9957]

Yoshi P said that really the clear direction of where things are going into 7.0 will only really become clear at the end of the 6.5 msq. Makes me wonder if they are going to pull another 2.55 msq twist/cutscene.

[@drgnmstr44]

You can always tell people coming from other games when they title the video "impossible amount of content". This is pretty par for rhe course for ff14 and what you should expect with patch content on set a schedule. The savage week delay is intentional and will most likely be a permenant thing for the better. This savage tier was always planned to have the one week delay. It allows for everyone competing for world first to start at the same time on the same level. The only concern is how this effects world first. I honestly believe this is a great thing for the raid community so you can enjoy the content.

[@Tratatai]

They made it clear that Island Sanctuary will not be a pseudo housing replacement very early, and if you still get disappointed or surprised by it, it's your own fault. That being said, it SHOULD HAVE BEEN. Now, they said that they will actually keep periodically updating Island Sanctuary after launching it, so perhaps one day they will swallow their pride and allow you to build your own house there, and make furnishing items actually placeable there.

[@Silphiroth]

they literally stated that housing stresses the servers and more housing will not be added and yet you cry for an island that ever single player gets to do housing? Impossible to do

[@Tratatai]

@@Silphiroth Yeah, checkmarks on owned items was impossible too, until it finally wasn't. (an impossibility plugin makers made possible years before they did, mind you) Stop eating up excuses like a good consoomer and pressure squeenix to use all that paypiggy money from megashibas and other crap to hire new people to deep dive into their spaghetti engine, code, and stress on the servers it causes, instead of releasing new capeshit nobody asked for. As for housing stress, the current system where entire neighborhood has to be loaded in every time someone teleports to their house, is arguably more server stress than an instanced single player housing would be. It's literally their insistence on keeping neighborhood thing.

[@Wodferd]

Having already cleared MSQ, i love seeing the changes to all the lower end dungeons. Getting a Trust option for running story required dungeons is something i would have loved back in the day, because some nights you want to play with randoms or hit up some guildies, other nights you just wanna take your time and zone out to enjoy the dungeon music without holding up a group.

[@Final.Family]

This. Very much this. :)

[@shiroikami2690]

"Only" four months. That's still a month longer than their old release schedule. As for how - they just never stop working on content. YoshiP also knows how to delegate tasks appropriately, and has enough staff to keep the flow of the update schedule rolling so that they don't (usually) need to delay releases of major patches or content updates. I swear Yoshida could probably teach a masterclass on time and resource management for game production.

[@Poldovico]

It was 3 and a half, not 3. It's like two weeks.

[@eathdemon]

he could, if he himself had the time, currently he is managing 2 major projects, on going support for ff`14, and ff16.

[@AlleluiaElizabeth]

I think the new reaper lady might be the zenos’ voidsent and our 13th Azem shard. She manages a hyuran form due to her experience with zenos/on the source/in our body. Female void Ardbert.

[@Er404ChannelNotFound]

I really hope they revisit the Binding Coils next. Making a version of those raids that are easy to get into and can be added to the raid roulette would make experiencing the fantastic story a much easier time. The presentation in the fights is also really hampered by doing them unsync'ed.

[@joedarling8950]

Absolutely agree, I hope 7.x sees some improvements to that (and crystal tower ) It also put me off doing all the other raids for a while, as I assumed they just had infinite queue times like binding coil and needed a premade to do

[@HaratakiXI]

You can try and find a party in pf, I did them like that and I had few weeks of progging them synced, which was some of the best time.

[@joedarling8950]

@@HaratakiXI But this is only at the end of ARR, how many newer players will think about that, or want to do that? I'm not saying make them a absolute cake walk or anything, but make them doable with randoms so they can go in the roulette, that would be amazing

[@Er404ChannelNotFound]

@@HaratakiXI I already cleared most of it sync'ed, it's just a shame my first time experiencing them was an unbearable queue time on the first 4 turns before giving up and unsync-solo'ed the rest when I got to level 70 (I joined on Stormblood) which weakened the impact of the spectacle and takes away the joy of learning mechanics under some threat of failure. Brand new players are likely to have similar experiences and even when they figure out how useful pf is, finding a group is still a hassle for this experience that should've had an easier mode to facilitate that. I wouldn't want them to remove the current versions but instead designate those a different tier below savage while adding the new normal tier to add to raid roulette with easier dps checks and less 1-shot mechanics XD

[@thatguywhothinks8159]

Honestly, there is no easy solution. "Reworking" the encounters will take away dev time, and unlike the main scenario which is required to progress to other aspects of the game, Coils don't have that trait which will make it a high priority compared to what they already have planned.

[@benhavis2474]

I am so happy that theres now more content other than Ultimates specifically designed for people with BiS Gear. It gives players more motivation to farm out the BiS and having a use for it.

[@Krocxigor]

Cracks me up that every single patch the former wow player on youtube go nuts over what they are adding in a single update when this has been par for course since 2.1. I figured since I heard wow parches take a year or longer to come out they would have far far more content, but what I have been hearing is that wow takes a year to put out less that we typically get every 3.5-4 months. I will admit that since playing ffxiv since 2.0 I have always thrown a fit at other games I have played for not adding as much content when cash shops rake in far more money than sub fee's on average. But if anyone wants to see a massive ffxiv patch check out what they added in the 2.1 patch, it was nuts! 16 new msq, 1 new trial, extreme primals (1st three and ultima), Hildy questline started, player housing, 3 dungeons, crystal tower raid (it was insanely hard when it came out as most of us only had an item level around 50, you want a challenge do old content with the proper item level gear for the fight and not by clicking the min item level button), pvp, beast tribes, new fates, treasure hunts, the aesthetician, Duty Roulette, The player commendation system along with tons of new items, QoL features and fixes.

[@justsomeguy4422]

I dont think anyone thought this would solve a housing crisis. they firmly mentioned how this wouldnt be anything like that multiple times. we literally have our own personal instanced island that we can invite people to if we want. its better than any house.

[@pluna3382]

The same people whining and complaining about housing are the same people who will decorate it once, then rarely do anything with it afterwards. The only reason for you to have a house is if you actually hold social events regularly, but the hobos are likely the ones who hate social interactions too lol

[@Pocchari]

I’ve seen so many people hoping beyond hope this would be like alternate housing. Not enough people paying attention to updates where it’s clearly stated it would not be.

[@Mir_Teiwaz]

At best I was hoping to at least be able to use some housing items on the island, but that's not what we're getting. I'm sure it'll still be great though!

[@Jarekx2007]

Guarantee you there will be plenty of people complaining at release that it isn't an alternative to housing.

[@RokkitGrrl]

You know that some people will continue to push this whole alternative housing fantasy and when the reality hits them, they'll be like, "Oh no it's just like Warlords of Draenor Garrisons 2.0, sad."

[@F34RDSoldier805]

For some reason, something makes me feel like maybe the reaper lady is Virtra's sister's eye vessel. Like what Varshan is to Virtra.

[@Cafinebiased]

I actually think she might be the Void Sent that was Zenos' avatar that we see approaching WoL in the trailer. Assuming the female voice we hear at the start of the trailer belongs to her, she speaks about remembering the void as it once was. Azdaja (Vrtra's sister) ended up in the void well after the 13th had become the void.

[@Trattato68]

@@Cafinebiased yes, it is really unrealistic to think that a living being could live unscathed in 13, it was the first shard that the ascians made a mess of. The only possible explanation, if she is truly a human, is that the pact with the voidsent protects her from the corrupted ether.

[@jet44444]

I was thinking the same thing

[@silvinity4939]

@@Cafinebiased There's also the fact that their scythes appear to be the same.

[@LightSummoner84]

No the lady coming from the 13th, so she is probably the Zenos avatar, but certainly bring back in human form with the ether of the last crystal of light of hydaelyn that y'shtola gives us in the trailer.

[@DrkShd]

interesting about our WoL counter part on 13, that remind me about FF5 warrior of dawn, which the old heros that defeated and seal exdeath in the parth, i could see they use this concept if they need a title for our WoL in the void world since warrior of darkness already used

[@itsOasus]

Legit excited for the new content. And the second half music track. Fuck it's SOO GOOD! I can't wait to fight a boss to that track.

[@BlyZeraz]

The 14 ost never misses. Its just a matter of how long we gotta wait for some good uploads on YT to listen to now.

[@Auesis]

RE: the Criterion dungeon difficulty, he said the 3 bosses would be equivalent to Savage 1.5, Savage 3 and Savage 4, and then the Savage version of the dungeon is even harder than that. In Normal you have the Raises, but in Savage there is no ressing at all, and wiping in Savage resets the entire dungeon, AND Savage has an enrage timer over the entire dungeon. It's fully designed for people who have geared up in the 8 man Savage so presumably is tuned for BiS.

[@JackgarPrime]

It's kind of wild how we're going from there not really being any meaningfully difficult dungeons at all (dungeons have almost always been very easy, even endgame ones) to "Oh, you said our dungeons were too easy? Well now we're gonna give you a dungeon even harder than the hardest non-Ultimate raid tier!"

[@CybersteelEx]

@@JackgarPrime But it's all still catering to only the casuals and hardcore players. There's no content for midcore players in mind whom are the majority. All the new stuff is either casual stuff or stuff that is unfairly difficult like savage and ultimates.

[@JackgarPrime]

@@CybersteelEx That's not true, though. Wouldn't the normal Criterion dungeons, the new Unreal, and the new Trials, including the Extreme, be considered midcore? Not to mention the upcoming relic weapons.

[@wrathava]

@@CybersteelEx extreme is midcore content lmao. and now criterian extreme dungeon as well.

[@aries4378]

It's a good time to be an mmo gamer!

[@KhaosN7]

A moment of silence for all those who will never be seen again once Island Sanctuary launches. Can we please get an "F" for all those who are going to disappear into this content?

[@Alucard2356]

The islands call me and I must answer. It is just nature taking place.

[@HiroesX81]

My future

[@Miztique]

Limsa might even be empty for once ? 👀

[@KhaosN7]

@@Miztique the game could be dead and the servers offline and Limsa will still be packed full of players. The heat death of the universe will occur before Limsa stops being full of players.

[@Miztique]

@@KhaosN7 😂😂 you're probably right

[@Fryz2511]

the music at the beginning of the trailer isn't circus like tinkling (sp?) It's a dark, menacing version of the Castle Troia theme from FFIV, and it sounds amazing

[@yaninaayalaherrera8956]

I got my vacations to coincide with the patch on purposze cos i really wanna have the time to do it ALL! So excited! loads of stuff and a side comment, Eorzea has been unsually active these last couple of days, loads of ppl everywhere even on the "hidden" instances, been getting full teams of sprouts on the leveling roulette, the hype is real!

[@IceTax69]

Ffxiv gets a lot more cool stuff in a single patch than wow in entire expansion.

[@Greatlicht]

Right and dogshit blizzard only release 3 patches in entire 2 years and this ff14 release about 6 patches is why i play ff14 :)

[@clumsyturtle8544]

I can't get over how good that raid armor looks man.

[@TheRealLink]

As a lover of FFIV, it's fantastic to see what we're getting this patch, not counting the surely-to-be-above nuts second tier of Pandaemonium and everything else! Hyyyppppeee.

[@2183Spectre]

This really gotta make ya wonder how crazy ffxiv would be if they had wow’s budget…

[@MugiwarasNakama]

not much. It's not how much money they have to work with. It's about how passionate the devs are.

[@OathOblivio]

To reiterate what people are already saying in the comments, the savage delay is not to add extra dev time. Its ane experiment to try a new release schedule to allow players to take their time to go through MSQ and then race to clear savage together instead of rushing through story just to unlock savage asap to get as much prog to clear it first. Also, the book discount on savage gear only applies to the the first tier of pandemonium, not the upcoming second tier. Love the content Bellular, but please clarify some of these kinds of details in your videos next time

[@Brofisticus]

It pleases me to see so much buzz around that metal song that showed up in the trailer. Soken is a damn legend. The future duty support changes will also invest new players a bit more in characters like Alphinaud, who didn't really gain recognition in my group until Shadowbringers.

[@ci11antr0]

And new pvp series

[@specialnewb9821]

OG Dragoon is Ricard Highwind from FF2. He adopted his friend's son... Kain.

[@neobahumuth6]

I'll be honest anybody that was thinking island sanctuary to be a replacement for housing was deluding themselves, after all the infrastructures they've spent in housing already, thinking they'll simply ditch the system is a wishful thinking at best. Also in truth I blieve that both the scarcity and the neighbouring they created with the system is all intended and I don't see them moving away from that

[@ponderingForever]

Yeah defo sunk cost there. Defo hope they keep at it though- these QoL patches have been brilliant so far.

[@mel_arky]

Man it feels crazy, been with ffxiv since 2.0's beta phasees. The amount of stuff we started off with felt pretty reasonable, every patch just added more to do, more systems to mess around with, always more Story and a Dungeon, Back then we had 3 dungeons a patch too (the "Hard" mode ARR lvl 50 dungeons), which sadly got reduced down to 2 around Heavensward then to 2 one patch 1 another in Stormblood then now to only 1 in Shadowbringers and Endwalker. This pretty much tells you they don't need to only do dungeons and raids to do content, the time they could have spent making 2 extra dungeons have gone into things like Ultimate Raids, Eureka and Bozja (and DRN/S), BLU, doing more Hildebrand from what was initially planned for it (including the trials related to it), adding flying to 2.0 areas (which required map reworks to fix things you would have seen during flight which you wouldn't whilst grounded), Duty Support additions (and working on Trusts for ShB), all the extra quality of life stuff and new systems added since (PVP reworks, Glamour Dresser, Adventurer Plates etc) and now Island Sanctuary. Honestly if they stuck to their 2.0 ways of 3 dungeons a patch, it would have gotten boring long ago and it's definitely a sacrifice that was worth it. 1 dungeon to me has been more than sufficient and I think Square sees the "2 dungeons of work" per patch as a minimum for how much extra stuff they can replace that time with, they might have took some of that time to develop features for longer (like Island Sanctuary which for me is definitely more then 2 dungeons worth) and they even said they plan to do updates to it every 2 patches (so we might see some more for it in 5.4 and 5.5 part2/6.0). I remember them mentioning a good while ago about adding another islands to it (maybe a non-tropical one to spice things up and give us new forms of buildings, flora and fauna to deal with) near the end of 6.x so that could be something to look forward to if you end up enjoying 6.2's Island Sanctuary. That for sure wasn't promised and is tentative but it sure gets me hyped for what they do with it.

[@ryno4ever433]

Beta squad represent!

[@Narurulla123]

The collective THIRST after Lahabrea when the key art dropped sure was something alright.

[@JL-GHK]

Those Savage gear looks great. Can't wait to get em in about 6 years when I can do the Savages unsynched.

[@dantesparda5035]

My thoughts exactly 😂

[@KLGChaos]

I'm wondering if the normal armor will glow, just be undyeable. The weapon, obviously, will be savage only, but we have a LOT of cool glowing weapons already.

[@nocreditclear]

Anyone that was still holding out hope that Island Sanctuary would be a replacement for housing wasn't paying much attention. They stated multiple times that it was not going to replace housing. If they had a way to offer the same features as housing, they would just fix housing. The reason most or all of the island is prefabs is the exact reason that there's a housing crisis in the game at all. The infrastructure they need to support the level of customization in housing is astronomical. The lack of houses isn't some kind of planned scarcity thing. Server infrastructure in the real world bottlenecks how much they can add. So presumably Island Sanctuary, with it's prefabs, is way, WAY more affordable to implement from that perspective. That's also why everyone gets one for free.

[@chiekokurokumo]

100% this!

[@JBoehmGames]

Please go play FFIV before you play the patch, especially if you've got time to kill. The 3D remake is on Steam and heavily referenced by FFXIV already. I've been going through it slowly for the past couple weeks now and every time I see something that was referenced in XIV I just get excited, and it made me appreciate the ending of 6.1 all the more Haven't beaten it yet, but I'm at the end and I'm just so thrilled and excited to be going into 6.2. It's going to enhance my experience tenfold, I think.

[@Silphiroth]

Better to recommend Pixel Remaster, not the rD version tbh. But I agree with the rest

[@JBoehmGames]

@@Silphiroth I've been enjoying the 3D remake and enjoy the voicework and more cinematic cutscenes, tbh. But it's still essentially the same game and same story either way, just with different visuals and some different balancing in some areas.

[@HiroesX81]

Been looking forward to these more and more each time. Keep it up. Enjoy patch day all!

[@terenceng5177]

We will never see anyone in town again, everyone will be on their own island.

[@orrusfellin5150]

Good.

[@VampireNoblesse]

nice seeing Bellular still hyped on ffxiv^^

[@reyennarhel2505]

Tbh I'm not that mad at it not replacing housing - I trust these devs to figure out a housing solution, and I imagine that's why Island Sanctuaries aren't a replacement.

[@ltmuffler3482]

savage gear and weapons look sick!

[@ronuss]

havnt played for 4 months, maybe a good time to come back. solid content in this patch, sounds great. love the new dungeon stuff

[@TheBenzooh]

im so happy i tried final fantasy, i only wish i started playing earlier.

[@Sandberry]

Ricard from FF2 is the actual OG Dragoon, Kain is just far and away the most popular and iconic.

[@Blackwind_Legacy]

Considering FF2 was never released outside of Japan until MUCH later, Ricard is not the OG to the majority of the FF fanbase.

[@Sandberry]

@@Blackwind_Legacy Even in Japan Kain is miles more popular.

[@marcvongeldern847]

Ricard was certainly the first Dragoon, but Kain absolutely solidified what the concept of a Dragoon is in FF lore. Ricard was basically “Knight with a dragon companion”.

[@Reldan]

They switched to a 4-month patch schedule to give their devs more time to rest during the patch cycle. With this much content, I don't think they got much of a break.

[@williamradke4290]

6.2 really is going to have a lot of content, but as someone who has been playing FFXIV for a few years I still love seeing former WoW players freak out about the SE team's consistency and and amount of content.

[@darkendbeing]

Every time I see proto carbuncle my immediate thought is how did it evolve?

[@ChainedFei]

Well. It's very simple. Everything was Sundered into 13 parts.

[@TheBadassTonberry]

A moonstone, maybe?

[@dafire9634]

It didnt evolve from what i get of the explanation, they locked it away, and started over

[@Zynarch97]

I'm so glad FF14 remains the kind of game I can always come back to and know that it won't disappoint.

[@mchammer1337]

you also forgot adventure plates getting full released and out of beta

[@noblewolf8232]

1:12 i didn't think about that... but yeah, this lady may be our 13th's WOL counterpart, like Ardbert. So cool if it is true.

[@Seraphina_FF14]

I was hoping that the island would offer a housing option, but I didn't count on it and switched to one of the new servers when they became available in late July (many did). And I was rewarded. I have the house I wanted (I crafted for a whole year to get the gil for it) and the neighbors I met during the lottery time also all got their house (EU servers). = Almost none of the house-lotteries had more than one bid on it (not even big ones) and many private houses are available still. (The large and medium ones are mostly taken by now though.) = If you wanted a house on an EU server you just had to switch to one of the new servers which was also free and the XP boost on new servers is pretty crazy too. PS. With the housing issue sorted out for me, I can finally return to the msq and finish Shadowbringers & Endwalker. =^-^=

[@Seraphina_FF14]

Btw, Japan also got new servers. Not sure if they also announced new ones for the US yet.

[@BabyShenanigans]

Spirit Dart??? [1.0 thousand-yard stare]

[@truepridejb]

Legit the best mmo ever made. You can see why!

[@TheHeartlessFour]

My gf has an interventionist on standby for me, when the Island sanctuary goes live.

[@HanabiraKage]

> Persona vibes I am thou...thou art I

[@XtrmPlays]

FF14 has ruined me when it comes to other MMOs. I expect as good communication, as good quality, as good quantity, as good love and care from every other game now and no one else does it like the FF14 team.

[@bombuchu]

i just realized variant dungeon is a quip from vagrant story

[@TrueZero2]

Regarding the unreal version of Sephirot: Unreals tend to be the same as their associated Extreme, just tweaked slightly and rebalanced to suit the current level cap. For the most part I'm expecting it to remain mostly the same as Sephirot Extreme, just maybe with a bit more 'Look before you leap'.

[@ModoKrow]

I wonder if the content will continue until the main character becomes it's original form and what will take place at the end, perhaps once at journey end we too will return to the star forming all shards into one without the need of sacrificing everyone to do so.

[@Berguna645]

for those misunderstanding. island sanctuary is not housing, there are not like as housing in housing ward. you just build fixed building it been said many times

[@markup6394]

1:05 --- Reaper girl seems to be the MSQ version of Mide... 4:19 --- I'd love some more... well, fantasy-inspired glam. Seems to me their last releases were almost only casual/modern wear. Sure, looks cool and cozy, but I miss the other look... I guess, I have to make due with the armor pieces we have. It wasnt planned... but hell, am I glad I took my annual holiday in two weeks XD Two weeks FF14, 24/7 - sleep's for the dead XD Also, and this is what many people said and I just want to add another point to it: savage ISNT "delayed". They release it a week later. Its finished, its ready for shipping, they release it a week later by design. And not because its not ready or need additional fine tuning. They have communicated the reasons several times already over the past months (!!!), so keep repeating it wrong doesnt help here.

[@1jidion]

bellular just blew my fuckin mind, and for final fantasy xiv of all things, bro i was just thinking that zenos voidsent or the reaper lady could be our 13th counterpart, i never even considered they were the same person

[@inu-chan24]

6.2 gives like very "big patch" the same amount of content, and the most stuff comes nearly about the middle/end of the patch with 6.25 - means in around 2 months. on the 23.08 when 6.2 launches, we just get MSQ around 10 quests, 1 day content with 1 dungeon, the 2nd tier of the raids in normal mode and one week later the savage raids and the Sancturary Island. Tataru's side quest., All the other content like relics, beast tribes, variant dunegons and savage version of them etc with 6.25.

[@astrispaskevopoulos1051]

on 23.08 we also get a new trial with its equivalent exreme and the update to unreal. Also the new crafted stuff and also all the mentioned improvements to old dungeons/instances and glamour dresser expansion etc. Also iirc a new pvp series and season. Not disputing your point but there's more to the initial patch than you mentioned which makes it look like you want it to look smaller than it is :P

[@DummyFace123]

I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROOOOOACHING

[@Macho_Fantastico]

FFXIV honestly puts all other MMO's to shame when it comes to patch content. Island Santuary looks great, but I do think it'll grow substantially over time.

[@laurenlunamar4729]

Island sanctuaries remind me of similar think in warlords of dranor where you can upgrade your command area hired people etc. Only this one is on a bigger scale with alot of options

[@Vaeltis]

The big difference is that IS is purely side content, the issue with garrison was that they tied it to character progression

[@Shiirow]

@@Vaeltis that was always the issue with new content by Blizzard, they feel they need to shoehorn it into the core gameplay loop rather than let it stand on its own. which completely ruins the experience, along with the garrison ending up as your own personal capital city which lead people to just sitting there to queue rather than go outside. so many issues that destroyed the concept.

[@ryno4ever433]

Garrisons killed socializing in wow. I've been silently saying that island sanctuaries seem like a bad idea since they were announced. People are just going to hole up there and it will cause common areas to be emptier and make the game feel more dead than it is. It might not have the same effect as garrisons, but that's been my fear. Garrisons were absolutely awful for the game.

[@brynphillips9957]

@@ryno4ever433 I doubt that. We will see but many of the places people hang out, they hang out at specifically to socialise or use trading facilities. It isn't like people sit around the Aetheryte in Limsa to do content. I think some people will hang out at their sanctuaries but I think most, particularly those who are more social, will mainly go there to actually do the content and honestly that isnt much different to what happens when people generally are doing a specific content.

[@Vaeltis]

@@ryno4ever433 I can see where you're coming from, though I feel like it being a completely separated piece of side content and not having market board and retainer access still gives reason to go to cities. Garrisons were too all encompassing and let you do everything you needed from it. Islands not so much, yes you can queue for content but if you need to buy stuff you gotta go to town

[@sonicroze]

I got the Steps of Faith in a roulette with a friend and darted ahead to the cannons - they didn't even know that was a thing.

[@MugiwarasNakama]

the canons are useless ever since they nerfed the boss HP back in Stormblood lol.

[@CianaCorto]

Let's hope this patch can actually keep me entertained. 6.1 was lackluster in terms of content and I haven't launched the game in like six weeks now.

[@MaggieBer]

new players running vault WITTH haurchefant (and maybe other dungeons too) will get hit at another level...

[@soulreaver292]

that reaper lady is probably azdaja

[@xNikoza]

The direction of the game is good, but the PvP still needs a lot of work. They really need to increase the skill cap of the jobs (there really isn't much of a difference between an average player and amazing player) and give players customization options for unique playstyles (every job plays the exact same as someone else on the same job). This can probably be achieved by adding more abilities/utility to each job and letting them choose a particular spec. Maybe I want to play a black mage that focuses more on CC over AoE damage. Maybe I want to play a paladin that brings more defense and support to the team, but has lower mobility. Or maybe I want to play a bard with more burst damage, but a weaker sustained damage build.

[@_ViIe_]

As someone who played seemingly every major MMORPG before giving XIV a fair shake, I gotta say they're really showing everyone how you do it properly. I even went back to WoW for a month, told myself Dragonflight looks cool and fun, but when I look at Dragon Riding, and the new crafting / gathering etc, I can only ask myself "Yea but what am I going to DO with those things". Cause M+ is stale, Raiding is a nightmare to organize most the time, and PvP is just a toxic mess. None of it is story driven, fun, deep content. And so I return to XIV, fresh faced and ready for another savage tier and having fun on my Island. waiting for these new variant dungeons and hopefully, some new-BLU content soon.

[@lightofthelives]

The gear for the island isn't genderlocked, just a quick heads up for anyone wondering

[@Mystra]

Shared it to Twitter, really like this chnanel