BOMBSHELLS I Didn't See Coming - FFXIV JP FANFEST Thoughts & Recap

[@Galliao]

Devs: We forgot to draw you into the poster art, Krile Krile: I'll do it myself!

[@adelinefae]

its Krile's moment to shine!

[@iResonate]

Solution Nine is even more crazy when you realize that they never show the last zone, and the last zone is almost always a wtf moment!

[@StrikerTVFang]

That’s what I was thinking… I’m not ready!

[@kuronaialtani]

Seriously, if solution nine is a zone they’re willing to show, given what people have been finding ala the use of the elpis text, what the hell is coming up after???

[@willowkaiser4036]

This ff4 ff5 ff6 uf right themis and hades both hide something from us like normal that they didn't want us to know just yet

[@nubitynub1757]

Solution Nine isn't a zone, its a city.

[@setsuna5919]

@@nubitynub1757its a town

[@aketo2816]

For those that missed it Yoshida mention that all players were going to get a free fantasia when the new graphic upgrade come out, it was stated in the opening after showing 3/4 of the new player character model updates for those that want to hear it being said in the translation.

[@HyouVizer]

Krile first mentioned way back in ARR as background audio via Linkshell call with Minfillia. To have such foreshadowing of a character before HW to be literally forgotten about damn lol.

[@HanCurunyr]

She appears in some cutscenes in the Waking Sands, speaks one or two lines, and vanishes, she's mentioned again during post ARR when the Students of Baldesion goes in radio silence

[@cardbutton892]

My general guess on Solution 9? Its a part of a civilization from the First Astral Era. Or what remains of it. And very likely the one that caused the Second Umbral Calamity (the Calamity of Lightning). This would explain why they adopted some of the Ancient Language into their tech; because they would have only experienced a single Calamity and those ruins would have been far more available. It also explains why the steam-powered based town developing under the Solution 9 plate is called "Heritage". As that civilization would be the "Heritage" of the peoples of the New World. It also explains why the Northern New World looks so utterly devastated in terms of terrain from the Glimpse in the Bridge Scene in the Cinematic. Similar to Zadnor. As well as why there is that massive Scar separating North from South on the Map.

[@ConformistOwl]

Yeah, the name too, sounds like something boring and meant to be taken literally... like this is the 9th solution to our incoming calamity.

[@dreamllusion8390]

What I also like, is that the board that talk about souls is in OUR alphabet! Not Eorzean or doman..

[@ericbright1742]

0:30 I only recently learned this: apparently, Thancred ended up adopting the Strategically Placed Nutkin. I didn't know this until I watched PlayFrame's playthrough of FFXIV, and when Thancred had to tell F'lhaminn, the Nutkin was sitting on the counter right next to him.

[@SusSpooder]

Ha! Dang I need to catch up on Dan's playthrough. I started watching specifically to catch things like this but forgot and stopped watching. Thanks for the reminder haha. Glad to see a fellow PlayFrame fan ^^

[@cutecats532]

Solution Nine is so cool. I love it because a lot of people were complaining that some of the casual glams like the newest pvp gear and Magitec Attire in the cash shop weren't fantasy enough (and btw we just got a new fantasy style in cash shop) but this area makes me think they gave us those to set us up for this. We already have glams that'll look great in this new area! I'm not a Balmung person but I wanna dress up in cyber punk style and hang out there. I think it'll be really cool if people dressed for that area.

[@raisnaix]

Calling it - Solution 9 is in the 9th reflection. "Some of the societies in the reflections will surprise you..." -Emet

[@Lrbearclaw]

Solution 9 is visible on the map for Turial. We also saw a concept art of a village with a train under Solution 9.

[@wolfair]

I think what we see in the map is actually Heritage Found. Solution Nine might be right underneath that big purple tower thing.

[@natebroadus8474]

I love how they tease the song in the trailers. The last one always has something that they never show in the first two previews. Amanda's vocal part was a complete surprise (an awesome one). Krile got her moment in the spotlight, and it was glorious.

[@DefMM123]

The soul storage is literally a story beat in FF9

[@Ukaran]

Do you think this ignorant girl knows that?

[@Yajarobi69]

ganna be crazy trying to hop between WoW/FF14 this year ugh

[@derdybit]

Before JP fanfest I was looking forward to a new expansion. Now I’m excited for THIS expansion. I think pictomancer looks like a nice change of pace for a job and I’m really happy there’s gonna be sooo much to do and explore :)

[@EvraeFrelia]

The comment about FFXIV time vs Square Enix time is hilarious because it’s so true. I have adored Square Enix forever but yeah they don’t have their shit together (probably because they always have a ton of massive projects going on at once). 14 definitely has the more stable structure and schedule of anything I have played from them 😂

[@thebomu]

8:49 confirmed Zepla is an Alien

[@MultiGamerman123]

As excited as I am to play viper, I shall remain strong and continue to main warrior/dark knight and do my part. I shall help as many as I can to get into the queue!

[@kanemud]

Paladin reporting for duty!

[@thomascranor2668]

White mage, here to help!

[@Hydraclone]

DRK ready to serve. Just means levelling to 100 is ganna be super easy.

[@fluffyfang4213]

I shall be doing the same as WHM despite how much I want to play Pictomancer. I'll wait at least a month before picking it up, possibly 3 months depending on queue times.

[@bampersand905]

I'll do the MSQ as a tank, and I'll do my dailies as a tank. I'll grind viper in deep dungeons.

[@Zayn-90gev]

I laughed hard at the “Krile has been forgotten” part 😂

[@mikewazowski8066]

The male hwrothgar pictomancer is gonna be a sight to behold 😅

[@TaleSeeker]

The second calamity was the calamity of lightning, so I started thinking this was a solution for the people of that time to avoid it, only the first 8 failed.

[@ChristinaI]

Thancred is having a Calamity of Nuts!

[@lulu98769]

When I had a break between Heavensward and Stormblood and then later on I did Eureka and I met Krile again, I straight up thought she was a new character. I didn't even think twice I just knew this is some Eureka NPC that I guess also ended up in the story later(?) During Shadowbringers I knew she was part of our group but I was still sure we first met her in Stormblood. Then in Shadowbringers when I did NG+ with a friend I found out she was introduced in Heavensward and was pretty important in the story too. I literally forgot Krile existed.

[@adellraynes2070]

Pictomancer and field operations! I'm sold 😊

[@KalosKitsune]

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that noticed the female viera nose. I do think it might be because of the skin color though.

[@shinjiaragaki3031]

Honestly after everything everybody went through up to this point, it just makes me happy to see everyone smiling and having fun.

[@adelinefae]

9:50 Okay Zepla we shall see if this comes true! I'm coming back to this in 6 months! 😂

[@ShiroKuroh]

Solution Nine feels like an SE exec goes I want cyberpunk in this. The feels just like a bear added in long ago.

[@johnwick5310]

This video is exactly a perfect example of why I love Zepla!!! Her personality just makes my world so much brighter. It is so addictive.

[@reticentsins]

The Shadow Lord was a dude who got betrayed and basically became Sauron with a crazy army of demons and all the beast tribes. The Shadowkeeper boss in XIV actually has attack names that are references to his attacks.

[@richter0139]

People before Pictomancer: I'm going to become the greatest Sith Lord of Eorzea People after Pictomancer: Let me paint you like one of my fur girls lol

[@JackgarPrime]

Solution Nine was the biggest bomb of the keynote. People knew Hrothgals were coming, and people had guessed about Pictomancer, but seeing a Phantasy Star Online zone as a TOWN for this expac is wild.

[@serphv6531]

Im excited for Dawntrail, its gonna be beefy with content. One thing I hope they do is give us a cool mount for leveling all jobs to lvl 100, unlike the headpiece that nobody uses like they did in EW :/

[@cozyfloret]

im super excited for pictomancer... it looks so adorable and fun!

[@LeonStarcrest]

1:43 - Hahaha, my meme prediction for Green Mage turned out to be wrong, but at the same time this reveal reminded me of that saying about how you should just go with your gut/1st instinct. What I mean by this is that after the very first trailer at NA fanfest I saw people in Twitch Chat predicting Pictomancer almost immediately since the Ninja Turtles are all named after famous artists. And it looks like they were right! 😆 Viper was the only obvious one to me (not the name of course, just the dual wield concept) due to Leonardo being on the front and center of Yoshi's T-shirt with his dual Katanas that I've always loved. But then I got gaslit by the community talking about Corsair cuz of FF11 apparently (I never played FF11) so I doubted myself and didn't say a word hahaha~! 🤣 Great video Zep, keep up the good work! 😇❤

[@sciguy98]

I honestly cannot recommend playing FFXI at this point. It's so old and has such ancient design sensibilities that I can't imagine being able to play without having 2 wikis open to help you figure out what to do. That said, the systems are very solo friendly and really easy to progress once you know what to do. Rhapsodies of Vana'diel is like a tour of all the story content so it keeps you on a decent track.

[@Elidan1012]

15:50 YoshiP did not say he was too old for cosplay. He said he did not think that specific costume would look good on a 50 something year old man

[@BaithNa]

That's because the artifact gear is made for chicks and twinks. Even the male hyur in the key art looks like he's mad that they put him in that outfit.

[@65Reidlos]

Imo, delaying x days or weeks is no different then not telling us when and hiding the delay. Its still delayed or not. 6 months of no content on top of the last x months of no content is rough

[@scotty110]

in regards to Urianger's chuckle, I thought it was more because it was a schadenfreud(sp?) reaction, chuckling at Thancred's comical misfortune. there's also that tidbit that the scions are supposed to be divided this expansion and it makes sense if there's a competition and Thancred and Urianger are on opposite teams.

[@SusSpooder]

Urianger was definitely having a good natured chuckle at Thancred's misfortune. The Scions have such a great dynamic.

[@mistledoe]

Thanks for making these videos, Zepla! :) It's always so much easier to stay on top of everything because of you

[@maciejwalenciak5497]

Rejoice... In the glory od visual arts!

[@minuette1752]

I can see why Yoshi did not cosplay as pictomancer.

[@BaithNa]

Because the outfit is made for chicks and twinks. Even the male hyur in the key art looks like he hates it too.

[@OldManInternet]

One thing I found a bit odd about the trailer was that the twins looked significantly younger than they have in the past IMO. Especially Alphinaud, where it was jarring enough that I had to rewind for the Hroth reveal. It just struck me as odd, since pretty much everyone else came out perfectly as to how I'd expect them to look in a trailer.

[@elliotjohnston1283]

My theory is that the twins finally got to have time off to sleep and it’s knocked years of them

[@VelvetSanity]

It looks to me like they're finally starting their major growth spurt. So by 8.0 they might be full-grown

[@oCMSo]

i mean, they are 20 and haven't slept in years xD also bad polygons....

[@VelvetSanity]

@@oCMSo Canonically 16 at the start of ARR, actually...

[@Awuga]

trailers always have a bit of oddness with character's faces

[@Soyboythoughts]

IM not excited cause my friends computer might not be enough to handle dawntrail and his living situation might not even let him save up for a better computer or have a home to use that computer DX

[@BloodVixen]

My personal opinion on the news from fan fest... Maybe it was just me, but I didn't seem all that excited. Maybe I just don't have enough details, but I don't know. I want to be excited, but aside from an additional dye channel, I'm just not in the groove this time around. They did a good job of telling us a lot of interesting things without telling us a lot about them. I feel like if I got excited I wouldn't truly know why.

[@Midnight_Black_Cat]

When they announced the name "Solution Nine", I just immediately thought about the amarautians speaking about how The Convocation of Fourteen stirred them safely from previous disasters.

[@lloroshastar6347]

I think the criticism of it looking cartoony is probably because there are a lot of people who just hate anything kawaii, those people probably love the more realistic looking jobs, or maybe the darker jobs like Reaper or Dark Knight. The variety of jobs is to suit people's playstyle and aesthetic, doesn't have to appeal to everyone. Better to have lots of options for different people than have limited options that attempt to please everyone but end up pleasing nobody.

[@bigfoxki]

I think some skill being so "pop out"/out of place also a reason why some people dislike it. I personal wish it will be less right-on-your screen 2D-ish and more transparent. Judge by what they showed, some of the effects are really large, especially the drawing one. It would cover a portion of the screen and kill someone during mech.

[@Moonsofie]

@@bigfoxki finally someone say this! This is the real reason

[@HikingFeral]

I cannot wait. I've just returned to FFXIV after playing GW2 and SWTOR for months to get ready. So excited!

[@DefMM123]

So hyped for the expansion!!

[@OverlordMike]

zepla excited for final fantasy again!!!! im SHOCKED!!!!

[@unnarthorthorisson5421]

My opinion is I'm also pretty hyped. I'm not one of the people who felt there wasn't enough to do in Endwalker, possibly because I have the general disposition of an especially surly cactus covered in nitroglycerin, but it's nice to see the people who did have that problem will have their solution. And speaking of solutions, yo what the hell is up with that cyberpunk space?

[@barisaxman2]

I knew there was going to be something more interesting going on based on the UK Fanfest. The reveal of the Eliminator as well as the art for some of the dungeons hinted at the Solution 9 stuff. Definitely worth going back to look at that art. In one of the images is a whole bunch of pipes going to a large tank full of glowing blue liquid. Possibly related to Soul supply?

[@PristinePanda]

the way you feel about the bunny nose is how i feel about the bright limbal rings for aura but i heard they were keeping them bright for the people that want the glowing eyes even though i dont feel like weve seen pictures of that. im SO excited for beast master

[@akaiYaMa9]

I think solution 9 is under old sharlayan. The bunker is probably a fallout shelter built to save the sharlayans from the final days, and it would make sense that there's a "soul supply" when the mothercrystal and sea of souls is also under old sharlayan.

[@hobogray6385]

I hadn't seen anyone else mention the removal of the bunny noses, so thank you for that! I watched the keynote with a few friends and that was the first thing we all noticed when they showed that picture as well. I agree completely that they need to make sure that stays around after the graphics update. We don't even have bunny tails (which tbf would have probably been hidden by most gear anyway) so we at least need to keep the nose!

[@honest_psycho7237]

FYI: 'Solution 9' is the name of one of Zidanes (FF9) limitbreaks. Hopefully we get more FF9 references.

[@daltongibson1033]

Yeah, about the face changes- I play a male Au Ra with the. I can only describe it as the Garchomp Face (if you know, you know), and I really like how sharp and angular it looks, so I hope it stays that way.

[@extinctbaryonyx]

Lol cant unsee, thanks XD

[@BaithNa]

That's a hilarious description 😂

[@Kei-ds5pq]

We gonna be eating good in Dawntrail. I'm looking forward to the cosmic stuff.

[@CardhouseAnimal]

8:59 omg, so glad you know this gem! SOMA might be the best game story that I've ever seen in my 25 years of gaming, it's haunting me to this day in a positive way! 💕

[@Lazaerus]

I wonder if YoshiP cried about the delay because he knew Soken was fighting cancer and had to delay to give him more rest or something. Maybe it was a multitude of things, but I wonder if that was a key issue with the delay. All those emotions at once.

[@elduardo2496]

No no, it was because more testing and fixing was needed to get rid of some last bugs. The cancer thing was like a year before, during the development of 5.1~5.4. Soken was in the hospital for about 10 months, if I remember right from the online Fanfest, and patch 5.3 was written while he was there. That's probably why part of the 5.4 soundtrack wasn't his. Yoshi-P was upset about the delay because a lot of players had scheduled vacation to play the expansion in the original release date, and he was screwing with everyone's irl plans.

[@idowhatiwant3557]

@@elduardo2496 Crying worked too cause everyone ate it up instead of being angry there IRL plans just got screwed.

[@dingding12321]

It was likely because shame is kind of taboo in Japanese culture, so he was having trouble conveying his emotions properly with a plain old apology. Not that he had much to really be ashamed about, given Endwalker was the COVID expansion haha

[@nyl6859]

I never thought Dawntrail would be just Slice of Life stuff. XIV needs its tension, that's why people like the story in the first place.

[@mtbarnes1]

Out of all the jobs they could have chose from... they chose pictomancer...

[@ReinTenebres]

What I have to say about Solution 9, the "Ancients" weren't the only race of their stature during their time. This was when we were exploring the sunken Amaurot on the 1st in Shadowbringers. There was a small quest segment where we had to observe the discussions of the shades around the city, and one of them was a debate where they were discussing whether they should intervene in the affairs of the civilization on the other side of planet, who were already undergoing some other kind of catastrophe of sorts. They ultimately determined that if the civilization fell to their catastrophe, then so be it. This is probably that civilization. Though it looks way too intact.

[@kou7191]

Honestly I'm praying the 4th Hrothgal face/head has a longer muzzle, but it may be unlikely. It feels they compromised into making them beastly but short snouted because they knew some people would prefer the "Cats 2019/Bless waifu" look and there can't be severe differences between head models.

[@coryshults]

im also very excited for this expansion to come out, thank u zepla for making vids, they always have lots of good info =)

[@ishirutaekakura308]

I'm going to wait for DT and experience everything, everything we've been shown so far has literally been massive, extremely hype.

[@Beardbarian46]

i really hope they let you fight in turn based pvp battles with the Beastmaster Pets YES I WANT POKEMON IN EVERY GAME

[@carbodude5414]

Its been a blast to see fanart of Picto Krile portrayed as a jaded and tired out artist in contrast to official Krile being so happy and adorable

[@Ardalan01]

That city is similar to Zanarkand

[@skanakujira7291]

HYYYYYYYYYYYPE 😍

[@nightstrider15]

Urianger: “if I’m not getting any, neither can you Thancred….”

[@JollyJackGang]

I'm Really Hyped To Check Out The Pictomancer Class! Let's Go Team Viera 🎉

[@Carighan]

The weird thing about using Pictomancer is how it was essentially just a Blue Mage. And we already have Blue Mage. Weird job to include.

[@Elidan1012]

That's like saying all weapons jobs are the same because they all swing it at enemies. You won't gain your spells from enemies, so it's nothing alike mechanically. And it makes sense the fantasy of the job has a familiar vibe, since BLU is also from the new world

[@Carighan]

@@Elidan1012 No I mean, Relm in FF6 was mostly filling the same role as a Blue Mage, hence the past tense in what I wrote. If they want to use Pictomancer like the existing material, it'd end up being rather close to what Blue Mage already does in FFXIV, so they cannot do that. Which is... a bit weird. Not bad, just weird.

[@Elidan1012]

@@Carighan Hmm, I guess. They don't usually shy away from only lightly being referencial and using the reference as just a template, or starting point. It's not like Gun Breaker has anything in common with Squall as a character or a system from FF8. It's just flavor, animations and concept.

[@BaithNa]

Yeah, I can see that. It's like BLU but a real job and it uses a mop instead of a cane.

[@tretrebul]

Solution Nine is actually shown on the northern part of the continent Tullyolal on the map.

[@ikeaira8701]

I'm getting FFVI, IX, X, and obviously XI vibes from this expansion. Mostly XI and X tho, and that alone has me excited. Glad to hear there's more Group Content coming to the game to!

[@wexfordam]

tbh this is the best recap video i've seen in regards to the expac, i wasn't excited about expansion during fan fest but now im some what hyped

[@droppedcombofiend2707]

Dawntrail sounds like it's going to be amazing. I'm really excited to see what that PSO looking area is all about.

[@JRedThirteen]

I live for Zepla’s puns. Even though sometimes they make me want to die.

[@SuperRamos619]

Dawntrail is going to be the most content rich expansion we have ever had. Im really happy about it!

[@thecrowonyourshoulder]

Endwalker or Dawntrail?

[@SuperRamos619]

@@thecrowonyourshoulder oops I don't know why I typed out Endwalker lol. But yes. Dawntrail.

[@thecrowonyourshoulder]

xD no worries. I thought it was funny.@@SuperRamos619

[@wyfyj]

I can't wait to do every side quest

[@bobbyturtle8766]

Ughhhh... Why do I need to still be in Heavensward... WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@kiyu_u6009]

Yoshi P definitely been playing some Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty. He did say the dev team are full of gamers and they get ideas from all sorts of games.

[@ShaunDylan]

It certainly does seem like they have listened to the fans with this one. SO much content coming out, watch us all complete it in a week lol

[@ikeaira8701]

Doesn't matter about the amount, but the depth and reward structure. Which XIV falls flat on both a lot of the times

[@Midnight_Black_Cat]

Omg, ty Zepla for remembering the nutkin lore! I can't watch the trailer without seeing the nutkin, giving it a voice over.... "I know those golden acorns anywhere! -takes off and leaps-" 😂😂😂 I can't stop myself, the nutkin is on a MISSION lmao

[@ProblematicHuman]

Her energy always makes me smile. Great video

[@anydaynow01]

Yeah the Femgars definitely give that Mommy Mithra look (helps with that FFXI crossover!), I love it, can't wait for my fantasia to give it a whirl for an expansion or two! 😅

[@azayzelhoarde8913]

i cant wait for Pictomancer but omg THE DPS queuessss! ;-; theyre going to be so long that we're going to need some heroes to not play any dps for the next 2 months and queue tyvm

[@ChristinaI]

Thank you for starting my day with a smile. :)

[@sweepingtime]

The nutkin has been with Thancred for years and to other planets and other dimensions. Thancred doesn't need anyone other than nutkin.

[@athras8822]

I also thought that Solution 9 was a lightning aspected shard, but according to Wiki, that shard should have been rejoined already during the Second Umbral Calamity.

[@Elidan1012]

It's literally on the new map

[@OldManDoom]

I keep watching the news for more, hopefully many more, glamour plates being made available but have I yet to see anything about it. I already have more costumes for my Idol than glamour plates so I just don’t see myself coming back until they fix that. I mean I play on Balmung, my toon’s Idol RP is the main reason I play

[@vespi57]

This is just a speculation, but I think the reason Endwalker was a bit lackluster in content was because developers had their hands full with the graphical update. Reworking all graphical assets from 10 years takes enormous amount of time and focus. I'm glad they can focus on group content again, especially the field operation intrigues me a lot, because I never got to Eureka or Bozja, when they were still fresh.

[@Jeezes718]

That and they had to stop because of the covid lockdown.

[@jtowensbyiii6018]

Also the deadliest virus in 90 years happened killing millions

[@lucredzia_lulu]

i didnt realize how stacked this expansion is until you mention it :O

[@Makkle4000]

RIP DPS Ques, but we'll rise up together my Viper and Picto brothers and sisters

[@tahroo4262]

Zepla says graphical update: me pauses video and stare for like 5 minutes thinking "wait, what's the difference?" *unpauses video* Zepla: Some of these it's hard to tell if anything has even changed.

[@tahroo4262]

They can't change Roe's nose... they're Ganondorf

[@spacepuppie]

LOL ... crow brain ... I have never heard that before, but can completely relate! lol ... I have a crow brain too. Thank you for that. I am so going to be using that from now on

[@baronvonwolfin4215]

I dont know how qualified I am to talk on the subject as im very new to the game, i just started 2 weeks ago. But im very excited and cant wait to play a pictomancer.

[@skittykay]

This is what is happening with the bunny girl noses!!!!!! If you look at Boy Buns Before vs After, you can see what's going on. Before graphical update, the bunny nose was created by lightening the underside of the nose, but AFTER the graphical update, it was created by DARKENING the bridge of the nose. It's a subtle change, but you can tell the part of the nose that matches the overall skin tone switches. On the bunny girl, her bunny nose is visible when the color was lightened, but in the after, her skin is so dark that the bridge of her nose can't be darkened anymore, so the bunny nose effect disappears. That's my theory, anyway.

[@redgeoblaze3752]

I like how WoW's character graphics update pretty much shuffled around what every character looked like, and our only option was to just buy a race change. Then here we've got FFXIV's graphic update, where they take great pains to not change anything, while still improving the quality, and plus we're getting a free fantasia just in case something is wrong.

[@dollblossom_]

as someone whose still pretty new to ff as a whole, id love to watch you play ff11

[@DragonJays_House]

My hype for Dawntrail. Finally I will be able to be Fem Hroth!!!!! Viper will be my new melee DPS. And omg I just can’t wait for all of it

[@plumdowner1941]

Based on the poster I genuinely hope that mamool ja becomes a scion. It'd be fun.

[@Scaredix]

All I want is some more complexity and difference in the jobs. Hope we can get more of that going forward even if the balance gets more uneven

[@BaithNa]

Players want balance. Go play WoW if you want that.

[@Scaredix]

@@BaithNa no need to be salty, as a player I want some more difference in jobs and a bit complexity, don't think that is too much, if you make jobs homogeneous what is the point on having different jobs? why are there 4 tanks that play exaclty the same? can't wait for Dawntrail to simplify astro even more to the point you can't distinguish it from white mage. Stop being an elitist dick, giving the community a bad reputation.