I think historically that an expansion name and teaser trailer come from the first Fan Fest of the year, but I’m not 100% sure… what sorts of announcements do you want to see?
I’d really like to see character creator expanded. Things like:
- separate horns from faces for au ra and add customisation options similar to the demonic flavor from the concept art
- more tail customisations for miqote
- more detailed sliders for things like facial features, instead of just the radio button options we have now
- color wheel for more diverse hair, skin, and eye colors
- butt sliders
Just show us the female Hrothgar, dammit.
I’d like to hear about a long-term plan. I’ve heard things such as level 100 will be the final level cap. I’ve heard about potentially making 7.0 a “second start point” to make the game more accessible to future players as the story continues to grow. I want to know if they’re going to continue adding 2 jobs per expansion because it seems like at this point continuing that level of growth will be too much.
I’m hoping we get some confirmation around the future of the game. It’s an old game. Talking pure craziness here, maybe it makes sense for 7.0 to be FFXIV’s final expansion, but they have a way to export your character into FFXVII or something like that.
I dunno! But I hope to hear more about the distant future.
I think at the release of 6.0 they said they were planning for at least another 10 years of content.
I would be amazed if they could milk the same formula for another 10 years
You basically phrased my uncertainty better than I could. Really hoping the dev team is able to address these aspects of longevity, particularly concerning story length. FF14 has an amazing story, but at this point asking a new player to invest hundreds of hours into it just to catch up is a huge ask, no matter how good it is.
I don’t think they’re giving up on 14 after just this expansion, though, given that they are also adding graphical improvements. Seems like a weird addition to make if the intent was to make it end-of-life in the near future.
What new jobs are we getting?
I doubt they’ll do a full reveal this early but that would be cool! We know we’re getting a caster this time around, it would be cool to know what the other role is. Maybe a ranged physical? We got tank/ranged physical in ShB and we only have 3 ranged physical… so maybe that one makes sense.
Caster makes sense. And true, a ranged physical would round things out! Will be interesting to see, that’s for sure! I think it would be cool if we got a physical healer or a melee range magic user. Always wished bards were more bard-y and that we had a heavy armor healer (like a DnD cleric). Guess it would be hard for them to implement a pure support class though and I know Yoshi-P really wants classes to be readily identifiable by their gear. That said, tanks in bikinis don’t really fit that bill so I feel like that’s not even a valid argument anymore.
Mostly just the first expansion details. Maybe a hint at what the next job will be. Would love to see info about female Hroth, but it might be too early for that. We’ll have to see!
