During the Letter from the Producer LIVE episode of the show, the producer and director of Final Fantasy XIV Online Naoki Yoshida presented a new trailer for patch 7.1 Crossroadsthe first major update of the expansion Dawntrailalong with the release date, Tuesday, November 12, 2024.
Here is the trailer for patch 7.1:
During the broadcast, Yoshida also showed Echoes of Vana’dielthe alliance raid series in crossover with Final Fantasy XI, Square Enix’s first MMORPG. Jeuno: The First Walkthe first raid in the series, will be implemented in patch 7.1, joining the worlds of the two MMORPGs with 24-player combat as adventurers journey through the world of Vana’diel.
Yoshida also talked about the upcoming 8-player Ultimate difficulty raid (coming in patch 7.11), the first 24-player Chaotic difficulty fights (coming a week after patch 7.15), PvP content updates, tutorials Hall of Novice and more.
Patch 7.1 will include new content and updates, including:
- New main scenario missions – Crossroads
- New dungeon: Yuweyawata Field Station;
- New 24-player Alliance Raid Series – Echoes of Vana’diel – Jeuno: The First Walk
- New Trial: The Minstrel’s Ballad: Sphene’s Burden;
- New Unreal Trial – The Jade Stoa (Unreal): face Byakko, one of the Four Lords, at level 100;
- New Allied Society Missions: Players will be able to participate in new Allied Society missions for Pelupelu designed for battle classes and professions;
- A new Custom Delivery customer: Nitowikwe;
- Additional Role-playing and Wachumeqimeqi Missions – Players who have completed all Dawntrail role-playing or Wachumeqimeqi missions will be able to enjoy an ending to their respective stories
- New Hildibrand mission series – The most beloved inspector returns with more antics in Dawntrail
- Support for New Game+ in Patch 7.0: to be able to replay main story missions, profession missions and role-playing missions;
- Chaotic Alliance Raid – The Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic): A new hard difficulty raid for 24 players, coming one week after patch 7.15
- New Ultimate Raid: Futures Rewritten (Ultimate);
- Duty Support Additions: We will add support for the non-main story dungeon Halatali and other things in the future;
- Update to Residences: We will be adding the ability to choose interior designs from various residential areas, regardless of lot location, and we will also be adding new interior designs;
- PvP Update – Rework of several Crystalline Conflict maps, changes to PvP action, and more
- Miscellaneous Updates: We’ll be adding training for various combat mechanics in the Hall of the Novice, NPC voices for Doman Mahjong, and more.
During the broadcast it was also announced that the release of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail – The Art of Succession – Relics of Heritage – is scheduled for April 29, 2025. Reservations, already available at the Square Enix Store, will begin at major bookstores on November 2. This full-color artbook contains hundreds of pages of illustrations of characters, scenarios, equipment and more, created for the expansion Dawntrail. The physical artbook also includes a code for an Erenville Wind-up minion.
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