Pics of the live letter?

http://www.twitch.tv/finalfantasyxiv/v/38615896
The VODs up on Twitch.

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Originally Posted by myahele

It's funny, how even in the lore section not many people bother to talk about Minfilia
https://i.imgur.com/IagEozu.jpg

Considering she looks like she'll be pulling a L'cie who completed their focus ... Hydealyn is a Falcie!?

Anyways, I am VERY happy that the Primal armors that we've been asking for on and off since 2.0 is finally a reality! Best of all: they're tome gear and *not* crafted gear :)

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im not:P since looks like monk = ifrit, ninja = levi , tank probably titan?, ramuh perhaps black mage?? more than likely bard will be garuda lol

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Originally Posted by Spawnie

im not:P since looks like monk = ifrit, ninja = levi , tank probably titan?, ramuh perhaps black mage?? more than likely bard will be garuda lol

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I REALLY hope this isn't the case. I'd love some garuda themed armor to go with my garuda daggers...

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Originally Posted by Ilitsa

I REALLY hope this isn't the case. I'd love some garuda themed armor to go with my garuda daggers...

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we wont know until closer to release i guess but alot of people already speculating its class locked XD im hoping it isnt eithier but not holding my breath gonna be funny if healer gear is king mog themed tho :P

just for once i want some bard gear that looks badass not somethin from a carnival clown :P

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Originally Posted by Ilitsa

I REALLY hope this isn't the case. I'd love some garuda themed armor to go with my garuda daggers...

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There will likely be weapons to accompany the armour.
We already saw daggers on what looked like Leviathan-gear, and while Leviathan weapons already exist these would be more like...super Leviathan daggers.

You may like your Garuda daggers, but Garuda has a whole set of weapons out there!

Also I suspect Ramuh to be healer, not mage DPS.
He does use the healer staff in his fight, iirc.
Shiva will probably end up being the mage DPS set. Giving a new meaning to Ice Mages...

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Also I suspect Ramuh to be healer, not mage DPS.
He does use the healer staff in his fight, iirc.
Shiva will probably end up being the mage DPS set. Giving a new meaning to Ice Mages...

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im just hoping its really not class locked XD gonna be disappointing if bard/mch is garuda themed ._.

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Originally Posted by Spawnie

im just hoping its really not class locked XD gonna be disappointing if bard/mch is garuda themed ._.

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It may not be class locked but likely role locked.
There will be str gear, vit gear, dex gear, int gear, and mind gear, I suspect. Much like most other sets.
But that does mean if Bard/Mcn is from Garuda, Ninja would be too?

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Originally Posted by Canadane

It may not be class locked but likely role locked.
There will be str gear, vit gear, dex gear, int gear, and mind gear, I suspect. Much like most other sets.
But that does mean if Bard/Mcn is from Garuda, Ninja would be too?

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considering ninja looks like levi themed in the pic doubtful :P

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Originally Posted by Spawnie

considering ninja looks like levi themed in the pic doubtful :P

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Ah yeah, forgive me it's like 2:30 in the morning XD
So.. would that mean Bard/Machinist would also be from Leviathan? Or will Ninja be some special snowflake on account of being dex, yet melee?

The mysteries! The suspense! So exciting~

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Fronlines is still going strong at the right time of day. I'm in queue for it right now!
Hope I can get my Horse mount before the patch. I'm afraid that Frontlines will die with The Feast being the new toy.

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To add to this, I started PvP when Seal Rock came out and I've managed to unlock my Twin Adder pony. But I don't think Frontlines will die when The Feast comes out, not for my Data Center at least. I know a lot of people who do Frontline Roulette each day they can but they aren't that interested in PvP so they might not do The Feast that much.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Ah yeah, forgive me it's like 2:30 in the morning XD
So.. would that mean Bard/Machinist would also be from Leviathan? Or will Ninja be some special snowflake on account of being dex, yet melee?

The mysteries! The suspense! So exciting~

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really hard to say.. will it be only the old primals?? or will newer primals be themed aswell?? id love to have ravana themed bard gear XD

Kinda disappointed with the Primal armor... I mean, I never liked the idea because I knew it would to be done like this or be significantly less "serious". I mean, they couldn't make an Ifrit set for all the roles without it taking a year, so they had to go with "Ifrit = Melee", for example. Better that than the ridiculous costumes XI got for things like Bahamut and Promathia, I guess.

Hope this isn't an indication of how Egi-Glamours will work... Leviathan for Ninja? Better not end up stuck with Ifrit or Leviathan for Summon III then, an Egi-Glamour system needs to let me slap Titan-Egi on Summon III if I want. A lot of extra work animating the stuff for a single class, but they could always go the Beastmaster route and apply those animations to content for the rest of us; Giving Ifrit-Egi mage and tank animations doesn't have to solely benefit Summoner, if Ifrit-Egi is also battled in some instance/FATE/etc.

Anyone else disappointed with the colouring used on the Ninja set? It has a very amateur feel to it, like back when I thought I could draw I'd use weird colouring like that. It doesn't blend well, especially when compared to Leviathan which has an overall darker colour, greyish blue rather than a flat white.

http://zantetsuken.net/wp-content/up...0891556138.jpg

If this is the Ninja Alexander gear though, then +1. Much nicer than Gordias and I'll finally be out of my AF2 and Poetics sets.

http://i.imgur.com/P713XyY.jpg

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Originally Posted by myahele

https://i.imgur.com/IagEozu.jpg

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If that's the new dress she gets and we can't get it, I am going to be very unhappy. >:l

Also, I hope healer gear isn't Ramuh themed. I really do not want ANOTHER beard. XD

So we lost a 3rd dungeon but got LoV last patch which is a flop and now a new pvp for 3.2 which only about 2% of my server plays? This is going to be yet another loooong patch.

So we lost a 3rd dungeon but got LoV last patch which is a flop and now a new pvp for 3.2 which only about 2% of my server plays? This is going to be yet another loooong patch.

They said a long time ago all HW patches will just have 2 dungeons so this isn't a surprise......

Don't know if it was mentioned or shown, but in the 2016 collection video, there are two new gear sets. My guess is 2 sets from Alexander: Midas or tomes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF2C7sq7HcI <-- MNK set at 1:11 and what looks like a healer set at 1:24

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Originally Posted by Jetstream_Fox

So we lost a 3rd dungeon but got LoV last patch which is a flop and now a new pvp for 3.2 which only about 2% of my server plays? This is going to be yet another loooong patch.

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Would a third dungeon really add anything to 3.2? Expert Roulette would be slightly less monotonous, that's it... I'd take crap like Diadem over dungeons any day, shame they refuse to seriously improve Diadem though, that list of changes was just pathetic...

Kind of wish they'd just scrap Diadem and apply it to dungeons instead; No more "5 minutes and you're kicked out" at the end, instead clearing the dungeon is the equivalent of unlocking flying in Diadem. You clear the dungeon, then you're free to go gathering in the dungeon, maybe do some treasure hunting or take on some Hunt level enemies. Every major issue I have with dungeons could be address this way. Nobody wants puzzles in dungeons because they're rather speed run? Slap them at the end of the dungeon then. You clear the dungeon, then you go exploring it. People who just want the tomestones leave, everyone else stays and can do the extra content. Balance would be a concern, especially with Hunt level enemies, since dungeons are 4 man content and one assumes you'd be left alone to explore after, but if dungeons were like that? Perhaps then I'd be sad that we get two instead of three.

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Originally Posted by LadyVal

If that's the new dress she gets and we can't get it, I am going to be very unhappy. >:l

Also, I hope healer gear isn't Ramuh themed. I really do not want ANOTHER beard. XD

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you can visor emote beards away from helmets.

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Originally Posted by Canadane

There will likely be weapons to accompany the armour.
We already saw daggers on what looked like Leviathan-gear, and while Leviathan weapons already exist these would be more like...super Leviathan daggers.

You may like your Garuda daggers, but Garuda has a whole set of weapons out there!

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I like the name "Super Leviathan daggers" è__é
Can't wait to take my new super Titan axe! (how... how big it will be?!)

ifrit = str
garuda = agi ( wind , mch/brd)
titan = vit
ramuh = int
leviathan = dex :/ ( i was expecting MND but is nin gear)
shiva = mnd

i wonder if DRG/MNK will share ifrit set or what

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Originally Posted by Warlyx

ifrit = str (monk)
garuda = agi ( wind , mch/brd)
titan = vit
ramuh = int
shiva = STR (Dragoon)
leviathan = dex :/
Good King Moogle = mnd

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Fixed it for you ;D

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Originally Posted by Rawrz

Fixed it for you ;D

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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

I am not wearing a Good King Moogle Mog themed healing set even if I can hide its true hideous form with a glamour.

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Originally Posted by Belhi

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

I am not wearing a Good King Moogle Mog themed healing set even if I can hide its true hideous form with a glamour.

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YOU DARE DEFY THE GOOD KING, WHO'S CHILDREN TAUGHT YOU HOW TO SPEAK TO THE ELEMENTALS AND WIELD ITS MAGICKS? D:<

THIS IS A POMPOSTEROUS POMOUTRAGE

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Originally Posted by Belhi

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!

I am not wearing a Good King Moogle Mog themed healing set even if I can hide its true hideous form with a glamour.

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just change to lalafell and your more or less playing as a moggle :P

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Originally Posted by Nalien

Would a third dungeon really add anything to 3.2? Expert Roulette would be slightly less monotonous, that's it... I'd take crap like Diadem over dungeons any day, shame they refuse to seriously improve Diadem though, that list of changes was just pathetic...

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Yes, having a 3rd dungeon would add a lot more to the game, The Feast can't even come close to filling this hole. If you are on a server where PvP is a thing and is actively looked for in the PF and people shout invites to PvP linkshells, by all means I'm happy for you to have an addition to the aspect of the game you like. However, on my server PvP is dead, I haven't seen a PF for it in roughly 3 months nor is anyone looking for PvP linkshells. Jenova is a more of a dungeon first server, then raid and gathering. So the absence of a 3rd dungeon has a negative impact on my server that is already dropped in population size. One less dungeon means more grinding of the old expert dungeons which by now we have already done to death, given the whole idea of an expansion pack is to expand content, not shrink it in favor of things that might not work.

Diadem was ok just implemented badly but certainly not a waste like LoV which I've seen no one play after the release. It's things lIke this when I wish they utilized a community poll as to what we all want rather just putting together a patch that focuses on random surprises that may or may not benefit each players respected server.

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Originally Posted by Jetstream_Fox

Yes, having a 3rd dungeon would add a lot more to the game

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You seemed to have missed the point.

What does a third dungeon actually bring to the table? Lets say we still got three, what would Tam-Tara (Extreme) add to the game exactly? You'd get the same drops as Pharos Sirius (Hard) and Saint Mocianne's Arboretum, the same tomestone rewards. The only thing that changes is the wallpaper, the location you run through in 5 minutes and the enemies you group up and AoE down.

The only benefit to having more than one dungeon per update is the illusion of choice, and I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have that illusion of choice applied in the dungeon; I'd rather have one dungeon with three paths, than three dungeons with one path. I'd take one expertly crafted dungeon, which can be played differently each time I repeat it, than a dozen different dungeons that are always just a dash through a corridor.

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Originally Posted by Jetstream_Fox

Diadem was ok just implemented badly but certainly not a waste like LoV which I've seen no one play after the release. It's things lIke this when I wish they utilized a community poll as to what we all want rather just putting together a patch that focuses on random surprises that may or may not benefit each players respected server.

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Diadem is what took away your third dungeon though, not Lords of Verminion. For that matter, the Feast isn't taking away a dungeon either. FFXIV has a dedicated team for PvP, the people working on the Feast were never working on dungeons, so having them produce the Feast never took away from dungeons (case and point, we got three dungeons every update alongside Wolves' Den, Secure, and Slaughter). Likewise for Verminion, the Gold Saucer team (IIRC) works on side content like Housing, rather than anything else (so you'd be justified in complaining about getting Verminion instead of extra wards/etc.).

Diadem was the thing that took away from dungeon development, had it been polished I'd be more than happy with that. It had potentially to be exactly what I just asked for; When you go into Diadem you could have a different run each time. Instead they just made it Hunts: The Instance, slapped gathering in there, and called it a day. The extra "polish" we're getting in 3.2 really doesn't impress me either...

I hope the new dungeons will have some new good looking armor.

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Originally Posted by Nalien

What does a third dungeon actually bring to the table? Lets say we still got three, what would Tam-Tara (Extreme) add to the game exactly?

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More Edda, thats what it'd add.

Unless she shows up in Lost City (Hard) of course.

Titan = Tank
Ifrit = MNK
Leviathan = NIN
Ramuh = Caster
Healers always have to wear white so either Mog or Garuda, so leaving ranged melee with either or.
Shiva = DRG

Not sure about Odin. We've got Bahamut themed gear ala FCoB. Would be pleasantly surprised if Ravana or Bismark will be one, but doubtful.

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Originally Posted by myahele

It's funny, how even in the lore section not many people bother to talk about Minfilia
https://i.imgur.com/IagEozu.jpg

Considering she looks like she'll be pulling a L'cie who completed their focus ... Hydealyn is a Falcie!?

Anyways, I am VERY happy that the Primal armors that we've been asking for on and off since 2.0 is finally a reality! Best of all: they're tome gear and *not* crafted gear :)

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Look at her arms, look at her legs
She is in chains again

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Originally Posted by Canadane

Ah yeah, forgive me it's like 2:30 in the morning XD
So.. would that mean Bard/Machinist would also be from Leviathan? Or will Ninja be some special snowflake on account of being dex, yet melee?

The mysteries! The suspense! So exciting~

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Ninja get a scouting set, while Bard and Machinist get an aiming set

Fending - tanks
Maiming - Dragoon
Striking - Monk
Scouting - Ninja
Aiming - Bard/Machinist
Casting - casters
Healing - healers

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Originally Posted by Canadane

There will likely be weapons to accompany the armour.
We already saw daggers on what looked like Leviathan-gear, and while Leviathan weapons already exist these would be more like...super Leviathan daggers.

You may like your Garuda daggers, but Garuda has a whole set of weapons out there!

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sorry if I wasn't clear with my post ^^; I was a bit sleepy, I was more saying I hope it's not class/job locked, I.E garuda, ifrit etc gear for all classes, to accompany the weapons already existing

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Originally Posted by kuma_aus

To add to this, I started PvP when Seal Rock came out and I've managed to unlock my Twin Adder pony. But I don't think Frontlines will die when The Feast comes out, not for my Data Center at least. I know a lot of people who do Frontline Roulette each day they can but they aren't that interested in PvP so they might not do The Feast that much.

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im hoping to get atleast my adder pony b4 feast hits... adders used to be pretty hopeless in frontlines in my data centre think im like 59/74/83 or somethin atm.. almost half my wins have been the last 2 weeks XD heck had 9 wins in a row last night i was shocked how much adders have improved :P

Thanks for posting the pics. I really wish they would add pics and vid clips to the Q&A thread instead of just saying "footage of the feature is shown" or whatever, but I guess it's understandable that it's done on the fly.

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Originally Posted by ;3550335

im hoping to get atleast my adder pony b4 feast hits... adders used to be pretty hopeless in frontlines in my data centre think im like 59/74/83 or somethin atm.. almost half my wins have been the last 2 weeks XD heck had 9 wins in a row last night i was shocked how much adders have improved :P

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Cerb lich and Phoenix premades all joined adders to improve queue times however it flipped them :p

So the overall quality of players have improved dramatically

Cerb will be joining flames next week, not sure if lich is leaving with them. Overall it was boring how easy our wins were so a few Phoenix players joined mael.

We are heading back tho to adders, I really dislike how poorly mael pugs listen and their overall attitude is disgusting. Looking forward to some more even battles once cerb leave, tho odin have a very good premade team in flames they will be partnering up with.

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Originally Posted by myahele

Titan = Tank
Ifrit = MNK
Leviathan = NIN
Ramuh = Caster
Healers always have to wear white so either Mog or Garuda, so leaving ranged melee with either or.
Shiva = DRG

Not sure about Odin. We've got Bahamut themed gear ala FCoB. Would be pleasantly surprised if Ravana or Bismark will be one, but doubtful.

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Odin drops his own armor pieces in his trial. (And a pretty lazy dark recolor of the i80 dungeon set for DoM)

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Originally Posted by Stupiduglytaru

Overall it was boring how easy our wins were so a few Phoenix players joined mael. .

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actually even tho adders are winning alot more theres been alot of really close frontlines espiecally last night there was 1 with all 3 GCs around 720 til the s rank spawned then it was just a zerg fest between the 3 :p was fun tho

Is it weird that out of all of the content images....I want Alphinaud's outfit the most? *blushes* Sorry! He's just too cute for words!!