There is a live letter from the producers tomorrow, let's discuss announcements.

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12-22-2018, 12:27 AM
Iscah

Time progression in the game is weird. Logically the story has been running over the course of a few years, but time never officially moves forward. It is always five years since the Calamity, and characters don't get any older.

The twins are 16.
12-22-2018, 12:30 AM
Rita1989

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Originally Posted by Alien_Gamer

And about 20 minutes after that they did show the Air Force One gate. You were impatient and got upset over nothing.

They announced Air Force at Fan Fest and kept Mahjong secret like it was something big
12-22-2018, 12:37 AM
JohnSpawnVFX

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Originally Posted by Rita1989

They announced Air Force at Fan Fest and kept Mahjong secret like it was something big

Why would they show something huge at a run of the mill LL while showing the small stuff at FanFest?

And inb4 "show all at FanFest", what would they have to show at the LL then?
12-22-2018, 01:04 AM
Shougun

Will have time soon but did they say if you can play against others or just lala-robots for the Mahjong? I also have to look up what the Japanese rules are lol, hopefully they're similar to the Taiwan variation I learned.

We need to see some drunk lalafells betting way too much money for this game, meme it up SE :3. (This game is classic for money wagers, at least with the other versions - I know nothing of the Japanese one).
12-22-2018, 01:11 AM
Hercub

Ah, all talk.
12-22-2018, 01:53 AM
Rowde

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Originally Posted by Laphael

Stolen from reddit:
Key points from the Live Letter

Patch 4.5

Part one release date: Jan 8th 2019

Part two release date: Late March 2019

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ4zjFWLnAA

Patch 4.5 Part one

Blue Mage will be added on January 15th, one week after 4.5 part one arrives

Gold Saucer: Doman Mahjong, Air Force One GATE

Patch 4.55

Eureka: Hydatos

Rival Wings: The Hidden Gorge

Patch 4.56

Hildibrand

Patch 4.57

World Visit system

Patch 4.58

NA & EU datacenter changes and new worlds.

**United SB BST tribe is also 4.56

During the Blue Mage demo portion of the LL they also showed an additional mount, Gold Saucer Mount... it's literally the Gold Saucer... a giant glowing cactuar.
https://i.imgur.com/ev7rtAZ.jpg

No idea when this mount is being added within the patches though...

Also during the Blue Mage demo they showed off some new /gpose features...
https://i.imgur.com/vzwet1y.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/gE6rTjU.jpg

1st pic shows a toggle for the "wet effects" on character.
2nd pic shows an embedded emote menu within /gpose. It will be possible to change the characters emote without leaving /gpose.

I also grabbed some pics of when Yoshi was showing off some of the new furnishing items...
https://i.imgur.com/v9oOUWp.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Bc7nRAU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3xNGZmT.jpg

Also no idea when these items are being released within the patches though...
12-22-2018, 02:01 AM
SannaR

Wish they would have shown the mount with a male roe riding it because it could go the rout of some mounts that doesn't change size no matter what race is on it or male roe's will have a hulking giant glowing Golden Saucer everyone will be able to see a yalm away.
12-22-2018, 02:10 AM
Vahlnir

I like Mahjong, so...no issues here.
12-22-2018, 03:30 AM
Shougun

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Originally Posted by Shougun

I feel part of it could be some well paced rewards as well.

Let's say 5 races a week gets you 50 end game tomes. Pretty sure there would be a significant uptick, at least 5 lol. Ideally just enough to bring people in taste it a bit for fun and then drop it just as well, because I think people could have fun sometimes running their chocobo around but there would be a lot of complaints / "that's pointless" if it was like 50 races a week.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

That'd be pretty cool.

Triple Triad was extremely easy for me to get into. I think it's in a pretty good place, but Chocobo Racing and Lord of Verminion feel overly complicated for what they are. I ignore them for months, then whenever I convince myself to give them another go I remember how contrived the systems are. :p

Just made a gold saucer post on it, the more I think about it the better I think it would be for the Saucer and for players too I think.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ucer-Value-Log

Mostly because on a busy day I'm like "I'd love to do some of that light stuff but I need to get this one thing done for my main". Now if I could lightly do both, oh my yes please. Of course not suggesting it can replace other content means entirely but just be a nice breather piece.

Like if you were trying to casually cap tomestones for the week. MSQ, MSQ, RAID, RAID, PLZ NO MO-- Triad 5-10 times? Okay! Then back to the regulars of course, because I don't want to see it replace just rather occasionally supplement. I think that'd be fun.

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

I like Mahjong, so...no issues here.

Might be able to get my wife to touch the game for a bit lol. Hopefully the rule differences aren't too big though, not familiar with the Japanese style of Mahjong. If there is a HUGE difference it would be nice if they could offer us different rules that are famous, but if not then I'm sure we can adjust.
12-22-2018, 03:32 AM
WellFooled

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Originally Posted by Berethos

Maybe don't hype yourself up over literally next to no information next time?

I'm with Rita on this one. When you announce an announcement its for the purpose of building hype. I don't mind Mahjong being added to the game, its a classic board game and has a lot of fans, but allowing the fans to speculate and build up anticipation over it was a mistake. My FC was astir with thoughts of Blitzball or Snowboarding or Battle Square and Mahjong is a disappointment compared to that, because Mahjong is already available to play in a thousand different ways, whereas those other mini-games would only be available from FF. The Gold Saucer Mini Game was my most anticipated announcement and Mahjong was a let down.

Square could avoid that kind of disappointment in the future by simply arranging their announcements better. Its the same with Blue Mage. They announced Blue Mage first, making everyone believe they were getting what they've always wanted and then only once everyone was excited did they describe it as a limited job, thus people were crushed. If they instead had begun by announcing the limited job system and only THEN say Blue Mage would be the job they use for it, it would have been easier to accept.

Edit: Spelling Errors
12-22-2018, 04:04 AM
InkstainedGwyn

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Originally Posted by Hercub

Ah, all talk.

That's all Live Letters have ever been. They're an announcement of content coming in the next patch and some insight into stuff up the pipeline. I'm not sure what it could be other than "talk".
12-22-2018, 04:29 AM
Rowde

Grabbed some screens of AV from the trailer...
https://i.imgur.com/1B8UlGE.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EKXq6xz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1WPRGKq.jpg

Interesting to note... it's getting hit with the BLM LB3 in the trailer. The extra bar for LB3 has thus far only been in accessible in 24-man raids and 8-man trials/raids.

I also grabbed these screens of "Ozma 2.0" because it seems to be in the same area as AV, the window designs are the same...
https://i.imgur.com/BDs8y2E.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/1cUhXDF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Of9fs2a.jpg

And this seems to be the building being "reflected" on the surface of "Ozma 2.0" ...
https://i.imgur.com/gBbmUQA.jpg
12-22-2018, 04:35 AM
SannaR

So, what you're really saying is we're going to Sea and at least fighting a judge. Oh my that sharded ozma reminds me of the light elementals that would be glowing spikey balls of light that would hunt you down and murder you.
12-22-2018, 04:58 AM
Dustytome

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Originally Posted by Rita1989

they announced air force gate without showing anything though so that argument doesnt work

In case you didn't get to see it here's the part of the live letter where they showed it.
12-22-2018, 05:13 AM
Mysteltain

Are you sure that's a BLM casting Meteor and not AV casting it? Because I feel like that's something they'd give to a boss with such a legacy.
12-22-2018, 05:47 AM
SannaR

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Originally Posted by Mysteltain

Are you sure that's a BLM casting Meteor and not AV casting it? Because I feel like that's something they'd give to a boss with such a legacy.

Very true because if it is AV then that could be him casting it as his hallmark was being able to do each job's back then 2hr ultimate. Guess we better hope he can't do a healer LB but then his type could raise it's self for one time. It will be interesting to say the least of how that fight will work.
12-22-2018, 05:51 AM
SannaR

Looking at those stills again there's at least 6-7 people shown so maybe it's a raid and not a dungeon.
12-22-2018, 05:54 AM
Skos

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Originally Posted by SannaR

Looking at those stills again there's at least 6-7 people shown so maybe it's a raid and not a dungeon.

Could be that public dungeon they mentioned before.
12-22-2018, 05:56 AM
Vahlnir

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Originally Posted by Skos

Could be that public dungeon they mentioned before.

Could certainly be Hydatos since that was where/when the concept of a "public dungeon" was brought up recently during Fanfest.
12-22-2018, 05:58 AM
Skos

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

Could certainly be Hydatos since that was where/when the concept of a "public dungeon" was brought up recently.

Considering how hard they're trying to bring us that FF11 experience through Eureka, this is where my money is.
12-22-2018, 06:04 AM
Rowde

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Originally Posted by Mysteltain

Are you sure that's a BLM casting Meteor and not AV casting it? Because I feel like that's something they'd give to a boss with such a legacy.

I suppose that is suspect since the boss is in some kind of animation during the brief video sequence.

However, it also appears to be the same party that they captured the footage with for both AV and "Ozma 2.0" or "Shardzma" or w/e... the DRK PLD and MCH are in both setups. There is a BLM visible on screen at "Ozma 2.0" so it can probably be assumed they are present for AV as well... so BLM LB3 is definitely on the table... we just can't see the BLM at AV.
12-22-2018, 06:18 AM
yukkan

What rules are planed for Mahjong? JPML or WRC?
For more information
https://worldriichi.org/wrc-rules/
12-22-2018, 06:20 AM
Theodric

No FFXV crossover information. :(
12-22-2018, 06:23 AM
Rowde

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Originally Posted by Theodric

No FFXV crossover information. :(

Oh yah... I totally forgot about that... I was expecting that too since the FFXIV in FFXV content was announced (I think it might even be live now...)
12-22-2018, 06:24 AM
Deceptus

BLU releasing after a week after 4.5 drops is dumb.
12-22-2018, 07:16 AM
InkstainedGwyn

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Originally Posted by Rowde

Oh yah... I totally forgot about that... I was expecting that too since the FFXIV in FFXV content was announced (I think it might even be live now...)

I'm half wondering if they're going to postpone it until spring/post 4.5 just to pad the content even further... *Sigh*
12-22-2018, 07:17 AM
Laphael

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Originally Posted by Deceptus

BLU releasing after a week after 4.5 drops is dumb.

No, its great. We can do all the new stuff for 4.5 in the first week and then all who want can concentrate on blu the next week.
12-22-2018, 07:35 AM
Rowde

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Originally Posted by InkstainedGwyn

I'm half wondering if they're going to postpone it until spring/post 4.5 just to pad the content even further... *Sigh*

I'm half wondering if they're just going to abandon it altogether since they cancelled any further FFXV content...
12-22-2018, 08:26 AM
WellFooled

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Originally Posted by Laphael

No, its great. We can do all the new stuff for 4.5 in the first week and then all who want can concentrate on blu the next week.

No, having Blue Mage with 4.5 and the other stuff a week later is great! We can all do Blue Mage in 4.5 and then all who want can concentrate on the other stuff the next week.

:P Some of us would rather we do content in whatever order we want. Particularly with Blue Mage it feels advantageous to me to release it alongside other major pieces of content so that not everyone and their mother are out in the open world trying to kill Cactuars all at the same time.

Releasing it with 4.5 would mean some of those people would instead be doing MSQ, dungeons, raids, etc. Waiting a week just means more congestion around Blue Magic wielding enemies.
12-22-2018, 10:47 AM
kikix12

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Originally Posted by WellFooled

Releasing it with 4.5 would mean some of those people would instead be doing MSQ, dungeons, raids, etc. Waiting a week just means more congestion around Blue Magic wielding enemies.

So?! Just hit the enemy once and wait for the skill use?! It's not like those other Blue Mages will be wiping out the whole fields. If anything, the anti-Blue Mages will be doing that just to spite those that want the Blue Mages like this.
12-22-2018, 10:58 AM
WellFooled

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Originally Posted by kikix12

So?! Just hit the enemy once and wait for the skill use?! It's not like those other Blue Mages will be wiping out the whole fields. If anything, the anti-Blue Mages will be doing that just to spite those that want the Blue Mages like this.

It won't be impossible, but I think if there are too many people in one area it will make it more difficult and less fun. If there are 10 enemies and 100 Blue Mages even each player just tagging the monster (particularly a low level monster) would be enough to kill them and if that happens before they use the Blue Magic ability than no one can learn a new action. Anything that can be done to spread out the Blue Mages I think would be a solid idea, such as releasing them along with 4.5 proper.

And even if tagging and waiting is the way to go, that has never seemed very fun to me. Not in FATEs or hunts or world bosses. I'd rather get the chance to actually fight the monster and play the game.

It might be that there's enough Blue Magic spread out among enough different kinds of monsters that it won't be much of a problem, but even still, it doesn't change that I would have preferred Blue Mage (and all content that's ready for release for that matter) but released with the main patch. Its nice to have lots of things to do on patch day and not just one or two things.
12-22-2018, 11:30 AM
Hercub

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Originally Posted by SannaR

Wish they would have shown the mount with a male roe riding it because it could go the rout of some mounts that doesn't change size no matter what race is on it or male roe's will have a hulking giant glowing Golden Saucer everyone will be able to see a yalm away.

As a fellow dragon player going white mage with an elf, your comments really inspire me. I never thought a dragon can be WHM. Please correct me if I'm wrong. I play on Siren with the same username. I have two good FC's I'm on in Siren and they are MPire and Judge (Judge is the better of the two). There is a third FC which I recently got into with my new alt (the WHM elf) that FC is called Crazy, which I recommend everyone avoid. I'll hang there, but I'll probably leave that company soon.

Always know there is a lot of Christianity in this game and I love what is on your forehead there.
12-22-2018, 12:00 PM
SannaR

It's the nose bridge scale all Au Ra have that part I also have the extended option or it would be smaller.

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