Live Letter Predictions!!!

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Originally Posted by Mansion

But is it a Combat oriented Live Letter and they inted to squeeze in another live letter before 2 July, or is it a big Live Letter with both combat details and 5.0 details?
I can't remember what it was for Stormblood sadly.

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This is the LL covering all the changes to the battle system. We don't know if there will or won't be other stuff, or what it would be.

Deleting Crit/Det from all tank gear, no longer letting us meld DH, and making us focus Tenacity as our only stat.

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Originally Posted by Daralii

This is the LL covering all the changes to the battle system. We don't know if there will or won't be other stuff, or what it would be.

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Nothing about the new gathering thing? what was it again, a farm?

The News concerning the Live Letter only state 'Patch 5.0 information' and 'miscellaneous announcements'. Nothing about it being only about Battle System.

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Originally Posted by RicaRuin

The News concerning the Live Letter only state 'Patch 5.0 information' and 'miscellaneous announcements'. Nothing about it being only about Battle System.

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I certainly remember Yoshi P saying during the FanFests that combat details will be in the May Live Letter.

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Originally Posted by Mansion

I certainly remember Yoshi P saying during the FanFests that combat details will be in the May Live Letter.

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Yeah, I'm about 99.9% sure he brought it up but I can't remember exactly when.

Yes, but that doesn't mean that there won't be other stuff besides the Battle System.

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Originally Posted by LyraKuroneko

Nothing about the new gathering thing? what was it again, a farm?

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I'd almost forgotten that was even a thing... Perhaps one of the more interesting things they mentioned at Vegas, yet something we know practically nothing about...

The concept certainly has a lot of potential to be interesting content, but well... So did Diadem, and FC Workshops, and Deep Dungeons, and Eureka...

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Originally Posted by Nalien

I'd almost forgotten that was even a thing... Perhaps one of the more interesting things they mentioned at Vegas, yet something we know practically nothing about...

The concept certainly has a lot of potential to be interesting content, but well... So did Diadem, and FC Workshops, and Deep Dungeons, and Eureka...

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Yeah, to be honest, I really like the idea and am very interested in it. But it was left completly forgotten :'(

My predictions are:
DNC and GNB showed
DNC is stupidly broken and very fun, and will most likely become so bad that it's unplayable at 5.1 (Heavensward launch AST)
GNB is quite balanced and fun
They repeat what they said about genderlocks
They showcase new glamours
They showcase new mounts
They show WHM and its even worse
SCH is also bad now
AST is broken
MCH is a lot less fun but a bit easier to play
DRK is quite fun and balanced
They showcase all of the other jobs
No benchmark at all or not until the launch of ShB

This will probably go over everything we know from the fan fests, all the battle changes and hopefully more info on the things we barely have any on like how NG+ works, trusts, maybe more about Eden or Nier, Ishgard reconstruction, anything about crafters/gathers, looks at other system features they haven't told us about yet while probably showing off a zone or two while trying to not show spoilers. This is the whole 5 course there will be breaks meal of an LL. The only other lengthy info dump will be the patch notes closer to the 28th of June.

I remember reading somewhere that Yoshi said trusts was too big a topic to cover in a panel at the fanfests and would need a live letter to go over it in detail. I wonder if that will be this live letter or if they'll do multiples.

Since Ishgard reconstruction is endgame content for crafters, I would hope they go more into detail about that. Hopefully, they give us a new crafting system. Something that gives us somewhat of a challenge. Not “Prudent Touch” easy. Not “Hasty Touch” hard. Something in between.

Surely they won’t allow the Ishgard content to be unnecessarily accessible and will have to add *some* sort of difficulty to it.

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Originally Posted by CraftOs

Surely they won’t allow the Ishgard content to be unnecessarily accessible and will have to add *some* sort of difficulty to it.

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"Unnecessarily accessible"? Really?

I'm here for the story, and a lot of my favourite characters are in Ishgard.

I certainly hope their next chapter isn't locked behind the highest-difficulty crafting just for the sake of difficulty.

Story should be accessible. Make something else the bonus prize for higher skill.

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Originally Posted by CraftOs

Since Ishgard reconstruction is endgame content for crafters, I would hope they go more into detail about that. Hopefully, they give us a new crafting system. Something that gives us somewhat of a challenge. Not “Prudent Touch” easy. Not “Hasty Touch” hard. Something in between.

Surely they won’t allow the Ishgard content to be unnecessarily accessible and will have to add *some* sort of difficulty to it.

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Yeah, maybe they will even make it hard enough so you won’t be able to do it, can’t make it too easy do everyone can do it and they have to draw the line somewhere you know?

I'm 90% certain the Ishgard content is just going to be glorified Custom Deliveries.

Wouldn't be surprised if Yoshida already considers existing Custom Deliveries to be crafter/gathering "endgame" content. It rewards the Scrip equivalent of "endgame" tomestones, after all.

Hope I'm wrong, but I can totally see it just being the Doman Reconstruction, just with Custom Delivery trade ins, instead of Allagan Platinum Piece trade ins. Hopefully the crafting section is a bit more involved than "buy all the materials from this conveniently placed NPC", and hopefully its a tad less linear and we can pick areas to focus on building up in whatever order we like, but I can't see them breaking the mold all that much with this...

Ideal world, I'd love rebuilding Ishgard to be a server project. Gatherers bring in the materials, that stocks up the NPCs that crafters can then purchase from to make the specifics to rebuild. World first Ishgard rebuilt would be interesting, as would data center first (even more so with world visit now being a thing). Of course, you do that then it becomes a tad hard to incorporate new players, if you're late to the party you missed it all... Still, it's an interesting concept IMO. Could perhaps have the rebuilding be server based, and have it unlock Ishgardian Custom Deliveries that individuals then progress on for the story?

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Originally Posted by Vahlnir

I will complain about your complaint about complaint threads. Gotta get this party started early.

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I have half a mind to start a complaint thread soon as well, but it would probably get me banned since it involves talking about other forum posters. Atleast it would be a newish type of complaint! (Not you in case that needs to be said btw.)

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Originally Posted by Iscah

"Unnecessarily accessible"? Really?

I'm here for the story, and a lot of my favourite characters are in Ishgard.

I certainly hope their next chapter isn't locked behind the highest-difficulty crafting just for the sake of difficulty.

Story should be accessible. Make something else the bonus prize for higher skill.

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Whoa, calm down, lol. You’re putting words in my mouth. I never once said that Ishgard’s story should be difficulty locked. I should have been more specific. I meant special rewards. Such as superior gear. If you want the BiS gear, you should complete weekly recipes with insane progress and quality requirements. If you’re a hardcore crafter, you’ll do it. If you’re a casual crafter, or a crafter that believes everything should be accessible, you can have the standard end game gear.

Crafters haven’t had any challenges since 4.0 began, due to Prudent Touch making crafts too easy. Everything before 4.0 had too much RNG, but it was still difficult. I still enjoy crafting. I also enjoy crafting gear for 3 servers on my data Center. Hopefully I craft for all 7. I work from home, so it’s doable. I just wish Square Enix didn’t make crafting so easy for people like me to take advantage of. :P

I hope they let us meld materia for gather/crafter script equipement in ShB, just meld to normal slot not overmeld like other tomestone equipment, currently i use script equipment and without meld it's lack some power to crafter or gather certain thing even with the help of HQ food

I don't need them to be strong enough to do HQ stuff, just want them to have enough power for me to get everything to add into my collection log

So let's prepare a bingo ?

- They speak about something specific and show a different video.
- They fight with plushes
- They keep a vague tone about healer and tank expected DPS output
- Dancer is broken
- Four tanks made the balance even worse
- WHM lilies are still Cure I / Cure II based (alternative: WHM is still underperforming)
- Machinist becomes a Disciple of Hand/Land
- The areas are biggers, so there will be more aether currents.
- They go fast on essential gameplay items but spend a good 20 minutes on something incidental (a new GATE, or a new instrument for interpretation for instance)
- SAM will need another 3 patches to get a decent DPS output
- Eden is teased and it's more FFXIII than FFVIII
- Lalafell players entering the First are automatically turned into Dwarves and will be banned if they don't end their sentences by Rally Ho. They can't try to get in 5.0 if they have not MIN, GSM, BSM and ARM maxed
- DRG get less animations lock on their oGCD, but get animations lock on their GCD.
- RDM backward jump increased.
- Minfilia gets kidnapped at some point in the story. Twice.
- Dancer LB3 is even flashier than RDM
- Horthgar headgear clips on certain faces.
- The Garlemald situation in Ghymlit is not mentioned.


(Does it show that the wait is killing me?)

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- WHM will have a marginally improved Lilies mechanic
- SCH will get something with shields that makes it almost unplayable, while AST becomes even more stupidly powerful
- MCH will be a bit simpler, but essentially via a band-aid fix over the existing concept, and will still inexplicably have the Gauss Barrel, ruining all glamors
- DRK and GNB will be fun and balanced at first. PLD will get shafted, with WAR staying practically unchanged. Both DRK and GNB will be in for nerfs later, while WAR gets buffed
- Tank stance will be removed, but something equally cumbersome will be introduced to hold aggro and lower your DPS
- DNC will be broken until the first patch, whereby it will be completely neutered
- Black mage will do away with Enochian, but will still be just as immobile and unpopular
- Even though Ishgard Foundation will get a rebuilding questline, there will be no actual Ishgard housing
- More Viera and Hrothgar will be shown, with emphasis on basic, light-skinned, Miqo'te-looking Viera to appease the general population. Hrothgar models will be greatly improved when compared to the original trailer
- Like others mentioned, no benchmark will be available prior to release
- A sequel to Eureka will be announced, with no changes or updates to the formula. It will be the same thing.

Well this is the 1st time I am actually curious to know more details about the MSQ but really doubt that subject will be approached to not spoil the fun.
Want to know more about the guy with the Ice hand.

Well I'm seeing some excited comments from people who went to the NA tour so I'm looking forward a bit more to tomorrow now. Still expecting complaints (because always) but I am looking MUCH more forward to the DRK changes now.

We'll get a video showing every jobs new spells

My only prediction is that, whatever happens tomorrow, the forum is going to be in flames.

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Originally Posted by Gihwezi

My only prediction is that, whatever happens tomorrow, the forum is going to be in flames.

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We'll see, won't we?

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Originally Posted by Gihwezi

My only prediction is that, whatever happens tomorrow, the forum is going to be in flames.

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I’m going to come up with possible scenarios that will definitely put the forums in a frenzy:

* RNG is re introduced into crafting
* Tanks do not have a tank stance anymore
* Crafting gear is not all in one anymore, it’s now job specific gear
* Confirmed, no male Viera will ever happen

List goes on and on haha

Given that they allowed people to play with the benchmark on the media tour I expect at least a date on that. If it's good enough to show the youtubers they want to spread promotion for this game around the webs for them then I'm gonna guess it's good enough to come out soon.

Low key hoping for a "And you can test things out with the benchmark .... TODAY!" though I don't expect it.

https://i.redd.it/t95fz54ag7e21.png

i just wanna see new AF gear
mainly Drg,Sam and nins
already know what BLMs is
still a let down since af1

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Originally Posted by Duskane

mainly Drg,Sam and nins

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I'm fairly certain that is SAM on the right. MCH PLD SAM, could also be NIN or MNK, but the red overcoat has me leaning towards SAM. Got a very FFX Auron vibe to it.

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Originally Posted by Duskane

i just wanna see new AF gear
mainly Drg,Sam and nins
already know what BLMs is
still a let down since af1

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Isn't SAM the one on the right, on that image?

I guess we'll have the video with new actions, and each job will wear its AF gear.

I love the AST and BRD outfits we've seen

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Originally Posted by Nalien

I'm fairly certain that is SAM on the right. MCH PLD SAM, could also be NIN or MNK, but the red overcoat has me leaning towards SAM. Got a very FFX Auron vibe to it.

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yeah i just want to see the Sam set in action

I’m just not going to be happy with BLM AF gear until It’s literally FFIXs Black Waltz III

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Originally Posted by Duskane

i just wanna see new AF gear
mainly Drg,Sam and nins
already know what BLMs is
still a let down since af1

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Lv80 BLM is the first time I've been excited about their relic gear actually.

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

I’m just not going to be happy with BLM AF gear until It’s literally FFIXs Black Waltz III

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ill never be happy with BLM af till they give it the effect of the darken face and the glowing eyes

https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...636&height=636

http://sharedweave.ca/wp-content/upl...ackwaltz3a.jpg

New jobs and their armor type previewed. Hey maybe DNC shares gear with NIN. :D
Changes to tanks and healers. (I'm hoping stances get removed + tenacity is made stronger and becomes the main stat for tanks in place of STR and vitality becomes a secondary stat like piety.)
Changes to the combat system including MP/TP merge.
Changes to cross role abilities.
Benchmark date.
More of the new races and their customization.
Some AF4 gear and mounts shown.

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Originally Posted by Nalien

I'm fairly certain that is SAM on the right. MCH PLD SAM, could also be NIN or MNK, but the red overcoat has me leaning towards SAM. Got a very FFX Auron vibe to it.

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The mask is also something historical samurais wore, plus open-toed sandals.

If the leaks prove to have any sort of truth... then DAMN a few jobs will have a new ''pet'' of some form or another, including DRK *chuckles*
And the upgrades! WoDs do NOT mess around, I'm pretty excited about tomorrow, I won't even mind waking up at 6am for the letter.

For a giggle, I did this when the job stones were first seen on a sticker sheet.

https://i.imgur.com/nWxep6n.jpg

While this was a silly joke, for real the heart seems to be on the DNC AF set

I am hoping for good news on the battle changes.
Good news in general for shadowbringers overall story improvement
Seeing more Hrothgar pics
Hoping they expand the inventory some more.
Get rid of mandatory CS's in Main Scenario Roulette.