FFXIV: ARR goes Gamescom

Greetings adventurers!

We know you’ve been eager for information but don’t worry - all your patience shall be rewarded! We’ve got a lot of information for you to digest so grab a seat and a cup of tea, lean back and have a good read, because it’s time for some juicy Gamescom news!

We are happy to announce that we will be sporting not one but TWO booths this year! So if you’ve got your tickets ready make sure to visit both of them as amazing loot awaits you!

Head over to Hall 9/B21, where a total of 48 game stations are just waiting for you. Take your pick between the PS4 and PC version and show off your skills in our daily changing battle challenges against Leviathan, Ramuh and Gilgamesh – and earn exclusive T-Shirts in the process!

Another must-see for every FINAL FANTASY fan will be the final showdown between Yoshi-P (Producer/Director of FFXIV) and Ichiro Hazama (Producer of THEATRHYTHM FINAL FANTASY CURTAIN CALL) which will take place at the booth on Saturday at 3 pm!

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The experts among you might as well show up on our second booth, also known as “ FINAL FANTASY Battle Arena ” in Hall 9 / A51, where another 32 game stations will give you the PvP experience of your life AND let you have a go at those challenging Extreme Primals that will make your visit even more exciting!

But wait, what was that? PvP at Gamescom? Yessir, that’s correct Sir, you will be able to play in a full party of 8 players, practice your Frontline skills and get to challenge mighty opponents in a decisive battle on the Cartenau Flats. Be victorious and /need on some awesome loot!

And if you think you’ve got what it takes to be at the very top, feel free to challenge our..well…Challenge Team (also known as our lovely “Xtreme Team”), a hand picked team of our Community Ambassadors which we recruited from the FFXIV community ahead of time. Beat their gameplay time during Extreme Mode Primal Battles and /need on even more loot – if you defeat them and the Primal.

Since we know that our amazing community would never pass on an opportunity for eternal fame and glory, we asked our Moogles to wave their magical pom poms and produce a bunch of VIP tickets to make sure you get to skip the line and leave those hungry wolves behind. But hold that thought, no need to ask, we already prepared the answer!

To get your excited hands on those VIP tickets simply send us an email with your given name, your last name, the content you’d like to challenge (PvP or Extreme Primals) and a time slot of your choice and we will do our best to fulfil your wishes.

However, please be aware of the following:

• Please be at the booth 15 minutes before your allocated time slot, otherwise we might give your spot to someone else.
• We cannot guarantee that you will get to play using your favorite job/class
• For Frontlines you will be practicing for an hour before the final battle begins.

What are you waiting for? Grab your friends, your FC – or both – and sign up! Don’t forget to include PvP Frontlines or Xtreme battle as a subject and send your email together with all the other listed information to SEDECommunity@square-enix.com.

PvP Schedule

Wednesday - Sunday
9:00 am, 10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:00 pm*
*excl. Saturday and Sunday


Xtreme Battles

Wednesday - Sunday:
9:15 am, 10:45 am 12:15 pm, 1:45 pm, 3:15 pm, 4:45 pm, 6:15 pm*
*excl. Saturday and Sunday


But wait, that’s not all, I swear! There will also be a signing session with Yoshi-P happening on Saturday in Hall 9/A51 (FINAL FANTASY Battle Arena ) at around 6:00 pm ! We will be giving out a limited number of tickets for this beforehand. If you want to take part in the signing session, make sure to get to our booth early as we will start handing them out at our FINAL FANTASY Battle Arena first thing on Saturday morning (from 9am)!

If you want to grab some merchandise for Yoshi-P to sign, you can do so at our merchandise booth in hall 10 / D10! We can’t wait to see what unusual merchandise you hand over to Yoshi-P for him to sign this year!

And if you need to come up for air and take a break from all those battle challenges and adventures you are welcome to visit our FFXIV photo walls in the Cosplay Village in Hall 10.1!

We are looking forward to seeing you at Gamescom!

Did you just announce the Gilgamesh EX battle to be coming soon ( when he finally use all his arms ) ?

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Did you just announce the Gilgamesh EX battle to be coming soon ( when he finally use all his arms ) ?

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Gilgamesh isn't a Primal though, and the only Extreme I see in the text are Extreme Primals...

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

Gilgamesh isn't a Primal though, and the only Extreme I see in the text are Extreme Primals...

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daily changing battle challenges against Leviathan, Ramuh and Gilgamesh

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PvP Schedule
Xtreme Battles

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I don't think that Gilgamesh will be in PvP.

Also Ultima isn't a primal and had an HM battle.

The point is, these battle events are related to new battles usually, so i can see Gilgamesh having an HM/EX/savage mode ( whatever they want to call it to say it's harder than the other version ) soon.

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I don't think that Gilgamesh will be in PvP.

Also Ultima isn't a primal and had an HM battle.

The point is, these battle events are related to new battles usually, so i can see Gilgamesh having an HM/EX/savage mode ( whatever they want to call it to say it's harder than the other version ) soon.

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At two other places (maybe more) they talk about PvP and Extreme Primals. And once again, Gil is not a primal.

Also, the the PvP and Extreme is in one booth, while the "daily changing battle challenges against Leviathan, Ramuh and Gilgamesh" is in another booth.

T-T don't crush my dreams.

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T-T don't crush my dreams.

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Sorry :)
While I do hope we get a challenging Gilgamesh eventually, I just don't see it happen all of a sudden at Gamescom :)

Ooo I'm going to Gamescon on the 14th & 15th :D

I'm cosplaying 'Panda Annie' from League of Legends but I'll make sure to stop by to check your booth out! :3

@Sasunaich - Will fans at Gamescon get any free items like Fan Fest?

Awesome !! Just awesome. this is the best mmo out and I am so blessed to be here.

Aloha =)

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Did you just announce the Gilgamesh EX battle to be coming soon ( when he finally use all his arms ) ?

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O.O I don’t think so. Neither additional legs nor additional arms or heads or other future implementations that might or might not happen =p Nope, definitely didn't announce any implementations for the game :) Gamescom news only I fear. Please forgive me :p

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Originally Posted by Nekodar

Also, the the PvP and Extreme is in one booth, while the "daily changing battle challenges against Leviathan, Ramuh and Gilgamesh" is in another booth.

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This is correct. The battle challenges will be on one booth and will change daily. So on one day you might get to challenge Leviathan while on the next day you get to play with Ramuh etc. whereas PvP and the extreme mode primal battles will happen on the other booth.

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@Sasunaich - Will fans at Gamescon get any free items like Fan Fest?

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I guess there is one way to find out ;) See you at Gamescom :cool:

I can't go to Gamescom but....

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Originally Posted by Sasunaich

But wait, what was that? PvP at Gamescom? Yessir, that’s correct Sir, you will be able to play in a full party of 8 players, practice your Frontline skills and get to challenge mighty opponents in a decisive battle on the Cartenau Flats. Be victorious and /need on some awesome loot!

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What loot? T_T

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I can't go to Gamescom but....



What loot? T_T

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Fancy RL loot you might not want to miss out on. Maybe you can sneak into the venue ? ;)

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Gilgamesh isn't a Primal though, and the only Extreme I see in the text are Extreme Primals...

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Gilgamesh IS a Trial, however, just like all of the Primals.

EDIT: As was said above, perhaps the Bard in the 7th Heaven Bar will be singing a story about the Gilgamesh fight that will be hilariously more difficult than the actual encounter?

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Gilgamesh IS a Trial, however, just like all of the Primals.

EDIT: As was said above, perhaps the Bard in the 7th Heaven Bar will be singing a story about the Gilgamesh fight that will be hilariously more difficult than the actual encounter?

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Eventually maybe, but it was already confirmed that it's not any such this time.

So I hadn't planned on going to Gamescom this year. However, the kids are away with their grandparents that weekend, so...

I mean my wife is expecting a romantic weekend for the one time in the year we get to spend together without the kids around.

I can just imagine...

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"What's this surprise, honey? Wow! Two plane tickets! :D :D :D. Hotel booked in Cologne you say... Well ok..."

*turns up at Koelnmesse*

"I can't believe you did this!! Well fine, you can spend a couple of hours here looking at all the fun stuff, but then we're leaving. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO SIT IN THE QUEUE FOR THE FINAL FANTASY XIV BOOTHS FOR FOUR HOURS AT A TIME?!?! I WANTED TO GET YOU AWAY FROM THAT BLOODY GAME FOR ONE WEEKEND IN THE YEAR!!!"

*receives notification the next week from the wife's solicitors*

but at least I won't have missed out on an exclusive t-shirt/jute bag/sweatband/etc.

*stares lovingly at weird LED fan thing, mouse mat and cheap FFXIV-branded gamepad*

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Aloha =)



O.O I don’t think so. Neither additional legs nor additional arms or heads or other future implementations that might or might not happen =p Nope, definitely didn't announce any implementations for the game :) Gamescom news only I fear. Please forgive me :p



This is correct. The battle challenges will be on one booth and will change daily. So on one day you might get to challenge Leviathan while on the next day you get to play with Ramuh etc. whereas PvP and the extreme mode primal battles will happen on the other booth.


I guess there is one way to find out ;) See you at Gamescom :cool:

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Will there be new news regarding FFXIV at Gamescom?

Dear Mjollnir and wife,

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"I can't believe you did this!! Well fine, you can spend a couple of hours here looking at all the fun stuff, but then we're leaving. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT TO SIT IN THE QUEUE FOR THE FINAL FANTASY XIV BOOTHS FOR FOUR HOURS AT A TIME?!?! I WANTED TO GET YOU AWAY FROM THAT BLOODY GAME FOR ONE WEEKEND IN THE YEAR!!!"

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That's why our Moogles invented the battle Arena VIP ticket system mentioned in my first post XD

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Dear Mjollnir and wife,

That's why our Moogles invented the battle Arena VIP ticket system mentioned in my first post XD

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Good point. Hopefully that'll sway her decision! :D

Bloody hell, it actually did. However, I got home to an e-mail from GamesCom sent earlier yesterday saying they'd sold out!

Any ideas on how I can get in to the event would be appreciated (eg if anyone has a spare pair of tickets that the name can be changed on). There are just four seats left on the flight I need to take back to England on the Sunday, so the sooner the better... :)

edit: plans are coming together! :D

Hey Sasunaich, you really make my day! I'll send my mail for the Xtreme battle in a bit! :D

Quick question(s):
1. Will you provide premade characters or can we play with our own char?
2. Are there any press opportunities? I'll be going to Gamescom as press for the whole week :o

Hi Gotenks1990,

You will be playing with premade characters.

If you want an interview slot send me an email with your details and website/magazine you are working for and I will see what I can do. You have to be quick though ! Send the email to sedecommunity@square-enix.com

Premade characters with top notch gear will be available.

So, does the community represent actually show some/a few mercy or do we face against players on blue garter-level? :D Either way, I'm looking forward to it!
Also does the VIP ticket only applies to the xtreme/pvp challenge or can we use it to skip other ffxiv things, too? :P

It wouldn't be a challenge if the Square Enix team would hold back. Just give all you've got!

what i would like to know is when they will finally release the expansion that was suppose to be out in 1 year. 1 year only 3 patches is safe to say they really slow. and slow actually destroys MMORPGS you need to keep the content coming monthly or least each 2 months like final fantasy XI that had its first expansion in 1 year hey even Destiny coming in september already have not 1 but 2 expansions ready to be set and prebought. dunno what SE is waiting for. i am really disappointed that after a year they still delaying stuff and what is worst not a public road map so players are left in the air with the promise of a coming soon. when will we see new content? 2 years? 3 years? 4 years? oh and also make the story more engaging like final fantasy xi used to 2 not the get X for Y quests that are simply boring.

I went to Gamescom on Thursday & Friday and visited the FFXIV area's many times, sadly couldn't compete much in the events as I was in costume for League of Legends and kept getting pulled away for photos with ppl xD

I searched all about the place for possible moogle in-game outfit items like Fan Festival got but found nothing :<

What I did find was this:

http://i.imgur.com/F1rzp9n.jpg

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

xD

Been trying so hard to obtain him in the game, then I get handed a real life plushie version of him xD

I just came back home from the GC - I was one of the Community Ambassadors, working at the "main SE Booth"(the one where the Lara Croft, Kingom Hearts - and well, FFXIV games were).
I just can tell you: It was awesome. I had so much fun. I did not expect so many people to actually show up for FFXIV only. I can't neither talk, nor walk anymore, but it was more than worth it!
I also met so many people with awesome FFXIV Cosplays - just today, some people with AF gears. It took them 1 year, but definately worth it