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This is a new type of content.
I believe you’ll understand by looking at the PPT, but this is a new type of field-like area. You’ll be exploring this area.
I believe players are crafting their airships with their free companies right now, but players will finally be able to explore other islands themselves using these airships. This content can be played with several parties simultaneously. There are several locations where players can land their airships on the island, so please shout out to find other nearby groups and group together to explore. Players won’t be fighting bosses on these islands, but will fight against a horde of level 80 and 90 monsters. Some of these islands will have stronger foes in the center of the island, so first you would want to gather all the parties together and then plan out a strategy. We’re also planning to have several difficulties available for these islands. Players not enlisted in a free company can also participate in this content through the airship landing located in Ishgard. However, free companies will have some advantages, such as being able to select the island they want to explore, while explorations from the airship landing will be selected randomly. We would like players to decide which method they would like to take depending on their goals.
Additionally, things like gathering nodes exist on these islands, so for example, players can use the party finder to invite guest members outside of their free company to enjoy the content, or go in with a battle class first to eliminate the enemies, and then collect the items by switching to a gatherer class. This content is unlike any of the previous FFXIV content. We would like to further expand on this content by adding additional islands to explore in future. This content has been created envisioning an older MMO type of feel.
Players will explore areas like the one shown here. You will be able to ride on your flying mounts in these areas, so please look forward to this. We’re also introducing new aetherial items at the same time. We’ll share more details on what type of items and equipment players will be able to obtain from these areas as we get closer to the patch release.