4.0 Predictions till Las Vegas

[Balipu]

I'm finally back in the game and can post on the forums again, so let's have some fun.
As you all know in about a month the Las Vegas Fan Fest will be heald and Yoshie-P will reveal the next expansion. Details are scarce, hints are plenty.

So the question is: What do you think will be in it?

• We have several hints pointing towards Ala Mhigo being the setting.
• As the first design question for 3.01 was swimming or flying it is safe to say that swimming is next.
• The Rising and the Hildibrand questline puts a lot of focus on Mammets (perhaps another hint.)
• The Wandering minstrel sang about swords cleaving the ocean floor, so plus for water features and maybe a sword wielding class.
• Viera were planned to be the new race in Heavensward.

With these in mind here is what I think 4.0 could be. Bare in mind that this is what I think is most likely. Not what I personally want. I would pick Othard as the setting and have Samurai and Dancer as the new jobs and a storyline involving Odin and his more japanese inspired variations (Raiden and Yojimbo).

So without further to do:

Final Fantasy XIV: Forward (please look forward to it.)

Emperor Varis wants to launch an offensive against Eorzea. The Eorzean Alliance wants a strong region between them and Garlemald to hold off the invasion. Nero wants some Ala Mhigan magitech to show that he is better than Cid. The refugees still won't shut up about retaking Ala Mhigo. Ilberd is still not dead yet. Yugiri does not want another rebellious city state to share the fate of Doma. So in a nutshell everyone and their grandmother has a reason to travel to Gyr Abania for a nice free for all to determine the future of the region and perhaps all of Aldenard. The Ascians will of course be there to make things worse somehow.

New Region: Gyr Abania

New city state: Ala Mhigo

New playable race: Viera

New job(s):

- Red Mage:

• Wields a rapier
• Has very nice hats that rival those of bards.
• melee and short range disciple of magic using intellect.
• Uses mix of black and white magic.
• Must balance between the two or a debuff will temproraily block access from one magic type after excessive use.

- Puppet Master:

• Wields whatever that crossbar looking thing is with the puppet strings.
• Doesn't really have combat abilities besides summoning, healing and equipping puppets (mammets).
• You can summon one of several mammets with different strengths and weaknesses (e.g: Slow but strong, lot of HP but lower attack, glass cannon, ranged, melee)
• When you have a summoned mammet you get a whole bunch of abilities on the pet hotbar that directly control the mammet.
• The various equip skills give your active mammet additional gear to augment or change its abilities.

New Primals: Doomtrain

New feature: Ships.

• Not airships, but actual naval ships.
• Many different types wih different looks and characteristics.
• Captain's quarters as your own room if you can't get any other form of housing.
• Can be used for sea travel of course.
• Customizable ship weapons.

New Free company feature: Free company ships.
- Very big with many guns.

New PVP feature: Naval combat.
- The reason for the ship weapons.

New feature: Free company PVP
- With the free company ships.

New duty type: naval duties.
Like dungeons or guildhests but with ships.
Enemy ships and sea monsters to kill. Maybe even Leviathan returning.

New Gold Saucer attraction: Blitzball.
Same as in Final Fantasy X but with 100% more catgirls.

Aaaand that's it from me. Now I'd love to hear your predictions. The one who gets the closest to the truth wins an internet cookie. Development team members cannot participate cause that would be cheating but they are more than welcome to comment.

[Derio]

Don't forget SAM as the new job

[Balipu]

Don't forget SAM as the new job

Nah. Like I mentioned I WANT samurai as a new job but I would think Samurai would fit Othard more than Ala Mhigo. And the hints for Ala Mhigo are too many to ignore. But if you think we'll get Samurai in 4.0 I'd be happy to read your predictions. I won't even ask you to make it a DPS class. They are your ideas after all.

[ADVSS]

I hope we get a throwback to the awesome FF1 CANOE, then maybe later ships(submarines?), only problem is that usually airships > boats > canoe, unless the mountanous part between coerthas and xelphstol are too high to fly over

[Balipu]

I hope we get a throwback to the awesome FF1 CANOE, then maybe later ships(submarines?), only problem is that usually airships > boats > canoe, unless the mountanous part between coerthas and xelphstol are too high to fly over

Maybe airships are too conspicuous so we use regular ships to evade garlean patrols.

[Nalien]

3.5, Ilberd will destroy Ala Mhigo when he attempts to use Lightbringer to repel Garlemald from the city.
4.0s new hub area will be Ala Mhigo Safehold, where the survivors have gathered to rebuild.
New Azys Lla area will be an otherworldly zone with sharks and UFOs that appears to be underwater...
Zodiark will be the final boss of 4.0, we'll fight him in an instance floating above the moon for some reason, called Empyfake Paradox...
It'll be called Bindings of Zodiark...

What? Heavensward pretty much straight up lifted cutscenes from Rise of the Zilart, might as well keep the trend going...

No but seriously, I have just one prediction; The last boss will be a reference to Final Fantasy VII in some way... We've had:

1.0, Nael van Darnus, very much taking a few scenes from Sephiroths play book, right down to the "Meteor Project".
2.0, Ultima Weapon, not specifically a Final Fantasy VII boss, but they did model this version off Final Fantasy VIIs...
3.0, Knights of the Round, need I say more?
4.0, it's going to end with a boss fight that is unmistakably inspired by Final Fantasy VII... I'd quite like a Diamond Weapon, given Ultima Weapon was found under Ala Mhigo, so perhaps other such weapons are kicking around the region... Could end with Garlemald blasting a hole in him with their new MakoEikon Cannon, would set up a conflict with Garlemald for 4.1+ leading up to 5.0 quite nicely... That said, my money is on a Gi Nittak reference in the form of the King of Ruin from Ala Mhigan lore, Gyr Abania gives me a Cosmo Canyon vibe for no well explained reason...

[Balipu]

The last boss will be a reference to Final Fantasy VII in some way. We've had:

1.0, Nael van Darnus
2.0, Ultima Weapon
3.0, Knights of the Round
4.0, I'd quite like a Diamond Weapon, given Ultima Weapon was found under Ala Mhigo, so perhaps other such weapons are kicking around the region. That said, my money is on a Gi Nittak reference in the form of the King of Ruin from Ala Mhigan lore, Gyr Abania gives me a Cosmo Canyon vibe for no well explained reason.

You might be on to something with the final boss. Gi Nattak would be a prety awesome (and scary) boss fight. And i can totally understand the cosmo canyon vibes. Frankly i envision Gyr Abania to be a lot like Gaia in a way. The main areas controlled by Garlemald filled with magitech. Perhaps not to the level of Midgar but even that is possible. And the resistance hiding in holes dug into the ground like Fort Condor or Cosmo Canyon. Pretty much like Little Ala Mhigo in Southern Thanalan.

[Jandor]

New City: Ala Mhigo.

New Race: None, but if we get one it'll be bunny people.

New jobs:
Samurai tank, Red Mage melee dps, Dancer or Chemist TP healer. Gives us 4 tanks, 4 melee, 4 ranged, 4 healers.

New raid: Anima, not really basing it on anything I just think FFX's Anima is cool.

[Clover_Blake]

I'd love to get Vieras, but didn't Yoshida say that they'd never be released because devs don't want another race with animal features?

[ADVSS]

New City: Ala Mhigo.

New Race: None, but if we get one it'll be bunny people.

New jobs:
Samurai tank, Red Mage melee dps, Dancer or Chemist TP healer. Gives us 4 tanks, 4 melee, 4 ranged, 4 healers.

New raid: Anima, not really basing it on anything I just think FFX's Anima is cool.

Anima would be a cool concept like the earth and hell aspects of it, i was thinking something like the antitower linking the above with hydalyn below, or maybe a mini merge of zodiark and hydalyn, or just a really awesome promal fight with elements like arachne eve from weeping city, some above some below

also yes i hope we get a new healer that uses tp would be awesomely refreshing