Patch Info and Pics

[ErryK]

I'm a bit bothered by that one artwork picture at the bottom. Is this already some kind of forshadowing what is about to happen in the storyline later on and Garlemald is pulling the "Well, if we can't have control over it, then no one else will" - card?

I think that's Rabanastre, not Ala Mhigo.

Yay yet another whole area/region designated to an instance "raid" that will be left in the dust as forgotten content.

You'll be able to go into it undersized when 5.0 hits. And you'll need to go into it when 4.3 hits to get the 4.2-4.3 upgrade tokens.

[bass9020]

You'll be able to go into it undersized when 5.0 hits. And you'll need to go into it when 4.3 hits to get the 4.2-4.3 upgrade tokens.

That doesn't help that its designed as an instance dungeon/raid, its nothing like being a city state with outside areas. I think its awesome we are getting it though don't get me wrong but its a shame yet another whole region like place is getting cut to fit the normal hallway like raids we have gotten in the past. Exploring it as an undersized group doesn't make it feel any better.

[ErryK]

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That's true, but better to have it and be limited, than to not have it at all.

[bass9020]

That's true, but better to have it and be limited, than to not have it at all.

Very true! The screenshots look great as well, when I saw them I was instantly excited so I can't wait to see whats in store. I usually stay behind when finishing an instance anyway so I will try to explore and take in what I can during that time!

[ErryK]

Very true! The screenshots look great as well, when I saw them I was instantly excited so I can't wait to see whats in store. I usually stay behind when finishing an instance anyway so I will try to explore and take in what I can during that time!

I'll probably end up taking loads of screenshots with /gpose after finishing the instance.

[Sandpark]

That doesn't help that its designed as an instance dungeon/raid, its nothing like being a city state with outside areas. I think its awesome we are getting it though don't get me wrong but its a shame yet another whole region like place is getting cut to fit the normal hallway like raids we have gotten in the past. Exploring it as an undersized group doesn't make it feel any better.

When the info first leaked I read it as being an actual explorable city complete with a sewer system. I don't like raiding in general due to drama forming and keeping parties together. Maybe, I hope this ends up good enough to make me wanna do the raid.

[Arutan]

So 24man raid gear is inspired by the healer winner... feels like SE is getting real lazy here. I expected contest winner to be crafted gear instead of the WoD bis, or tomestone at the least... SE could have just said that they're taking a 2 year break when releasing Stormblood, it would have been the same. No work for the 2 first savage fight, no work on gear, no work at all for ex primals to feel like ex primals, and 1 dungeon less for nothing more...

[KageTokage]

So 24man raid gear is inspired by the healer winner... feels like SE is getting real lazy here. I expected contest winner to be crafted gear instead of the WoD bis, or tomestone at the least....

I'm pretty sure that's the dungeon gear, not the raid gear.

[Alleo]

So 24man raid gear is inspired by the healer winner... feels like SE is getting real lazy here.

Its seems to be the dungeon gear but I agree a bit about the lazy part. We get omega gear that is again just a fanservice from an older game which does not even fit thematically in there. Then they take the winners of the contest and make them into sets for all jobs even though they kinda were designed with certain jobs in peoples mind. This makes the healer gear look really strange as tank gear (imo).

I just really hope that they will do good with the DPS gear set..that looked great as artwork but hopefully also great ingame.

[ErryK]

This makes the healer gear look really strange as tank gear (imo).

Which is funny, because the tank set based off the healer design looks good, yet the actual original healer design looks like trash to me.