6.0 Hopes and Fears?

[Lauront]

I agree.

I think there's something to be said for having a unique take on elves vs. the standard 'Lothlorien'-type elves we see in a lot of media, but with Elezen it looks like they tried to have it both ways and... This is the result.

The female Elezen in that art especially looks nothing like how they look in the game with the slim shoulders and slightly larger head, it's closer to the proportions Viera ended up getting.

That said though I still think they can look nice in the game (though not as nice as the concept art) but once they start running it really is just tragic.

I started the game with a male elezen, but the weird proportions and the run just ruined it for me. I've switched to a male derplander since and haven't looked back. Occasionally switch to male au ra since I like those too. Even with their own oddities, they're still not as awkward as Elezen and they look very good in certain gear types.

I don't really mind a unique take on elves, per se - in fact, I really loved how WoW handled night and blood elves (up to the end of TBC anyway), as they're amongst the most interesting looking elves out there, while still being attractive. Same with the Witcher 3's Aen Elle, etc. It's just that they still need to look good in some way, and elezen, far from the elven archetype of graceful elegance, are the opposite of that, even if they have attractive faces. I don't think they'll ever fix it, since they think it'll risk upsetting existing players. Their workaround seems to have been to cast Viera in the wood elf type role, but obviously with only one half of them added.

[Esmoire]

In Stormblood I was still a WAR main, but I loved another job quite a bit but not as much. I am talking about the Astrologian. I was happy with WAR in Shadowbringers, but not at all happy with what they did to AST. It's been over a year since and I've tried AST frequently. I like it more than I did with AST on Shadowbringers release, but I still really hate the cards and the Divination mechanic and everything about the job gauge. Next expansion, I hope in general they revise their approach to healers... There seems to be some kind of mental block in the development team. I hope SCH and AST come up with designs that are more fun. My fear is that they find a way to make WAR unfun and I end up with no jobs I have much attachment to.

[Anhra]

Hopes:
- Jobs being unique from one another instead of being homogenized.
- big overwork on PvP so that 1vs1 Matches are finally working on every matchup possibility.
- another Deep Dungeon.
- Dungeons which aren't marathon tracks with 3 bosses and ads in between.
- higher difficulty options for already existing dungeons or rework.
- Equipment stored in the Glamour Chest becomes "all jobs" for the glamour purposes.

Fears/Expects:
- Jobs getting dumbed down even further.
- another attempt to remove Energy Drain from Scholar.
- no changes to the dungeon template they're using.
- unsignificant potency changes
- MP being removed
- maybe HP too since you can't die out in the field and inside Dungeons anyway.
- further Monk adjustments will give the Job inner release and stances will be gone.

[Recon1o6]

I don't think there's a race with a bigger gap between the concept art and in-game models. They really deserved better. It's one of the only games where the elven race doesn't appeal to me.

While I agree the difference is striking...what about the Au Ra? I'd wager they top the elezen, but if not they are definitely second

They were far more like the draconic race nearly everyone wants them to be in concept art.

[EaMett]

Hopes: more glam dresser space (more than the usual 200 per expac.. we need 400 this time around)

Fears: They keep pushing healers in the wrong direction... Probably going to happen since they haven't listened to the community these past 6 years, I don't really see this changing.

[ASkellington]

I don't think they'll ever fix it, since they think it'll risk upsetting existing players.

There will be 0 complaints from me if they fix our shoulders and nothing else. IMO that's the major problem with elezen. Neck being long - necklaces. Run cycle - eugh I can live with it. Shoulder proportions though? I swear its 90% the reason why I can't wear certain gear in this game.

Added hope:

Shoulder sliders please.

[Vickii]

Hopes

- I hope the story is good and Zenos surprises me. I actually would like him to kill someone important, I think it would help his character and most of the scions have served their purpose.
- I hope there’s a colourful new job. I’d like Corsair, Chemist, Juggler, something fun and light
- MCH buffs
- Less scions but more Ryne and Alisae
- Another zone like Doma Enclave
- Ala Mhigo Restoration
- Do something with the world of darkness
- Final Fantasy 7

Fears

- I think story might be a letdown, not terrible but like going from HW to SB was.
- boring jobs
- MCH nerfs
- Ryne sits out like lyse sat out SHB and never becomes a scion of the seventh dawn
- Boring content in general.. we’ve been spoilt a bit lately.

[Kikoten]

Hope: That they stop with the f---ing Limited Jobs.

Fear: That they keep adding the f---ing Limited Jobs.

[Hysterior]

Hope they revamp / refresh some older content like chocobos, squadron, grand companies, armoire system... everything feels old and left to rot
Hope they find a good balance for healers, possibly granting us more DPS skills / rotations or giving more mobs that can only be killed via healing

Fear that story will be very Garlean-centric, which after I-don't-know-how-many-years is really no longer welcome in my book

[Seraphor]

Hope: That they stop with the f---ing Limited Jobs.

Fear: That they keep adding the f---ing Limited Jobs.

Hope: That they improve and build upon Limited Jobs by adding Beast Tamer, and content that both BST and BLU can take part in together.

Fear: They continue to half-ass Limited Jobs and either don't add any more and just keep adding more DPS spells to BLU that don't offer anything different.