about announcement, personal thought

[wereotter]

I can't say I'm terribly fond of the "Sage is the other scholar, ast is the other whm" concept, but we'll see how that plays out. Depending on how things are done, and with our history of normalization seen during the Shadowbringers series, we could very end up with two healers again with the illusion of four jobs.

I hope this isn't too much of a deal breaker for you.... because based off that announcement and other things they've done and will be doing, I think we're going to see this philosophy expanded into other roles. They had hinted with Shadowbringers that they wanted to create tank jobs that excel at main tanking and tank jobs that do the same at off tank. And with the expansion of melee DPS into 5 jobs, we could very easily see a split there as well with high damage melee (potentially samurai and monk) and high utility melee (historically this has been ninja and dragoon)

No confirmation exists on this of course. But wouldn't be too far fetched if they're going to create a big enough distinction on the jobs to even justify the difference in party finder to not extend that into the other roles.

[Clover_Blake]

DATA CENTER TRAVEL!! That's what made me the most excited, together with Island Sanctuary -laughs-.

I'm not really interested on the new job. Dying to visit Garlemald though; I foresee I'm going to love those maps.

[ElazulHP]

Honestly, I think I might be the only one not feeling it? Perhaps I'm still burned out, but this has been the worst expansion to date as far as content goes and I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel that I wanted to see that this expansion was supposed to be. If anything this has convinced me I need an extended break from this game.

[Aniise]

Honestly, I think I might be the only one not feeling it? Perhaps I'm still burned out, but this has been the worst expansion to date as far as content goes and I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel that I wanted to see that this expansion was supposed to be. If anything this has convinced me I need an extended break from this game.

No, same here honestly. Everyone seems so excited for the news, while I'm just like...meh. That's it?

I just don't feel it, I can't get with the vibe of this next expansion yet. I see everyone fawning over Sage and the design of this new class but I'm personally really disappointed with it, and also fear for SCH and AST right now. So...yeah. Major bummer right now. :/ I'm glad for everyone who's feeling happy and hyped. I just wished that I could feel the same way..

[zeylos]

Honestly, I think I might be the only one not feeling it? Perhaps I'm still burned out, but this has been the worst expansion to date as far as content goes and I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel that I wanted to see that this expansion was supposed to be. If anything this has convinced me I need an extended break from this game.

Its looking like this mgiht be Stormblood 2.0. Sage is ok, but didnt blow me away. There wasnt anything else that really excited me ,and they couldve at least added a trailer regarding the island content since w egot a pretty art picture and thats it, so we know very little about it. So far, Im qutie dissapointed even if I did go in expecting nothing, but Im holding judgment for until after the May digital fanfests

[Alleo]

Honestly, I think I might be the only one not feeling it? Perhaps I'm still burned out, but this has been the worst expansion to date as far as content goes and I'm not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel that I wanted to see that this expansion was supposed to be. If anything this has convinced me I need an extended break from this game.

I am mixed as well, specially since we only get the main story in 6.0 which might make it feel rushed. Hopefully they wont do that. Otherwise I am truly only looking forward to the island feature. I really want to believe that this is something where each of us can have their own island and do stuff there. (Please dont let this be another open map with limited spots...)

The other stuff we got to know about is just the same as any expansion. Dungeons, maps and things like that. They look nice of course and it will be great to explore them but other than that barely any long time content is known and I fear that we just get another one of the Eureka/Bozja/Diadem zones...I might also be less hyped because I only played one other FF next to this game so any kind of fanservice just goes straight over my head. And I dont know why I should be existed about going to the Moon. What could even be there to be utterly interesting?

So yeah I truly hope that the sanctuary is something good otherwise I will just do even more breaks.

[Provoke]

Endwalker is a terrible name.
Can't wait to talk about "EW" for two years!

Imagine how cringe you have to be to care about calling the expac "EW".

[Barwara]

Personally I wasn't blown away, if I compare what I've seen from the ShB trailer. I'm aware there's just lots of things we have yet to see.

Aside from story and content, I'd just like to see major improvements be done to the faulty aspects of the game.. instanced housing, bigger apartments, more storage space, etc.

I'm excited about the story coming to an end though, and for the start of something completely new at 6.1!

Concerning the new healer job, not my aesthetic I guess? Looking forward to what the DPS will be. Scythe-wielding dps could be a thing I can get behind.

[Nayout]

The problem is that it is more of the same but with another skin, 2 new Extremes, a raid that will have 4 bosses, an alliance that will follow the same standards as the rest of the alliances.

The only "new" thing is the island that smells like the farms we had in Pandaria and the small PVP battlefields, but the rest is exactly the same.

[Raikai]

carious what kind of spell "elemental wise" the sage will use

Me too... It looks unaspected. I suppose we'll have to know more about the job. The nouliths themselves clearly have a crystal focus, but they also appear like very machine-y in nature, so makes me wonder if the job is actually a mix between magic and technology. Kinda seems fitting for Alphy, but I wonder what the lore about the job will be.

I kinda disliked the branding "Sage" though. To me a Sage feels like the old wizard archetype, like Tellah or Strago and doesn't quite resonate with the aesthetics. I'd rather have a completely new branding, like Gunbreaker.