Patch 7.0 hopes

[Swampking]

I don’t know if this will happen or work but I thought I try to see if anyone like or dislike this ideas but I’m hoping to see female hrogthar, more visible hats/helmets for viera and hrogthar. And last adding muscle sliders to viera and au ra. I’m courious to see if this will happen but what do you all want or think?

[R041]

smol indie company







(nothing ever happens)

[GTK0HLK]

We probably won't know anything til they tell us something..,

The latest big thing is NA Datacenters getting an Upgrade.., How much, and how much it entails/Changes things, no way of knowing.

Specially with how it all ties in with the Graphics Update in 7.0
Which assumingly, also ties into the quality of basic materials Female Hroths will look like.(but not their shape, or figure, or over all look)

We can only hope they Start relasing a couple of cats out of the bag in the looming Fanfests later this year, and early next.

[Swampking]

I understand just a wish list. It’s a incredibly game with awesome people and players but just making a hope list.

[JamieRose]

Well there was that big "Ask Yoshi P" thread. I put in asking for more makeup and face paint options. Really I would just love more customization options altogether.

[Mikey_R]

I’m hoping to see female hrogthar,

We already know female Hrothgar are coming.

[Ath192]

4K textures, DLSS/FSR support, better shadows and AntiAliasing, a change in the content pacing, a focus on creating replayable content. An MSQ that exists because of the world, not a world that exists because of the MSQ only. Any acknowledgement to exploration content and people who like to explore. More verticality in fights and zones. More purpose to swimming/diving. Zones with more objects/life in them. A better integration of mobs into the zone, such as grazing or eating each other instead of just idling until someone kills them.

Basically I hope for different things than the predictable things we always get in regards to content.

[GTK0HLK]

Yeah, like I've said countless times.., we are in a transition period between Arcs..,
And as I've said to some.., If 7.0 doesn't meet to the standards/expectations that they've built up, exactly as their words were meant to be interpreted.., then they are free to tear when the day comes.
[Though, of course one person's view alone cannot temper what even one other person feels about things rn]

at the very least, well get a smooth running game with basic potential to expand its systems as the next 10 years go by.

at the very best, we get all that we could "Reasonably" want, without stepping toes on existing functions/remade systems, with renewed hope in various sectors many have taken to let out differing opinions on as of late.

At worst, another notch to "The Various Deaths of XIV" that isn't actually a joke.

[CidHeiral]

I'm most excited for the environment updates. One of my main issues with the game is that every zone is just a big empty field. They just can't add a lot of the little details that make areas feel alive and lived in due to current engine limitations. Not only is this uninteresting to look at and play in, it really snaps me out of the story when an NPC says "be careful out there in the jungle" and the "jungle" is five trees and a couple bushes scattered around. Even Radz-at-Han, which is supposed to be a bustling trade city, is mostly just empty rooms.

Going off of the example shown in the graphical update preview it looks like that will be a thing of the past in 7.0 and I can't wait. I hope they do a pass like this on some old zones as well, especially the main cities.

[EliaStormblade]

Well, we have a basic idea of what the graphical update will entail. Not how it will end up looking, but the components that will be overhauled. We've seen some mesh updates (at least for the faces and I assume the bodies will follow suit), heard about material rendering updates, texture updates, lighting updates (sorely needed for the overworld), foliage improvements, increased clutter in areas to make them feel lived in, improved shadows, yadda yadda yadda.

I hope they also finally add some proper anti-aliasing because the options we have are harrowing. Oh, and to add more texture randomization for landscapes. A lot of the times, you can see repetition and seams if you look at the ground, and it would be fairly easy for them to fix that.

As for potential customization updates? I doubt those will hit anytime soon; the most we've heard is that YoshiP and his team have discussed it. If it's something they're looking at, though, I hope they start by untying existing customization options from each other. Think au ra horns and faces being connected, or hyur faces and beards being connected; those should all be separately usable. If I want to use au ra face 2 horns with the face 4, let me do that. Same for other facial features like scars. In fact, make scars their entire own category of customization. That's all just the baseline. We could also use just more stuff in general, but separating out the existing options should already be an improvement.

What else... maybe (body) tattoos as a separate customization category? Body scarring? I dunno.

Otherwise, I'd like to see them continue to iterate on Island Sanctuaries. Pull off the bandaid and just add housing 2.0/instanced housing to it. I mean, seriously... just cut the crap. You already have an instanced entire zone (2 in 6.4) for any character that finishes 6.0 that even saves/records trivial changes made to it as well as progression: just add a housing plot to it.

On the other hand, I'd also like more fun activities. The gathering side of it is fine and all, but it doesn't justify the foundational effort put into the islands so far. They could've put those activities anywhere in the world. Give us things that are just more.. fun? Maybe small side-activities like treasure tracking or something on the level of Gold Saucer GATEs. (but less restrictive, I guess) I dunno what, exactly, but I know they can do more with it.

Story-wise, I dunno. No idea what 7.0 will prove to be, but I'm curious to see how/if they can hook people. I for one can't say that just the prospect of Meracydia (undoubtedly covered in Allagan crap) alone intrigues me, if that's what it is. Still, they've proven that they can get me invested time and time again, so I'm happy to wait in that sense.