Thread: 2.3 speculation

What do you guys think will be added in 2.3? I know 2.2 hasn't been out that long, but I enjoy speculating on what's to come.

Confirmed for 2.3
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- Private housing and FC housing rooms. I wonder if this means FC housings will change and we'll have to redecorate them.
- New primal since we're getting one with every major patch. Based on the new beastmen tribe found in the data files I saw on xivdb.com, I'm guessing it's going to be Shiva. Unless that's being added in 2.25 since we were supposed to get two primals with 2.2 based on some interview a while back. Though I doubt it.
- New Crystal Tower raid. Most likely will drop ilvl 100 gear
- Ixal beast tribe daily quests
- 24 man queue for Crystal Tower. I wonder if this means we can actually form an alliance before going into CT and that we'll see some alliance content outside of just CT.
- Crafting changes
- Relic upgrade quest


Things that might come
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- Free Company alliances
- Primal capture. It was mentioned free companies will be able to eventually capture primals and summon them to battle. I wonder if we'll be able to form alliances and take them on.
- Frontlines PvP
- New PvP arenas...I think it was shown in the last live letter. Not too sure
- Gold Saucer (the location is in Ul'dah by the pugilist guild)
- Gilgamesh (extreme?)
- Chocobo breeding. Chocobo racing might be part of Gold Saucer and it's been mentioned that we will eventually be able to breed our own Chocobo. Given that we're going to have private housing, Chocobo breeding could be further incentive for people to buy a house of their own.
- It was mentioned in the patch notes that the materia system will get a revamp.


Probably not gonna happen
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- New thief class. It's been teased a lot in 2.2 and Yoshida mentioned wanting to add new classes via patches before the expansion. But if I recall correctly, he contradicted that statement recently by saying no new classes till level cap increase and I believe it was mentioned there won't be a level cap increase till the expansion. I could be wrong on this.

Don't forget about Ramuh. I think the existing beastmen (slyphs) should have all their primal fights before implementing new beastmen tribes.

FC owned racing chocobo, a buildable stable on the FC owned land to raise and train him/her.

Originally Posted by KamikazeMan

- Relic upgrade quest

YAYE MORE FATES TO DO!

Originally Posted by 00039

YAYE MORE FATES TO DO!

It would be nice if we could fight really tough bosses solo as part of the quest so players could prove themselves. That probably won't happen though

Originally Posted by Bocajo

Don't forget about Ramuh. I think the existing beastmen (slyphs) should have all their primal fights before implementing new beastmen tribes.

You're right. But then I see the Ninja class getting teased so hardcore and it makes me think we'll get that before the Muketeer class. Ramuh's model is in the game already, but they've already teased Shiva's as well. I wonder if they're planning to introduce the new beast tribe in 2.3 along with dailies for them.

In direct response to your projections:

-I want to hear about the private housing in more detail! I'm very excited for it!

-There's about an 80% chance the new primal is gonna be Ramuh. But I could be wrong.

-Crystal Tower dropping i100 gear is a sound theory, as it makes sense when compared to Labyrinth of the Ancients. I wonder if we'll be seeing Hein as a boss in this section?

-I am curious about the Ixali, much like I am curious about the other beast tribes. I find all of that kind of lore to be utterly fascinating!

-The 24-man queue for CT is going to be a godsend for folks in large FCs.

-What kinds of crafting changes, I wonder...

-Relic Upgrade Quest is a give-in. I just wonder if this is going to be the patch that introduces the "custom stats" relics or not. I could really use a Bravura with a healthy accuracy bonus.

-Free Company alliances, huh? I wonder what that would entail.

-Primal Capture was something that was said to be in 2.3 or 2.4, but I wonder what it's all about. I honestly have no idea what this feature's supposed to have tied to it.

<disregarding PVP stuff as I don't PVP>

-That's actually a common mistake. Gold Saucer doesn't actually exist as an area in the game yet. The casino in Ul'dah is called "The Platinum Mirage". I'm actually surprised they're creating the Gold Saucer when there's already a casino in Ul'dah that could very easily be used.

-Gilgamesh HM/EX would please me to no end, especially if he was all like "GILGAMESH MORPHING TIME!!" and sprouted more arms. Though I can imagine that Gilgamesh's most powerful attack, "Ultimate Illusion", will be pretty nasty!

-Chocobo Breeding is confirmed for 2.4, so I seriously doubt it'll be in 2.3. They might not even introduce Chocobo Racing until then.

-Curious about the materia system revamp.

-Thief/Ninja/Rogue/Whatever seems like it won't come until either 2.5 or even 3.0. But time will tell.

I don't believe the Gold Saucer should be in Ul'dah or any of the other current cities as it would instantly transform that city into a de facto hub city. I cannot quite work out how the lore would fit in, but I always imagined the Gold Saucer being in Ishgard, and having it be the new hub city like Jeuno from ffxi, but it does seem somewhat silly.

Really sad if you don't get to Gold Saucer via gondola...isn't necessary but would be nice.

Originally Posted by Bocajo

I don't believe the Gold Saucer should be in Ul'dah or any of the other current cities as it would instantly transform that city into a de facto hub city. I cannot quite work out how the lore would fit in, but I always imagined the Gold Saucer being in Ishgard, and having it be the new hub city like Jeuno from ffxi, but it does seem somewhat silly.

Or Revenant's Toll is going to continue being built on and eventually expanded into a full sized city itself like they seem to be trying to do and they'll have the Golden Saucer there. Ishgard seems too serious and knights templar/crusader themed to have anything like the golden saucer in it.