Thread: Patch 3.5 - Speculation Thread

Part 1 Release Date: Mid January 2017
Part 2: March 2017


Live Letter November 25th 2016:
Party Finder Updates
- Data Center PF
- PF FIlters
- Password Locked Parties

PVP Frontlines:
- No GC restrictions

PVP Duels:
- ilvl150 Sync (Unsynced Duels still available)
- Recast Timers reset at start of duels

PVP Feast
- New Map
- Chat Disabled During Battles
- New Auto Translate options will be implemented as PVP actions and can be added to hotbar

Chocobo Companion Updates
- Duty finder can be used while chocobo is out
- Chocobos will be classied s pets (like SMN and SCH pets)
- party of 8 can contain 8 players nd 8 chocobos

Summoner Egi updates
- Egi apperance can be changed with text commands
- Other players can see your Egi glamours

New Content in 3.5:
- Novice Network
--Players can change if they want to accept to join the novice network channel and can leave it
- Features for Returning players
- Able to preview item colors in the equipment screen
- Paintings will be added as furnishings (housing)

Detailed description: https://squareportal.net/2016/11/25/...fate-revealed/

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Expected Content (Speculation) for 3.5x:
-- Diadem Rework --
-- Trial: Zurvan --
-- 2 New Dungeons --
-- New 24 Man Raid --
-- New Minions and Mounts --
-- Next Anima Step --
-- Holiday Event--
-- Final Fantasy XV Event (might come later in 2017) --
-- Weekly Restrictions Lifted from Alexander The Creator (Normal)
-- Possible reveal of the Girl in SB Trailer --
-- Possible Hint at new Jobs from NPCs already in-game or to be added --
-- Addition of i270 Upgrade Item to Hunts and new 24 Man Raid? --
-- New SMN Egi Glamours? --
-- New PVP Gear? --
-- Misc QoL --

Mount: Panda (Datamined in 3.4)


Possible Mog Station mount.

Mount: Chair (Shown at NA Fanfest)



Possible reward from next 24 Man Raid?

Minion: Pegasus (Datamined in 3.4)



Possibly a reward from the reworked Diadem.

Minion: Lulu



Reward for attending to the Japanese Fanfest or for paying for the Premium Livestream of the JP Fanfest (December 24th, 2016)

Minion: Yuna



Reward for attending to the European Fanfest or for paying for the Premium Livestream of the EU Fanfest (February 18-19th, 2017)

Originally Posted by Theodric

I actually suspect that we might not see 3.5 until February. If it's anything like 2.5 it'll likely be rather huge and split into multiple parts as the lead up to 4.0. Potentially with each piece a month apart (and 4.0 is expected to be released in early summer next year).

I think you're forgetting a possible 3.55, which should come by February if 3.5 comes in the mentioned dates.

Then from February to late May/early June (which i suppose it's when SB comes) it's 3-4 Months, pretty much what we wait between each major patch.

And until 4.0 we can still get 3.56, 3.57 etc

- 2.5 came out January 20th, 2015
- 2.57 came out May 11st, 2015

That's almost 5 months for something that's not even a major patch but a Hotfix patch instead.

Panda is definitely Cash Shop, we already know the rewards for Heavensturn as well as the Starlight event.

I know this topic is beaten to death..but I still wonder where that red fenrir is...I mean that was found almost two patches ago and it's just nowhere...lol

Originally Posted by UnstablePersonality

I know this topic is beaten to death..but I still wonder where that red fenrir is...I mean that was found almost two patches ago and it's just nowhere...lol

There's a minion from 2.4/2.5 that we still don't know where it comes from:

Originally Posted by ErryK

Panda is definitely Cash Shop, we already know the rewards for Heavensturn as well as the Starlight event.

Might be Chinese cash shop only, SE seems to like to have region-locked content.

Originally Posted by UnstablePersonality

I know this topic is beaten to death..but I still wonder where that red fenrir is...I mean that was found almost two patches ago and it's just nowhere...lol

Maybe it's actually the PVP mount reward for season 3, they used a different silhouette just so people didn't know what it was.

Why post a silhouette of something that's obvious instead of the actual mount?

Originally Posted by RobbieH

Might be Chinese cash shop only, SE seems to like to have region-locked content.

The Chinese version of the game runs on a different client to the NA/EU/JP client, so we are getting it in the Mog Station cash shop, only question now is when.