JPN Fanfest Details Thread!

[Bourne_Endeavor]

So, between the FFX-themed stream bonuses, and swimming being a big announcement...

Who's beginning to think they might announce Blitzball at Frankfurt?

Please no. While I loved Blitzball in FFX. The last thing I want to see the devs focusing on is another mini-game no one will bother with after a week or two. With how badly LoV flopped, I just don't have much confidence in them attempting round two, especially as a main expansion feature.

I didn't think it was possible but I care even less for the Diadem revamp after seeing the live letter. Knowing that the iLevel of the gear is DoA wasn't enough, they had to give the most unimpressive showing of their changes possible. Can you even call the revamp a "change?"

Did they mention ilvl? All I've seen is randomized stats.

[Yasuhiro]

Are you saying they should have just made an entirely new model when they had perfectly good models for a call back to an older game?

Pretty much, Final Fantasy XV had updated models giving the recurring monsters new looks, it's weird seeing an Aevis from FFXII in Coerthas with its PS2 textures.

[MistyMew]

Very happy to see some more information, looking forward to pre ordering in Jan then

-RDM looks interesting, very pleased its mainly a ranged dps^^, will definitely level that one.
-swimming and diving look good
-skill pruning and revamp of combat is much needed so that's good as well.
-new housing area will be much needed, hopefully there is a transfer option (but if not that ok too) If it ends up being in a "snowy" zone I just may have to relocate if possible
-cross skills by role should be better.
-24 man raid-looking forward to that too.

overall it sounds good so far, some massive open world stuff would be welcomed IF that's in the plans?, who knows ,but will still hope for that one day.

[thorkellthetall]

I didn't think it was possible but I care even less for the Diadem revamp after seeing the live letter. Knowing that the iLevel of the gear is DoA wasn't enough, they had to give the most unimpressive showing of their changes possible. Can you even call the revamp a "change?"

[Celef]

My God the Lady of Bliss artwork..... *.*
I hope we get her outfit someday ^^"

[Senn]

I think Blitzball would be pretty cool. Instead of making it a gold saucer attraction, they could just put it under the pvp roulette, and give it the same roulette rewards/bonuses. It won't be combat oriented pvp or anything since you can't attack under water. Although some of the gold saucer games can be fun, there doesn't seem to be a lot people playing them. I think there are many players that don't prioritize getting MGP.

[Celef]

I think there are many players that don't prioritize getting MGP.

Well when we see the rewards it's not suprising sadly :/

[Rita1989]

Considering Diadem is coming in 3.55 it better i270 or it will be completely irrelevant for most people at that point

[jameseoakes]

Considering Diadem is coming in 3.55 it better i270 or it will be completely irrelevant for most people at that point

Looks it will be dead on arrival to me, unless they put some nice things in the random chest like PotD but even then I don't think it will be 'fun'

[loreleidiangelo]

Unpopular opinion here, but I hope they DON'T have plans to release any new tanking or healing jobs with Stormblood. The dev team clearly struggled (and is STILL struggling, IMO) to balance the ones we have currently, and I'd much rather they focus their attention on fixing those than creating new wrenches to throw into the mix. AST and DRK were huge disappointments in the gameplay department (A+ on style/visuals though), and AST in particular was a lazy copypasta of the SCH/WHM toolkit with a minimally interactive buff system relying on RNG gimmick buttons to give you the feeling of doing something meaningful. On the other hand, balancing DPS jobs seems to come easier to them for some reason, so I have confidence that even if there are initial hiccups, RDM will turn out well enough.