So, what was missing? (FanFest 2021)

[StriderShinryu]

The Keynote seemed pretty packed while it was going on, and even threw in a surprise or two, but looking back it really does feel a few things were missing that I was expecting to hear more about (or hear about at all).

Some of these were addressed as "info coming later" but some just felt completely absent.

A few things that stood out to me:
- Island Sanctuary
- Small scale PvP Mode
- New Gold Saucer game/content that was mentioned before as being something major
- New customization options, inventory management options, glamour options, etc.

It doesn't really feel like any of this will fit into anything left on the fanfest docket outside of maybe a super brief mention during the Q&A.

Anything you wanted to see or expected to see that wasn't there?

[Krokov]

Might make more mention during the Live Letter tonight.

[Stepjam]

The fanfest isn't like a comprehensive dive into everything they got coming, it's largely just an announcement saying "Hey, this is what we got coming" and we learn more later on. Like we won't learn about job changes until a few months out from 6.0's release.

Edit: But yeah, we'll likely learn more at the live letter tonight.

[Fawkes]

- New customization options, inventory management options, glamour options, etc.

These please.

The keynote felt pretty light IMO. I assume it's partly because the big reveals of Australia servers and bunbois don't affect me at all.

[Euphares]

I just wanted to see anything gameplay related. But I'm starting to realize that gameplay is really low on the totem pole in this game.


I enjoy the story and lore/aesthetics, but I'm kinda irked that we get big infodumps on these but then have to wait for painfully slow-dripped information regarding anything combat based.


Highlight for me so far was just the full Cinematic and the Reaper gameplay snippet.

[CKNovel]

I just wanted to see anything gameplay related. But I'm starting to realize that gameplay is really low on the totem pole in this game.
I enjoy the story and lore/aesthetics, but I'm kinda irked that we get big infodumps on these but then have to wait for painfully slow-dripped information regarding anything combat based.

Highlight for me so far was just the full Cinematic and the Reaper gameplay snippet.

They made efforts in the past expansion when it comes to gameplay.
For HW... Not a lot they just brought savage to life.
For SB, we got job gauges and role action rework.
For ShB, we got massive reworks and reworks through the patches.

I kinda agree I'd love for them to talk more about the job direction. We know for sure they'll do it in a liveletter before the EW release.
Healers and damage rotation are top priority, SMN/SCH news is necessary, BRD also needs news.
Do we have to wait 5 months before the next news?

[Arkdra]

I just wanted to see anything gameplay related. But I'm starting to realize that gameplay is really low on the totem pole in this game.


I enjoy the story and lore/aesthetics, but I'm kinda irked that we get big infodumps on these but then have to wait for painfully slow-dripped information regarding anything combat based.


Highlight for me so far was just the full Cinematic and the Reaper gameplay snippet.

They will never cover gameplay this early (lol) in the development cycle because it's all still extremely in flux. Expect them to do the same thing they did for sb and shb and for there to be a very long livestream about a month from release where they go over expansion combat changes for everyone and go more in depth on the new jobs because that's about when they finalize that stuff.

[Sotaris]

The Keynote seemed pretty packed while it was going on, and even threw in a surprise or two, but looking back it really does feel a few things were missing that I was expecting to hear more about (or hear about at all).

Some of these were addressed as "info coming later" but some just felt completely absent.

A few things that stood out to me:
- Island Sanctuary
- Small scale PvP Mode
- New Gold Saucer game/content that was mentioned before as being something major
- New customization options, inventory management options, glamour options, etc.

It doesn't really feel like any of this will fit into anything left on the fanfest docket outside of maybe a super brief mention during the Q&A.

Anything you wanted to see or expected to see that wasn't there?

Well for starters, the fanfest isn't over, and we might get info in the LL. So calm down.

[linayar]

The live letter tonight will have a schedule of upcoming patches (and perhaps events) heading toward Endwalker.

It sounds like they will have another announcement showcase event (or maybe just a live letter, or a non-live letter) going into more details on certain topics.

[StriderShinryu]

For those mentioning to wait for the Live Letter, the Live Letter should be covering content coming in the second half of Patch 5.55 and leading up to the expansion. It's unlikely it will be covering anything for EndWalker.. which is why I said in the OP that it doesn't seem like there's anything left in the FanFest that will cover this information.