Live Letter LXXXVI 86 Discussion Thread

[Iscah]

Is it confirmed to be the tomestone gear? We are getting a new dungeon, I believe, so I thought it would be from there

The Discord translation channel says it's the tomestone gear and seems to indicate that Yoshida referred to it as tomestone gear, so probably yes, although I do agree that having it come from the dungeon would make sense. I guess it's all Alexandria one way or another though.

The usual pattern for patch cycle dungeon gear would suggest we'll be getting recycled dungeon gear since it's an even-numbered patch and they have new designs being added elsewhere.

[CVXIV]

According to unofficial translations from the Reddit discord, they are the tome gear sets.

Thanks for letting me know, I appreciate it.

[CVXIV]

The Discord translation channel says it's the tomestone gear and seems to indicate that Yoshida referred to it as tomestone gear, so probably yes, although I do agree that having it come from the dungeon would make sense. I guess it's all Alexandria one way or another though.

The usual pattern for patch cycle dungeon gear would suggest we'll be getting recycled dungeon gear since it's an even-numbered patch and they have new designs being added elsewhere.

Yeah now that you mention it I forgot that's what they typically do, and we got unique sets last time. Considering where we're going in the dungeon, I thought it'd make sense to have them drop there but you're right

[DynnDiablos]

I waited all this time for Cosmic Exploration only to be glorified levequests? Great. AND you're making me wait another month for it, and then another month for the field exploration zone? There is legitimately zero reason for me to come back to the game until June at this point. What an absolute joke. Five crappy MSQ quests and a raid tier I will only complete once, is not worth an iota of my time right now. It is sad my love for this game just continues to get replaced with more frustration and hate. It is really getting to the point where it's time for me to make my exit permanent. Like actually delete my character of over a decade and have no reason to be tempted to return.

[Iscah]

The special site got updated as well:

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/dawntrail/patch_7_2/

• The new Loporrit character in the Cosmic Exploration screenshots seems to have been coloured based on the Namingway minion.

• There's a picture from the dungeon of players fighting the boss, wearing what is presumably the dungeon gear -- it seems to be a recolour of the Lost Allagan sets (available from the Stormblood Centurio vendor) -- and unfamiliar weapons that I'm going to guess are new crafted gear. The equivalent picture for 7.1 has them using Archeo Kingdom crafted weapons.

• I'm not sure where Gerolt is supposed to be, but it's giving me Bozja vibes more than anything. Have we seen that emblem in the top-right background before? It feels familiar but I can't say where from.

Relevant screenshots:

[Iscah]

I waited all this time for Cosmic Exploration only to be glorified levequests?

What else were you envisaging within FFXIV's crafting system? It doesn't seem capable of much beyond some variety of [craft thing] > [hand in thing].

[Mikey_R]

So, they have added to cosmic exploration one of the things people have wanted in Eureka for ages. Level syncing.

[Tint]

I think Yoshi's skirt just glitched out while fighting the Goobbue, a bug I wanted to report for years but could never properly recreate... It has something to do with battle animations, happens all the time on BLM, basically never on WHM...

[CidHeiral]

I waited all this time for Cosmic Exploration only to be glorified levequests? Great.

Player shocked to learn that the crafting and gathering zone consists of crafting and gathering.

• I'm not sure where Gerolt is supposed to be, but it's giving me Bozja vibes more than anything. Have we seen that emblem in the top-right background before? It feels familiar but I can't say where from.

The mossy stone walls in the background seem to match the ones from Crescent Isle so he's most likely somewhere there, especially since the weapon quests are tied to the zone.

[Exmo]

What else were you envisaging within FFXIV's crafting system? It doesn't seem capable of much beyond some variety of [craft thing] > [hand in thing].

What would you like to see changed about it? Hopefully not bringing back the gold saucer minigames