Edit: full notes are now up: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...358e341e4cc06d
The text below has not been changed since preliminary.
Preliminary patch notes are up:
https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...024427f2fd886d
Content additions:
MSQ
Dungeon: The Underkeep
Trial: Recollection
Arcadion raids
new Cornservant sidequest
Hells' Kier (Unreal)
Misc - interesting
NG+ improvements: repairs and weather forecasts now work
Field Operations added to challenge log
duty support for Sunken Temple of Qarn
Levelling and High-level Roulette names (specifically the number part) adjusted to indicate the included dungeon levels more clearly
new Faux Hollows mount is the "widowmaker" anteater enemies
"dizzy with circling birds" emote
looping versions of "tomestone" and "read" emotes
can cue the use of food and potions, and Sprint
totem purchase available and increased drop rate for mounts from Worqor Lar Dor and Everkeep
increased EXP from the duty roulette for Labyrinth (?) and all non-ARR raids, but not Syrcus Tower or World of Darkness
BUT direct EXP from Myths of the Realm has been decreased
shop list order rearranged for Clouddark Materia
edits to Glamour Dresser interface regarding outfits
altered stats for Exquisite Zwill Crossblades and Renaissance Brush
new "Jog" speed added once Sprint expires
Actions menu adjustments
Gpose depth of field adjustments
Misc - routine
Treasure Hunt rewards adjusted
FC submarine update
new MGP prizes
regular adjustments to Wondrous Tails
Echo added for Sphene's Burden
restrictions removed from Jeuno alliance raid
weekly restriction removed for Futures Rewritten Ultimate token and level sync added
Tomestones of Mathematics added; regular rearrangements
* Causality and Comedy tomes will be removed from the game, so if you still have them, trade them in before the maintenance begins.
7.0 level-cap dungeons move out of Expert to the secondary level cap roulette
new tome gear, new crafted gear
gathering adjustments
desynthesis cap
new portrait elements
Housing
"SSAO can now be disabled for indoor furnishings" -- reduces the amount of shadows behind objects
alerts re impending auto-demolition are displayed when entering the garden, not just the house
new furnishings
new fish
new flowers: paperflowers
PVP
Series 8 begins -- looks to have Magitek Slasher mount as the grand prize
changes to crystal movement speed in Crystalline Conflict
Borderland Ruins (Secure) is back
misc changes
Double-dyeing added for:
relic weapons (haven't checked if it's everything)
random bits of augmented ARR relic gear -- Temple gaskins and Healer's robe/culottes/boots
assorted level 1 glamours
Starlight set
Southern Seas sets
Endless Summer sets
Lyse's leadership attire
Yda's attire
Lyse's liberator attire
Aymeric's attire
Glamour
Black- and Pink-feathered Flat Hat can now be equipped regardless of gender
MNK weapons now indicate if they visually replace gloves
Facewear: goggles and right-eye eyepatch shown
Graphics details improved for relic weapons and gear, also assorted Mog Station gear
Mounts and minions
metal armour barding for chocobo
beagle minion
Graphics
character graphics adjustments incoming
shadows have been improved
more detail added to various areas
Something about changes to the blacklist causing existing records and comments to be lost (go read it in the proper patch notes, I'm not summarising)
Some other minor things but I'm out of time for note-taking