Final Fantasy XIV – Producer-Brief 56 (Englisch)

Heute Nacht / Morgen (14. Dezember 2019) war es dann wieder einmal soweit. Yoshi-P meldete sich in einem großen 14 stündigen Livestream-Event zu Wort und teilte uns mit, was wir in den nächsten zwei Monaten so zu erwarten haben. Hier eine Zusammenfassung des Original Producer-Briefes 56 (Englisch):

Producer-Brief 56

Patch 5.18

The next patch for the game is scheduled for December 24.

• Removal of weekly restrictions from Eden’s Gate and Eden’s Gate (Savage)
• Deepshadow Solvent will be purchasable using Manufactured Coins
• Season Fourteen of the Feast will begin

Patch 5.2

Patch 5.2 will be titled “Echoes of a Fallen Star and is scheduled for mid-February 2020.

• New Main Scenario Quests
• New Instanced Dungeon
  • Anamnesis Anyder
    • Trust system compatible
  • Moving forward, one dungeon will be added with every patch

• New Tribe Quests
  • Qitari
    • Focus on gathering
• New Chronicles of a New Era Quests
  • The Sorrow of Werlyt

• New Trials
  • The Ruby Weapon (Tentative)
  • The Ruby Weapon (Extreme) (Tentative)
  • SECRET
• New Raid
  • Eden’s Verse
  • Eden’s Verse (Savage)

• New Quest Series for Upgradeable Equipment
  A new adventure begins!
  • SECRET
    • A story focused around Bozja Citadel, home of the Hrothgar
    • The story will continue in future updates past 5.2
• Job Adjustments
• PvP Updates
  • PvP actions will be adjusted

Ishgardian Restoration Update

• Changes to Diadem
  • Redesigned as content exclusively for gatherers
  • After reaching level 10 with any Disciple of the Land, players can enter from the Firmament, and ceruleum tanks will no longer be required
  • Gather items to be used in the restoration of Ishgard
  • Earn skybuilders’ scrips
  • Gather while moving from island to island
  • No need to fear being attacked by enemies
  • In addition to gathering non-collectible items for reconstruction, the area is also useful for gaining experience at nearly any level.
  • As you continue gathering in the Diadem, you will charge a gauge that allows the use of an aetheromatic augur
  • Use the aetheromatic augur on creatures in the wild to obtain additional items
• Expert Recipes
  • New collectible items will be added
  • Expert recipes can be used to earn greater rewards
  • Expert recipes will trigger statuses other than “poor”, “good”, and “excellent” Utilizing these new statuses will be key to increasing item quality

• Kupo of Fortune
  • Receive scratch-off tickets after contributing a certain number of items
  • Tickets can then be used to redeem various rewards
• Ranking System
  • A new system to commend those who contributed greatly to the reconstruction effort
  • Separate rankings for each crafting and gathering class
  • Earn points for each class when contributing specified items
  • Class rankings will be tabulated during a 10-day period after the update is released
  • Results for each world will be announced on the Lodestone
  • Special titles rewarded to top ranked crafters and gatherers
  • Other achievements and rewards will be granted based on player contributions

• Crafting and Gathering Updates
  • Crafting System Updates
  • Actions will be adjusted
  • New feature to estimate the effects of your next action
  • Easier to desynthesize stacked items
  • Party requirement for company crafting will be removed
• Fishing Updates
  • Required level for the following fisher actions will be lowered
  • Patience, Precision Hookset, Powerful Hookset
  • Fish tugging animations will be made easier to distinguish
  • An all-purpose lure will be added
• Skysteel Tools
  • Primary tools that can be upgraded over the course of multiple patches
  • Begins with a quest in the Firmament
  • Craft or gather specified items to enhance these tools
• Materia System Changes
  • Equipment will no longer be lost when creating materia
  • Crafter class requirements for affixing materia will be removed
  • Any crafter can affix materia provided they meet the level requirement
• Ocean Fishing
  • Fisher-exclusive content
  • Board a ship at specified times to enjoy fishing on the high seas
  • Meeting certain conditions while aboard will grant all passengers the chance of a big haul
• Miscellaneous Updates
  • A new Allagan tomestone will be added
  • Additional New Game+ chapters
  • Rank increase for free companies
  • New courses in Leap of Faith
  • Fellowships can now be viewed in the companion app
  • Umbrellas will be added

Quelle: Twitch Livestream