Square Enix ended the year strong for Final Fantasy XIV fans, as on December 23, 2022, Producer’s Final Fantasy Letter LIVE part LXXV, better known as Live Letter, aired on Youtube, giving us some clues as to what we might see in patch 6.3 in January. The two hour presentation gave us a great idea of ​​what version 6.3 will look like, and below is a summary of what was said.
Summary of the live letter of December 23, 2022
Naoki “Yoshi P” Yoshida and Toshio “Foxclon” Murouchi kicked off Live Letter with a brief introduction around 30 minutes before the official Steam launch, discussing some of the updates and PS5 compatibility of the game. After about 15 minutes of conversation, the stream morphed into a parody of Pop Team Epic and (jokingly) teased a new Sky Mage job. However, this was just a joke, and nothing to be hyped about.
Patch 6.3 Release Date Revealed
To kick off the presentation, it was revealed that patch 6.3 will be released on January 10, 2023, so there won’t be long to wait for eager FFXIV fans. This was accompanied by the official trailer release, which was presented in several languages. The Omega Ultimate sneak peek sneaked in at the end of the trailer.
New features of patch 6.3
As we previously knew, patch 6.3 will be titled The gods have fun, the earths tremble, and it will be out in January. The presentation began with a hyped trailer for the new patch, showing off the new dungeon, some lore, and the new raid. What’s more, the trailer seemed to tease an impressive new vocal track, hint at the story of the upcoming expansion, PvP updates, and tease an Omega-themed Ultimate.
The first part of the Live Letter then went over many of the changes already covered in the November 11 Live Letter, a summary of which can be found in our previous article. New additional features are listed below
- Last Duty #5
- The Omega Protocol (Ultimate) (Patch 6.31)
- Released two weeks after patch 6.3
- Players must first complete Abyssos: The Eighth Circle (Savage)
- The Omega Protocol (Ultimate) (Patch 6.31)
- Crafting and Gathering Update
- Tool Upgrade Missions: splendorous tools (Patch 6.35)
- Players must have completed the crystalline stocking and the Splendors Boutique since mowen
- New personalized deliveries
- New Minions/Mounts, related to Shadowbringers fairy quests
- Collectible values ​​will be displayed for reference when collecting collectible items
- Primary fishing spots, preferred bait, and additional conditions will be added to the list. fishing guide
- New spearfishing location added to Alto La Noscea (The first An area of ​​Realm Reborn to allow diving)
- Tool Upgrade Missions: splendorous tools (Patch 6.35)
- Island Sanctuary Quality of Life Improvements
- See factors like popularity and supply while viewing the schedule and agenda
- New ranks and visions
- New Item Rewards
- New materials, crops, animals and island crafts.
- animal griffin
- tiger animals
- morboline animal
- New structures and projects
- improved workshop
- Option to collect all available yields/outputs at once
- Animals in care will be eligible to be released upon recapture.
- Ability to change and save orchestration settings
- Visitors to the island will now hear the orchestration of the owners
- Notifications when visitors arrive on your island
- Treasure Hunt Update
- New Treasure Dungeon: The Agonon of Changing Gymnastics (from the Elpis treasure map)
- Golden Saucer Update
- new course for Leap of Faith: Sylphstep
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New General Updates for Final Fantasy XIV Patch 6.3
The Live Letter outlined some new miscellaneous and general updates
- miscellaneous updates
- ability to Automatically open umbrellas and parasols when rain is detected
- Ability to collectively entrust duplicate stackable items to your retainer
- export from Portrait editor to Adventurer Plate and vice versa
Job Settings for Patch 6.3
Certain jobs are now scheduled to get adjustments in patch 6.3
- General adjustments
- Usability settings for certain actions
- Paladin
- Significant adjustments that extend to action rotations.
- Rotations have been shortened to accommodate high-powered actions.
- Damage over time effect for goring blade Y value sheet he was eliminated and his power increased
- Divine Might now applies after the Weapon Skill Combosallow an improvement Holy Spiritt to be executed once without casting
- holy sheltron the effect has been changed to reduce the damage taken, thus improving defensive capabilities against points
- The previously removed Bulwark the ability has been revamped and reintroduced offering increased defensive capabilities
- The utility of various other actions and combos has also been adjusted.
The goal of the adjustments prior to Paladin is described as improving the ability to deal burst damage by adjusting the efficiency of action and rotations. They also want to reduce the reliance on damage over time (DoT) abilities, while improving the usability of defensive abilities.
Player vs. Player (PvP) Update for Patch 6.3
Yoshi P then showed off the new Kugane-themed Crystalline Conflict arena. The arena featured gold dropped by spectators that gave you power, secret doors, a walking combat dummy, and other interesting and unique features. The goal seems to be to add more variety to Crystalline Conflict, which has admittedly been a bit vanilla in its early seasons. Yoshi P also showed off some of the PvP rewards, which looked as impressive as ever.
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Euphrosyne Alliance Raid Preview
Yoshi P then played around with some of the new Euphrosyne Alliance Raid to give us an idea of ​​what to expect. The preview showed off evolving landscapes, some awesome enemies, and a lot of really interesting formations. It looks like one of the most incredible Alliance Raids we’ve seen so far, which is certainly something. And he showed off Gra’ha Tia in a new outfit, which her fans will definitely appreciate. Furthermore, he was revealed to be part of the raid team.
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