I
Oh
Check, check, check!
I've been working on the small dreams of me
But at the end of the day, I'm watching for the world left behind
I'm falling in love with the shadows, got a shield, got a pair of phones
And I'm getting better, I'm falling in love with the bad guys
Falling in love with cars, getting too fat for the last day
And I had a bad feeling about you
You know what I'm saying?
And I had a bad feeling about you
I had a bad feeling about you
Can't take it from you
I
Oh
I
You're evil, spider, disabled
Sneak, sneak, and I'm on your knees for life
Sneak, sneak, and I'm dead with fear
I've been raised in love and stuck in fear
Watch your gaze and raise your head
Take the gun, with your spines on your sandals
Take the gun, take the gun inside
Take a glance, this is my time, you're dead and alive
Push through the glass, open the door, get inside
You're dead, don't lie, let's go
Push through all your eyes, so God can restrain
It's time for my challenge
I can't let you go
Just because my life's out of place
It will be long enough
It's time for my challenge
I can't let you go
It's all in my head
I'm so sorry
I'm so sorry for letting you to the ground
Deep, deep, deep, deep
Take the light
To the shadow of the world
All behind
I'm just a stranger
And the all strange
Can't hide
You can go and fall, and fall back to the ground
Don't do what you like, no one can hurt you
And I'm not gonna die, you're just fine
I'm ready to handle all the pain
I'm just gonna be fine, I'm just gonna be fine
I
To all those who are still alive
I know this is all for fun
I'm a little crazy
I'm not a part of the story
I'm a little crazy
I
The sky is catching us all
Every day morning
The blood in the blood
The heart is crying
It's never gonna fade
I
Welcome to Final Fantasy XIV and Festival 2026 in Anaheim.
Our show will begin in just 15 minutes!
Are you ready?
I
Yeah
I've never wanted time
Coincidentally waited for me
Soldiers of the burning time
Watching for the world left behind
Firing in the shadows
Clutching the gun for false awareness
Firing in the wind and the wind
Firmly, form and cause begins a fate
In the last second, I'll be waiting
I'll get the power to burn it up
And it comes to me, and it comes to me
I want to know
How you come to me, and it comes to me
She'll be mine
Try your luck
I'll go with you
She'll be mine
10, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
One more time! It's my favorite story!
You hear it better than me by now, but it glimpses.
Yes!
All right, I'm ready.
Tell me about the promise I made.
Long, long ago, in a time few yet recalled,
The life prospered, but the world was rich in plenty.
Logistic trees drove sentinel over lands without end.
From town deep sprang rivers, flowing into wind feeding the great sea bees.
And with no more tendons closed, one didn't come home to me.
The cold boosted the man's economy to the 85th.
And as we struggled to survive, they marched and the hope was lost.
We had no choice but to flee to the sky.
from the sky.
I think they know this.
We didn't move them.
Shhh.
Ah.
Come back.
I don't think so.
There you go.
Thank you for coming and watching today.
Welcome to the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2026 in Anaheim!
Thank you!
My name is Naoki Yoshida.
Producer and Director of Final Fantasy XIV!
Now, it's finally started.
Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, 2026, I'm sorry, I'm going to tell you in Japanese, so I'd like to ask you to do a skit.
Awesome and super translator Michael Christmas
I'm getting to know this
Okay
The pose you guys are going to go. Okay. Hello everyone. My name is Michael Christopher Koji Fox
And I'm today going to be the English voice of the OCP.
Thank you very much everyone!
Thank you so much!
Thank you very much everyone!
Now, I'd like to start with my valuable performance at the Fan Festival.
So like we do every festival, we're starting things off with my all-important keynote address.
Now, Hacen Zero.
Ever called's teaser trailer, have you watched it?
How was it?
But before that, you got to see the world premiere for our teaser trailer for Evercult.
How was it?
Thank you.
Well, it's a teaser trailer, so I think it was just something I didn't understand.
I watched it there, but thank you for the reaction.
Well then, let's start right away.
All right, so let's begin.
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All right, so ever since EverEndWalker brought a close to the Heideland and Zodiac saga,
we've gradually been moving towards our next big storyline,
what we're now calling the Godless Realm Saga.
And with the launch of EverCold,
that journey is about to go even deeper.
But that trailer was just the beginning.
With today's keynote, we hope to give you a better idea of what is exactly in store for
you with our newest expansion, and how with it, we plan on taking both you and Final
Fantasy XIV to the next level.
Today, we have a lot to show you.
This is going to be a very long video.
Today, we have a lot to show you.
This is going to be a very long keynote, probably the longest one we've done before.
So if you need to go to the bathroom, it's okay, you can go.
So everyone here and watching on the live stream today, sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
Okay, first off, we have our 8.0 title logo, EverCold, and for those keeping track, the
Japanese subtitle roughly translates as Wanderer or Explorer of the Silver.
And now I know we usually wait a few fanfests before giving you a solid release date, but
not this time.
saw in the trailer ever called us on track for a January 2027 release.
This month is April.
Go, lock, switch, patch, cue, cue, to each, tune each, nine months.
Is that enough?
Enough?
So a number that small can kind of be frightening and intimidating for the development team,
but I think we're ready to put it into high gear.
So I officially give you permission to please look forward to it.
Alright, so with the Heidelin and Zodiac saga complete, our second saga, Godless Rounds,
is in full force, and with EverCold, we will be furthering this exciting storyline.
All right, and this time, Warriors of Light will be visiting the reflection known as the
force.
I mean, I know we're not even finished with 7.5 and now you already know you're going.
Alright, so the fourth is this reflection of Hydeland that has fallen into ruin.
And it is slowly succumbing to the ever-spreading ice.
And so how and with whom will you be making your journey then?
And of course, what trials will await you upon your arrival?
Maybe.
And last but not least, who is this far wanderer or explorer mentioned in that Japanese subtitle?
Fellow heroes and warriors of light, the next chapter in our fated tale is about to begin.
But that's all I can say about the story for now, sorry.
But again, there's a perfectly good reason for this.
That being next Tuesday, patch 7.5 releases
and with it, the main scenario will be setting up
the story for the shift to Evergold.
So in other words, today you are all getting a little glimpse into the future, and hopefully
it can help bring some clarity to the story that you've already seen in 7.4 and what you're
going to see in 7.5 parts 1 and 2.
But we can't just tell you that about the fourth.
So, even though I can't talk much about it yet, Development of Forge is very much underway
and so we want to show you a little bit more vision.
Today, I've borrowed a few pieces of art and screenshots from our servers to give you
a sneak peek of several of the new areas and get that speculation train rolling.
Like I said, I can't reveal too much as of yet, so you won't be getting any official place names for
now, but hopefully these images can help give you a better idea of what's to come.
Alright, let's start with some of these underdevelopment screenshots.
So here we have this giant crystalline object looming over the area. I think we also saw it in the trailer.
And so if that smaller crystal in the foreground is something probably different, right?
And then we have those ramparts that are kind of behind it as well.
So is that a castle?
Is that a town?
And here we have that same scene just a little bit closer up, that first crystal.
And again, so that's probably an aetherite, and again, because this is a different reflection
that's going to be in a different design than the ones we have on the course.
Those boats on the lake also have a very unique design.
And here we have what appears to be the statue of a giant dragon, is that?
Our designers have put their best feet forward this time in an effort to create something
that is feels new and fresh and truly unique from what we had before and here we have what
appears to be some kind of lonely settlement in a somewhat arid, barren looking environment.
And here it looks like it's dusk but if you look in the front of the shot you can see
Something that looks like maybe airships.
And of course their designs are quite different from what we've seen in previous expansions.
And here we have the same area at night so we can see how the lighting will work.
And here we have what looks like some fertile cropland.
And there's also a giant structure in the background of this stick as well.
And here you can see some sort of garden in the background, so it certainly looks like
it's lived in. What adventures await you here?
This is a change. It appears to be underground, but is it?
We're currently working on the lighting on this one as well, so this is also one of those lighting tests.
This looks like a town.
This looks like it could be a city.
This is a very unique design of the city.
Could this be inside the city?
Or perhaps it's a gate to get inside?
And I'm guessing this was taken at dawn or perhaps dusk.
You can see the architecture that incorporates a blend of both organic and fantastical design.
So as you can see, like I said, development of the new areas is in full swing.
However,
you mentioned that the ice has been absorbed by the power of ice,
but in the fourth world, it's in a very diverse state.
So I know that I mentioned earlier that the force was ravaged by ice,
and it's called EverCold,
but as you probably noticed, a lot of those screenshots were decidedly un-icey.
Well, we've just watched the screen shot, but the production is still in the middle stage, so I'm going to take a look at the artwork.
Well, there's a lot of raw art coming out, so please enjoy it.
There is no giant crystal, so it looks like another place.
There is a giant crystal, but this is different from the previous one.
And here we have another giant crystal, but it's hard to tell if this is the one that's from before.
It's probably not, but the design is a little bit different.
And this looks like some sort of garden possibly stacked upon the top of the building.
Again, I mean, I thought this world was supposed to be ravaged by ice, but it looks pretty hot in this side.
And again, this is somewhat different than what we've seen so far, the architecture being a little bit more dark and gothic.
This is an art that seems to be a bit related to the screenshot earlier.
In Final Fantasy 14, we have created a huge artwork like this,
and made the world more inspiring.
on sort of riverside shacks and basically it's this artwork that we build the foundation and get
our inspiration from for these areas.
This location has a decidedly mechanical feel to it. Is it a town? Is it a dungeon? Is it a tower?
Is it a tower dungeon?
And this is the same location, but from a different angle, um, you can kind of look closely up there and maybe see what looks like a rough sketch of an airship.
Yeah, it's hard to tell from this what type of world it's going to be.
And of course, the force is not a world without danger.
This time, that danger is going to be massive.
What's that?
So what in the world could this strange creature be?
Who or what exactly are these strange colossi who wander the force?
I mean, what we can say is that there's not going to be just one.
There's actually many of these roaming the forest.
Are they friend or are they foe or are they gods?
For now, you'll have to let your imagination decide.
Alright, next up, I'd like to show you some of the town areas.
From the looks of this artwork, the feel is quite fantastical, and this is very representative
of the art direction for Evercold.
But again, this is just one of multiple town areas that will be appearing in the expansion.
Okay, yeah, this is a close-up of that town from before.
Yeah, this is definitely a market.
Definitely.
Oh, it's a different kind of city.
And again, this town area also has some very distinct features.
Yeah.
It's a big hole there in the middle.
It looks like a pretty big hole there in the middle.
You're going to want to jump in there, right?
Yeah.
Well, please be careful.
It's a beautiful town, by the way.
Well, well, if you're going to introduce the town like this,
it's important to be careful.
If you talk about towns, who lives in the towns?
No town.
This is not a town.
No, obviously.
No town.
Is that a cat?
Is that a kitty?
Kitty!
Yes, this probably looks like one of our new races.
are new races that we're gonna meet on the fourth?
I mean that is definitely a cat so but is it the only type of NPC that you're going to meet?
Well who else awaits the warrior of light on the fourth?
Okay. Is this the kiddie town?
Yeah.
Yes. Discovering these new areas and exploring is always an exciting part of a new expansion.
Alright, so I think that's all I can tell you right now about The Force.
Again, we have more finished content, but we're going to withhold from showing that right now,
and that's mainly because we don't want to spoil what's coming up in patch 7.5.
Main quest is part 1 and part 2, and we will deliver it in half.
As with previous lead-ups to expansions, this part of the main story will be split into two halves.
That said, by the time our fan festival in Berlin rolls around, I should have more to reveal about the expansion's exciting new setting, The Force.
Now, let's move on to the next question.
This is 8.0 EverCold.
From here, let's talk about the story and the world.
How does the game called Final Fantasy XIV expand?
and setting for 8.0.
Next, I would like to touch upon what sort of game design
updates are in store for Evercold.
Final Fantasy, first of all, why are you
holding your hand on the large-scale design of the game?
Please explain the reason for that.
So first, before I want to begin,
I want to talk a little bit about why
we're putting such an emphasis on evolving
the content and game design of Final Fantasy 14.
Well, first, Final Fantasy 14 was released in 2010, after the release of version 1.0, and then it was released in 2013.
Are there any players who play from 1.0?
Oh, there are so many!
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Now, ARR, RM Reborn, come around and Reborn.
Thank you so much.
And so, so far, I've been interacting with the players of the light.
So we've covered a lot of ground on our journey together ever since.
So we've expanded the game via six unique expansions, a Realm Reborn, Heavensward, Stormblood,
Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and Dawn Trail.
And during that time, we've welcomed to Eorzea
almost 35 million Warriors of Light
from all over the globe.
Almost made it to 30, almost.
Yes.
35 million.
34 million?
800!
That's just so close.
In the last 13 years,
even from the birth,
you and I have changed a lot.
You have changed a lot in life.
But in those 13 years
a realm reborn, the world has changed. You have changed. I have changed. The development team
has changed. We have all changed, as have our lives and lifestyles.
And while there is certainly something comforting about a product that remains
unchanging with time. On the other hand, with a lack of change can come something else.
Tom Stones. So many. So many. Keep going. More and more Tom Stones.
And again, you know, this is not something that you'd expect me, the director, saying,
But I get it. It's been 13 years. That's a lot of elegant home stones.
And while again, it's comforting to be doing the same thing again and again, but...
So from a realm reborn through to Dawn Trail, we on the development team have remained consistent
with our game design in order to bring players a comfortable and enjoyable gaming experience.
And because of that, we've been able to grow to where we are today, but we're going to go in a
in a different direction for 8.0.
Again, the thing is, with consistency can come that fatigue that we talked about.
And so, to escape the inevitable, FF14 must change and evolve, not only bringing more
excitement to the game, but also adapting so that it can better meet our changing lives.
And that evolution starts with 8.0 and EverCold.
And from here and throughout the 8.x series, it is our aim to take Final Fantasy XIV to
the next level and beyond.
And again, that journey begins with us, the developers on Final Fantasy XIV, to ensure
that we can maintain a high level of motivation, allowing us to bring you the best gaming experience
possible, we too must become the explorers that were mentioned in the game's Japanese subtitle,
exploring new ways to take Final Fantasy to the next level together.
So, what sort of updates, what sort of evolution are we planning when it comes to game design?
And again, there is a lot to cover. So, so much that we're going to need all three of our fanfests here in Anaheim in Berlin and in Tokyo to cover it all.
But today we laid the foundation.
And that foundation we're going to explain today.
What's this?
this. So what do we have here? I can tell you what it's not and it's not certainly the
old character widget. So now this is our completely new adventure activity UI.
Well, we're running a lot of things, so I'll explain it in detail.
First of all, we're going to change from daily to weekly.
system.
So the current duty roulette comes with a wide array of daily bonuses attached to these
So, efficiently, to collect around 450 tomstones,
we need to use daily bonus,
and as a result, we are going to collect the most efficient and good aragant tomstones,
and we are going to repeat the X-Pan and the roulette.
So, efficiently obtaining 450 Tone Stones a week means making full use of those daily bonuses.
In other words, you hop on the duty roulette extreme, kind of go through the least time-consuming dungeons as possible, rinse and repeat.
Well, I think this is going to be a big factor in autumn if we continue to do this for decades.
And this is mostly how it's been for 10 plus years.
So it's hard not to see how some players kind of have begun to grow weary of this.
Well, that's why EverCold is trying to change the character of your life cycle and the time of the place.
So with EverCold, we are looking to change this from a daily to a weekly system
to better fit the many different play styles and lifestyles of our users
to help you better allocate your limited free time.
So this new adventure activity interface that you see here is to help facilitate that change
from daily to weekly. The idea is that from this screen here, Warriors of Light will be able to
manage their character growth, their gear upgrades, their duty progression, their weekly progress,
and more all from this screen.
Okay, but please note, again, that this is all still very much in development.
This is an early mock-up and is extremely likely to change before release.
All right, so I want to go into a little bit more detail on what we mean by a weekly system.
So for example, from the screen, players can take stock of all the different duties or missions that are available to play and see how many activity points can be earned by completing each mission.
Attaining points will then raise your activity level and unlocking, when your activity level goes up, you unlock all sorts of gear and other exciting rewards.
Well, this is a sample, so we'll take it from here rather than making it too detailed.
Well, the main quest complete is only once you achieve it,
You can repeat the same process in the other projects, so you can choose what you want to do.
You can play various play styles, and if you play 14, you can progress in the adventure and get rewards.
So some missions, like the main scenario quest on top there, can only be completed once for points.
But other missions, such as those below, will be repeatable, allowing you to earn points multiple times.
Basically, what we want to do is allow all players of all different types, each with their own unique playstyle,
to feel that they're being rewarded for playing Final Fantasy XIV as you normally would.
For doing what you want to do, you're getting that reward.
Okay, so one thing that we've had a lot of feedback before in these past years is that, say,
You didn't get all 450 elegant home stones from last week and you'd really like to have
a chance to now to get the ones that you missed the week before.
So now we're currently considering adding a feature that allows you to earn any unearned
points from one week prior, as long as you've learned, earned all your points from this week.
You can go back one week.
So again, by evolving from a daily to a weekly cycle, it will allow you as players more options to choose how you want to play.
Do you want to log in a little bit each day? That's fine.
Do you want to take off the weekdays and then maybe come in and focus on weeks worth of play on Saturday and Sunday?
That's okay too. You decide your in-game schedule based on your own real-world schedule without any penalties.
All right, let's continue on.
All right, and we have some changes for item level progression as well.
All right, so up until now, there has really only existed two consistent means of increasing item level.
One is to clear the sub-age of the raid and get the gear directly.
One is collecting gear from Savage Raid.
And the other is to store the Aragan Thompson to replace it.
And two being the Tom Stone exchange.
But in this case, the Kisupatch, for example, 7.12 or 7.3,
The problem with this, however, is that it locks players into certain content, while creating a content gap every other patch during those odd patches, like point 1s and the point 3s.
And this can end up lowering motivation for some players during that time.
In fact, if you look over there, there's a menu called Savage Gear.
Oh yeah, Savage Gear, right up there, the top of that tab?
Well, I don't know what to say about that, but I'm not sure how to manage it.
Yeah, you're going to have to wait for details. Sorry.
We're still in a process of getting everything ready and deciding on all of the different features of this,
so we want to make sure that we're finished with it before telling you.
So that's why it's going to take a little bit more time, so please wait until Tokyo.
next up.
All right, so to coincide with these changes, as well as make it easier to discern increases
in item level cap and the exact progression of your character will be implementing something
that you see a lot in other games, and that is a season system. Season. Season? Like free-to-play,
season pass, extra fees. No. No. No. No. No. No. What do you mean? What's the season?
No, no, no, I was just told by my teacher that there is a season pass, so I asked everyone to buy a season pass, or if there is a tax, or if it's going to be F2P, or something like that.
Okay, so I know some of you might hear seasons and be like oh my god this
mean free to play does it mean that we have to buy a season pass? Absolutely not.
No.
So yes please rest easy this is not what we mean by season we're going to explain.
And again, this is just to make it easier to understand what we're talking about.
When you say patch, sometimes it can be confusing, especially if you have multiple patches as
one kind of unit.
So we're basically using the word season to make this a lot easier to understand.
In the first place, the level of item level is released in Goose patch,
and I think Goose patch and Kizu patch were like a one-season game.
So we're not getting rid of patches, we're still going to have patches like we normally do,
but these blocks of two patches, patch the even patches and the odd patches, we're going
to call these set of two patches a season. So again, when Evercold launches, 8.0 and
8.1, the patch that comes after is going to be our first season in Evercold.
And also, right now, you know, the gap between patches has started to get a little bit bigger in these past few years.
Hopefully, we're going to try to get those a little bit closer together in the coming years.
But we'll have more on that in a future Final Fantasy Festival.
Alright, another way we're looking to evolve game design in Final Fantasy 14 is
So if there's one thing that has been absolutely clear during my time with Final Fantasy XIV, it is how much all of you love your in-game avatars.
How strong they are, how attractive they are, how appealing they are to both you and others, these are all very important to every warrior of light.
of light.
So with Evercold and the evolution of the player character, and the process of making your
characters, we want to make sure that your character can be as unique as you are, and have made
this a focal point of our game design choices moving forward.
Let's talk about what we have in store.
Okay, and again, that changes
start with even this new UI. See how we have the character there?
We'll make that character fully poseable so you can customize it based on how you're feeling
at the time. Those backgrounds, that's where you're going, where you open it. That's going to be the
background that you see, but the character will be fully customizable in this as well.
Okay, but that's just the beginning. The first thing we want to talk about today
is an armory system update.
Again, the armory system is something that's gone pretty much untouched for the past 13 years.
Final Fantasy XIV's armor system has the ability to play all the jobs in one character, which is a very big merit, so of course that's what's left of it.
So again, as you know, the armor system has set us apart from other MMOs in that it allows players to experience multiple classes and jobs with just a single character.
That's not going to change.
But again, that also means that gear and item level are also specific for each job.
job, and this forces players who want to specialize in multiple jobs to gather gear and increase
item level for each job separately.
So in 8.0, jobs will still exist, and you'll still have to level them separately.
But now players will be able to reflect their highest item level to other jobs.
Okay, we're still hammering out the details.
So, again, this won't include stat boosts awarded by material.
We still want players that really want to maximize things to have something that gives them motivation for that.
However, when you want to help out the RAID sub-Age,
you might not be able to help out with the item level and gear,
but I think it will be easier to play with a number of jobs.
to go as one job but it hadn't been leveled up and you wouldn't be able to go.
Now!
And we still have a lot of details to tell you in the future, but again, this is opening
up the game for more players to play a lot of different ways rather than being kind
forced into one job. So please look forward to the information that we have in the coming months.
We still got a lot more.
Next up we're looking to introduce character action skins.
So V&B's new rewards, players can now customize their characters with additional animations designed for specific player character actions.
With this you can further set apart your avatar from everyone else
Sorry have to wait and tell Berlin it's July though
We were gonna show it here, but we couldn't get the sample ready in time sorry
But we have more.
All right, and thirdly, we are planning on broadening character creation options.
and options.
Alright, so thanks to the massive graphical update we introduced back in 7.0, our character
creation system is now capable of handling an even bigger load, so we will be offering
much more in the way of customizing your in-game avatar.
So here are some, a handful of some of the features that we're looking to add.
I'll say, so a lot of these are very, very, you know, small things.
We don't have any butt sliders.
Sorry, no butt sliders.
Get! Get!
So up until now, hair color, skin tone, and eyes have all been, you had to choose from
set presets.
Now we're going to introduce a color picker for these three things allowing you far,
far more options to customize your character.
Again, so colors that you couldn't have used before, now most of them are going to be open for use.
And again, it's hard to tell in the screenshot, but not just the skin tones and the hair color, but also the eyes as well.
Yeah, like this as well.
Yeah, this is all about individuality and what you want to do in creating styles that were impossible before.
Next, let's take a look at improved iris and lip customization, as well as the new eye shadow feature.
So this is now.
And again, it's very detailed. It's kind of hard to tell, but if you look closely,
So like iris size, the highlights.
the highlights around the eyes, whether you want it off or on or stronger or lighter.
And we have a screenshot that shows close up of the face as well.
You can do it like this as well. It's see around the eyes.
And so again, things like lip glossiness or eye shadow or being able to layer the face painting, all these different things we are planning on adding to have you be able to customize your character even more.
All right. And finally, I mentioned the toggling on and off certain parts on pieces of gear.
Let's take a look at that.
Okay, so this is what we have now.
Switch off.
So you can see that for this piece of gear, we are able to turn off as a set the leather
belt, the shoulder pauldrons and the tassets at the waist.
So you can think of this along the lines of what you can already do with your helmet
and the visors.
It's that kind of thing you get on off. So all on or all off like this.
We have something that's also just not armor as well like all the other gear we'll have this.
So now you have the freedom to better coordinate your look based on the seasons, your mood, or whatever.
Okay, so the options that I just showed here, these are all planned for the 8.0 release.
But updates to character customization are something that we plan on continuing throughout
the 8.X series. So in 8.1, 8.2, 8.3 we'll have even more things.
Yoshida-san?
Yoshida-san? But slider? 8.2? No?
I got it, I got it. I'll try.
I'm going to give you a little bit more of my motivation to play this game.
I'm going to accelerate the game design, which focuses on the spirit of light, and the spirit of self.
Ultimately, these changes are about making sure that you, the Warrior of Light,
are the centerpiece of your adventures in Final Fantasy XIV,
and we are committed to taking strides to see that happen.
Again, I know we've gone over a lot, but we're not even close to being done.
The evolution of Final Fantasy XIV doesn't stop
with game design, we're also looking to improve upon our in-game content. Starting with this,
we want to improve player experience in the public field areas.
And that means adding more dynamic events and more content for players to try out in each area, in order to truly master those areas.
And again, with the majority of daily player activity being relegated to the duty finder,
public fields can feel kind of lonely and underused, and that's our fault.
And again, we want to fix that, creating more exciting dynamic content.
And of course, we'll be working on making sure that those areas remain stable.
We don't want any problems with too many debuffs crashing the servers.
Alright?
And again, we're also looking to improve how quests are played.
Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy series numbering title is one that takes its story seriously
and puts a big emphasis on stories.
And that means we've avoided a lot of system side guidance
seen in many other modern games when it comes to progressing through main and side quests.
So moving forward, we plan on introducing some quality of life features
that will help ease the burden of questing.
That said, we have a lot on our shoulders right now, so we'll have more come Berlin.
And of course, we'll be evolving our Babo content as well.
We are going to add a third difficulty level, not above, but in between the two.
So again, if you look at the clear rates of our normal rates, it's about 85% for the
normal but when you get up to Savage it's only about 20% max so what we want is a way to shore up
this difficulty gap between the two offering new ways for more players to experience these raids
and improve their gear.
And again, what you're probably all thinking is about what are the rewards going to be like for this.
And again, it's all about how much you're going to be able to grow your gear.
And I think that's the key to this project.
I think that's the key to this project.
thinking is about what are the rewards going to be like for this.
And again, it's all about creating that third route that allows more players to have that
opportunity to improve their gear and their item levels.
And this is going to be one of those routes.
But don't worry, hardcore gamers, we still have Ultimate for you.
We're going to continue updating Ultimate as well.
What?
You can't hear me.
Ultimate Zetsu.
Yeah. We won't forget about the hardcore gamers.
What?
It's okay. I got you.
I'd like to announce that the eight-person raid is more detailed than the nine-person raid.
And like it says there, we'll have more about these new 8% rates in this third difficulty level in Berlin.
As for alliance rates, we understand that these can prove to be quite the time sink for a lot of players.
But we have no plans to shorten the length of the raids, but we're exploring ways that
we can change up raid progression so as to alleviate the time burden on you.
We have a lot of new content attached to this, ways to raise your item level via these raid bosses, but again, we can't talk too much about it yet, and we're going to talk more about that in Tokyo.
We have a lot of new content planned as well, and we'll be talking about that soon, so please look forward to it.
Okay, and last but not least, for our game design updates,
And today we have the following announcement.
There we go.
Hmm?
After 13 long years, we're finally introducing
Free matching will be available.
Region player matching.
This means that the same region will be able to freely match from all over the world.
This means player matching will now include all worlds across an entire region.
Alright, so I want to show you what I mean with an example from the US, the EU, and Japan.
So in each of our regions, we have several data centers
that contain several different worlds.
So up until now, player matching has been limited to worlds
that exist in only the same data center, like this.
This is now.
But soon, we'll have succeeded in removing that barrier between data centers in the same region.
I guess.
Well, of course, you can match it, so you can have a party.
Yeah, and this includes Party Finder as well.
In the past, we've seen a lot of players forced into using the data center travel systems
to specifically play on RAID focus servers? Sorry about that. But,
but now with the same region matching from all over the world,
and you can design all the World Can Telep.
So now with same region matching,
all worlds in the region are open up for player matching, party finder, and world
visits, meaning more options for players without having to switch data centers.
I think you have a question, when?
You want to know when, right?
Hey, your speed, when?
When?
The last thing is you won't have to wait for the release of EverCold.
is you won't have to wait long for this.
Development is currently wrapping up
and we hope to have our first stress test happen
sometime in 7.5X.
First of all, I'm sorry.
We have developed in Japan,
so we will test it in Japan tomorrow.
Again, we apologize.
Our dev team is in Japan,
so our first test is gonna happen in Japan
so we can make sure everything is...
And then once we've determined that there are no bugs and everything is safe after Japan is done, next up is America, then EU, then China.
And we hope to have everything done before EverCold even begins.
Alright, and so we'll update you all as soon as we have a detailed schedule on when that Japanese test begins and when we're going to be expanding. We'll have details very soon.
Okay, we're finally finished. Or are we?
No.
So I still have a lot more to tell you about EverCold.
Oh!
Well, for the expansion expansion package, I think you're looking forward to the new jobs,
but this time, we're going to add two new jobs.
Okay, and of course, the new expansion means new jobs, and just like 7.0, we're planning
to introduce two new jobs with A-Fight Out.
Okay, what's the roles then?
What's the time for this?
Oh, thanks.
What kind of DPS?
DPS is...
What kind? DPS? Just DPS?
DPS is physical range DPS
Oh physical range DPS
Ranged
It's hot, what are you taking up?
Hey
Guess who's back
Don't know
screen capture right now.
Okay, so I can tell you that both of these jobs.
Both of these new jobs are FF14 originals as opposed to legacy FF jobs.
But the first job is in Oshu.
I'm sorry, I was too much of a developer, I haven't made a video yet.
We're still so early in development. We don't even have any videos of the jobs in play yet, so.
Speaking of jobs, we have another major evolution in store for you in this department.
New system?
Now, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Everybody's like, what's going on, what's going on?
Okay, we're looking to change up how you play Final Fantasy 14 with the introduction of an all-new job action system, which consists of two modes, Reborn mode and Evolved mode.
So you're probably wondering what these two modes are, so let me explain.
Okay, calm down, let us get to the end. Relax, we've got a lot to tell you.
What are your thoughts on this?
First of all, we have the Viper and Victomancer, which have been implemented in the Final Fantasy XIV until 7.0.
We have the normal Battle Job, 21 Job, and the extra Aoma Dojo, 22 Job in total.
Okay, so currently in Final Fantasy XIV, we have the 21 Disciples of War and Magic, these combat jobs, we have 21 jobs,
and that's including Viper and Pictomancer from 7.0, plus one limited job, Lumeage, for a total of 22 battle jobs.
The two battle modes that we just talked about, Reborn and Evolved, will only be available for the 21 jobs and not the limited jobs of Blue Mage and the upcoming Beast Masking.
I mean, it's limited, so it's limited.
Okay, so, Tei, we're talking about these modes for these 21 jobs.
Okay, so what exactly are these modes? So we're going to start off with the reborn mode.
And basically reborn mode is what you have, what we have now. The actions and battle action
rotations that you've been used to since a Realm Reborn?
This is where the name comes from.
We're calling it the Reborn mode, not because it's reborn, but because it's been around since a Realm Reborn.
And so, all 21 jobs will be getting adjustments and upgrades, 3.0, but for all intents and purposes, this mode exists for all those 21 jobs.
The 21st Job Reborn Mode is a system that adjusts the 8.0 and upgrades.
If you are playing the basic rotation, you should be able to adjust and continue the game.
And again, we're going to be doing updates like every expansion for these 21 jobs for this mode.
Basically like what we always do.
Reborn mode is what you know, what we've had before,
with very little changes to it.
But the real change here is apparent with Evolved mode,
which is also available for all 21 existing jobs.
So what is different? First off, that biggest difference is we're going to have all new action
rotations different from the existing ones in the Reborn mode.
The next big change is that it will have fewer keystrokes or button presses, fewer inputs.
But I know, again looking at this, what some of you might think right at the bat is, oh,
so it's just an easy mode.
No.
Evolve mode is not something that can be played in simple mode or in easy mode.
In no way is Evolve mode a simplified watered down version of Reborn mode.
To give games a more modern feel, a lot of games have recently taken to introducing modes that kind of feature streamlined controls.
And I'm sorry to interrupt, but I think street fighter 6, classic and modern are imagined, but that's not the case.
And so take, again, Street Fighter 6, for example, it has its classic mode and modern control schemes,
and you may be thinking that our reborn and evolved modes are similar to this, but that is not the case.
So, for example, reborn mode Dragoon and evolved mode Dragoon will have some similarities,
but they all have also have their own unique actions and own unique rotations so you can now
think of it like there are two kinds of dragons in the game and again they will still have things
that are over actions that overlap.
But like I said, they also have their own unique actions, and their own unique action rotations, making them feel completely different.
So Reborn Mode preserves and maintains the actions of old, offering up an experience that feels familiar.
No different from what you're doing today.
In Evolve mode, you can find a new job style that is different from the original one.
Let's take a look.
Alright. To get into the details, first off, players will be able to toggle between the two modes at any time outside of battle.
And the job level is shared, so there's no need to relearn actions for either mode.
The gear is also shared, so again, no need to gather new mode-specific gear.
And if the evolve mode is unlocked when a job is unlocked, so right off the bat you will be able to choose which mode you want from that point.
And of course, all content can be cleared with both modes.
But the only mode available for the existing 21 jobs.
The new jobs that will be added from EverCord, and the jobs that will be added after that,
will basically be done by Evolve without a ribbon board.
All new jobs introduced from 8.0 on will only have an evolved mode.
Of course, right now, everyone is running so fast. Which one is stronger?
And so I bet the question on everybody's mind now is like, which one's stronger, right?
And so due to how the new mode has been designed, I can say that in a general sense,
evolve is probably just a little bit stronger.
However, like I said earlier, battle content has all been designed to be compatible with both modes, and completable with both modes, so ultimately it comes down to you, try both, and choose the style that feels best for you.
That said, at first, depending on the boss and their mechanics, there may be some battles that feel better suited to one mode than the other,
and the developed team will do our best to make sure that that difference is as negligible as possible.
So, this is all we have for reborn and evolve modes today, but I imagine some of you are like,
like, what the hell Yoshida? I don't know what's going on. Come on.
So if you want to know more about this new Evolved Mode, we have an entire development
panel planned later today to talk specifically about this, where we're actually going to
have a PC on stage and showing the Evolve mode in action.
Night, Paladinship, Dragon, Shijin, Bard, White Mage, we'll be showing all of those.
In this presentation, like we said, we're going to be showing some of the most amazing things
that we've ever seen.
So, we're going to be showing some of the most amazing things that we've ever seen.
In this presentation, like we said, we're going to be showing some very early, in development type of stuff, so you're going to actually, there's going to be debug messages on the screen, so it's actually a good way to kind of see how we develop the game and some of the tools that we use.
We have together with us here in Anaheim the battle system designer that helps create this system.
He is here today, Samaki-san, and so if you're interested in this, you need to be here to watch because it's going to be pretty exciting.
We still have more to go.
We're not done.
We're going to go through these kind of quickly.
First of all, the level cap is 100 to 110.
This is 100, so I talked about changing it a little bit more, but this time I decided to give it a level 10.
After hitting 100, there was internal talks about maybe possibility of trying something different, but in the end it was like, I'll just raise to 110.
Let's go quickly.
Of course, these contents will also be implemented without decreasing as usual.
And of course we won't be cutting any of this content.
All of this is going to be making updates in the upcoming expansion.
But we also recognize that a lot of assets are needed in all aspects of the game.
For example, I would like to make FATE a bit less dynamic,
and I would like to make it more dynamic,
and I would like to make FATE a bit less dynamic,
and I would like to make FATE a bit more dynamic,
So, but we also recognize that a lot of aspects of these things need their own evolution.
For example, maybe we have the fates, maybe we reduce the number of fates introduced,
but we make those fates introduced larger and more dynamic as with the hunt as well.
It's ready for an evolution of its own to kind of correspond with those updates that we have planned for the public field.
And of course we're planning some new features for Treasure Hunts as well.
And of course we cannot forget our Instance Dungeons, we'll be introducing several with Evercore.
And again, we're planning on releasing the same amount as we always do with every expansion, so we're not cutting anything.
Again, the four that you see here, these are currently under development for Evercove.
But, where is the new ice power coming from?
I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of adventure we'll have, and what kind of adventures we'll have.
What adventure is await you have to wait to find out.
And again, with new dungeons, we'll also be introducing a lot of new gear and crafting recipes.
I brought some artwork to show you.
I'm guessing you can kind of already tell which gear goes with which job?
That's pretty cool.
And we haven't forgotten our crafters and gatherers as well.
Of course, with new expansion, new enemies come out.
This time, we will show you a little bit of the design, but we have prepared a lot of bosses as well.
Again, we can only show you a little bit, but we can tell you that the designs and the gimmicks and the mechanics that we have for our upcoming bosses are going to be pretty amazing.
Well, we only have a few of them today, but I'm sorry.
And a lot of these are linked directly to the main scenario, so showing too much would be spoilers, so again, you're going to have to kind of... this is going to have to be enough for you. Sorry.
Of course, we announced that we are going to have a three-stage event today, but the eight-person raid is also going on well.
So, what's the theme of the eight-person raid?
There's a reason for this, so please look forward to it.
And of course, we'll continue with the battle content series.
Ultimate Raid, 7.5 Ultimate Raid
What? What?
Today, after this, after this, later, later, you promise, promise.
Okay promise.
I think it's completely different from the previous one, so please look forward to the series in the future.
And of course, we're going to continue with the PVP content, and we have a lot of projects going on.
So we're going to keep it up until the end of the year.
interesting plans for PPP as well, all of them currently in development.
And then here is Content Supporter.
In 8.0, this Content Supporter system has also improved a little.
Okay, we also have some plans for our duty support system coming in.
So a lot of players have been clamoring for an option to enter dungeons in pairs.
And we're hard at work seeing if we can implement some of those moving forward.
We're in the middle of making and we can't tell you yet, okay, but we have D-girls in July, Berlin, okay.
So yes, changes are coming very soon.
Now, let's move on.
Of course, EverCord will be implemented as a series.
And of course, with APOIN0, we're going to have a new Alliance Raid.
Of course.
And so I mentioned earlier in the keynote that we're looking to evolve alliance raids.
But I reckon the big question on everyone's mind is, what is the theme of the next raid series?
Well, I would like you to pay attention to my eyes and ears without further ado.
Uh
Hey
I am excited to announce our explosive new crossover with the world-renowned Japanese animated series, Evangelion!
The Tendative title we have that we're currently using for the upcoming series of raids is Ghosts of Desire.
And you heard me correctly, I said series of raids, so this isn't a one-off, this collaboration will span all multiple tiers.
Cheers!
This time, we are going to deliver a very powerful tag that says,
Square Enix is making content.
So for this exclusive content, Square Enix will be developing the content,
while the producer of Evangelion, Kara, will be fully supervising that development.
So many of you know already that I am a massive Evangelion otaku.
So I reckon your expectations are going to be through the roof, but I'm more than confident
that we can bring you something that will both surprise and entertain.
Nervous?
Got this!
Pressure.
A new design, and a new artwork, modeling, and so on, so I'm going to deliver the
So we're currently right in the middle of creating new designs, artwork, working on modeling,
and much, much more.
And I hope to have even more to reveal to you at the EU and Tokyo fanfests.
We are honored and excited to bring Evangelion now nearing its 30th anniversary into the world of Final Fantasy XIV and cannot wait for you all to experience this crossover and the unforgettable story we have planned.
I'm glad to hear that.
Well, I've delivered a lot of stuff, but how was it to introduce you to EverCold so far?
That's been a lot to take in.
Does everybody pump for EverCold now?
But before we wrap up the keynote, we have more!
Just give us a little, just a little one, a small one.
So, the good news is, we won't be making any big changes to the system requirements.
That's it. However, we have one request.
And that goes out to our PlayStation 4 users all around the globe.
So we've worked hard over the past few years
to make sure 14 runs smoothly,
and we can ensure you that it will still run smoothly,
8.0 will run smoothly on the PlayStation 4 as well.
However,
however,
the problem is that as Final Fantasy 14 continues to grow,
we're quickly approaching the data limit
of PlayStation 4's system capacity.
Until now, Sony Interactive Entertainment was able to support us
with their best efforts,
and we were able to reach the limit of our capacity.
We were able to support them somehow,
but we couldn't do it anymore.
So, I'm sorry, physically.
We are trying to surpass the capacity of the hard disk
that can control us physically.
And while cooperation with Sony's wonderful engineers
has allowed us to limit brake a few more times than we thought even possible, it will soon
be impossible to physically contain all of Final Fantasy 14 on the PlayStation 4 hard drive.
So we currently believe that we're gonna be probably gonna be okay up until about 8.3.
So, if you're still playing on the PlayStation 4, you've got two years to save up for a PlayStation
And like I said, we're already going to be okay for 8.0, so you don't have to get it now.
But yeah, that's all we have for system updates.
Yeah, you thought we were done, huh? No.
Well, from here on out, we have the Evercold 8 and the patch 7.5X series.
So please let me introduce them.
Again, while we're finished talking about Evercold, before Evercold, we have the 7.5X series.
The biggest update being the launch of our second limited job, Beastmaster.
And this will be coming patch 7.56.
So like I talked about in the latest producer or letter from the producer live,
These masters all about taming creatures.
And then you fight with them in battle, employing unique battle action rotations that changes based on your pet.
And we've got a lot of job specific content ready for you to sink your teeth into, so please look forward to it.
And there's still more to come.
Yes!
I'm sorry for the long wait. I'm sorry for the long wait.
The next series is finally coming out.
Mid Encounter!
They'll be on it for it now!
That's right. Our next ultimate raid is Dancing Mad.
it looks like Omega's latest creation from the interdimensional rift is none other than Kefka.
And again, we have prepared an epic battle that's based all around Kefka.
And so some of you may have been watching this and thinking,
and that doesn't look that much different from Savage.
Look at his face. Does that look like a face that would make it easier than Savage?
So yes, it's going to be a crazy battle. We didn't want to release too much here because it would spoil the whole battle,
But believe me, it's going to be epic.
And we even got the original designer of the FS6 Kefka, Nomura Tetsuya, to help with the design of this in-game character.
And as you could hear in the video, Kefka is pretty chatty during this battle.
And again, Tetsuya Nomura-san also helped a lot supervise this voice recording as well.
He was very involved in the creation this time, and we thank him for his participation.
And the release of this ultimate Dancing Mad will be coming in patch 7.5.
One.
Who's ready to battle Kefka?
Yeah?
Yeah.
Okay.
Well, of course, there are some people who play during streams, but if you don't want to
challenge the content, please watch the stream.
I think you'll have a lot of fun.
Again, I know a lot of you will be playing, but a lot of you maybe won't be playing,
but we recommend to those people who are not going to be playing the content to
watch it on streams because it is very, very interesting.
Alright, so please look forward to patch 7.5x.
Alright, so please look forward to patch 7.5.
And with 7.5X, the Chinese version, which has been delayed for a few months,
has finally been released on the global map with 7.4 patch.
And the Korean version will be the same schedule as the global version.
Really, the Korean fans had a hard time.
Then our next announcement is specifically for our fans in Korea.
Soon we'll be completing our patch release schedule synchronization for our global and Korean versions very soon.
We already finished the synchronization with the Chinese and global versions back in 7.4 and now it's time for our Korean version.
Last time, as I said, the Chinese version of the patch 7.4 has become a global issue,
but it has made the Raid Race so much more fun.
I've been really looking forward to the Korean version of the patch 7.4, but please enjoy it.
new update.
All right, and our next announcement.
Have you heard that the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 has its own free trial?
And so with the release of Patch 7.5 next week, we're going to be updating the free trial
to go all the way through patch 5.5 and Shadowbringers content.
If you have a friend or loved one looking to get into Final Fantasy 14, now couldn't be a better time.
Please!
All right, and there is even more content coming in the 7.5x series that we haven't even talked about yet,
But there will be time to talk about that in the next few weeks.
So for now, I want to show you the patch release schedule for some major content release milestones.
First of all, we have a very famous fan festival.
We started off with Anaheim right there at the beginning.
First of all, patch 7.5 will be released next Tuesday.
And then next Tuesday we have the release of patch 7.5.
And here's what's coming with 7.5.
And continuing on from here, we're going to continue on with minor updates.
So, 7.57, June 2nd, and during this time, Cosmic Exploration, new custom deliveries, and
of course, Dancing Mad will be coming in patch 751.
So for those of you that are going to be tackling Kefka on this day,
you need to start training and preparing right now, hydrating.
And then we have our fan festival in Berlin.
That's Saturday the 25th of July and Sunday the 26th of July.
And then right after that, we have Patch 7.55.
And then with 7.55, we have Hilda Brand, Occult Crescent and Phantom Weapons.
And then 7.56 comes.
And the main scenario Quest Parts 2 as well as the launch of Beastmaster.
And then we have the Tokyo Fan Fests.
in October 31st and November 1st of 2026.
And then we've got a lot in store for you this year if you've seen and we'll provide updates
as we get closer to 8.0's launch through fanfests and PLLs, so hop on and enjoy the ride to EverCold.
And that is it, really, EverCold 8.0, coming January 2027.
So how was the keynote, a lot of exciting stuff right?
So with this, half of my work is done at the fan festival!
So now that my work is done, I can hand off all the work to some more important people.
I'm going to give people a like for an ex-CEO Takashi Kiryu!
Woo!
Thank you very much!
Now, Kiryu-san, please give a message to all the world's Hikari warriors and the people who gather at the venue.
So Kiryu-san, do you have a message for the people here and people watching on the stream?
Hello, all you warriors of light here in Anaheim!
And everyone watching from home!
Thank you so much for joining us for our festival.
I've been looking forward to seeing all of you in person, so I'm very, very excited. Thank you.
I mean, you have here pretty much the busiest man at Square Enix, but he took time out
of his schedule because he wanted to be here with you today in Anaheim.
Thank you so much.
Well, I don't know if I can say it too much, but I'm speaking in a lot of difficult places
such as the Kaburushi Association and so on, but how about speaking in front of a
light fighter called Todogoka Ichiban?
So, Kiyu-san, I mean, you have to give a lot of tough talks in front of, like, shareholders
and investors, but today, you're in front of 10,000 warriors of light.
How does it feel?
So many people out there.
Wow.
And I mean, your power is amazing.
And your power is amazing!
Yeah, I'm blown away.
Oh, I mean, you get to receive all this power from the players.
power from the players. Aren't you like, are you feeling it? How do you take it?
Yeah, I'm nervous. You don't look very nervous.
Okay, okay. I think we should cut the nervousness and we need to pick ourselves up and then go on with the announcement.
So yes, I would like to make an announcement to everybody here.
Please.
Thank you so much for your patience, it's been a long time coming but we are finally
So happy to announce you will be able to play Final Fantasy 14 online on the Nintendo switch too
Hi Kiryu-san, thank you for the announcement. Thank you very much for that announcement Kiryu-san
Well
I'm very happy
Kiryu-san
Thank you for your strong support to Kiryu-san for this announcement.
We've had so much support from Kiryu-san on getting this to happen, and so I wanted
him to be able to make this very important announcement for us.
Thank you very much, Kiryu-san.
So we currently plan to launch the Switch 2 version in August.
But to make sure that our servers are stable, we'll be starting with a short, early access
period of about a month.
Like I said, this period is scheduled to last approximately one month.
During this period, no Switch 2s, version subscription fees, will be collected.
Then, once Early Access is over, official service begins.
Now by no means do I wish to throw cold water on this amazing announcement, but I do need
need to talk about subscriptions.
As you know in the past, Final Fantasy XIV has only required players to purchase one subscription
to be able to play on any platform.
Again, as long as you have purchased the game
for that platform, of course.
However, in the case of Switch 2,
the platform that plays with the package and Switch 2
will be needed.
However, after discussions with Nintendo,
it was decided that the Switch 2 version of Final Fantasy XIV would require a separate subscription.
And again, this is, you know, decided after many months of discussions with Nintendo,
and I understand that this is different to how we've done things before,
but but but
but
First, it's fine without Nintendo Switch Online membership.
The following concessions have been made.
One, you will be able to play Final Fantasy XIV on the Switch 2
without a Nintendo Switch Online membership.
And now, if you're playing on another platform, you'll get half the amount of playing on Switch.
And two, active subscription playing 14 users playing the game on another platform will get 50% off the Switch 2 version subscription.
Of course, if you want to play Switch 2 again, you can use it only for the package and the play-release.
I won't spend any more money on that, so please understand and support me.
for your understanding in this map.
Yes, thank you.
Thank you.
I was able to announce it on the Nintendo platform, so I brought the Switch 2.
And now before you finish up, you'd like to see the Switch 2 version up and running,
right?
We're scared that someone might steal our Wi-Fi, so we have it connected up with a LAN cable.
I'm playing from the latest development server.
I was playing, this is on the development server.
I was playing right now.
Speaking of Nintendo Switch 2,
you can play anywhere in your mobile phone mode.
This is also one of your playstyles.
You can enjoy 14 games with various playstyles.
Of course, you know the best part about the switch to version is playing on the go and this version works great
With this version we hope to give players even more freedom to play that the way you want to
this, yeah.
All right, and development is proceeding as planned, and like we said, we plan to have
it ready for that test by August.
I had this great idea to play the Switch 2 on stage here, and Nintendo kind of freaked out a little.
like what but they cooperated and helped us so much to make this happen so thank
you Nintendo very much to help us make this happen on the stage today
Thank you so much for my introduction, Yosuke and Koji-san, and from now on, I will give
my message in English. Thank you. So, we announced so many, many things today, including the
latest expansion ever called Evangelion crossover and the Nintendo Switches launch. So, are
Are you really excited for them?
That's good to hear.
Anyway, when we first started work on ever called,
to be approached me for a quick consultation, which I soon learned was more of an impression
demand.
He told me, looking ahead to the next 10 years, you have to let our team limit break, so we
We can accomplish even bigger and better things.
That way, we can make a game that will not only appeal to but amaze current, returning
And future warriors of light for years to come.
And then he went on to describe what those bigger and better things were.
And then he was finished.
I was speechless.
And going back to my room, I thought to myself,
is it even possible to ever go that big?
But to the team's credit, they've definitely gone big so far.
And what we've shared with you today
is only the beginning.
Yoshipi and the team will continue to challenge themselves leading up to Everco's launch
and well after that.
Why?
So he and they can shut your expectations.
On that note, are you ready to join Yoshpy and his team?
Are you joining us?
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
And I promise as both the CEO of Square Enix and a fellow warrior of right like you, that
I will give them all the support that they need to make epic adventures.
Thank you very much.
Now, please enjoy the rest of the performance. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
Thank you, Kenyuu-san!
Thank you!
I was promised that I would get a huge support from 410, so let's do our best!
Alright, yeah, he's promised his support. Let's do this!
Alright, now with the keynote complete, let's move on to the opening ceremony by inviting
to the stage are guests from the development and operation team.
Okay, let's start out with comments one by one.
That was long legs. Yeah.
Thank you everyone for coming today. I am super excited to be here.
At my job at Square Enix literally coming to these events is the most exciting time. This is the best part of my job.
Just because I get to meet all of you here in person.
person. I get to go down on the floor, I get to shake your hands, I get to hear
your awesome stories, I get to get hugs, get hugs, so many hugs and you know I'm
going to be up here on the stage, the taskmasters are cracking the whip and
I'm going to be up the stage most of the time but anytime I get free I'm going
to be down on the floor and so if you see me, grab me, tell me your stories,
give me a hug, I'd love to talk with all of you, I'm going to be here
both days and I want to see you and I want to talk to you all. So see you on the floor, thank you.
Thank you.
Okay.
Hi there.
And
Hi
and
Hi
and
I
am Masayoshi
Soke
Sound
Director
of Final Fantasy
I'm going to speak Japanese now.
Today is the Fan Festival.
I think it's been a little over 2 years.
So today we have so many people gathered, and I wanted to say one thing.
I think the patch 7.5 workload that I had to handle was a lot.
I think we're really stretched in this time.
That said, we are happy to let you know that patch 7.5 is coming, and so I hope it enjoyed
fruits of our labor. And tonight, we have a piano concert, you know? You must join us.
Yeah, and tomorrow we have a rock concert, you know?
You must join us, okay?
Thank you so much.
Oh my gosh, it's so hard to go after such a...
So, after so long.
Hello everyone. My name is Hikaru Tamaki. I am Battle System Designer.
So, of course, with me being here for the first time, I will have a development panel where
I will talk about who I am and then go into further details about the two battle system,
the new battle system design.
And of course, I am quite nervous, but I'm going to keep in mind I'm just here to have fun,
So I hope you all have fun as well.
Thank you for your support in advance for these two days.
Thank you again for such a wonderful time.
I got lots of energy and passion from here in Anaheim,
Warrior of the Bright.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Hello, everyone.
Thank you.
Welcome to our very first fan festival happening
in Kaifonir.
Thank you.
Finally, outside of Las Vegas, I hope you like it.
I believe you already enjoyed our very first keynote speech.
Did you like it?
As you know, we have more to come throughout the two days.
So please look forward to it.
And personally, right after this, I will be jailed
to meet and greet room for 3.5 hours.
I believe I still enjoyed the festival,
so if you happen to join the meet and greet,
please bring your excitement for me to the meet and greet room.
So let's enjoy the festival together. Thank you.
By the way, my name is Toshio Morochi,
you are global community producer.
Awesome as fuck, son.
Oh, I totally forgot about that.
Hello, everyone.
This is Aimee from Esperanto Accessibility.
Thank you, thank you.
I'm happy to be back on the fan test stage.
I will be helping out with interpretations
throughout the two days.
Looking forward to it.
And yeah, thank you.
Have fun, everyone.
Thank you.
So thank you again for listening in to the keynote that we just presented.
And of course we want to also extend our thanks to those who are watching on the live stream.
The conference is finally starting from here, so I'm sure there will be a lot of activities for you to gather at the conference.
I think there will be a lot of community members, so I hope you enjoy it without any injuries.
And of course, we will be kicking off Fan Festival from here.
We have a lot of activities that are happening inside the venue.
I'm sure you're here with your own little communities, so please make sure to stay safe,
do not get injured, and yeah, have a happy Fan Festival.
Okay, let's get into the Fan Festival!
I
the sounds are coming from all around
I'm using my body immersed sound it's so good I'm hearing it from different
angles it's actually pretty cool if I like very specific components of the
audio design.
I love it!
Both the Source and the Reflections are home to irreplaceable life, but I would protect
I don't know if I could.
But if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation,
then what can we possibly do?
The
The star is tolerant to life.
It holds no grudges.
And neither rages nor weeps for being sundered.
You've now recluse but a coward is all my true power!
May have the time has come for another journey across the salt.
No amount of devastation and death can compel it to stop the wheels of creation from turning.
The so many seeds of life have already been lost.
How do places perish as nature runs its course?
Yet in spite of this, people continue to believe that the marvel will come.
But it will not, for nothing lies beyond the solstice.
And no one will be left alive.
No one.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to spice things up!
You
I'm the night
I am too baby though but I can be fine
No matter sweet or silly, I'll set you high
My heart is pure as this and these girls cry
My pearls of wild flowers they give me a smile
My lips are foy when I wait and kiss a lie
We won't let him see you better
Tell him my clover's too cold in the street
I'll make her my lover, I'll be one
I'm not enough, this can never be enough
Move, move, move up to the floor
Right, right, right
You'll pay the price that you've done
Oh God, again, I'll give you two seconds
We love only one thing
I'll be your destiny, honey, be your lovely
You'll be your one and only champion
I'll be your glow, shine, smile, and worship
Be your love, be your gift, I'll be your destiny
I'll be your destiny, my love, be your lovely
You'll be your star, my work, I'll be your star
I'll let you be my hero, draw your money
Go on, and you'll never cross me
Oh, God, again, I'll give you six
this sounds are coming from all around
I'm using my body-immersed sound.
It's so good.
I'm hearing it from different angles.
It's actually pretty cool.
If I like very specific components of the audio design.
I love it.
Both the Source and the Reflections are hunter irreplaceable life.
I would protect them all if I could, but if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation,
then what can we possibly do?
It holds no grudges, and neither rages nor weeps for being thundered.
He has no records but to cower before my true power!
May have the time has come for another journey of procession.
No amount of devastation and death can compel it to stop the wheels of creation from turning.
Some misads of life have already been lost.
The powerful's perish as nature runs its course, yet in spite of this, people continue
to believe that the moral will come.
But it will not.
For nothing lies beyond the solstice.
And no one will be left alive.
Oh, what the...
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to spice things up!
I
Oh, come here, let's try and get it done
Bring it up, get it done
Come on, let it go
This is the reason that I've been caught in the dark
Come here, let's try and get it done
So we love each other and we'll shine our own day
Shine our own light on this day to day
We won't be any younger than this
We're gonna shine our own day
I'm using my body immersed sound it's so good I'm hearing it from different angles it's
actually pretty cool it highlights very specific components of the audio design I love it
Both the Source and the Reflections are hunter irreplaceable life, I would protect them all
if I could.
But if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation,
then what can we possibly do?
for being sundered you know before my time has come for another journey of
I hope this perish as nature runs its course yet in spite of this people continue to believe
that the moral will come but it will not for nothing lies beyond the solstice and no one
will be left alive no one
Did you think you'd won?
Yes, I'll have to spice things up.
You
I
I'm using my body of Merce sound it's so good I'm hearing it from different angles
it's actually pretty cool if I like very specific components of the audio design I love it
You
I think we're going to be
able to get to the next
stage. Hello, everybody and
welcome to Final Fantasy 14
Fan Festival. If you didn't know
it already, my name is I also
know as I see her from the
community team. How y'all
feeling today? So we have
quite a different show. I
feel like we usually don't do
this kind of thing. So I
really, really hope it goes
I really, really hope it goes well personally,
but we have some special guests that are joining us today.
And I'm gonna go ahead and call them out now.
So let's go ahead and get started.
So first up, we have Kristoff.
And next we have Curious Joy.
I was going to say, I'll go down here.
I was going to say, are we this?
And next up, we have Mr. Happy, one, two, two, seven.
Right there.
And last, but certainly not least, we have Jesse Cox.
Awesome. So it's really great to have all of you here on stage with me today, but starting
from Kristal and moving down to Jesse Cox, why don't you go ahead and introduce yourselves
and tell everybody what you're about?
Hmm, Kristal?
Oh, that's great. I'd like to go ahead first.
Hello, Fanfes. My name is Kristal, and I'm a content creator. I focus on JRPGs, RPG
gaming. I also cosplay, and I'm a professional dancer as well. As for Final Fantasy 14,
I started the game back in 2018 at the launch of Stormblood around then and I'm proud to say,
or maybe not proud to say, but as of a week ago, I hit 13,000 hours of playtime in the game.
With about 8,000 of those hours, AFK and Limza-Limza, but you know.
All right, and next up we have Joy.
Hello, I am curious Joy, but you can just call me Joy.
I have been a Warrior of Light since 2019.
As soon as I saw the Shadowbringers trailer, I was like, who is this person using Skwall's weapon?
So I started playing it that I have been hooked ever since,
but other than that I am a content creator that prioritizes JRPG and fighting games.
Awesome, awesome. And next up we have Happy.
Hey everyone, Mr. Happy here.
It's great to be here.
I've been playing since 1.0, as it would be put, nightmare.
Even before that, Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy has been a part of my life for most
of my life.
So, being up here and being able to join all of you for this fun is a special privilege.
I'm just glad to be here.
All right, and Jesse.
Hi, everyone.
I'm Jesse Fox.
Check this in the mail.
Um, I've been playing 14 for six, seven years now, but I've
been playing Final Fantasy since the nineties.
So shout out to my old people.
I love just, uh, yeah, I'm excited to be here.
It's nice to see all of you.
All right, contestants, and thank you so much for introducing yourselves.
Now, I'm going to ask you all to go ahead and take a seat.
Please feel free to adjust it as needed.
Okay, I'm going to wait till you're all settled in, and then I'm going to go ahead and explain
how everything is going to go down. So, all right, everybody all comfy, good to go?
So yeah, awesome. It's like a ready check in a live party.
Okay, four of four.
All right, so there's actually going to be some audience participation, but I will get to that in a second.
So you know how we're usually having like A, B, C, and D markers in 14?
So that's going to actually represent some of the question answers and also all of you,
and which is pretty fitting because like since Crystal is in red,
She will be representing a or red and then curious Joy will be repping
B marker or yellow
Mr.. Happy you will be repping a C or blue and
Jesse Cox you will be representing D or purple
So if you happen to have any light sticks with you or anything like that
Please make sure to like wave it around if you think like oh
Oh, red for crystal is like my choice.
So anything or you could just yell it at me that works to either way.
But yeah, so we're going to go through a variety of segments.
I feel like these are all going to be like lightning rounds, five lightning rounds.
It's going to be crazy, not really, but maybe, I don't know.
It's the game and let's show even I don't know what's going to happen.
But all right.
So we're going to go ahead and get started for our first segment.
So you all see that you have whiteboards in front of you.
So we are going to be going for our first challenge.
But let us see what this is going to be.
Actually, depending on what comes up,
you may not use the whiteboards yet.
But we'll see.
We'll see, we'll see, we'll see.
Ooh, and it looks like the Joy of Pictomancy is up first.
So for this segment, I'm just going
ask you all to just draw a simple thing and then draw to the best of your abilities.
And then once you're done, just please like what's called Beyond Standby.
And then we're going to show it off to the audience and whichever ones they think is
the best out of all of your drawings will get the points.
So contestants, are you ready?
I think so.
Yes.
All right.
I think maybe.
So here we go.
The first thing you're going to draw is Ayanne.
And you're going to have 30 seconds to do so.
So best of luck.
And your time starts now.
It's pretty quick.
You've got 15 seconds left.
Better rush, gotta go, gotta go.
10 seconds, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Time is up.
All right, pencils down, competitors.
And now I would really, really like to see you all raise it up
and show the audience.
Please and thank you.
Here we go.
3, 2, 1, show it off. What do y'all think? Who has the best one? A, for Kristal, B, for Joy,
C, for Happy, or D, for Jesse Cough. Oh, okay. Okay, it looks like I'm seeing,
I'm seeing pinks, reds. I don't think pink was the color, was it? I'm just gonna assume that's
That's purple.
Question mark?
Okay.
So it looks like, it looks like I'm seeing majority of D.
So Jesse Cox, congratulations.
So if we could go ahead and get our first point over to Jesse Cox, please.
Me and Irene, are you there?
Awesome.
Hi.
Over to Jesse Cox, please.
Thank you.
Hi.
What is this?
That's your point.
Well, now I want one.
Well, well, well.
You need to play to the audience more.
All right, thank you so much, Rainerine.
OK, and so that's pretty much how this is going to go,
but for four more times and maybe not drawing.
So here we go.
We'll see.
I don't know if the roulette's going to do anything.
I just wanted to see how that looks like.
Pretty great.
Jesse Cox apparently had the most accurate one.
All right, so next up, we have, oh, what is it going to be?
It's kind of like being in a, oh, what's this one?
The popularity survey.
So once again, audience, it's all up to you.
Please yell your answer or just show me
which color you think is the correct one.
So for all of you, including the contestants,
I want you to answer this question,
just as honest as you can.
So here we go.
And by the way, if you win these rounds,
they're gonna be worth two points this time.
So just FYI.
So, alright then, which of these Arcadian fighters do you think might be the best at karaoke?
Is it A, Black Cat, B, Honey Bee Lovely, B, Brutphomor, or D, Wicked Thunder?
Alright, and it looks like, oh, okay, what is everybody's answer, what am I seeing?
So, it looks like majority of people voted C. So, we're going to go with that.
And so, Crystal, Joy and Happy, congratulations for getting two points each, but we'll go
ahead and distribute those at the end.
So we have another question too.
So next up, here we go.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Hi.
No, you can tell. You're so cute.
For sure.
Oh, it's cute. You've got like a pair of normal shoes.
What did Joy get? I'm like so curious. Also, also happy. Also happy.
Oh.
I was like, I still don't get it.
I was like, wait, we get two points?
It's like those arms?
All right, and then now next up we have our next question. So that is going to be,
which of these four dungeons would you be most willing to live for in a year, for a year, excuse me?
Would you like to live in the Aurumveil? Would you like to live in the Dead Ends?
The Praetorium or the Shraiburo Dead Walk? How you feeling audience? Where would you want to live?
know I was hearing like some
things and like these and then
also like a I see a little bit
of the which is crazy but alright
okay let's go ahead and see
which one is the most popular
choice but I do feel like it is
a C so contestants would you
like to show your answers
please straight for a dead
I think it was D that I was mostly seeing, so it looks like Chris Dahl and Joy also get two points each.
Meena Rain, can I have you distribute these points as well, please?
distribute these points as well, please.
We've got to up our dent.
Yeah, I know.
I'm speaking from the heart, you know.
Yeah.
It's okay.
I know you guys are worried, but there are chances to catch up.
We still got three more games to go, right?
Three?
Yes.
I'm counting correctly in my head.
Okay.
actually move on to the next challenge now and that is going to be...
Oh, that's my favorite segment. Spelling bee, lovely!
Oh no.
So for this challenge, I'm gonna show you a location. It's not gonna say any words at all,
obviously, but you're going to have to identify the place, person, or thing and spell it to
the best of your abilities. Are you all ready? No. No! Have I seen so many names, I'm afraid,
right now. And these are all Dom trail also. So sometimes I even struggle with pronunciation.
All right. Here we go. The first one is, oh no, spell this location.
I'm going to wait. I'm going to wait.
audience would you like to yell out the answer maybe it'll help them out in
their spelling
you're doing great all right so are you all good to go okay here we go so
contestants may I please see your answers please show your answers to Leal all
sure I mean I guess that's kind of correct to Leal unfortunately not
correct to the yellow markets not correct and to Leal all market I did I
I didn't I don't know I literally sat there. I was like, it's like my free teleport to
So you want to know the funny part about all this all of you are in curve I
Mean this is technically in Chulea law, but the answer we were looking for was that watch you Mickey Mickey is spelled
And that is spelled a w a
W-A-C-H-I, oh my gosh, even I'm getting these wrong now.
Watch you, sorry, W-A-C-H-U-M-E-Q-I, M-E-Q-I.
I was worried that it was more specific than truly are.
Maybe, I'll try to be better for this one.
Okay, are you ready for the next one?
All right.
And the next one is, what is this cuisine, specifically the cuisine?
Oh my God.
It's a part of MSQ.
I'll give it a little bit.
Here, I'll give you a hint.
It starts with an X.
If that helps, I don't even know if it really does or not.
All right, audience, would anybody like to yell out the answer by any chance?
Yeah, I heard it.
The answer is Shibbrook Pibble.
That is spelled X I V R U Q P I V I L.
Can I get half a point?
I did see Pibble, so yeah.
I still don't know what to say about this.
I'm so sorry.
Can I see all of your answers?
Oh my God, I'm so sorry.
I forgot to ask you to show to the audience.
Oh.
Light, nice reference.
I mean, sure, something civil, you know, just for that, we will give you a point.
So, Meenareen, can we go ahead and give Jesse Cox one point, please?
I'll take all the sympathy points I can get.
Oh, Meenareen, are you there?
are you getting tacos? One for
Jesse Cox, please. Thank you.
He has corn on our plate.
You will see what that corn
servant is for. Perhaps in the
next round or so we'll see.
All right, so I think we're ready to move on to our next segment, so let's go ahead and
see what's next.
There's only two more, and I believe this next one, I got to see which one it is.
We'll see, we'll see, we'll see.
And this one is going to be time of my life.
So competitors, I would like you all to stand up and please proceed to the front of the desk
once more.
It's EMO time.
Oh.
Okay.
All right.
So I'm just going to give you all the name of the EMO and then you're going to do your
best to perform it.
And I feel like you should be able to see it right in front of you, but we are going
to be going into our first E-Mote.
And the first one is actually, I should tell you how much points this is going to cost.
So it's going to be four points for every, what's it called, vote from the audience,
the popular vote from the audience.
So here we go.
The first one is going to be the pose of the Unbound.
I'm not sure.
I don't have that emo.
It's okay, you can do your best.
All right, so please contestants, when you're ready,
put maybe like spread apart a little bit more
so there's more room, right?
Okay, and so here we go.
Pose of the inbound, please.
Oh, right now?
Yes, oh.
To the best of your memory.
And as they are dramatically posing, who do y'all think is the best one?
Alright, looks like I'm seeing the majority is for Chris Doll.
Congratulations.
That's good, that's good.
Four points in your pocket, so congrats for that.
All right.
Okay, I need that emote.
Next up, we're gonna go ahead and move on to the next one.
So, Crystal already has four points,
so let's see how much more she can get.
So, this is the next one.
The runway walk by the female Allison.
So, I was about to say chat,
but even chat, if you're watching this at home,
just like say it in chat, which one you like the best.
And the audience here, please also light up your glow sticks
to see who does the best runway walk
in female Ellison posing.
So here we go.
Let's see who has the best sophisticated Saunter, shall we?
Here we go.
getting it fantastic amazing amazing amazing all right what are we thinking
everybody. Ooh, this is actually like...
Okay, I think I'm seeing... You know, I'm actually seeing majority blue, so happy!
Four points. All right. And congratulations to both Crystal and Happy for four points each.
So, Meena Reen, when you're ready, can I have you distribute the points out?
Four to Crystal and four to Happy.
Do I get a corn service?
Yes.
I get a corn service.
A corn.
Mr. Happy.
Yes. Yes. That's all I wanted. I was waiting for that.
All right. And thank you so much. So as you can tell, once you get five points, you get
a corn servant. And so after this next one, we'll see who might potentially win. So can
Can I actually have you all seated back down, please,
because this one coming up is the last challenge of the day.
All right.
And what challenge might that be, you ask?
Gosh, look at that emote, it's so good.
I love it so much.
All right.
And then let's go ahead and head back to the game, please.
I mean, the other game. Not this game, but like the other game.
I mean, we can keep doing the catwalk.
I mean, if you all like to.
Sure, absolutely.
Okay. I think we're moving on to our next one.
So there's only one left, and that this one is going to be kind of crazy.
Maybe. I don't know.
know. We'll see. So this one is called Remember Us. Remember we once crafted. This is Final Fantasy 14 and it would be such a dishonor if we didn't have anything crafting related. So we're going to go ahead and show you what you're going to be making. And then we're going to distribute supplies to you all. So if you could all move your whiteboard
spore word that would be great because you won't be needing them anymore. Okay. Alright.
So you will be making the living memory ice cream from memory. It's going to be great.
Meena Reem, can you have you bring out all of their items please? Oh my. Everybody gets
a cone each. Why? Why? Why? Why? Oh my gosh. And there is going to be some fun things for
you to all choose from and everything like that. Make sure to share it with your fellow
contestants please and thank you. Because you will need like some of everything. So
if you need to pass it down, if you need anything else, please make sure to pass
it down. Wait, what is this? I don't know. So that what you have in your hands is what
you're going to be making the ice cream scoops with. You have other scoops there but we just
wanted you to be included in the fun of making your own ice cream. So I think we can go
ahead and get started but did you all want like one hint at the very least maybe? Would
help okay this is very helpful thank you this is not like what I thought it
would like I said even I don't know what's gonna happen during the game
roulette the roulette game show I'm saying it incorrectly but yes I don't
off of this we just combined forces
I was gonna say you need to get up to steal their scoops yeah you could use the pre-made scoops also if you want to steal them from the back
wait he got stuck at the bone
yeah no don't don't don't worry about that
yeah we'll send them down your way
yeah we'll send what yeah so there's plenty there's plenty for everyone
yes you're good
yeah yeah
what
we can have them
I want some please
Oh no! Yeah, thank you!
Okay.
Awesome. Great.
She has one another hint? By any chance? You guys want another hint?
Contestants, would you like another hint? Does it not help every time I ask you, do you want another hint?
All right, I'm gonna move on to the next hint. We'll see what that one looks like.
Oh. Cool. Great. And it's Grahatiya holding it.
Oh, wait. No, something is actually visible in this hint, so...
Stabilize the ball. Stabilize.
Alright.
No.
Oh!
What is the rest of the cat? A few stars?
Ooh, and a cherry.
Perfect.
Wow.
All right, also for all of your efforts, this is worth one corn servant a full five points
All right
And then here's just in case oh looks like crystal is done. I'm so pretty
It's a lot so you can go ahead and hold it up once y'all are done with your creations or yeah, you can put it up
That works too
That's so cute!
It's a masterpiece.
Oh, finishing touches?
Oh my gosh!
It looks like a cat floor.
Oh!
Are you safe?
Is it going to follow?
I want to edit mine now.
Can I shoot it?
Maybe once you put it up you might be walking in.
Oh no.
You know what? I love it.
It's always better.
It's great.
I think theirs are going to fall.
Oh no.
Alright, once you both are ready, please put it on.
Did you like stop blue?
I don't think so.
This is fantastic.
These creations are great.
Is that going to hold steady? Wow, that is all.
Stay! Stay!
It's leaning.
Stay!
It's leaning.
Structural integrity.
This is fantastic.
Awesome, great job everybody.
Stay.
That's calm dude.
Just don't see the vision.
Awesome.
Okay, so audience, who do you think has the best ice cream cone according to the living memory ice cream?
Is it egg for Kristal, B for Joy, C for Happy, or D for Joy?
Oh no!
It's so good, it's so good!
It's good, otherwise.
You know, I am seeing some C and I am seeing some B, so...
Ooh, okay, let's look at the corner over there.
I think I'm actually seeing a lot for...
C, alright.
Mr. Happy, congratulations.
Can we bring out one corn servant for Mr. Happy, please?
I'm shocked.
I am!
Yes!
It's Picasso!
I think that's beautiful. I'm not gonna lie.
All right.
And so that is actually going to conclude our games.
May all of you stand up and please proceed to the front for our awards ceremony.
Oh, I forgot you'd get something if you end up winning this.
Did I forget to mention that?
What?
That you win something for anywhere please head to the front.
Yay!
Or did I know? I don't know. Maybe it's...
So congratulations to Mr. Happy who won two corn servants.
All right.
And can we go ahead and award Mr. Happy with Ms. Prize, please?
What? Yes! Yes!
This is the greatest honor I've ever received in my life.
Watch the show, dog happy. Yeah!
All right and happy. How are you feeling right now?
How are you? Happy? Are you pretty happy? I'm very happy.
And so yeah, thank you all so much for joining us. Would y'all think of this show? Should we do this some more? What do you think? Maybe include more people?
Very, very happy to hear it. But yeah, from all of you, any last words you would like to,
what's it called? That sounds so threatening. Any last thoughts before we end the roulette
game show?
Last thoughts, let's see. I don't know, it's just an honor to be here on the stage for
FanFest after being such a big fan of Final Fantasy for so long. And you know what?
I still love my creation and I tried to make it as accurate as possible to the
game one and I was so far off and I don't regret it for one second.
Anybody else have any last thoughts before we end the show?
Oh!
You see how mine is still spinning?
Watch this happen!
And how pretty it is!
So gorgeous!
I did this for crying.
I did this for cryol guys, come on, she deserved it.
All right, and any last words from Happy?
Jesse?
This is a really weird still image of anyone.
If you just look at it.
Thanks everyone for joining us for the show.
Thanks to everyone for supporting as you have and showing up to fan festivals like this because it makes all these times that much better when everyone's here and having a good time.
So, expansion announcements were great and I'm looking forward to the next year of Final Fantasy XIV as we get towards Evercold.
Alright, and Jesse, any last words?
I am just so happy to have been up here with all of this concrete and all of this stuff.
You know I have.
Except for Happy, who is that my mortal enemy.
But this has been a blast and I'm so glad to be a part of this community.
This is amazing and I'm happy to do this.
Thanks.
Awesome. Give it up, y'all.
Except for you.
Awesome. And I think that pretty much wraps up our show.
So thank you so much, everybody, for tuning in.
But we do have more panels on the way, so please remember to stay tuned.
And, yeah, thank you so much for watching.
Have a good one. Bye!
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I'm back! I've been waiting for you!
Do you want to say that?
Oh, I said it already.
I didn't hear it.
Sorry, a little technical difficulties. One moment.
Aimi-san, please speak.
Turning the knob.
Okay, thanks.
There we go.
Sorry for the volume of my ear. I forgot.
Now, back to you.
From here, as a development panel,
today, we will be developing a big system
So we are back.
So we mentioned about the new battle system, the reborn and evolved system.
And so now that we have our development panel, we'd like to go a little bit in depth, focusing
more on the evolved mode.
And also there will be updates made to like job systems in general and through with the launch of 8.0
and we want to explain how that is set up as well as the intent behind how we designed it in this development panel.
Thank you for having me here, producer and director Naoki Yoshida.
And so, yeah, we brought Hikaru Tamaki here.
He is the battle system designer,
and we would like for him to also speak on the subject.
OK, I'd like to say a few words.
Before that, if you could say hi to the audience.
Hi, nice to meet you, everyone.
I'm Tamaki, the battle system planner.
Hello, everyone.
It's nice to meet you all.
My name is Hikaru Tamaki, battle system planner
on Final Fantasy XIV.
Thank you!
I'm definitely nervous, so Koji-san showed me a way not to be nervous, so I think it's okay today.
Wait, wait, wait. I've never heard of that advice.
Wait, wait, wait. I didn't hear about this advice.
What?
By the way, what kind of advice?
Well, what did he tell you?
Well, if you look at the faces of Hikasen, you'll be very nervous, so don't look at their faces.
So, basically I told him that if you look in the eyes of everyone, then you will probably die.
So don't look anyone in the eye.
I mean in Japan we say just think of the audience as a vegetable patch.
So I mean I guess it's better than that.
Thank you.
Let's have a good time.
Yeah, so this is going to be a casual discussion, but yeah, I hope you enjoy.
Let's go.
Let us take our seats.
Okay, so we are going first.
Bring up the power point, but I'm afraid the power is not on, oh dear.
A little bit help on the powerpoint PC.
I'm afraid it is down.
I guess power?
Did it get disconnected?
Did it turn off?
Can we get some help?
Technical help please?
Sorry.
Thank you.
Oh no.
Check!
Yay!
Thank you, stage manager.
Is the is done?
Did we get power?
Do we have enough charge?
You might not.
We're going to see if it boots up.
Does it not hold a charge?
Somebody just turned it off.
No.
I think for some reason it wants to reboot.
Windows update? Really?
At least it's not a blue screen.
There we go. There we go.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
Yay, we're good.
Thank you, thank you.
I'm a little scared, so...
Excuse me, everyone who's switching.
Powerpoint. Ah, okay, okay.
Are we good?
Yes, we got it.
Pew!
Wait a minute.
Okay.
Let's get situated.
Tawaki-kun, I heard that this is your first time overseas.
Oh yeah.
Tawaki-san, this is your first time outside of Japan, isn't it?
This is my first time overseas, but this is my first time overseas, and I suddenly started to get involved.
So yes, not only is this my first time on an international business trip,
this is actually my first time out of Japan ever.
And you had a little trouble at the airport, right?
I was waiting for other staff to come down, but no one was coming even if I waited for 10 minutes.
I thought I'd just let them enter, but I was able to do it.
the immigration line is just getting longer and longer and longer and then where is everybody?
So I had to do something so no one was coming so I got in line but I didn't know if it was the right line.
I didn't know who to talk to, I didn't know where I was, I was lost and alone in a strange
country with no one there to help me, I thought it was all over.
So, you know who's really the culprit or like the person who's actually cruel here?
So, the rest of us are all used to traveling overseas, and so we saw that the line for
immigration was pretty light, so we were like, oh shoot, this is our chance, and we rushed
through, so we're done.
And then we noticed, wait, where's Tamaki?
So the poor guy who was just being nice and waiting for everybody to come, we just blew
right through him at Grayson and we left the poor guy waiting for us and got stuck behind.
So yeah, yeah.
It's a very nice guy, so your encouragement would be appreciated.
Thank you.
I'm sorry.
I'm very sorry.
I didn't mean to leave you.
Okay, so before we get into the meat of the conversation,
I would like for Tamaki to introduce himself.
Today, we will be talking about the battle system
from Evercold, but before that,
please introduce yourself.
So yes, my main job today is to talk about
the new battle system being implemented
with the launch of Evercolt.
But before I begin, I wanna talk a little bit
about who I am.
So I joined Square Enix in September 2013, four days after the launch of a Realm Reborn.
So before joining Square, I was a writer and editor for a game magazine.
So I had always been a gamer, but being a writer helped me see game development from a different angle, and before long I had developed an interest in making games myself.
So I had already played a lot of Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XIV 1.0, and I thought I could use that to get my foot in the door.
the door. So when I was assigned by the magazine to do an interview with Yoshipee, I used the
opportunity to ask him for a job.
Of course, I didn't want YOSHIPI thinking that I was kind of sketchy, so I asked my boss
ahead of time if he could call up YOSHIPI and let him know what I was about to do.
I still remember it, but I'm still a very famous veteran as a writer, but I'd like to introduce a young man who's always been a part of the Q14 interview, so I was told that this interview was over, and that was Tamaki-kun.
I still remember it to this day, but of course, Tanaki was a great writer too, but his supervisor
told him when we were about to do an interview for the original Final Fantasy 14, he mentioned
that I have this really young aspiring creator who wants to, who has a passion for 14, just
Could you at least hear what he has to say?
And of course, when he comes here, I tell him, you know, because you have no experience as an actual developer,
you're going to have to start from the bottom. It'll be like a part-time job.
He was open to any opportunity that we had for him.
He didn't mind whatever he was assigned.
He would let me know that I can do anything that you ask, and he was really serious about
because he really wanted to be a part of the Final Fantasy 14 team and also he's a really
good gamer too, I mean he's a pro level, pro gamer level.
And luckily it all worked out, here I am, I got the job and I've been working on 14
as a battle system planner ever since.
And so as for my interests, if you hadn't noticed, my hobby is gaming.
I've been gaming since I was young, and you'll generally find me playing whatever is popular at the time.
But my true love is competitive games, and I've been playing League of Legends for more than 10 years.
Back in the day, there weren't any Japanese servers, so I spent most of my time on the
North American ones, which means there's a chance I may have played with some of you in here.
And for those keeping track, my main role was ADC.
Also, I've been playing fighting games for a long time, and I've been out of games lately.
I've been playing at work on my day off, and after I finished my job, I've been playing at the company's lounge with Yoshida-san and other staff members.
I'm also really into fighting games, and while I don't do much more, I used to challenge people at work all the time during our lunch hours, even Yoshipi in our gaming lounge.
I don't think I've even won 10% of the time I fought against him.
I was able to get the opportunity to communicate with people in the company that otherwise I wouldn't have had the opportunity to do that.
So I'm really grateful to Yoshida-san and Yokozawa-san and Gondai-san for inviting me to those meet-ups.
And so thanks to Yoshida-san and my fellow battle team members such as Gondai-san and Yokozawa-san.
Thanks to them inviting me to those meet-ups when I first joined Square Enix,
I was able to get the chance to communicate with people in the company that otherwise I wouldn't have had the opportunity to talk to you, and so for that, I'm very, very grateful.
Yeah, this is it.
The battery is running out, isn't it?
No, the battery died again.
Oh no.
Yes.
There you go.
Oh, just, it all fails.
No power.
No PC.
Yeah, that's right.
Hey!
I want to pass one.
Uh oh.
Tony.
Help us, Tony.
Help Tony.
We want to...
Tony!
Pass one.
Oh my God.
Oh my god.
Now it's Windows Update.
It's like another Windows Update.
Update.
We're terribly sorry.
This isn't part of...
This is just...
There's Tony.
Tony!
Yay!
Yeah!
I just got a hit.
You just need to pass.
It was just loose.
Sorry.
Come back it.
Not your fault.
That PC is nervous.
Yes, there you go
You secured the power it's logged in
Okay
Okay, okay
I think we'll make it in time.
Yes, yes, yes.
Okay.
So please give me a powerpoint.
Give back to the powerpoint again, please, thank you.
Maybe.
Oh, we did it.
Yes, we did it.
Sorry.
Oh, password.
Just in case.
Sorry.
Tony, thank you.
Thank you, Tony.
I remember we were reading.
I remember we were reading patch notes for when Stormblood was about to release and we were
We're on a live stream and then our project manager accidentally tripped over the cable.
Power went out and the live stream went down and we were like, oh no, and that's when Tony
came to the rescue.
So he's...
Yeah, Tony, thank you very much.
We are very thankful for Tony.
So, let's talk about the work you've done for us so far.
And then, so going back to Tamaki's introductions,
we're going to cover what he had worked on.
That's the way to go.
Can we show the slide?
Okay.
Whoa.
So this is a list of some of the things I've worked on
since joining the team.
So for the most part, I'm tasked with things related to the player character, such as job actions.
But every now and then, I get to help implement and create battle content as well.
And I heard a rumor that when Eden's first Refulgence came out, Yoshida-san would join players on the public server to play.
Well, I've been doing that for a while now, but I think I like it the most.
Yeah, I've played a lot of the Rage, but I think this is one of my favorites.
Now, I'd like to ask you a little bit about this.
I think you've been doing a lot of the Rage.
So I want to get your audience participation actually.
So whenever we have one of our developers come on stage and of course they work on different
content and looking at the list here.
I want to give Tamaki a nickname, kind of like how we did with Nakagawa and given Mr. Ozma a nickname.
We would love to do that for Tamaki also.
What do you think?
Oh, it's very difficult.
What do you want?
I want to go to the front and listen to it.
You want me to go in front?
Yes.
Okay, I'm going to come down. I can't hear.
This is such a big venue.
Sorry. What?
Oh my God, everyone's talking at the same time.
Mr. Prime.
Okay.
Oh.
I knew it. I knew it. Because of the Ritorana like that. Mr. Prime.
What?
What's that?
The number!
Mr. Prime.
The number.
Mr. Prime.
What in English?
Prime.
Oh, Prime number.
The number.
Mr. Prime.
The number.
Mr. Prime.
I'm a little too cool.
That's pretty cool.
I'm pretty cool.
That's pretty cool.
He's like a Batman villain.
Yes, yes, yes. Go.
Mr. Prime.
Now Mr. Prime.
I mean this isn't the only thing he's worked on.
He did some of the other things that I've worked on as well.
And so for those high-end-duty adjustments that are there at the end of the list, I've worked on most all of them since Heaven's Word, with the most recent being
The most recent being the upcoming Dancing Mad Ultimate.
I worked on that.
Again, I'm not supposed to talk a lot about it today, but I can tell you the difficulty
level is just about right.
The one thing here that I'm probably most proud of is my work on crystalline conflict.
Again, creating a system from scratch was not without its challenges, but fortunately I had help from a lot of talented colleagues.
colleagues.
Well, but at the time of the Crystal Conflict, I almost made a job at PvP Job Action, but
he made the whole job by himself.
Yeah, so when we implemented Crystalene Conflict, we also updated PvP-specific job actions,
and it was just him alone working on doing that.
I'm really excited for the regional championship tomorrow, that's what I'm going to be watching.
I'm sure the players will be nervous tomorrow, but it's okay to be nervous, it's time to relax, because we're rooting for them and we know you're going to be rooting for them as well.
Okay, so that's all about me. Let's now move over into the new battle system that we're implementing with Evercore.
So specifically, I want to go into a little more detail about the two different modes, the Reborn mode and Evolve mode.
of the two different modes, the reborn mode and evolve mode.
Yeah.
First of all, I wanted to introduce the development concept that we had when designing this new
system, and that is we wanted to build something that players both new and old would enjoy
for years to come. And that ultimately led us to the decision to have two modes instead
of simply one. So first off, we've got the reborn mode, which being based off mainly existing
job actions and mechanics means with it you'll be able to keep playing the way you do now.
But that doesn't mean we won't be making small adjustments moving forward, but the foundation
and mechanics are all firmly grounded in what already exists.
On the other hand, the three most distinguishing features of the Evolved mode are first and
foremost we've redesigned the system to better highlight the characteristics of each individual
job.
Second off, we wanted to feature completely different action rotations than the reborn
And third, we wanted to make things easier to understand by reducing the amount of actions necessary to set to your hotbar.
Well, as I said in the press conference earlier,
I had a little bit of a misunderstanding after the press conference on SNS.
But the development is not something that was created
simply or easily in the same way as the previous mode.
So, yeah, kind of touching upon what we discussed during the keynote, though.
And I was looking at the social channels right after I had finished my keynote.
I did see some comments about how people may have misconstrued the concept of evolved versus reborn.
And they were thinking reborn mode is making, I'm sorry, evolved mode is making reborn mode more easy.
But that is not the case. Sorry.
I've also looked at SNS, and I've also looked at the mode that was created for Switch 2.
It's just a coincidence.
And also comments about how, oh, this evolved mode was created because we want to accommodate for the Nintendo Switch too,
but that's not the case either. That just so happened that the announcement came simultaneously.
So again, the concept is trying to make it more comfortable for very busy people and trying
to find the time to play video games and also new players who may not be familiar with the
different configurations or people who have experienced other games and are now jumping
into 14 for them to become used to the battle system with fewer inputs. It's not like we're
trying to simplify or make it easier on them. It's meant to be a different concept from
that.
And as I mentioned, I gave the Dragoon as the example.
Of course, there are some shared elements, but for the most part, you are getting a different
experience.
rotations will be different and it is a separate mode from each other.
Continuing on with more recap from the keynote.
And as listed here, when you switch over between reborn and evolved mode, you can
You can do that while you are in non-combat situations.
Well, for example, the leveling of Ryukishi itself is naturally exposed to Ryukishi,
so for example, you don't need anything like raising ribbon and raising the ebob.
Equipment is completely common.
And of course, so when you are leveling your, say, Dragoon,
you don't have to go a separate, like, progression route for just Reborn and just Evolved.
It grows.
And then gear is also, you don't have to like switch it out, it's consistent, it's the same.
Evolve mode, this is the timing when 8.0 starts, but when it's released, you can select the evolve mode from the moment you put the job in your hand.
If you're new to it, you can choose your favorite mode from the moment you change the job.
Of course, you'll be able to proceed to leveling, so if 8.0 is released, you'll be able to use it immediately.
And when Evolved Mode is unlocked at 8.0, you are able to toggle between the two modes as long as you have the job.
And so whenever you are jumping in, even if you are a new player, if that job is available for you to use, then you can jump right in.
Or I'm sure existing players have already leveled their characters to a certain degree so you can jump right in as well.
And of course, I do want to reiterate, you are able to clear content no matter which mode you have switched to.
And again, the new jobs that are introduced with EverCold will only be available in the future.
And again, the new jobs that are introduced with EverCold will only have the Evolved mode.
And again, I wanted to reiterate an important point.
Of course, we have made the adjustments, but then the Evolved mode would be just slightly stronger.
Now, let's give the button to Tamaki-kun again and explain it to him.
Okay, so going back to Tamaki's presentation.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, everybody's ready.
Everybody wants to see what's going on.
Okay, this picture is the one that compared the original Night Reborn mode and the Evol mode hotspot.
All right, so let's take a look at these hot bar layouts for both the reborn and evolved modes of Paladin.
As you can see, we're born mode on the left and evolved mode on the right.
So comparing the two, you can see that the Evolved Mode layout is a lot more streamlined.
So we have redesigned it so that all necessary job and role actions fit into approximately 16 buttons.
Everybody is looking at all the icons that are in the hot part.
By the way, because it's in development, there's still a possibility for us to change.
I do want to let you know that we're still under development on this.
This could change.
So, now you're probably wondering how we got the number of actions down that far.
One method was by consolidating basic combos into a single icon.
So, for example, in Reborn mode, the Paladin combo of Fast Blade into Riot Sword into Royal
Authority took three icons.
In Evolved Mode, the full combo is now executable by clicking the same button three times without
clicking three different buttons.
We've consolidated actions in other ways as well, such as merging ones that had similar
or mechanics, or ones that were simply AOE versions of an existing single target, actually.
The number of bots is decreasing, and the number of actions is decreasing,
and I think that the number of content-based applications is getting more and more unstable,
but at the same time, we are adjusting the number of actions,
and we are adjusting the number of effects.
So, now some of you might be worried that a reduction in the number of hotbar slots
slots might limit players by putting them at a disadvantage when attacking certain content.
I'm here to assure you that that's not the case as we've offset this by shortening recast times
and increasing effect potency.
So, for example, in reborn mode, paladins will continue to have the option to use the action
bulwark, but in evolved mode, bulwark will no longer exist, but to compensate for its
removal, the potency of remaining defensive actions will be adjusted to produce similar
results.
All right, and another way we were able to consolidate actions was by changing effects on targets.
And there are a lot of different ways that we have, again, the effects that are used
and the names that are used, and in Reborn and Evolved, we have these different actions,
and we've been taking these, and we're going to split them into completely different things.
Things that were the same, we've split, things that were similar, we've put together.
So another unique way we were able to consolidate actions was by changing their effects based on the targets.
So in other words, take the action being introduced in Evolve mode, Divine Justice.
In this action, when used against enemies, the Holy Spirit of Attack Magic is activated,
and when used against enemies, the Cremacy of Revenge Magic is activated.
In addition, in the case of a situation where you can use a gun or shield bash,
Then we have actions like cover and shield bash, and these are both actions that are limited in their scope of use, but they are very characteristic to the Paladin job.
So just like Divine Justice, similar setups for these actions are planned with the actions dynamically yielding different effects based on the target or other conditions.
We'll also be making adjustments to roll actions in Evolved Mode as well.
Those absolutely required to clear certain battles will remain untouched, but those that we've determined can be consolidated or removed altogether will be.
absolutely required to clear certain battles will remain untouched, but those that we've determined can be consolidated or removed altogether, we'll view.
In the tank, a shark and a chouhatsu act as a hate management action.
If you use a hate management action against an enemy, a chouhatsu act, and a chouhatsu act against a party member.
So an example for tanks is that provoke and shirk will be consolidated into a single action known as scales of enmity.
If you use this scales of enmity on an enemy, it will infect provoke.
If you use it on a party member, it will invoke shirk.
Now, some of you may be thinking that with this kind of consolidation, that in cases where
you would normally use both of these actions in succession, that you won't be able to do
that anymore.
To relieve this potential problem and make sure that players will be able to use both of these as they always have,
we'll be giving Scales of Emity two charges to use however you wish.
Another example of attack action being changed is that low blow will be phased out
and its stun effect added to the remaining action interject.
So basically by cutting the overall amount of keystrokes from a job's action rotations, we're aiming to make things easier to understand, ultimately making that job more accessible to more players.
So as I mentioned, another aim of Evolve Mode is to make each job feel unique.
And the best way to explain that is to show you the new system in action.
So I have the PC here and we're going to walk you through four different jobs.
So, I'm going to explain a little bit more briefly from here,
but I'm always introduced to the production of live shows,
but it's much more advanced than that.
So, I just want to put in a disclaimer here really quickly.
You may be familiar with the letter from the producer live streams,
and we show off gameplay at those,
but the build that we'll be showing you is an even more like earlier build.
So if we could have the gameplay one PC shown on the main screen?
So you may see a section zoomed out there, those bars, that's where the job UI is going
to be.
I'm afraid we didn't have the graphics yet, so right now it's a very simple version,
so we had to blow it up so that you can see it better.
And so again, we just kind of zoomed in on that particular section.
So in the actual game, you won't see like a duplicate, so.
And another disclaimer, Tamaki will be using his with a game controller.
And of course, mine will be mouse and keyboard with left-handed device.
Okay, so let's do some magic and spawn some enemies.
Heyo!
Ah, sorry, it was the wrong direction.
Ah, it was the wrong direction.
That's backwards again.
Poor guy.
Facing the wrong direction, you die.
Okay, okay, thank you.
Thank you.
First of all, I think that the knight that you are playing now is relatively easy to use, so we have created a very large number of buttons without any major mechanics.
So, moving back, as Paladin is already one of the easier jobs to use, for Evolved Mode,
we didn't implement too many changes to play mechanics, and instead focused on drastically
reducing the number of inputs in a typical rotation.
So as I mentioned earlier in the presentation, one way we achieved that was by consolidating
combos into a single button icon, fast blade, changes to riot blade, changes to divine authority,
like we mentioned before by changing an accent effect based on who the target is. So when
Divine Justice, which is now a magic button, is cast on an enemy. It becomes Holy Spirit.
When it's cast on a party member, it becomes Clemens.
Now the same button.
Of course the blade combo following Imperator has also been consolidated into one of those
Updating icon buttons.
And as a new component of the Night's Evolve mode,
we are adding counter-action when we succeed in taking the enemy's attacks well.
certain attacks just right.
So for example, upon successfully stopping an attack with Polish shelter, Paladins can
and then execute a counter attack called answering strike.
And if Paladin's execute Holy Shelterin right before an attack lands, then that counter is transformed into an even more potent version of itself called satisfaction.
Wait, wait.
Alright, so now let's take another look at all these actions together in battle, and
keep your eyes open you might see some other new actions as well.
So Paladin has always been a job with a lot of button presses, so we put a lot of focus
on how to intuitively reduce that number.
We didn't just want to simply remove actions, though,
and as an extension, remove the things
that you could do in battle.
We wanted to keep things interesting and fun,
so we retained what we thought
would keep those things interesting.
So for example, clemency and cover are not actions that are used that much in battle, but when used properly, they can be a lot of fun, so we used the aforementioned consolidation techniques to make sure that they remain.
Oh, oh, oh, oh.
And now, there's a shield bash that's useful in a deep dungeon.
Likewise, shield bash can be really useful in a deep dungeon, so we're very sure that that made the cut as well.
Oh, shield bash moving far away. Shield law.
That's all for tonight's Evolve Mode. Please go back to Powerpoint.
Wait a minute.
Hold on, one moment, sorry.
Well, it's just a matter of time.
You haven't done any super-release shark, have you?
You haven't done... Have you done provok and shirk?
Can you switch to gameplay too, please?
And I'm sorry, Tony, but we're here, and the powerpoint is going to be somewhere in the mouse castle again, and it's going to get stuck somewhere, so I wonder if it's going to be a problem.
Well, normally, it's going to be the first time.
And then...
Shark!
This one also changes.
Let me attack the boss
Let me attack the ball.
You're going to kill it.
So, yeah, you can experience a new kind of like gameplay feel by switching to the evolve
Um
All right
We don't know where the cursor went no the mouse disappeared
Yes
We can't find the mouse.
Oh, it's there.
Which one should I pick next?
I don't know the English mode.
I want to go back to the PowerPoint presentation.
Thank you.
Why am I so unstable?
Why?
Okay. Okay. So, let's get back to the... We're almost there?
Okay. PowerPoint please.
All right. So, you can go back to the PowerPoint.
Okay. Thank you.
Sorry about that. Thank you for waiting.
Okay.
Next, we have the melee DPS Dragon.
You have to pop them while everybody is watching.
Let us go back to game play, PC1.
Okay.
What's your magic?
Striking dummy?
Oh.
I got a striking dummy up.
So compared to Reborn mode, Evolve mode for the Dragoon changes are very significant,
with job action mechanics being almost completely different than the Reborn mode.
So if you look at the H3D, you'll see stacks of Dragon's Bane Gauge.
So this gauge will gradually fill over time when gauged in battle.
So these stacks are then spent to execute powerful direction based weapon skills.
So executing the Sinister Drive from the enemy's left will increase potency.
Next, when you exit from the right side of the enemy's Dexter Drive, you'll be able to increase your HP.
And then executing Dexter Drive from the right will also increase potency.
And then after using both Sinister and Dexter drives, this will ready what is known as Winged Chaos, which, if executed from behind, will earn you a significant damage bonus.
So, to offset this increase of difficulty created by implementing this addition to the game,
I would like to make sure that you have a good idea of what to do next.
So, to offset this increase of difficulty created by implementing this additional layer of attack direction specificity, we've added a little bit more leeway to attack execution timing.
We've also added a new jump, which is called Vengeful Jump, which ignores the directional requirements of the next weapon skill used.
And while this is not specific to Dragon, so let players better know that they've successfully
executed a directional attack correctly will be adding more intuitive graphical feedback.
So another big change to Dragoon with the Evolve mode is the addition of Blood of the Dragon. Blood of
of the dragon accumulates each time a dragon executes the aforementioned vengeful jump,
and then when it reaches its max of three, it ready an attack called Star Diver.
Executing Star Driver then grants Life of the Dragon, which in turn allows the execution
of a powerful combo.
In addition, executing the aforementioned Star Diver will also ready the one-time action Sky High.
With Sky High, players will fly high up into the air, landing several moments later to deal massive damage.
So Sky High was designed to feel like a legacy final fan of the game, but it was designed to
feel like a legacy Final Fantasy jump ability.
So while airborne, we originally wanted players
to be temporarily immune to all enemy attacks.
But we soon realized that we couldn't go quite that far.
If we made players completely immune to all attacks,
That would kind of mess with a lot of the boss battle mechanics.
So damage reduction won't be a full 100%.
But we are looking to have it reduced significantly.
So I said it won't be 100%,
but currently our internal number that we have
is 90% reduction of damage.
Now, that may still change depending on how tests go, but that said, going a little overboard
in this case is a lot more fun, isn't it?
Yeah?
Hey, for now I still thought he had something else.
Alright, so let's take one more look at everything in action.
If we could switch to gameplay too, please?
So this time we were showing an example of the
we were showing an example so we had a set rotation that we did but it's so
exhilarating and I think you will experience that this is a very
different feel as a dragoon so I would love for everybody to try it out when
it comes out.
So now this again isn't specific to Dragun, but all of the jobs we've tried hard to make these new rotations something that are not only fun to play but also really represent the feel of each job.
For Dragon, that was about making those signature jump attacks and combining them with the improved Blood of the Dragon mechanics to create something that feels really slick and tight.
And like Paladin, with Dragoon there was also originally a glut of these actions, so we worked on tearing down that number as we went.
Okay, so that's all for Evolve Moves for Dragon.
Let's return to the PowerPoint so I can get ready for the next job.
What is our next job?
Next up we have white mage.
Alright, let's have Tamaki-kun play the game.
Alright, I think he's ready. Game play one, please.
He's coming out again.
Another one of those.
Alright, next up is Shiroma-doshi.
The current Shiroma-doshi is a job that's easy to handle even in a healer,
and there are a lot of players who play it, so it's a very comfortable job.
There are a few changes in that as well.
First, there is a 3-point symbol in the job hat.
This is used when you heal your allies with recovery magic.
Now I can use the enemy's action.
You only heal yourself, right?
So this is directly connected with a new action called Holi Sanctuary.
that when cast, depletes the gauge and deals damage in proportion to the stack.
This system's objective is to make the DPS loss in the DPS of the GCD
global cool-down healing spells.
Especially in the Conan-D content,
there was a case where you could turn the GCD into a
attack magic instead of a recovery magic.
So this becomes especially relevant in some of the more
high-level content, where a lot of times white mages are
asked to ignore global cool-down healing magics to
to make sure that parties don't fail their DPS checks.
So we want healing to be a healer's main priority, so this new feature is meant to do just that.
So, to supplement to that, of course, there will be cast time involved.
But by casting a global cooldown heal, you will still be able to attack.
And so it's kind of like a heal plus have DPS and that's how we will have it for the
Evolved mode.
In conjunction with this, we've removed casting times for most white mage attack spells.
We want the main focus to be on healing spells with their cast times and not on the attacks.
Boom.
By making non-healing basic attack spells instant, it makes them easier to implement in rotations
without disrupting healing, and easier to incorporate into duty content strategies.
Finally, we recognize that a lot of white mages were using the same basic attack spells over and over again.
So, to alleviate that monotony, we're tweaking certain spells to have different effects, the first and then second times you cast them in a row.
Alright, so let's see everything in action once more.
So, we've tweaked a lot of different things and tried our best to make whiteness more
So we've tweaked a lot of different things and tried our best to make white mage even
easier to use than before.
For example, consolidating divine venison and aqua veil into a single action and then
adding charges to this.
With temperance to make it easier to use, we've added an extra effect to increase movement speed after casting tempings.
So, the removal of cast times for basic attack magic and the changes to the global cooldown
for healing magic to ensure DPS doesn't drop should help make it easier for first time healers
to get a better grasp of the job. So if you've never played a healer before, now is a great time to start.
That's all for White Mage?
I want to do that, but the one that I'm answering this time is the Evolve mode of Shiro Madoushi.
Now, please return the PowerPoint.
Okay, so we'll have another demonstration.
One more job.
It's a finally we have the range DPS bar.
Let's have game play one, please.
Okay, here we are.
So just like with Dragon, Evolve mode for Bard will see some major changes to the mechanics.
So the main concept we're aiming for with this is maintaining that Bard's strength as a supporting role
to other party members while putting more emphasis on songs specifically when and where you execute
which songs.
So here we have the performance gauge. This bar is consumed to cast
Major's Ballad, Army's Payon, and The Wanderer's Minuet.
So each of these songs grants parties a buff.
Regents for the Ballad, increased movement speed for the Payon, and barrier for the Minuet.
and songs can be sung in any order in order to best match what is currently going on in battle.
So also singing these songs will ready powerful weapon skills that will allow for a variety
of different play styles.
For example, after casting singing mages ballad, it opens up a damage over time attack, something
that bards are already known for.
And, next, Gunshin's pion will be connected to a fast continuous attack.
Army's Pion will open up a speedy multi-hit combo.
And with the Wanderer's Minuet, which after a combo will unleash a devastating single
Let's try.
Ho ho!
So finally, another new way to play with the Evolve mode is introduced with the addition of what is called Wanderer's Era.
when used in tandem with movement in a certain direction allows the character to jump in that
direction while shooting. So left, right, front.
Of course this attack can also be used standing still as well. Don't have to move.
Alright, so let's take a look at all of these in action one last time.
We wanted to give Bards that feeling that they're truly supporting their party while also making bow play as smooth and slick as possible.
If you just turn the rotation, it won't be that difficult, but there are also ways to think about the order of the song that matches the contents, so I think it's a good job to do it.
I think this is his favorite.
Well, we'll let Tamaki control the character and I can supplement this.
So with the Bard in its evolved mode, as you can see the rotations aren't like a set,
like a static or like it's not predetermined.
You can choose which song you want to sing at which timing, depending on the trial or
depending on the battle content or duty that you're tackling and I feel that it
really brings out the characteristic of the Bard and so it's really interesting
of life.
gives the player a lot of freedom to kind of do play the way they want to play rather than following a fixed rotation that we've decided for you.
I have tested it out myself and again with the freedom of the rotations that you can come
up with and similar to the Dragoon, it's really something that Tamaki was very particular about.
freedom to decide when they would use certain attacks and adapt those to the changing battles.
Once again I did want to reiterate we are still in development of the system so you may see
some of the actions might be changed or we may make adjustments to the rotation so please
be advised with that.
Okay, I think we are okay to switch back to PowerPoint, please.
So now that we've shown some specific examples from a few jobs, I'd like to touch upon some
of the changes that we're making to the entire battle system in general to accommodate these
two modes. And here are some of the changes that we'll see with the launch of Evercold.
So first off, we'll be moving most synergy actions from both modes. Next we'll be adjusting
the levels at which actions are acquired.
And finally, for Evolve mode, we will be defining two different specialties, main and off tanks
for the tank role.
So let me explain each in detail because you probably have questions.
First of all, the strategy for synergy action has changed the effect of the action that increases the impact of party members.
In terms of synergy action, there were people who liked the strategy because it was a plus on the part of the party play.
understand that many players enjoy job synergies and party buffs as extensions of party play proficiency.
We also felt that those synergies had a negative impact to battle.
First, synergy actions bind many jobs to specific
22nd rotations, which robs players of freedom in battle.
Secondly, when there's a mistake made in the rotation, the result can be devastating for the whole party.
And finally, the dev team, the battle team, is forced to design new job and boss battle mechanics
mechanics around these existing synergy actions.
Allow me to chime in on that part.
So coming to this decision was actually quite hard.
Especially when you're playing as a party player and fighting with a boss encounter,
there's a part where you can combine both at the same time and play as a boss.
And especially with playing as a party and you are tackling the boss encounters,
is this element where you kind of strategize to match your timing so that you can maximize
that burst and get that synergy buff and that's kind of what makes party play fun or like
that's one of the good things about the party play.
That said there are those disadvantages or like the negative points that Tamaki had
explained and of course first of all it's with the job actions and considering
the synergy and having that sort of 120 second timing from a design perspective as well, you
tend to see similarities across the different jobs.
And of course, whenever we try to give a little bit more individuality to a job, we see that
it doesn't align necessarily with the burst timing, so that may cause some frustrations.
at the same time if we try to match that then players start to ask about well I want to see more
individuality in the different jobs and it's been a struggle for a very long time and of course the
lastly the as you can see in the diagram on the bottom and so
So when the boss fight starts, okay, everybody charges in,
then they're all ready to go,
and you're striking the enemy
as if you're striking a striking dummy.
And you go through that 120 seconds, two minutes,
you give it your all, and then you have to wait,
you have to charge in.
Basically, yeah, it's talking about the boss is like,
I'm gonna kill you, I'm gonna kill you.
I'm just gonna wait here while you hit me for a while.
Yeah, let's sit here.
Ah!
And so because of that, it's kind of inevitable that we kind of get a little repetitive in
these encounters and we want to have something that's unique and when we try to experiment
then we start running into problems about synergy
and sometimes there are mechanics
where when everybody's timing aligns, the boss is gone
and so that's frustrating.
We don't want that happening.
So we really wanted to have players have that freedom
and then make it a very fun fight.
So after a lot of deliberating, yeah,
that's when we came to the decision
that yeah, we should get rid of the synergy, the actions.
It's about giving freedom to both the players for you to be able to do what you want and not be
bound by these cycles, but also give freedom to the developers to create something that is more
than just the 120 second cycles of attacking and then nothing and attacking and then nothing.
Now he has more freedom to do a lot crazier things in battle and you have the freedom
to do a lot crazier things as well.
Again, like I mentioned at the top, the main concept surrounding these changes is to create
something that players will enjoy for years to come.
And we felt that doing away with synergy accents was a step in the right direction to achieve
this.
So, for example, like, say, a range DPS may still retain their support actions as a sort of personality or like their individuality, but it's not meant to kind of make your rotation static, and we'll make sure that that's not going to be a problem.
So for example, like say a range DPS may still retain their support actions as a sort of personality or like their individuality, but it's not meant to kind of make your rotation static and we'll make sure that we are adjusting accordingly.
So next up, for Evolved Mode specifically, we'll be adjusting the level at which actions are acquired for all jobs.
So the plan is to have the hot bar full of all necessary actions by level 50.
So this will not only help solve the problem of action rotations feeling too simplistic when
playing level sync duties, it will also help newer players to a job get the feel of the
difference between reborn and evolve modes early on.
Then after level 50, instead of adding new actions, we'll introduce changes to ones
already set to the hot bar, such as adding extra effects or derivative actions.
And so because of this, you will have all the required actions by level, around level
and you will have your set, so to speak.
And so I think that makes the Evolve mode a little quicker to get all of your actions in place.
So if you ever do need to go into the level-synced dungeons in the lower levels,
I think that Evolve mode might be a good option to choose.
Finally, we will talk about the role of the main tank and sub tank in Evolve mode.
To make each tank unique and useful, we decided to separate the main tank and sub tank jobs.
For example, in the case of the main tank and sub tank jobs,
For example, main tank jobs will focus on mitigating damage and countering the enemy attacks.
So Paladin will fall under a main tank roll and the new tank in 8.0 will also be a main tank.
Off-tank jobs on the other hand will excel at protecting allies and lowering enemy attack, taking on more of a support role.
This is somewhat similar to how with healers, we have a pure healer and a barrier healer.
So, and while most content is going to be designed to be able to be cleared without having to worry too much about,
So, and while most content is going to be designed to be able to be cleared without having to worry too much about
Which type of tank you have in your party high-end content such as savage and ultimate parties
These parties will able to clear these duties far more efficiently by taking advantage of both the main and off-roading
It's so interesting when we talk about tanks and people get really excited about them.
I do want to point out that this pertains to the Evolved mode, so...
Do we want to show gameplay one more time?
Okay, so could we switch one last time to gameplay one, please?
Oh, somebody's a bad old friend.
So we've significantly reduced the number of button presses for Evolve mode and number of icons in an effort to make it easier to learn and grasp.
As a result, it shouldn't take that long for players to grasp the new play style for each of these jobs.
So hopefully this will open up more avenues for players to choose different jobs for different duties.
Maybe in one, you'll want to play Dragoon.
Maybe in a different duty, you'll want to play Bard.
And that will better suit you.
This mode will give you the freedom to branch out.
Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho!
What happened to the...
You made a mistake.
Ah, you made a mistake.
You killed the striking dummy!
You made a mistake in the explosion.
The wrong macro.
The wood is going to explode.
So today we were only able to show 4 different types of enemies.
So today we were only able to show four jobs, which might be limited in number, but I feel
that we were able to show how these jobs will feel differently in the evolved mode.
Let us go back to the PowerPoint one last time, please.
So, of course, today, Tamaki went through and explained
how our battle system is going to be updated moving forward.
And of course, Tamaki is very responsible for this concept, but I think it also includes
all of us that work on the battle elements, me included, having this main concept.
And of course, since around we're born for 13 years, we've continued to update and make
adjustments to this game.
And of course, with all of this foundation underneath us, we're looking to bring in more new players,
but then also to be able to make enjoyment, to bring enjoyment to those people who are wanting more excitement
and for people to continue playing for a long time and have that freedom to with each encounter
try to experiment different strategies and in different sort of approaches to them.
As such, we would love your support for our battle system team, our battle combat team, and the developers back home.
Can we get a few closing words from you, Tamaki?
So not to repeat myself, but the reborn and evolved modes
are about creating an easy to use intuitive control
scheme to help not only new players but also get those players who maybe have
stopped playing a lot of battle content back into the ring again.
On top of that it's about giving more options to players who already enjoy
Final Fantasy 14's battles and opening up even more jobs and roles to them.
And 8.0 certainly won't mark the end of the changes either.
Final Fantasy XIV still has a lot of life in it, and we'll continue to look to evolve
the battle systems for as long as we need to.
You did it! You filled your first death panel at a fan festival. How do you feel?
Mr. Prime!
Thank you.
At first I thought I'd be really nervous, but thanks to Yoshida-san and Koji next to me, I was able to relax, so thank you so much for having me.
And more than anything, I felt a lot of energy from you guys.
And by feeling that energy, I was able to calm down a little bit.
I was able to do it until the end, so thank you very much for today.
And of course, I couldn't have done this without all of you and all of your energy and all of your reactions to everything going on up here.
Hearing those reactions has helped me calm down a bit, so thank you so much for that.
Thank you so much for your support for Tamaki today.
Thank you again for all your support for Tamaki today.
I did want to mention, and sorry this is the last thing I'm going to say, but all 21 jobs,
The Evolve mode was designed by him alone.
Mr. Prime!
Can I ask you one last question?
Are you good at math?
I'm really bad at math.
I see.
Let's end this. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
You
Down on your knees for now
It's time that we be your pride
Embracing the distance
Just watch your fear
And listen to the pain
The pain is heavy, the pain is midnight, the door's open, the night
The water's gone, the water's gone, the water's gone, the water's gone
The smoke is gone, the water's gone, the water's gone, the water's gone
What do you mean?
It's late in the day, the clouds hasn't been in the past
The pain is hard to find here, the rain
I'm still nothing running in your teeth
But there was no one to be with me
Take a breath
With these fighters you're dead and alive
This wouldn't last, but it's a dark, hidden time
We are fair and so blind, and it's all right
We'll scream all you like, so I'll stay
And I'll stay
And I'm tempted to take a bite
To the shadow of my heart behind
I'm just changing the way I see it
And it hurts
You can run for nothing
I want to run
You don't see how you like
No one can break it
I love it
I'm just gonna get out of here
She's got her own purpose
So I'm gonna get out of here
You and me like a little woman
Do more you like cause we're all met here
The sounds are coming from all around.
I'm using my body immersed sound.
It's so good.
I'm hearing it from different angles.
It's actually pretty cool.
If I like very specific components of the audio design.
I love it.
Both the Source and the Reflections are home to irreplaceable life.
I would protect them all if I could, but if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation,
then what can we possibly do?
The
The star is tolerant to life, it holds no grudges, and neither rages nor weeps for being
sundered.
You have now recourse by the power before my true power!
At the time has come for another journey across the salt.
No amount of devastation and death can compel it to stop the wheels of creation from turning.
The so many seeds of life have already been lost.
The countless perish as nature runs its course, yet in spite of this, people continue to believe
that the more we will come.
But it will not.
For nothing lies beyond the solstice.
And no one will be left alive.
No one.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to spice things up!
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I'm using my body immersed sound.
I'm hearing it from different angles.
It's actually pretty cool.
I like very specific components of the audio design.
I love it.
Both the Source and the Reflections are hunter irreplaceable life.
I will protect them all if I could.
But if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation,
then what can we possibly do?
It holds no grudges and neither rages nor weeps for being sounder.
He has no records but to cover before my true power.
may have the time has come for another journey across the salt.
No amount of devastation and death
can compel it to stop the wheels of creation from turning.
So many seeds of life have already been lost.
The countless perish as nature runs its course, yet in spite of this, people continue to believe
that the moral will come.
But it will not.
For nothing lies beyond the solstice.
And no one will be left alive.
No one.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to slice things up!
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Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the Final Fantasy 14 Band Festival stage.
Hello, everybody.
Thank you so much for joining us today.
We have a lot of cosplayers that are in the backstage,
and I feel like we can get this show on the road.
But before we do, I forgot, I was almost going to forget to introduce myself.
myself. My name is Zaya, also known as S.I. Seeker from the community team and joining
me is my amazing co-host. Hello everybody, I'm Sarah, also known as Meenie Reen, also
in the community team and we are so excited to be here and we're so excited for everybody
to see the amazing creativity that these cosplayers have put and all the passion
that they put into these cosplays and they've brought them to life, so shall we?
All right, yeah, who's ready to see some cosplay? Let me hear it.
All right, and we are ready for our first entrance and it's the ancients. Oh my goodness.
Remember us. They look amazing. They do. They even have a choreography plan too. They do.
Thank you so much.
Whoa!
I love it!
Mecca!
Amazing.
And who do we have next?
Ooh!
Any ultimate raiders out there?
And who do we have next any ultimate Raiders out there?
Amazing
Oh, what's this? A group of sirens? Oh no! Oh no!
Amazing! Wow!
Thank you so much.
We have a warrior right here and is that right?
Is that a seam?
Very nice, very nice.
And next up we have another warrior of light.
Is that the court lover's step?
I believe the ore actually it might be the ash guardian's eye.
It's huge.
And perhaps its Haru and Yojimbo?
Yup.
I feel like it'd be very exciting.
Very amazing, yes, oh
Very nice
You just saw it coming in looking amazing
Oh goodness, are you from Jesse's from the U.B.?
Amazing
And here we have...
And we have another warrior of light here.
Amazing how Ron dances as well.
And we have a dragon stepping up.
Don't jump too high, we still need you to land.
Cool.
Looking amazing. Wow, look at the details also.
Oh
And we have the Stola here as well hello
Hello Sugar Eye amazing amazing
Hello, you sure?
You also?
And you're hot here?
Of course.
And we have another warrior of life, right there.
Very amazing.
And we have the Queen herself.
Cute! Is that the ponzo that was proposed?
Oh, and is that N-Singer?
Amazing.
Wow.
The gnaw coming up now.
Oh, she won't see in her hand.
Is that a flower?
Oh, it is.
Now, what's she holding in her hand?
Is that a flower?
Oh, it is.
And we have the warrior of life here.
Amazing.
And we have two silence.
We have Cryo and Rion J.
Nice card.
And Nopika is taking the stage.
What card has she drawn today?
Amazing.
And we have an immortal planes officer here.
And we have two ancients here, we have themus and vanilla.
Very nice.
Ooh.
In following them, we have Nusica,
Halone, and the twins, Alize and Alphano.
Amazing.
Ooh, and what's this? Do we have a machine that's coming up?
So, I see, yeah.
And it looks like, again, from TV Olo, we have Pona walking alive, and Steve and...
Oh gosh, is that a cowlix?
Amazing.
Oh.
And except dancing green.
We have a paladin?
Yes.
With wings up too?
Amazing.
Oh, that's a whole team coming through.
Paladin? Yes!
Oh, with wings up too? Amazing!
Oh, and it's a whole team!
It's a whole team!
Is that mage? White mage?
Oh, more healers!
And the Crystal Excerpt everyone!
And the rednates coming up next.
That was very cute.
Is that my champ?
Oh, oh my god.
There's so many of them.
We came here to party!
Amazing outfits.
Wow.
It's time to be partying and we have Janssen Hilly in here too.
Amazing.
Followed by Grohatsia, Queenspeed, and Pona as well.
Alright, wow.
Amazing.
Did anybody have mail to be delivered today?
We have our post-moogles,
camera,
oh, loomage, white mage, oh, loomage.
Amazing.
Amazing, everybody.
And we have a couple warriors of light
taking the stage next.
You bring your fans out there.
And we have some teams who are coming in.
Dark Knight? Dark Knight? Oh, have a room! Not on my side! Her Majesty herself? Amazing.
And we have a troop of Namazos here.
Well, Namazu Light Party?
Yes, yes, yes indeed.
And we have some more warriors of light joining us today.
Whoa, that's amazing.
That's a great one.
All right, I'll save everyone.
Avery taking the stage now.
The more tremendous this is, isn't it?
Oh, some more guests from Ishgard?
Oh, amazing.
Thank you.
Alright, and do we have a red maze?
Awesome.
So, we have a look-a-mode of steam.
Very, very nice.
And we have meteor on here. Wow.
Amazing details. Wow.
This honeybee, lovely.
Amazing. The girl by her charm.
We have Dancing Green and Sugar Riot. Oh, Sugar Riot. Very nice, very nice.
Followed by a warrior of light astrology in this one.
Amazing detail.
Awesome.
Wow, looking formal for the event.
Looking really nice.
Amazing.
Ooh, now a Viper's coming through.
Amazing.
Alright, and the Crystal X are making their way.
Followed by Emmetsel?
Oh no!
And Grahazia and Tataru are taking an adventure!
And Kyle's not too far behind.
What is Kyle's music?
Oh hell.
Very amazing details.
And here we have Pierre.
Here we have the Oracle of Dorcas, and sheep.
Amazing, thank you.
We have an adult coming through.
And zero coming by along with Jolinas.
I hope it was spicy enough for her liking alright and you have a gunbreaker coming up
Oh no, I think you should watch out, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on, hold on.
Behind you!
And we have a Pixelmancer of Vyphercona. It's Halus and Harriet!
Ooh, it's a showdown. Maybe. Who do you think is going to win?
And we have some of the science coming up.
Amazing.
Another zoo coming through.
It looks like they're having fun.
Yes, yes.
Oh, watch your way.
Amazing.
And Hammerett takes the stage once he's told.
Very amazing.
Thank you so much.
Oh, and a viper.
And we have two more.
Ooh, and a viper!
And we have two warriors of light here as well. I think it's our end of fishing day.
And the Warrior Blight and the Emoryx, the Burrow.
We have two of the signs here, Oriangé and Alive as well.
We have the queen's being coming to the stage.
Amazing, very cute.
Oh, wow!
And coming up, we have somebody representing
the Echoes of Vanadiel Raid in such amazing armor
in that Archangel set.
Looks awesome.
Thank you so much.
Shabran?
Very nice, thank you so much
Oracle of Light, Darkness and Pendulum
Followed up by the Warrior Grave!
Amazing!
And this is not far behind!
Awesome, thank you, Queen.
Awesome, and then next up we have Gistola.
And we have a Warrior of Light wearing the Carbuncle set, very cute.
I am
confident
amazing thank you
alright and then we have steam coming through
Can we have another Warrior of Light?
Amazing glam, really.
What am I thinking?
Awesome.
Ooh, crossover.
You have Drive and a Warrior of Light?
And the little man said, do.
I wonder, you know, I see how they look at the government when they're in the influence.
We have warriors of light, banquet and Eurion Jay
joining your fun stage.
And also wrapping the echoes of Vanity on here comes Fresh.
And the crystal excerpts holding up not far behind as well
Hello, nay coming through
Pufferys that everyone like to say guide us all might be scary
And I say to couple of them, you'll more, the chives, your stola, and all this, are
those seniors behind them?
Along with the Warrior of Light, Pandora, and N- Oh! Wow! That's a little bit of a...
Like a full party of it is!
And they have more friends, too!
We've advanced itself!
Sugar right, both sugar riots, dancing green, howling blade and new bomber with the cut!
Amazing.
Thank you very much.
Suki-Omi making their way to the stage.
Amazing performance.
And it looks like, I believe that might be all of our entrance, that was amazing.
I feel like there was a lot of expansions to be celebrating in this show.
It was starting all the way from 2.0, it was awesome.
as far back as Final Fantasy XI too in some cases so pretty amazing stuff. What
did you think Meena? Yes I was amazed by how creative everyone is. Everybody will
continue to be so thank you all for sharing your creativity and passion
for this game and these characters it is very amazing to see. Awesome and I do
see some cosplayers also in the audience so give a big round of applause
for them to shout out to all the cosplayers out there.
Alright, and it looks like we're pretty much done with this segment, so thank you all so
much for watching, and next up we have a concert that you won't want to miss, so please stay
tuned and make sure to consider buying the concert streams.
Thank you so much for your time, everybody.
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I love it.
Both the Source and the Reflections are home to irreplaceable life.
I would protect them all if I could.
What if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation?
And what can we possibly do?
for being sundered.
He has no records but a power before my true power!
May have the time has come for another journey across the south.
No amount of devastation and death can compel it to stop the wheels of creation from turning.
So many seeds of life have already been lost.
Countless perish as nature runs its course.
Yet in spite of this, people continue to believe that the knower will come.
But it will not, for nothing lies beyond the solstice, and no one will be left alive.
No.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to spice things up!
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I would protect them all if I could.
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some day.
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So many seeds of life have already been lost.
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Guess I'll have to spice things up!
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But it will not. For nothing lies beyond the solstice. And no one will be left alive. No one.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll just spice things up.
The sounds are coming from all around.
I'm using my body immersed sound.
It's so good.
I'm hearing it from different angles.
It's actually pretty cool.
If I like very specific components of the audio design.
I love it.
Both the Source and the Reflections are home to irreplaceable life.
I would protect them all if I could, but if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation,
then what can we possibly do?
It holds no grudges, and neither rages nor weeps for being thundered.
You've no recourse but a coward before my true power!
May have the time has come for another journey of curses.
No amount of devastation and death can compel it to stop the wheels of creation from turning.
The so many seeds of life have already been lost.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to spice things up!
I
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I'm hearing it from different angles.
It's actually pretty cool.
If I like very specific components of the audio design.
I love it.
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I would protect them all if I could.
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What can we possibly do?
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star is tolerant to life, it holds no grudges, and neither rages nor weeps for being sundered.
You have no recourse but to cower before my true power!
May have the time has come for another journey across the south.
No amount of devastation and death can compel it to stop the wheels of creation from turning.
So many seeds of life have already been lost.
The countless perish as nature runs its course, yet in spite of this, people continue to
believe that the more we will come.
But it will not.
For nothing lies beyond the solstice.
And no one will be left alive.
No.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to spice things up.
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It's actually pretty cool.
It highlights very specific components of the audio design.
I love it.
Both the Source and the Reflections are hunter irreplaceable life.
I would protect them all if I could.
But if doing so means ushering in complete annihilation,
then what can we possibly do?
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It holds no grudges and neither rages nor weeps for being sundered.
He does not recalls but to cower before my true power.
May have the time has come for another journey across the south.
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from turning.
I'm fine.
So many seeds of life have already been lost.
Time has disparaged us in nature along its course.
Yet in spite of this,
people continue to believe that the normal will come.
But it will not. For nothing lies beyond the solstice. And no one will be left alive. No one.
Did you think you'd won?
Guess I'll have to spice things up!
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And what can we possibly do?
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It holds no grudges.
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He has no records but to call it before my true power!
May have the time has come for another journey across the sun.
No amount of devastation and death can compel it to spot the wheels of creation from turning.
So many states of life have already been lost.
Did you think you'd won?
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