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Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn is already available on PS4, PS3, and PC, but it looks like it could be headed elsewhere. Director Naoki Yoshida told Polygon that Square Enix and Microsoft are in talks to bring the MMO to the Xbox One.

One of the reasons Final Fantasy 14 hasn't made its way to the Microsoft console is because of the lack of cross-platform play. In the last few months, Microsoft announced its support for cross-platform play across Xbox One and Windows 10--it's also come out to say that it's ready to connect the Xbox One to the PS4. Yoshida said Microsoft reached out to them about the "cross-platform opportunity," but it's not going to happen just yet.

"When our team reviewed the regulations that are associated with that, we realized that Microsoft may not have the experience or understanding of running an MMORPG as an online game genre just yet," he said. "The Final Fantasy 14 team has fed back to Microsoft that there are certain elements of its regulations that we would have to consider waived. We're waiting on Microsoft's response for that, but we are having discussions."

Yoshida also commented on the PS3, saying that the developer will continue to support the older console "through the 3.x series of patches." He added that fans will be kept up to date if anything changes.

Final Fantasy 14's latest expansion, Heavensward, received a score of 9 in GameSpot's review. Critic Pete Davison said, "While new players--or those who never beat A Realm Reborn's complete story--may feel aggravated at being locked-out of the expansion until they catch up, there's little denying that Final Fantasy XIV as a whole offers astonishing value for those willing to immerse themselves, and it will only continue to grow and expand over time."

Gamespot

Also, Yoshi commented that the FFX minions were picked for fan fest for a specific reason

The new expansion will be announced at Fanfest in October, it's looking pretty likely that we're going to Ala Mhigo.

http://i.imgur.com/YYk0Y5o.png

Will be interesting to see the lead up, wonder if the Dragons/Ishgard will be helping us retake Ala Mhigo?

It's possible although I imagine Ishgard will take a backseat now that the Dragonsong War's over.

Gridania will probably be involved heavily though.

Yush, I wonder, with the GC Armies coming next patch, if we will get to use them in retaking Ala Mhigo? I reckon Raubahn is gonna play a big role.

It's possible. The Scions will probably move to Idyllshire properly next patch and I think we'll be dealing with the WoD head on. 3.5 will be all about setting up Ala Mhigo.

Yeah, I keep wondering if that new building next to the park in Idyllshire is going to be the new HQ. The Roegadyn warrior of darkness was looking down to where we threw Nidhogg's eye it seems.

Palace of the Dead has been fun so far, reached floor 20 last night, there's a few Easter eggs hidden in there too.

Love the power rangers theme/emotes this year at the Moonfire faire, plus, I finally finished all the Yo Kai stuff

http://i.imgur.com/9axzmFkl.jpg

According to the forums, 3.4 will be adding a new Feast map, as well as an new area at the Wolves Den Pier where players will be able to duel each other.

3.4 is apparently bringing duels to the game, however, unlike WoW, duels will only be allowed in a specific area. Also, as for The Feast, an extra map is due to be added as well as a spectator mode. 3.5 will be bringing the new exploratory mission, expect it to be pretty different from Diadem.

Also, Xbox One negotiations are still on going, Yoshi-P will be meeting with Xbox One people again to discuss the details of cross platform play.

http://i.imgur.com/npUDbvPl.jpg

New main story, scholasticate and Hildy stories being added

Changes to battle being made

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Recast Time Reset Upon Wipe
When challenging raids and trials, timers will now be reset upon the party being wiped out. However, if we find instances of this being abused in any way to take advantage of a battle, then we may disable this feature.

Auto-attack System Changes
Currently when playing as a melee DPS, auto-attacks are executed while standing within 3m and facing within 90 degrees of your target. Since it’s easy for gaps to develop in DPS values because of this, we will be changing the way this functions so that auto-attack are executed for the range requirement only. The angle requirement will be removed and you will be able to execute auto-attacks regardless of where you’re facing.

Changes to Face Targeting System
The face target feature will become inaccessible while moving. This is in order to remove difference between different platforms. For casters, if the enemy moves your character will face the direction of the target’s current position. However, in situations where you need to face away from the target, players will not be able to simply turn around due to the auto-attack changes, therefore, you would either need to sheathe your weapon, or cancel targeting.

Certain Trials will be added to the Raid Finder
The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign will be added to the raid finder.

Addition of a Countdown Feature
There are players who use macros to count down before fights, but we are introducing an actual feature for this. You’ll be able to set it up to a maximum of 30 seconds and below 5 seconds each second thereafter will be shown. To make sure this does not interrupt anything for those using macros, it will not be shown in the chat log.

Alexander: The Creator is the name of the final part of Alexander, final fight was mentioned to be about time manipulation.

Next warring triad boss is Sophia, the Goddess

Dungeons are Xelphatoli and Gubal Library HM
http://i.imgur.com/UbfcpHrl.jpg

GC Squadrons being added, not too much revealed just yet, also a new feature called Wonderous Tails in which we tell the Idyllshire Orphan about our adventures

Apartment buildings being added (with a lobby too!)
http://i.imgur.com/u4dKZhLl.jpg

Aquarium furniture being added

Fanfest stream outfits revealed as Yuna and Tidus gear
http://i.imgur.com/8j5r6drl.jpg

I need SE to spill on the Egi Glamour system :fist:

I think thats coming in 3.4 too, but they've not said anything yet, lol.

Did you notice the hints from the Wandering Minstrel after you do the play for a second time? Sounds like 4.0 is going Watersward!

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Originally Posted by Chewy (Post 8949395)

Haven't done the event yet, will do it after work.

Square registered Stormblood as a trademark today, people are saying it might be the name of the next expansion. Rhalgr is the god of thunder/storms, so Stormblood could be the name that refers to the Ala Mhigan royal family (and possibly has several other meanings like Heavensward)

Cant wait for all the announcements tommorow!

Also, sounds like there's a 24 man trial against

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at fanfest!

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Stormblood will explore Ala Mihgo
Main focus is to regain control of Ala Mihgo from the Garlean Empire
20 years have passed since Garleans have had control
Main atagonist to be Zenos Yae Galvus, XIIth Legion Legatus and de facto ruler of Ala Mihgo
Woman depicted in trailer to potentially be revealed in future 3.X patch
Warrior of Light's main job in 4.0 is Monk (akin to DRG for 3.0)
Area shown in teaser trailer is Rhalgr's Reach, the HQ of Ala Migho's main resistance.
Multiple new jobs to be discussed at future date
Yoshi-P wore a t-shirt of Marvel's Scarlet Witch, said that was the only hint he'd give at this time
New Level Cap: 70 (for all classes)
More actions for each job to go with new cap
Revamped battle system to go with new actions
Additional Skill System to be overhauled, with skills shared by roles instead of jobs, and can choose from shared role ability options
Reassessment of unused/ineffective actions
Example used is Dragoon's Blood of the Dragon buff, where in 4.0 an icon/gauge showing how much time is left will be better visible on screen so players aren't just staring at the current icon
New Areas to be introduced, comparable in size to Heavensward areas
Stormblood will be a full standalone game's worth of content
New Primals to be introduced, including known names and all-new original-to-FF14 ones.
New Dungeons to be introduced with new battle and dungeon concepts to be introduced
High-End Raids to also be added, with possibility of different story depending on difficulty, with normal on odd patches, savage on even
New Alliance Raids to be added. Big news, but will wait until Tokyo Fan Fest, but will be, "very, very Final Fantasy"
Expanded form of Exploration to be introduced: The Forbidden Land of Eureka (they really like FF3!), something different from Diadem and will expand its own entire area, unique to Stormblood. There might even be Notorious Monsters that only appear once every 72 hours.
Eureka may also be used for next set of high-end weapons, akin to Relic/Anima, rather than upgrades in "normal areas."
New Gear and Recipes, including winners of Fan's Gear Design Contest
Item Inventory Exansion (this got the biggest cheers so far), looking to increase "as much as humanly possible." There is uncertainty in how this will be implemented due to the server needs, and it will be addressed in a future Live Letter
A 4th Residential Area to be added. Where? "Sorry, can't tell ya."
In-game footage of new areas shown
Screenshots now being shown of new areas
Indications are that Ala Mihgo is crossed via a wall in The Black Shroud, which will be shown in Patch 3.5. Yoshi joked that Dragoon Jump won't work to scale the wall, but that The Warrior of Light has a lot of practice falling off of things.
Ala Mihgo will not be just deserts and wasteland. Forests are also part of it.
All areas of 4.0 will be accessible by flying mounts, but there was an indication that it will again by quest-based like in 3.0. At groans from the audience, Yoshi said it will be easier than Moogle Quests.
That's all the information for now from this keynote. More information will be released in other Fan Fests elsewhere, Live Letters, and so forth. "This is just the start." Yoshi teases he wants to say more everytime the audience cheers, but then he'd be dead and Stormblood wouldn't come out.
Two final announcements:
1) Changes to Windows version Minimum Specs requirements. Current minimum specs are geared towards components you can't even buy anymore. So, for the best gaming experience possible, they've decided to raise their minimum specs. "If possible, maybe upgrade to 64-bit OS" but they will still support 32-bit. They just suggest 64-bit will be best gaming experience.
2) End of PlayStation 3 support. This got the second biggest cheers. They've been examining numbers and have seen a large migration of PS3 to PS4 so they have decided it is the right time to end PS3 support. To show appreciation to their PS3 fans that helped them get to where they are now, there will be a special FREE PS3 to PS4 upgrade campaign.
Keynote ends with Yoshi saying, in English, "Please look forward to it."

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Red Mage confirmed to be the DPS class then :clap1:

I think Dancer's definitely going to be the new healer as well.