Remaining Fantasy XIV’s Dwell Letter from the Producers 80 occurred at this time and whereas it closely centered on the upcoming graphical replace that could be a large a part of the Dawntrail, we have been additionally proven numerous different upcoming issues to be very enthusiastic about. 

Though the Dwell Letter from the Producers itself wasn’t translated, we now have dependable translations because of the efforts of Minori and Miuna over on the official FFXIV Discord server. 

FFXIV Dawntrail Benchmark

In a not sudden flip of occasions, the Benchmark for 7.0 was introduced on the very opening with the trailer revealing numerous new and thrilling issues, together with some by no means earlier than seen Job Actions. 

The Benchmark will launch in 24 hours, from the time of writing, on April 14. Should you’re not sure whether or not your present set-up will be capable to run Dawntrail, that is the proper alternative to check and Yoshida urged gamers to take action as quickly as attainable. 

Graphical replace

The primary half of the LLP (Dwell Letter from the Producers) centered solely on particular features of the lengthy awaited Graphical Replace, with dwell in-game comparisons between 6.8 and seven.0. We visited many present places, and even just a few which have by no means been seen in-game earlier than, seeing the graphical replace in full impact for the primary time.

• Grass and foliage now strikes in response to participant motion
• Mounts not solely seem sharper, but additionally pitch when turning
• All textures a lot improved, together with rocky terrain, aetherytes, gear units and character fashions
• Elevated variety of gentle sources and reflective surfaces in all areas
• Surroundings gadgets, akin to background crops, will now strikes with the surroundings, akin to swaying in wind
• Stone flooring now seem a lot much less boring and mirror the surroundings round them, particularly when moist
• Gear now displays the surroundings higher, akin to having a blue tint when blue skies are current
• Added extra polygons to fingers and toes
• Fog look has been improved so as to add a ‘mysterious feeling’ when current within the distance
• Further rendering strategies carried out to permit extra customization of visuals, notably helpful to keep away from anti-aliasing points
• Added a Delicate Shadows possibility, with parameters which may be customized set to personalise the looks of shadows all through FFXIV. This characteristic is just out there to these taking part in on PC or Mac
• Improved texture and animation of waves, which means they seem extra sensible alongside coastlines
• Throughout common gameplay, NPCs eyes will transfer ever so barely so as to add life to the character. This won’t occur throughout cutscenes or whereas utilizing gpose.
• Elevated variety of objects in lots of areas
• Graphics Upscale may also be carried out, in addition to Dynamic Decision, with a purpose to optimize efficiency whereas not shedding out on graphics
• PlayStation 4 and Xbox Sequence S gamers may have low-detail fashions forcibly enabled for distant objects and shadows

The whole lot newly added in 7.0 may have full advantage of the newly up to date graphics, whereas some older gadgets could have to attend their flip to get their glow-up. 6.0 Job gear would be the first in line for his or her makeover, which can are available in 7.1, aside from Paladin. Paladin Job gear has been used so much for testing, so this gear shall be absolutely up to date with the discharge of seven.0. 

Sneak peeks of Tuliyolal and Resolution 9

A lot to the event groups discomfort, Yoshida insisted on exhibiting off a number of the options of Tulliyolal, together with the massive variety of objects in addition to lighting variations between evening and day. 

Throughout this demonstration, keen viewers caught sight of a tower within the distance which Yoshida admitted was a ‘place you will get to if you happen to attempt actually arduous’ earlier than eluding to the truth that it might or is probably not a leaping puzzle. 

Yoshida additionally referred to the grapes, explaining that there shall be no extra low-poly grapes. We additionally caught a glimpse of a small a part of Resolution 9, although Yoshida refused to show the digital camera via fears that the ‘situation crew shall be very mad’.

7.0 Blacklist enhancements

Enhanced blacklist performance

• As much as 200 individuals may be add to your blacklist, knowledge is saved server-side

• Character fashions will now be faraway from sight as soon as a personality is blacklisted, extending to all characters tied to the blacklisted characters service account
• The place encounters with the blacklisted character is important, akin to throughout duties, the gamers title shall be displayed as “Unknown” and in the event that they attempt to talk, gamers will be capable to select whether or not to quickly see their message

Mute checklist

• As much as 200 characters may be added to your mute checklist, knowledge is saved client-side
• Fully separate to the blacklist, this may forestall you from seeing message from a muted character, and every other characters tied to the muted one, outdoors of duties
• Throughout duties, the muted gamers title will show as regular and also you’ll have the choice to quickly view something they are saying in chat

Time period filter

• Can specify phrases which can then be filtered out of chat. This is applicable to Say, Inform, Yell, Shout and /emote in all circumstances, together with throughout duties

Property expulsion

• Property house owners and masters may have the ability to banish individuals from their property for a interval of 10 days
• Property house owners and masters can grant this privilege to as much as 4 members of the property’s related Free Firm
• When a participant with this privilege is on the property, any participant that they’ve blacklisted shall be instantly expelled from the property

Enhanced Lodestone privateness settings

• Restrict who can view elements or all your Lodestone profile or take away your self from the search totally
• Characters that you simply’ve blocklisted in-game shall be prevented from having the ability to view your profile on the Lodestone

Yo-kai Watch x FFXIV collaboration occasion returns on April 24

The lengthy awaited return of this extremely fashionable occasion is lastly taking place, and it’s taking place very quickly. Starting on April 24, gamers have a recent probability to get their palms on the entire rewards related to the earlier Yo-kai Watch crossover and one very particular new addition, a Framer’s Equipment. 

Full schedule for FFXIV within the run as much as Dawntrail

Between now and the discharge of Dawntrail, there’s so much to stay up for, together with two collaboration occasions (Yo-kai Watch and Dragon Quest), the second half of Moogle Treasure Trove: The Hunt for Genesis, two extra Dwell Letters from the Producers and a media tour. 

That’s so much to slot in, however right here’s the important thing dates that you must know:

And with that, we’ll be into Dawntrail and off on a brand new journey. 

Some Remaining Fantasy XIV statistics to depart you with

• Remaining Fantasy XIV has amassed greater than 30 million gamers worldwide.
• The sport has been nominated for 313 awards, profitable 240 of them.
• Gamers have attuned to 88 aetherytes on their journey from A Realm Reborn to Endwalker, not together with these to come back in Dawntrail.
• There are 325 duties out there in Responsibility Finder.
• Together with aspect quests, there are presently over 159 hours price of cutscenes.
• Should you listened to each track from FFXIV, you’d be listening for 4,917 minutes. That’s over 80 hours.
• Within the final 12 months, gamers have melded 16,096 tonnes of materia to their gear. 
• Corks fired from bottles of Realm Reborn Purple have travelled a mixed distance of 46,152km. Is it simply me or are these statistics getting somewhat unusual?
• Within the final 12 months, gamers have gulped down over 54 million liters of potions, not together with Fantasia

Lastly, in a touching second, it was revealed what Remaining Fantasy XIV means to its gamers, by the use of a touching phrase cloud: