In the days leading up to this edition of Letter from the Producer Live, Final Fantasy 14 producer and director Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida conducted interviews with various Japanese media outlets about Patch 6.3, Gods Revel, Lands Tremble. In these interviews, and during the Live Letter presentation, Yoshida listed some things players can expect in the upcoming Euphrosyne alliance raid and discussed the expectations that players have when it comes to the raid’s boss encounters and designs. Yoshida also offered a brief preview of what challenges await players that decide to take on the deep dungeon Eureka Orthos as well as the newest Ultimate raid, which was confirmed to be The Omega Protocol (Ultimate). Based on the Omega raid series from the Stormblood expansion, The Omega Protocol (Ultimate) will test players’ skills to their limits. But, Yoshida said that the newest Ultimate raid may not be as difficult or as long as the previously released Dragonsong’s Reprise (Ultimate) raid.
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Final Fantasy 14 Patch 6.3, Gods Revel, Lands Tremble, will be released on January 10, 2023. The date is just over two weeks out from the time of writing. To coincide with the news, Final Fantasy 14 unveiled the teaser trailer for Patch 6.3 to begin the Live Letter broadcast. In the trailer, scenes from instances such as the Euphrosyne raid and the Lapis Manalis dungeon were shown off, and the identities of the bosses that players may encounter in Euphrosyne were briefly shown. In addition, the trailer showed some moments that may come to pass in the main story, albeit without context. Players will have to wait a little longer to find out what the true meaning is behind what was briefly shown.
Soon, players will have one more activity to look forward to before the launch of Patch 6.3. The annual Heavensturn holiday returns to Final Fantasy 14 starting on New Year’s Eve, and running until January 16, 2023. The theme of this year’s Heavensturn event, just like the real-world Lunar New Year, will be the Year of the Rabbit and may feature the Viera and the Loporrits in some detail.
However, once Patch 6.3 is released, the automatic housing demolition timer will return as well. Between that and the addition of new housing plots for most servers, Patch 6.3 will have plenty for Final Fantasy 14 players to be excited about soon.
Final Fantasy 14 is available now for PC, PS4, and PS5.
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