Final
Fantasy XIV keeps going from strength to strength. In fact, SquareEnix have
announced that the game now has around 16 million players. For a frame of
reference, that’s roughly the same number of people who live in Cambodia. It’s
a lot. That’s not all they’ve also released both new trailers and more details
around Shadowbringers.
That’s six
years of fan-love and general adoration (Not bad considering where FFXIV
started off), and it’s going to get even better with the release of it’s third
major expansion, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers which is heading your way on
July 2nd.
Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida also revealed several
new details for the upcoming expansion during the livestream, including:
Details on battle system changes, including the
introduction of the charged action system.
Updates to the FATE system, side quests, as well
the addition of role quests.
Adjustments to job synergy and rebalancing of
jobs
Various quality of life changes and UI updates
There is of
course a trailer that shows you some great new stuff, in this case it’s the new
abilities for all jobs.
What else,
well you can test your system by downloading and using the Shadowbringers official
benchmark software. There’s even a character creator where you can view the
playable characters, such as the Hrothgar and Viera races. Don’t worry any
characters created within the Character Creator can be taken to the full game.
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online continues to deliver upon the
promise of bringing the best of the FINAL FANTASY experience to the online
realm and is currently available on Windows, Steam, the PlayStation4, and Mac.
All editions of FINAL FANTASY XIV Online can be purchased through the Square
Enix Online Store here: https://ffxiv.na.square-enix.com/
Players may also pre-order all versions of Shadowbringers at
the official pre-order website here: https://sqex.link/0ef9d.
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Jim Franklin
Jim Franklin is a freelance writer, living in Derby UK with his wife and his player 3. When time allows he likes nothing more than losing himself in a multi-hour gaming session. He likes most games and will play anything but prefers MMO's, and sandbox RPG's.
