FFXIV 6.4 release date and everything featured in Live Letter 77 (2023)

THEFFXIV 6.4 Release Dateit's official and we've got a lot more in-depth details on the next big oneFFXIVThe patch is brought to you by game director Naoki Yoshida and community producer Toshio Murouchi. Final Fantasy 14 Live Letter 77 is packed with details on new missions, dungeons, trials, balance changes, and other updates coming to reviewers.MMORPG, and we've summarized all the details for you below.

The pair, also known as 'Yoshi-P' and 'Morbol', take us on a journey through the many, many possibilities to come in the next patch of Final Fantasy XIV in their own laid-back, inimitable style. As we're in the fourth post-Endwalker update, we're now starting to focus more than ever on the story we can expect in the next full expansion. FFXIV 7.0, and Yoshida comments that the team had to carefully choose scenes for the trailer without giving too much away about the direction of the story.

FFXIV 6.4 Patch Release Date

FFXIV 6.4 release date is May 23rd. The update is titled "The Dark Throne". There will also be changes to class balancing, including an expansion of the Blue Mage job.

You can watch the FFXIV 6.4 patch trailer below:

FFXIV Live Letter 77 recap

With the release date out of the way, Yoshida and Murouchi delve into every detail about the upcoming FFXIV The Dark Throne patch. If you want a quick list of what to expect, I've put all the points as part of itLive letter 76overview, but for more complete details, stay here.

FFXIV 6.4 Quests and Story Tasks

The quest for the main script and the Great Tatar Argument will of course continue apace. Yoshida takes a moment to ask anyone who hasn't already done Shadowbringers' Sorrow of Werlyt quest line, stressing that it's "infused with our love of mecha anime" and perhaps hinting that it may tie into upcoming content. I'll also add that his climate judgment is one of my favorites, so don't miss it.

The always lovable Chief Inspector Hildibrand returns once more, of course, though you'll have to wait until patch 6.45 for that. Yoshida notes that this line of inquiry "may lead to some unexpected discoveries," though he says that upgrade methods for bothmanderville gunsand great tools won't change drastically.

Next up is the new dungeon, The Aetherfont, and the new path, The Voidcast Dais, with Yoshida commenting how "some scenes shown in the dungeon trailer may remind players of Heavensward." Regarding the new Unreal Trial against Zurvan in Containment Bay Z1T9, Yoshida comments that he thinks a lot of players didn't do the original matches and laughs, "That'll be fun."

Jumping into the crisis of The Voidcast Dais, Yoshida finds his tiny Lalafellian Black Mage in a giant cube with purple edges floating in space. He comments that the cube was created precisely for this fight, "and it certainly wasn't the Warrior of Light who created it." He also laughs at suggestions in live chat that the cube can change or morph. They are playing very shy for this test and are still showing a lot so I suspect a turnaround may be in the works.

Pandaemonium: Anabaseios completes the story of the Pandaemonium Raid series. Yoshida talks about how many characters got stuck into the narrative of this raid set and says he's excited to see it finished. As with the previous installment, the team will release the wild raid a week after the patch to give players time to enjoy patch 6.4 at a slower pace, setting the release date for Pandaemonium: Anabaseios (wild) on May 30.

Yoshida shows some P9, against the previously seen white-faced boss, Cocytus. Yoshi-P comments again on how he looks like a Kamen Rider character and says that they can no longer appear in the raid series, but that the arenas and boss instructions are very different on each floor. He adds that the fourth floor is a favorite, but that "I think it can be a bit difficult even in normal operation." Time will tell, I guess.

Service support has been released for Stormblood dungeons The Sirensong Sea, Bardam's Mettle, Doma Castle, Castrum Abania and Ala Mhigo, allowing you to play the game with NPC companions from the story instead of a human team. The developers are hard at work trying to complete service support for the remaining Stormblood dungeons in the next patch, although Yoshida stresses that this has not been set yet.

FFXIV 6.4 job and balance settings

There are also tweaks to cards, including the long-awaited Blue Mage update. There won't be any large-scale changes to the default tasks, with tweaks mostly made to unbalance. Yoshida notes that there has been a lot of buzz about the Dark Knight and that the other three tanks will have some excitement. However, you'll have to wait for the patch notes to get all the details on these and other categories.

Several bonus team skills have been extended to 30 yalms - meaning they will cover most arenas for boss fights. Yoshida notes that this change does not extend to the healing range and is specifically focused on a few buffs. "No, boy, [Black Mage's] Ley Lines won't have a 100 foot radius," he laughs.

Some work actions are getting tweaks to improve usability. The Paladin's Execution of Atonement will no longer interrupt your combos, and the Dragon's Leap and High Jump skills will no longer affect your character's position on the server, meaning they can now be performed while online. Yoshida explains that while it still looks like you're jumping, you won't accidentally jump into any dangerous AoE anymore. I can already hear my fellow Dragoon fans breathing a deep sigh of relief.

FFXIV 6.4 Loot drop changes

In a typical Yoshi-P move, FFXIV drops its cutting edge content changes with the goal of spending less time on players. Pandaemonium: Anabaseios (feral) will no longer reward duplicate armor pieces for the same slot, and melee gear can be obtained from the Eleventh Circle of Anabaseios.

Gear has been consolidated into a single vault instead of two, though Yoshida stresses that the number of drops hasn't changed. Books can be traded between floors, with the fourth floor being able to be converted to any of the other three at a one-to-one exchange rate.

"Because I want everyone to engage with a lot of content and play other games as well, I don't want it to feel like it's going to take forever and you're going to have to hack into FFXIV," says Yoshida. "There are so many other games coming out in May and June." In response to the discussion asking if this change was made toFinal Fantasy 16 Release Date, led by Yoshida, says the plan is to keep this model for the future.

FFXIV 6.4 Island Sanctuary Updates

Next up is FFXIV Island Sanctuary, which is getting some very welcome additions with patch 6.4. There are new ranks and visions of shrines, a jungle rally area, additional construction sites for the hideout, new item rewards, materials, crafting items, crops, animals, crafting islands and structures.

As previously mentioned, you can now place outdoor furniture near structures in your Island Temple hideout. As you progress, you'll unlock up to 90 slots for it, though some special furniture like stunning mannequins and gardens aren't supported. Yoshida confirms that furniture from your inventory can be placed as disguises, and a single item can be reused for this process as many times as you like.

Yoshida gives us a look at this feature in action by placing the furniture in a zone marked with a blue outline. You can also glow paint your furniture to change its color and use island prisms to register furniture, which will allow you to place it even when it's not in your inventory. A footnote adds that a future update will increase the number of island prisms produced by crafting.

Dungeon FFXIV 6.4 Variant and Criterion

The Variant and Criterion dungeon for patch 6.4 is Mount Rokkon. This second installment of the new branching mode works much like the first dungeon, The Sil'dihn Subterrane. You won't need to complete it before jumping to Mount Rokkon, but if you already know what to expect.

The early Variant dungeon mode is described as a "Level 90 casual game for 1-4 players", with no role restrictions and difficulty scaling based on the size of your party. You'll join the male Kugane and the Scions' friend Hancock and choose your path through the dungeon, facing different fights and stories depending on the path you choose. You'll also get special "duty actions" that should compensate for any role imbalances in your team composition, allowing you to heal, taunt, revive, damage, or improve your party's defenses.

The Criterion dungeon, Another Mount Rokkon (and its wild variant) requires a full party of four - in fact, you won't even be able to match the wild, and you'll have to assemble your party beforehand. In the wild, no respawns are allowed, all defeated enemies will respawn if your party is knocked out, and there is a rage timer - making this one of the hardest pieces of content in the game.

FFXIV 6.4 Bases and Minions

We get a brief look at some of the mounts coming in the new patch. These include a bed that you can lie on as it flies, a cute axolotl, a personal propeller-driven flying plane, and a terrifying red Cacodemon-like creature with a long tongue that your character sticks into its mouth. There's also an adorable monkey minion, a rather scary alien statue, a cute otter, and possibly the cutest puppy I've seen in an MMO.

FFXIV 6.4 PvP and Frontline Changes

The fourth PvP series begins in patch 6.4, along with the seventh season of Crystalline Conflict. Frontline has been overhauled, with a new UI to display match time and scores, updates to the in-game map to make the terrain a bit easier to navigate, and tweaks made to damage dealt and received along with filling counter. of the charge limit per job. Full details on this will be included in the full patch notes if you're a Frontline fan. Yoshida also teases that the new triangular map ties into today's release of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Various updates from FFXIV 6.4

For clarity, here's everything else important coming to FFXIV patch 6.4 that was only mentioned in passing during this live letter:

• Allagan comedy tabloids will be added.
• Fairy Glamour for Scholars (Eos, Selene και Carbuncle).
• Maximum gear sets increased by 100 for all characters regardless of mission progress.
• Task icons will now appear in the chat log and on player boards.
• Trading commissions on the market board can now be built into the price.
• Wings glasses and fashion accessories will now appear during battle.
• Items stored in locations such as the wardrobe and glamor closet can now be selected when glamorizing an inn room.

And that's all for now. Phew. I hope this article helped you navigate the behemoth of live streaming. If you want to watch the full presentation, you can do so below, but note that the audio is in Japanese, with English text on the slides. A huge thank you, as always, to the lovely 'Miuna' and 'iluna minori' atDiscord FFXIV(invitation opens in new window) for their amazing live translation work.

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