During the 87th Letter From the Producer LIVE broadcast,Final Fantasy 14director and producer Naoki Yoshida announced that some changes and new features in Patch 7.3 will be made after rounds of player feedback. Along with changes to the Occult Crescent and Cosmic Exploration instances, the nextFinal Fantasy 14patch will add more hat options for Viera and Hrothgar characters and the long-awaited Chat Bubbles feature.
Yoshida and global community producer Toshio Murouchi started the Live Letter by apologizing toFinal Fantasy 14players for the added periods of server maintenance since the launch of Patch 7.25 in late May. Yoshida stated that he felt that the game’s quality of service had been diminished due to frequent hotfixes, and noted that the development team would redouble its efforts to satisfy players. On June 16,Final Fantasy 14went through 14 hours of server maintenanceto implement some infrastructure changes to the Japanese Data Center, along with hotfixes to the Occult Crescent.
As translated by Nova Crystallis on social media,Final Fantasy 14’s 7.3 update will add the option for premade alliances of up to 48 players to queue into the same instance of the Occult Crescent to enter the Forked Tower: Blood raid. The change was in response to player feedback. Adjustments to the Auroral Mirages weather effect, which is needed to enter the Forked Tower, will also be implemented. Although the Forked Tower: Blood raid was designed to be a challenging encounter withrewards like the Demon Haul mount, the upcoming Forked Tower: Magic raid in the Patch 7.5 series will have Normal and Savage versions for players of all skill levels. Cosmic Exploration will also include a retainer bell, the ability for players to use their mounts on current and future planets, and will change certain NPC placements.
Final Fantasy 14 Is Changing Things Due to Player Feedback
Patch 7.3 will also see the addition of various headgear being displayed on Viera and Hrothgar characters, afterthe Occult Crescent included hats that didn’t showon those character models. Additional hats and helms for Viera and Hrothgar characters will arrive in later patches. Additionally, the Viera will have a new option to hide their ears with specific headpieces.
Yoshida revealed that the highly anticipated Chat Bubbles feature was also confirmed to be in active development, which can beused inFinal Fantasy 14for roleplayand other purposes. Other features, including the next Ultimate raid and the White Board for endgame raiders, will be implemented in future patches.
