Over the weekend Creative Studio III held a Fanfest event in Seoul, South Korea for Final Fantasy XIV. I learned of the event when a video from FFXIV content creator Meoni popped up in my YouTube feed. The information in the video was interesting enough I used it as the basis for this post.
The two big items were throwbacks to Shadowbringers content. The first involved cosmic exploration. Originally introduced to players as "lifestyle content", cosmic exploration was described as the evolution of Island Sanctuaries. But the feature now sounds like the Ishgard Restoration in space. FFXIV Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida (aka Yoshi-P) told the audience during the keynote that cosmic exploration was "...a new place to explore in space. Come together Cosmo explorers with curiosity for the unknown and an unwavering spirit for craftsmanship." He even broached the idea of Ishgard Restoration style leader boards, to which the audience was enthusiastically receptive.
One additional item of interest in cosmic exploration involves a mech. At this point we don't know if the purpose of the content is to build a mech which players then can use as a mount. A cool idea, but at this point just theory crafting based on a slide in Yoshi-P's presentation.
The second was the new field exploration content, the Shades Triangle. Field exploration content involves zones like Stormblood's Eureka and Shadowbringer's Bozja. For those who like playing previous Final Fantasy games ahead of new FFXIV content, now is a good time to run through Final Fantasy V. Apparently the home base is based on FFV's Phantom Village, a town which slipped through the dimensional cracks and is a thousand years in the past. Will the connection lead to a lot of FFV-themed rewards?
Another throwback to previous games is the upcoming raid series Echoes of Vana'diel. The Final Fantasy XI crossover raid received some love with the reveal of one of the bosses, Fafnir. The dragon was shown on a slide in its aery imported from Final Fantasy XI.
Finally, Meoni pointed out the reason the Trust characters have their own summer outfits when the next glamours are unlocked upon reaching level 100. Apparently Fourchenault wrote Alphinaud a letter warning him not to let his adventurer friend pick out his clothes. Players got to dress his mother Ameliance after completing her custom delivery questline and let's just say some of the players let their minds go in the gutter.
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