The third expansion pack for FF XIV Online, titled "Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers" was announced today, scheduled for an early summer release in 2019. The trailer below is, as usual, completely gorgeous, featuring a one on one sword fight between two juggernauts.
The new expansion will see players becoming Warriors of Darkness, in addition to a slew of new content, including a new player race, multiple new jobs, an increased level cap, new areas, adjustments to the battle system, as well as a bunch of new battle, crafter and gatherer content. That not enough for you? Fine, there's also a decent amount of new systems that will be introduced with Shadowbringers, and you can read about them below.
The new NPC “Trust” System will be implemented in this expansion, allowing players to fight alongside familiar NPCs, and a New Game+ Feature will allow players to “replay” the FINAL FANTASY XIV main scenario stories. There is also a "World Visit System" where players will be able to travel to other servers on the same data center and interact with even more players than before.
Yoshida also revealed the addition of blue mage to FINAL FANTASY XIV Online at the release of Patch 4.5. Blue mage will be available to all players that own A Realm Reborn, have reached level 50 as a Disciple of War or Magic, and have completed the 2.0 main scenario. Taking inspiration from previous FINAL FANTASY titles, the blue mage job will provide a unique solo gameplay experience where players will learn monster actions and advance through blue mage-specific content. Blue mage will begin with a level cap of 50, and increase in the future with the addition of new content for the job.
Check out the pics below, and watch that trailer. It's awesome.
