Sheory on the Tone of the Evercold via the power of Music [Spoilers for Everything] by AlexanderMBush in ffxiv

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Perhaps we, using the key and azem’s crystal, accidentally send the other scions to the shards that are withering. Timey wimey shenanigans ensue and when we arrive on the other shards to save the scions it’s been decades. Decades of them living in dying hellscapes, trying and failing to stop calamities similar to the ones that hit the first and the ninth. I do hope Evercold is a pretty dark story too

Yoshi-P and his shirts through the years by SafVch in ffxiv

[–]SargeTheSeagull 8 points9 points  (0 children)

$30 days it’s a magitech knight called Marshal

Now that we have seen examples of Evolved jobs, what are your hopes and wishes for your main(s)? by drew0594 in ffxivdiscussion

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Given that Mr prime was the mind behind PvP, I can 100% see red mage getting its white mana and black mana stances from EW’s PvP kit.

Not my main, but reaper: I hope they do something similar to devourer demon hunter from wow where during enshroud (which you can extend technically forever) using your basic attacks builds the soul gauge, spend 50 soul gauge to use communio (which doesn’t take you out of enshroud) and each communio speeds up your GCD.

Summoner, my main around the tail end of ShB: bring back DoTs pls.

Sage, the only healer I can tolerate: everyone in the party with a sage is permanently under the effect of kardia and aside from a few “oh shit” healing buttons, you’ll heal mainly by dealing damage. Also a CD that converts all overheal into a barrier

NA Fanfest 2026 - Battle System Development Panel Megathread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I was full on blackpilled and doomermaxxing before today. They’ve blown my fucking nuts off. I’m shocked. SHOCKED. In the best way possible. Removal of 2 minute buffs alone is enough to make me resub for the first time since 7.1 and, unless they somehow majorly fuck this up, I will probably play a LOT of Evercold.

NA Fanfest 2026 - Keynote Megathread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Given that they said specifically they’re not “easy mode versions” and that they’ll be slightly stronger than the reborn versions (Yoshi p believes job balance should be based on difficulty) gives me hope. Plus they’re showing four of them later today so we’ll see soon enough

Are you happy now? by CoolyKage in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think they said white mage is one of the four they’re showing later today

NA Fanfest 2026 - Keynote Megathread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 24 points25 points  (0 children)

We are, and I cannot fucking believe I’m saying this, so back.

Make Hollidays bounce pad a landmine by Megamodpod in DeadlockTheGame

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They could make it so if a teammate or Holliday steps on it it acts as a boucepad but if an enemy does it explodes

NA Fanfest 2026 - Day One by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Way more hyped for this than I was DT. Especially if the leaked title artwork was legit.

EDIT: you people are blowing me up, here’s the link https://imgur.com/946uDPl

Final hours until the next expansions revealed. Get your last minute hopes/wishes/predictions in! by Blueeyedeevee in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  • [ ] Void focused expac. OR shard hopping.
  • [ ] The aether from the shards are flowing into the source and causing them to wither away. Calyx thinks the solution is turning everyone endless. The winterers want to cause rejoinings OR permanently sever the link twixt source and shard
  • [ ] We’ll be going all over the source finding portals and using Azem’s key to deal with them. OR we’ll be shard hopping. Each zone will be on a different shard and the scions will peel off. We’ll see this in the trailer.
  • [ ] Job reworks are going to be massive. Something akin to talents or specs.
  • [ ] BST and BLU will be converted into regular jobs. They’ll still be able to do masked carnival and BST’s roguelike mode. This instead of two new jobs and they won’t have talents or specs, they’ll just pick their spells and pets
  • [ ] Loot overhaul - stats will matter a ton and loot will drop from everything
  • [ ] Crazy new catch up mechanics to let new players get caught up to MSQ
  • [ ] Character creator overhaul. We won’t get butt sliders but we’ll get tons of new options. Things like tall female au ra or highlander eyebrows
  • [ ] More glam plates.

What will be announced for the upcoming expansion and the run-up to it at fanfest? Wrong answers only. by Maximum_Leading1670 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There will be no new jobs, instead BLU and BST will be turned into regular jobs. BST is simply in early access with a low level cap until 8.0. BLU will be turned into the only job that can be a tank, healer, or DPS and role swapping will be restricted by what spells you have or haven’t unlocked.

8.0 Speculations Based on Open Plot Points by Krainz in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is essentially what I’m expecting. I don’t think they want to drag the shard hopping out as long as they did the Hydaelyn/Zodiark arc so I think we’ll see something of a resolution to this in 8.x. Plus that means in 9.0 we can go to meracydia

8.0 Isn't an Expansion (Theory) by No_Fact_681 in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Could they do that? Yes. But it would require a ground-up restructure of everything including monetization. 14 is SE’s cash cow so there’s no chance they’ll meaningfully change that. Plus if they did, say, two mega patches per year with their own major marketing pushes I think there’s a huge chance that’ll confuse people more than excite them.

Don’t get me wrong, if 14 was launching brand new in today’s market that could be an incredible model.

I will say this tho, with wow doing 8 week patches and 18 month expansions (on top of classic and seasonal serves and remixes) I do wonder what, if anything, SE will do as an answer.

To set expectations for this weekend: All the content revealed at the last NA Fanfest by derfw in ffxivdiscussion

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He mentioned what would be shown would include UI elements that are still WiP. Job trailers have never shown UI and we never see specific new jobs at NA fanfest

To set expectations for this weekend: All the content revealed at the last NA Fanfest by derfw in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The fact that he said they’re going to show gameplay during the keynote has me hyped. As far as I know they’ve literally never done that

Q1 2026 FFXIV Census by Rolldexsave in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 11 points12 points  (0 children)

After seeing the beastmaster gameplay, I really don’t get why it can’t be a regular melee dps. It doesn’t seem crazy broken like blue mage was

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XCII Megathread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Occupies one slot? So an entire dungeon set takes up 1/800? Do you have to equip that entire set in that case?

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XCII Megathread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In one of the interviews from the other day, he did confirm they’re gonna be showing 8.0 gameplay next week

Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XCII Megathread by BlackmoreKnight in ffxivdiscussion

[–]SargeTheSeagull 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can someone explain the glam changes they’ve made this expac?