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Stormblood Preview - Dungeons, New Jobs & the Underwater World - Final Fantasy XIV Previews

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited May 2017 in News & Features Discussion

imageStormblood Preview - Dungeons, New Jobs & the Underwater World - Final Fantasy XIV Previews

A couple of weeks ago I attended a media event for Stormblood and spent the day playing in some of the new zones, trying out Samurai & Red Mage, checking out the new job gauges, and playing one of the new dungeons which will be coming with Stormblood. I also had the opportunity to interview Naoki Yoshida (Yoshi-P) to learn some more information not only about the expansion but also about some of their plans moving on past this expansion. SPOILERS AHEAD!

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  • FelixMajorFelixMajor Member RarePosts: 865
    Ew, underwater gameplay zzzzzz.
    Viper482ScellowYashaX

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    "when players learned tacticks in dungeon/raids, its bread".

  • shalhassanshalhassan Member UncommonPosts: 43
    Thanks for the write up! I'm excited to try out the new expansion myself. I just resubbed to try and catch up before launch.

    "A single battle you have won, but so quick to think that this will be the end? I, like fear, am eternal, and in your dreams, I shall forever haunt."

  • PsYcHoGBRPsYcHoGBR Member UncommonPosts: 482
    Other MMO's have tried the underwater thing and they didn't really work. Maybe SE will get it right.
  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,064
    Does anyone like being forced to do underwater crap?

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  • thyraventhyraven Member UncommonPosts: 59
    YES! i Love underwater zones
  • KalebGraysonKalebGrayson Member RarePosts: 430
    The first two videos are not working. The last one still works (the one showing the transition to go underwater).
  • DragnelusDragnelus Member EpicPosts: 3,503
    The first two videos are not working. The last one still works (the one showing the transition to go underwater).
    Found this on the same youtube account:



  • ArleeArlee Member UncommonPosts: 154

    Dragnelus said:



    The first two videos are not working. The last one still works (the one showing the transition to go underwater).


    Found this on the same youtube account:





    Yea that's supposed to be what the first video is... I'll poke around and get it fixed. Not sure what went wonky there ><
  • darkrain21darkrain21 Member UncommonPosts: 383

    PsYcHoGBR said:

    Other MMO's have tried the underwater thing and they didn't really work. Maybe SE will get it right.



    Well given there will be no Combat id say that is the step in the correct direction. Its for gathering and exploring.
    Arlee
  • DilligDillig Member UncommonPosts: 123
    Kedge Keep Memories coming back! Oh what a fun zone that was. I almost want to come back and try this expansion out. Tried to log in and play some the otherday and just couldn't get into the game still. :(
  • AllerleirauhAllerleirauh Member UncommonPosts: 496

    Viper482 said:

    Does anyone like being forced to do underwater crap?






    Yes, in fact, I would love a game that does just that.
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  • Mackaveli44Mackaveli44 Member RarePosts: 710
    Really wish you would have zoomed in more during your combat with both classes. Was hard to see much as you were zoomed so far out. Other than that, thanks for the videos. I'm on the verge of preordering
    Arlee
  • WarlyxWarlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,363
    edited May 2017
    also preferred the Samurai’s style to Red Mage because the animations on the Samurai were really smooth and all the skills seemed like they seamlessly flowed from one to the next. Also, there were a fair amount of spell effects on the Samurai but none were really flashy whereas on the Red Mage everything felt flashy and showy which is just not very interesting to me. As I mentioned previously my discomfort on the Red Mage probably is one reason why the animation probably felt less smooth to me because I likely wasn’t matching up the abilities correctly at all.

    of course because u didnt used well the rdm , hardcasting a 4.5s casting spell? thats a nono , dualcast exist from lvl 1 for a reason , u cast a fast cast spell like jolt so u gain dualcast (next spell is instant cast) and u gain white/black magic to do your melee chain , there are procs too enhanced verfire , enhanced verstone ect

    the job animations are amazing :)

    sam looks tons of fun too, underwater zones have "bubbles" that u can enter and walk , i dont think there is combat underwater at all...u just swim around , fight zones are in those bubbles
  • AalamrAalamr Member UncommonPosts: 98
    I for one am looking forward to underwater zones. Kedge Keep from EverQuest is one of my all time favorite zones.
  • Mackaveli44Mackaveli44 Member RarePosts: 710

    Aalamr said:

    I for one am looking forward to underwater zones. Kedge Keep from EverQuest is one of my all time favorite zones.



    I agree with you on that, kedge was one of my favorite zones, however in this expansion there will be no combat in the water :( It'll be all exploration
    Aalamr
  • AldersAlders Member RarePosts: 2,207
    Underwater exploration is fun. Underwater combat is never fun.

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  • AalamrAalamr Member UncommonPosts: 98

    Mackaveli44 said:



    Aalamr said:


    I for one am looking forward to underwater zones. Kedge Keep from EverQuest is one of my all time favorite zones.






    I agree with you on that, kedge was one of my favorite zones, however in this expansion there will be no combat in the water :( It'll be all exploration




    Thats a shame. I would have loved another epic boss fight like Phinny. :(
  • YaevinduskYaevindusk Member RarePosts: 2,094
    Yeah, I was reading somewhere that Red Mage has a "Chain Spell" trait. It basically means that whenever you cast a spell, the next one is an instant cast. This leads me to believe you cast a very short spell first, then use one that would normally take 5 seconds to cast. You also gain resources that allow for you to use your rapier.
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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 7,910
    I do love me some underwater world for sure but too lazy to dust off my White Mage.

  • QuarterStackQuarterStack Member RarePosts: 546
    Welp, looks like they've not gotten any more creative with their dungeon design... Linear paths of trash mobs.. boss fights in round arenas. But lots of pretty scenery!

    Yep... More of the same.
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