

A new Gold Saucer attraction called Lord of Verminion was introduced, an RTS-style minigame involving minions. Vanu vanu beast tribes quests were added, while airship exploratory voyages allowed teams of players to explore uncharted islands in the Sea of Clouds first-hand in The Diadem. An extreme version of the final battle of 3.0 was released in The Minstrel's Ballad: Thordan's Reign Additionally, the end-game dungeons from A Realm Reborn now award EXP for players who have Heavensward. The first duty in The Shadow of Mhach raid series was introduced in The Void Ark. Patch 3.1 features two new dungeons: Saint Mocianne's Arboretum and Pharos Sirius (Hard). The main scenario saw the Scions continue their search for their missing compatriots and the introduction of the Warriors of Darkness, antagonistic adventurers possessed of the Echo. Note that the below version updates also added features and adjustments to A Realm Reborn (2.x) content. New field areas in the expansion are 50-100% larger than existing ones, and support flying mounts, such as black chocobos, personal-scale airships, the collector's edition griffon, and a dragon who is important to the story of Heavensward. A new feature allows Free Companies to create their own personal airships. Each job now has a unique level 3 Limit Break, with existing ones redistributed to appropriate classes.Īll-new Primals appear, including at least one Primal created just for Final Fantasy XIV-the first of these being Ravana. New job quests for existing jobs were added. One new job was announced for each of the three roles: the Dark Knight for Tank, the Astrologian for Healer, and the Machinist for ranged DPS. A new playable race, the horned Au Ra, and multiple new jobs were introduced. The expansion automatically increases the level cap to 60 for all disciplines. 4.1 As Goes Light, So Goes Darkness (3.1).While I was unsure when picking these up as they were cling wrapped and I had no idea what was inside (I’ve done my fair share of gold saucer gambling and have certainly paid the price for a good risk in the past) the price tag for the book was certainly worth it and I would have no hesitation putting my wallet on the table for the rest of these. Overall it gave that much more appreciation into the heart and soul put into the world of Eorzea and the love the artists have for the series. Not to mention it was certainly fun to look through the concept art and say “hey! I’ve seen that before!”.

Absolutely beautiful books to look through! Not only as a lover of the franchise, but as an art nerd it was really interesting to see the thought processes and small details made to make the world feel that much more whole.
