Stormblood

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Stormblood or 4.0 is the 2nd expansion for Final Fantasy XIV A Realm Reborn. It's release date is June 20th, 2017 and pre-order date is January 24th 2017.

Features:

• Stormblood will take the players to Ala Mhigo.
• Main focus is to regain control of Ala Mihgo from the Garlean Empire.
• Level cap is increased to 70.
• New Jobs: Red Mage (Ranged DPS) and Samurai (Unconfirmed).
• End of PlayStation 3 support
• 20 years have passed since Garleans had control of the region.
• Main antagonist to be Zenos Yae Galvus, XIIth Legion Legatus and de facto ruler of Ala Mihgo.
• The main city in Stormblood is Rhalgr's Reach, the HQ of Ala Migho's main resistance.
• Warrior of Light's main job in 4.0 is Monk (akin to DRG for 3.0)
• More actions for each job to go with new cap
• Revamped battle system to go with new actions
• Additional Skill System to be overhauled, with skills shared by roles instead of jobs, and can choose from shared role ability options
• Reassessment of unused/ineffective actions
• Adding new UI elements for Jobs
  • Example used is Dragoon's Blood of the Dragoon buff, where in 4.0 an icon/gauge showing how much time is left will be better visible on screen so players aren't just staring at the current icon
• New Areas to be introduced, comparable in size to Heavensward areas
• New battle system
• Stormblood will be a full standalone game's worth of content
• New Primals to be introduced, including known names and all-new original-to-FF14 ones.
• New Dungeons to be introduced with new battle and dungeon concepts to be introduced
• New High-end raid The Bend of Time where players battle Omega. It has different story depending on difficulty, with normal on odd patches, savage on even.
• New 24-player raid is called Return to Ivalice. Ivalice is the setting of Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII and Vagrant Story.
• Expanded form of Exploration to be introduced: The Forbidden Land of Eureka, something different from Diadem and will expand its own entire area, unique to Stormblood. There might even be Notorious Monsters that only appear once every 72 hours.
• Eureka may also be used for next set of high-end weapons, akin to Relic/Anima, rather than upgrades in "normal areas."
• New Gear and Recipes, including winners of Fan's Gear Design Contest
• Item Inventory Expansion, looking to increase "as much as humanly possible." There is uncertainty in how this will be implemented due to the server needs.
• A 4th Residential Area to be added. Where? "Sorry, can't tell ya."
• Indications are that Ala Mihgo is crossed via a wall in The Black Shroud, which will be shown in Patch 3.5.
• Ala Mihgo will not be just deserts and wasteland. Forests are also part of it.
• All areas of 4.0 will be accessible by flying mounts, but there was an indication that it will again by quest-based like in 3.0.
• Changes to Windows version Minimum Specs requirements. Current minimum specs are geared towards components you can't even buy anymore. So, for the best gaming experience possible, they've decided to raise their minimum specs. "If possible, maybe upgrade to 64-bit OS" but they will still support 32-bit. They just suggest 64-bit will be best gaming experience.
• They've been examining numbers and have seen a large migration of PS3 to PS4 so they have decided it is the right time to end PS3 support. To show appreciation to their PS3 fans that helped them get to where they are now, there will be a special FREE PS3 to PS4 upgrade campaign.

• Swimming and Diving are added.
• New Beastmen Tribes such as The Ananta who worships Lakshmi, the Lady of Bliss