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The Live letter can be watched on YouTube.

Everything Announced:

• Patch 7.1 named Crossroads
• Releasing mid-November
• MSQ will dive deeper into Zoraal Ja’s character
• Pelupelu Society Quests
• Additional Wachumeqimeqi Quests
• Manderville/Hildibrand quests are back!
  • More of a short introduction, and will be expanded on later
• NewGame+ for 7.0
  • MSQ
  • Job Quests
  • Role Quests
• Duty Support
  • non-MSQ dungeons implemented moving forward.
  • Halatali added in 7.1
• Updates to Hall of Novice
  • Training for specific mechanics to be added
    • Unlocked at lv.49
    • Stack markers
    • Tank Busters
• PVP Updates
  • Action execution and hit detection updates
  • Job actions additions and adjustments
    • Except for Viper and Pictomancer
  • Red Sands and Cloud Nine arena improvements
  • Frontline and Rival Wings balance adjustments
  • Series 7 starts with 7.1
• New Dungeon: Yuweyawata Field Station
• Alliance Raid: Echos of Vana’diel
  • Final Fantasy XI for those who don’t know.
  • Part 1 - Jeuno: The First Walk
  • Staff from XI helped work on it
• New Trial: The Minstrel’s Ballad - Sphene’s Burden
• New Unreal Trial: The Jade Stoa
  • Setup for lv.100 and future Unreal Trials will aim for this.
• New Battle Content
  • Chaotic Alliance Raid
    • “Savage” difficulty 24-man Raid
    • Only one planned so far.
    • The Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) - she appears on the key art.
    • Has new mechanics
    • No trash mobs so may only be the last boss.
    • Offers unique rewards for completing
    • Uses new reward system to encourage replay and help others
  • New Ultimate Raid: Futures Rewritten
    • Possibly to be released shortly after 7.1 release date, cannot confirm right now
• Doman Mahjong Updates
  • Voiced reactions and commentary from Scions
• Housing Updates
  • Interior renovation - various different designs to choose.
  • Removing pillars and changing staircases for example.
  • Free as often as you want to change
  • Would like to offer interior size changes in the future (make Small house a Large inside)
• Dawntrail OST to be release.
• The Primals latest concert (Sept. 21) available to stream.
• New Merch (already announced throughout TGS)
• This is part one of the PLL, part two will be later and include updates on graphic changes, characters, etc

• Sunday, 29 September 2024 at 5:50 (GMT) / 6:50 (BST) / 15:50 (AEST)
• Will be showing 7.1

Few highlights that I found interesting:

• Alliance Raid is coming in the first patch.

“In patch 7.1, we will be having the [FF11 crossover] alliance raid Echoes of Vana’diel, and we are also creating a 24-person savage which is shaping up to be really good.”

• They built it with expected wipes in mind.

“When a player goes through on their first playthrough they will probably wipe three times – this was what we felt was a good line to draw.”

• “24-man Savage” will be different content from normal.

“On the other hand, the 24-person savage – this is going to be a completely different boss. So it is going to be completely different content”