During the FFXIV Fan Festival in Tokyo, Square Enix revealed a new trailer, and oodles of details, for the upcoming Dawntrail expansion arriving this Summer.
Regardless how you feel about MMOs, there’s no denying that Square knows how to cut a fantastic trailer. Over the weekend (for us on this hemisphere), during the keynote for the annual Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival, Square Enix offered fans/players a deeper look at the next major expansion: Dawntrail.
Arriving this Summer, Dawntrail will bring new jobs, a new playable race, new cities/areas, raids, and much more. Even better, they dropped a pretty incredible trailer that’s sure to get people hyped:
During the opening keynote, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida revealed pictomancer as the second of two new jobs arriving in Dawntrail. Pictomancer is a magical ranged DPS job that works in the medium of mixed aether, wielding a specialized brush to render their imaginings reality. Yoshida also unveiled the female Hrothgar, a new playable race also arriving with the launch of the expansion.
Additionally, the keynote also featured a number of new additions coming in Dawntrail, such as a new city, and areas to explore:
New Job: Pictomancer – Works in the medium of mixed aether, wielding a specialized brush to render their imaginings reality. These creations include not only creatures and weapons, but landscapes as well. As evoking such wonders takes time, the Pictomancer also keeps instant-cast abilities and spells at the ready.
New Playable Race: Female Hrothgar – The Hrothgar people hail from Ilsabard. A Turali people with shared ancestry, The Xbr’aal, call Yak T’el home.Females number relatively few among the population, but are readily identified by their lithe, muscular forms. Equally distinctive is their predisposition for leadership.
New City: Solution Nine – A city of towering facades constructed by an entirely different civilization than that of Tuliyollal.
New Area: Heritage Found – In this region overflowing with lightning energies, thick thunderclouds blot out the sun, while streaks of purple levin illuminate the land day and night.
New Raid Series: The Arcadion
A New Ultimate Raid: Futures Rewritten (Ultimate)
New dungeons
Expansive New Lifestyle Content: Cosmic Exploration
New Field Operations – New field operations akin to “The Forbidden Land, Eureka” and “Save the Queen” will arrive in Dawntrail.
A New Limited Job: Beastmaster
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No firm release date is set, but Final Fantasy XIV – Dawntrail is set to arrive in Summer 2024.
