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Album of Slides from 78th PLL (Patch 6.5) (imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago by Stovetop@lemmy.world to c/ffxiv@possumpat.io

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Streamed during the 2023 Las Vegas Fanfest, the 78th Letter from the Producer Live covers changes that will be coming in patch 6.5.

As with other X.5 patches, this one will be released in two parts. Patch 6.5 will release in October, prior to the London Fanfest. PvP rebalances, along with the next PvP season, will be coming in patch 6.51, after London Fanfest, to make sure the Crystalline Conflict Regional Championship for Europe is not impacted. Patch 6.55 will be coming in January after the Japan Fanfest.

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[–] Lumilias@pawb.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Moving optional items to Armoire and making alliance raid roulettes level-appropriate is huge. The audience had such a positive reaction here that Yoshi-P couldn't help but comment how much the item improvements get the most reaction lol.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I am pretty excited about the update to alliance raid queue requirements.

That being said, I am wondering how it will turn out in practice. It should significantly increase the odds of getting a non-CT instance, but at the same time Crystal Tower is the most universally "unlocked" raid series (being the only one that is MSQ required) so I have a feeling you are still going to be likelier to get CT compared to other specific possibilities, even if it's less likely to get CT overall.

What I am worried about happening next, though, would be people simply choosing to not unlock later raid series. You could set up a system like expert roulette that requires you to have available duties unlocked, but you'd probably have to set it based on MSQ progress and not level, since a lot of players (particularly those on Road to 80 worlds) will very quickly overlevel the MSQ.