EU Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2026 is this weekend in Berlin and the big the keynote session was today. I posted the initial Evercold expac teaser back in April during the NA Fan Fest in Anaheim....
EU Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2026 is this weekend in Berlin and the big the keynote session was today. I posted the initial Evercold expac teaser back in April during the NA Fan Fest in Anaheim. So we've gotten a little bit more revealed in the trailer and more info.
Felt a little thin, even though it was like 2hrs long; lots of recap from Anaheim, honestly. Big reveal this time around was the reveal of the new tank class: Bastion. It's like a shield+gun combo. Looks cool. But I have "Tankxiety" so I probably won't ever play it ;_;
Also, the next 8-player Normal Raid Series is a Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy crossover. Which is neat...but I think it's weird that both the 24-player Alliance Raid series and the 8-player Normal raid series are crossovers. Idk. Feel like you can do one or the other each expac, but not both. FFXIV is a very large and deep world; why not develop something FFXIV-centric for one? Or even both?
I was not expecting the Gold Saucer to get a Typing of the Dead clone, that's for sure. Console players (at least, the ones who don't plug in a keyboard) are going to hate this, especially locking...
I was not expecting the Gold Saucer to get a Typing of the Dead clone, that's for sure. Console players (at least, the ones who don't plug in a keyboard) are going to hate this, especially locking those particular cosmetic items behind it.
Chocobird dungeoneering is also pretty wild. I'm hoping that works for unsynced runs.
I'm still anxious about what they're going to do to the Black Mage rotation, but that will be demoed somewhere other than a keynote.
My fiancée has a wireless Logitech keyboard plugged in when she plays (I use my Mac, she plays on PS5), and that seems to be the norm for console players, but I don't have any way of knowing what...
My fiancée has a wireless Logitech keyboard plugged in when she plays (I use my Mac, she plays on PS5), and that seems to be the norm for console players, but I don't have any way of knowing what percentage of them that represents.
The Switch 2 is probably even less likely to have a physical keyboard...but its onscreen keyboard is a touch screen, at least.
I doubt Square Enix is making an oversight though...PS5 users are approximately half of the game population in Japan, IIRC. (Plus like 10% for PS4. Windows is like 35-40%.)
I played FFXIV for many years. If you actively play on console and want to communicate, you need a keyboard. Full stop. I imagine their adoption rate is fairly high because of that
I played FFXIV for many years. If you actively play on console and want to communicate, you need a keyboard. Full stop. I imagine their adoption rate is fairly high because of that
EU Final Fantasy XIV Fan Fest 2026 is this weekend in Berlin and the big the keynote session was today. I posted the initial Evercold expac teaser back in April during the NA Fan Fest in Anaheim. So we've gotten a little bit more revealed in the trailer and more info.
Felt a little thin, even though it was like 2hrs long; lots of recap from Anaheim, honestly. Big reveal this time around was the reveal of the new tank class: Bastion. It's like a shield+gun combo. Looks cool. But I have "Tankxiety" so I probably won't ever play it ;_;
Also, the next 8-player Normal Raid Series is a Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy crossover. Which is neat...but I think it's weird that both the 24-player Alliance Raid series and the 8-player Normal raid series are crossovers. Idk. Feel like you can do one or the other each expac, but not both. FFXIV is a very large and deep world; why not develop something FFXIV-centric for one? Or even both?
A kind redditor summarized everything from the Keynote. Gonna watch the replay of the Dev Panel sometime this evening.
Full Day 1 stream replay here.
The last Fan Fest in Tokyo at the end of October should show off a lot more. Especially since Evercold releases in January.
I was not expecting the Gold Saucer to get a Typing of the Dead clone, that's for sure. Console players (at least, the ones who don't plug in a keyboard) are going to hate this, especially locking those particular cosmetic items behind it.
Chocobird dungeoneering is also pretty wild. I'm hoping that works for unsynced runs.
I'm still anxious about what they're going to do to the Black Mage rotation, but that will be demoed somewhere other than a keynote.
Could've been a callback, "Do you guys not have
phoneskeyboards?" moment.But for real. I'm not even a console player and immediately had the same concern!
My fiancée has a wireless Logitech keyboard plugged in when she plays (I use my Mac, she plays on PS5), and that seems to be the norm for console players, but I don't have any way of knowing what percentage of them that represents.
The Switch 2 is probably even less likely to have a physical keyboard...but its onscreen keyboard is a touch screen, at least.
I doubt Square Enix is making an oversight though...PS5 users are approximately half of the game population in Japan, IIRC. (Plus like 10% for PS4. Windows is like 35-40%.)
I played FFXIV for many years. If you actively play on console and want to communicate, you need a keyboard. Full stop. I imagine their adoption rate is fairly high because of that