Thread by @Nova_Crystallis

Letter from the Producer Live #69 begins at the top of the hour. Topics will include our first overview of Patch 6.1. Watch here: twitch.tv/finalfantasyxiv

Starting now!

Patch 6.1 is titled: "Newfound Adventure"

Depicted is the Warrior of Light in the foreground, and the previous Jobs they've used in the background. The patch font is notably similar to the A Realm Reborn logo.

Patch 6.1 will release in mid-April.

Onto the patch content overview: a new chapter of the main scenario quest begins. While the Hydaelyn/Zodiark chapter concluded in 6.0, a new chapter begins, but in a way it's still a continuation. Depicted is Tataru with the WoL and Estinien.

A new sidequest will be added: "Tataru's Grand Endeavor." Here you can see the titular character in an aggressive posture, ready to attack.

This sidequest will involve the people that gathered to help the Warrior of Light you during your adventure.

New tribal quests will be added in Patch 6.15 featuring the Arkasodara. It's required that you complete two questlines in Thavnair: "Steppe Child" and "What's in a Parent."

"Beast Tribe" quests are being renamed to "Tribal Quests" beginning from Patch 6.2.

"Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures" will continue in Patch 6.15. The Gentleman of Light makes his grand return. Note the area he's found himself in...

A quest will be added to bridge the connection between the Omega raid series with an area you visit in the 6.0 main scenario quest.

Additional improvements will be added to the 'A Realm Reborn' main scenario quest experience.

A new dungeon (name's still a secret) will be added. Revealing the name now would give too much away.

#EndwalkerSpoilers
The Extreme-level difficulty of the final trial in the 6.0 main scenario will be added: 'The Endsinger's Aria'. Adjustments have been completed and Yoshida notes that it's difficult.

The latest Unreal Trial is Ultima's Bane versus Ultima Weapon. Get ready to ponder the orb(s) once again.

The first chapter of the new alliance raid 'Myths of the Realm' will debut. It involves The Twelve gods of Eorzea...

'Dragonsong's Reprise' will be added in Patch 6.11. It's the Ultimate-level difficulty trial. Of course, there are some notable guests...

Masaki Nakagawa or "Mr Ozma" designed this fight. He's worked on a lot of content in Final Fantasy XIV but put everything he had into this Ultimate trial.

More details on various job adjustments will come in the second part of the 6.1 live letter preview streams. Yoshida notes that large-scale changes are difficult when an Ultimate raid is also releasing.

Crystalline Conflict is a small-scale PvP mode that will release in Patch 6.1. A new rewards system is in place and revisions will come to PvP actions and jobs.

Ameliance Leveilleur will be added as the latest custom deliveries client. This will debut in 6.15.

A new housing district will open in the Empyreum in Ishgard. More details on that system will come in the second part of the 6.1 preview streams.

Adventurer plates are a new profile display feature previously referred to as "Calling Cards." They include customizable character portraits. Yoshida wanted to show a preview, but it's still incomplete - there are a lot of features you can customize.

'The Unending Codex' is a glossary of terms up through Patch 6.0. They are unlocked in the main scenario in Patch 6.1 and added to your Collection tab, and new entries will unlock as the story unfolds. Note that every character and term will not be immediately available.

Data Center Travel is set to commence in Patch 6.18. More details will be shared in the second half of this live letter.

Some miscellaneous updates for Patch 6.1:

• New Game+ will be updated to include the 6.0 main scenario and a portion of 6.1.
• New hrothgar hairstyles will be added.
• More glamour plates and locations where they can used will be added - including sanctuaries. 5 extra plates.

You'll be able to Try On items from the Final Fantasy XIV Online Store/MogStation in-game. Try before you buy!

Yoshida says they want to double the glamour dresser slots from 400 to 800, and that this is planned for Patch 6.2 timing.

The "Dream Fitting" feature where you try on FFXIV Online Store items can be accessed from the bed in your inn room. Just make sure not to heck the bed.

Mounts, emotes, fashion acessories & modern aesthetics are separated from the market board's Miscellany section and can be filtered to show only items not yet obtained. A check mark will display if an identical item has already been used.

For the coming break, there's no new videos to show, so they will air projection mapping promotion that took place in Yokohama back in 2017.

The live letter will continue at :15. Good time for a morning stretch!

☕Resuming now!

Improvements to 'A Realm Reborn' main scenario quest will include an expansion of the Trust system, now called "Duty Support." In the future, "Trust" will refer solely to the avatar levelling system.

This feature is going to be implemented gradually throughout the entire MSQ, but in 6.1 will apply to Patch 2.0 only. 4-player dungeons and trials associated with the main scenario can be completed with NPCs; said NPCs will be selected automatically according to your role.

A look at the Duty Support UI. Some joked that Edda would join you... but it would mess up that certain quest line if they implemented that.

The Adventurers' Guild and Grand Companies will join you for 2.0 dungeons. Players may also notice texture upgrades. The full list of Duty Support compatible duties are below:

Haukke Manor has been adjusted to add a teleporter after the second boss where you would previously have to intuit to use the Return spell.

Cape Westwind will be changed from an 8-player trial to a solo quest battle. End of an era.

Castrum Meridianum is now a 4-player dungeon and Duty Support compatible.

The Praetorium has now been split into 3 separate duties.

• Start through Gaius battle is now a 4-player dungeon.
• Ultima Weapon battle is now a 4-player trial.
• Lahabrea battle is now a solo quest battle.

Main Scenario Roulette will be changed to include three duties: Castrum Meridianum (4-player dungeon), The Praetorium (4-player dungeon), and The Porta Decumana (4-player trial vs. Ultima Weapon).

Rewards will be adjusted for completing this duty roulette.

They debated removing Main Scenario Roulette, but the dungeons are still longer than normal dungeons, but shorter than their previous iterations.

The Scions weren't always conveniently gathered on your journey through 2.0 so they won't appear often in Duty Support compatible dungeons.

Moving on to data center travel, this system is intended for players to visit worlds in a different logical data center within the same physical data center and challenge duties with players from those data centers.

The <Traveler> tag will appear by your name when using this function.

Of course, restrictions apply in your destination data center - the same restrictions that are present for traveling between Worlds in the same data center. However, you won't be able to use your free company chat, cross world linkshell chat, and PvP team chat.

CWLS chat is available so long as said CWLS exists within a logical data center. CWLS chat will be unavailable when visiting another logical data center via DC Travel. From Patch 6.2, it will be possible to join CWLS on other logical data centers via DC Travel.

So, how do you travel to another data center? It's different than travelling to another world. You will need to select it from the Character Select screen after the title menu.

You will select a destination data center from the character select screen. You will be returned to the title screen during processing (which cannot be canceled.) Seelect your desired World and character, and repeat the above steps if you wish to return to your data center.

As previously announced earlier this year, the Japanese data center will expand. It will allow them to increase the limit for simultaneous logins. The number of logical data centers will increase from 3 to 4, and worlds will be regrouped where each will host 8 worlds.

Simultaneous login limit should be increased by several thousand for each world, with a total increase of over 50,000 across the entire Japanese data center. This is scheduled for July 2022.

Japanese data center worlds are regrouped as follows:

Members who have moved to a different logical data center will remain on the CWLS members list, but chat is only available to those within the same logical DC. Should the master move to a different data center, ownership will be transferred to another member automatically.

CWLS chat will also be available in the destination center after using the Data Center after using the travel system. Basically, all of your members will see messages if you are on the same logical data center.

After regrouping of Worlds, players can use the Home World Transfer Service within the Japanese data centers free of charge for a limited time. Incentives for players who on land will be reimbursed for the full price of the estate, plus compensation of 3 mil. gil for furnishings.

Players who own an apartment will be reimbursed 500,000 gill, plus another 500k for compensation for non-recoverable furnishings.

[Yoshida pauses to read chat comments.] The world regrouping won't affect anything within the server; your house will still be there if the server it's on moves to a different data center.

A tidbit from earlier: you'll still be able to participate in the same content you could using World Visit. These restrictions are new for the chat system.

The plan is to implement the data center travel system BEFORE the Japanese world regrouping, and Yoshida asks for feedback on the official forums.

Onto announcements: the Little Ladies' Day season event will run from March 14th to the 31st. Details will be posted March 7th.

The team is hiring French and German translators for contract or freelance positions.

Yoshida makes a quick comment about suspending the automatic logout feature in the near future.

In closing, Yoshida apologizes for having to regroup worlds on the Japanese data center again, but it is the best decision for the long-term health of the game and will allow for a better experience.

Patch 6.1 will begin a new adventue that includes excitement and drama. The next live letter won't be far off [and will include more information on Patch 6.1.]

That concludes the live letter! We'll have a summary posted on the site soon. As always, thank you for following along with us this morning! Happy Friday!