May as well get discussion going with this. I'll try to update this post when I can:
Official NA site
Job guides
- Release date: June 20, 2017 (June 16 being go live for early access, acquire by preordering)
- Story will be focused on liberating Ala Mhigo from the Garleans
- We're going to Othard! Doma and it's surrounding areas will be part of Stormblood, and will comprise a significant part of the zones we'll be exploring.
- MNK will be the "job" central to the story, kinda like how DRG was in HW
- Level cap goes up to 70
- "revamped battle system" and "additional skill system overhaul"; more to be had on this with the Live Letter at the end of May
- New dungeons and raids; no surprise there, really, but interesting note is story and normal modes on even number patches...so maybe savage ones later? Not sure what to expect there
- Eureka, the Forbidden Lands, which is apparently going to be 14 version of Dynamis (I have no idea what that entails; any FF11 vets would, I believe)
- Item inventory expansion; 40 more inventory slots and 10 more slots per armory slot (aka, weapon slot total goes from 25 to 35...same with the other gear slots)
- New housing area, Shirogane, located in Othard, thus Doman in design/aesthetic
- 2 new jobs: Red Mage and Samurai. Both are DPS, and both start at level 50. Both will be accessible after clearing the 2.0 story line (so you don't have to go through all of ARR + HW MSQ to play the new jobs). SAM will share gear with MNK and be Str based; RDM will share caster (Int) gear.
Unofficial but very detailed listing of all things Stormblood
Stormblood benchmark now available: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/benchmark/
Full Stormblood trailer:
Stormblood benchmark video:
Revolutions (Stormblood theme; SPOILERS):
New job actions:
Launch trailer (SPOILERS):