Parche 5.3 - Reflections in Crystal

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• Patch 5.3 is the conclusion arc of Shadowbringers' story

• The volume of cutscenes and voices for this patch is by far the largest for a single patch release

• Pay attention to Ascian Elidibus

• While there maybe no elements like "99% of the story from Shadowbringers will end in Patch 5.3 as we enter patch 5.4", this is not to say that there are no such possibilities either.

• There will be no resolution in why Zodiark and Hydaelyn exists, and what will happen to them. However there will be few things to note:
  a) We are now heading towards the conclusion portion of the Hydaelyn-Zodiark arc.
  b) There will a little portrayal and a pinch of "Oh wow, things are getting real bad" elements written in once Patch 5.3 story ends.

• You will also get to learn the direction where Garlemald is heading in Patch 5.3 as well.

YoRHa: Dark Apocalyse

• There will be more emphasis on Nier elements for the 2nd series.

• The entirety of this continuation will give a feeling of "Isn't this just NieR:Automata?"

• The equipment rewards is hinted by Yoshida to be the ones you see in their image illustration - the shadowy figures which 2P faces

• It's not known whether we will get them as separate equipments or a box that includes these equipments as a set (As in head, body, pants and shoes in one set)

• There will be no equipment rewards where everyone will need to roll for it this time. (a.k.a the 2B dress reward equivalent)

• Both NieR team and FFXIV team worked together to prepare equipment variations for all roles.

• The equipment design for the third entry of YoRHa Dark Apocalypse is already done and is currently entering production. The good news is there will be more equipment variations based on NieR lore as a whole.
  Patch 5.3 Trial

• SECRET UNTIL THE PATCH IS RELEASED

• Rewards will be weapons
  Unreal Trials and Faux Hollows

• The mechanics remained unchanged

• You're basically going to clear them as they were first released. The difference is that the damage scaling and their HP is adjusted to fit the level 80 standard.

• They contemplated about releasing Titan Unreal but if decided not to because if releasing Titan Unreal too early will just end up traumatizing the players like what happened back then...

• Rewards will be mounts and minions, as well as the access to play the Faux Hollow minigame.

• You WILL end up getting bored of it if you keep doing the same Unreal challenge again and again, therefore the bosses will be swapped each patch.
  The Sorrow of Werlyt Chronicle Quests

• Unfortunately there is no 8-man trial for this patch

• There will be a specialized battle content for this, and it's a huge one. Please look forward to it. YoshiP described it as "it contained all the romance and dreams for a man of our era"
  Ishgard Restoration

• Scheduled to be released on Patch 5.31, which is 3 to 4 weeks after Patch 5.3

• The rankings will be held on the same time as it did before, around 10 days.

• The rewards are titles, but different from the previous. Scoring top ranking for the 2nd ranking calculation will net you the the reward from that specific timeline.
  Save The Queen and Southern Bozja Frontlines - Unforgiven, Unforgotten

• Scheduled to be released 1.5 months after Patch 5.3, which is Patch 5.35

• It's a large scale content which has a bigger starting line than Eureka

• You will have a separate leveling system called the "Resistance Rank". You can level up them easily solo. There is nothing that forces you to have a party for it

• There will be actions that are specific ONLY to Southern Bozja frontline available for use, based on the feedback from Eureka. The actions are called the "Lost Actions"

• You have a specific goal this time. "Destroy the Fort"

• You get to join "skirmishes" or "critical engagement" and each skirmish will net you battle reports. Depending on how you perform you get more rank points per skirmish.

• The skirmish has the same system as FATE, which everyone can freely join to gain battle points. The trigger rate is high.

• "Critical Engagement" is something different and is developed specifically for Southern Bozja Frontline. It's a type of event battle.
  A) You have conditions to trigger them, and it's mostly about the Garlean Empire launching a siege at your allies.
  You can queue for it from anywhere (doesn't specify the limits of "where" however) and if over the capacity, players will be selected randomly by the system
  C) There are items that allow you to obtain them for priority purposes, and players who contributed to the item obtain within the party will be given priority to enter as well
  D) Once all conditions met, the group will be brought into an instance and conduct battle from there.

• Objectives can range from "Destroy the large type Empire weapon" to "Defeat the large scale army"

• Think of it as a content that allows a group 24 to 48 large scale boss battles

• If you score excellent results throughout the "Critical Engagement" event battle, you get to deal with "the enemy general" in a 1-to-1 duel style. Only one who scored the top will be able to participate. YoshiP described that as "Like a one man Ultimate instead of one man Savage?"

• Since it's a one-on-one battle, the other players can only cheer.

• The one-on-one battle may be easy for players who are extremely battle oriented

• Baldesion Arsenal type large scale content will be implemented on patch 5.4. Taking in opinions from the players, the dev team aims to create a new system that makes it more accessible. Two difficulties are planned for that content. There is no need to prepare anything for that content, and it's a large scale content where everyone gets to participate.

• To upgrade your Resistance Weapon, there will be quests prepared for it. You can upgrade them purely by going through quests.

• There are 2 methods to upgrade your weapon. You can upgrade them purely by going through story quest as mentioned above, or you can do the skirmishes and obtain the necessary items from there too.

• How it works: The necessary items to upgrade your weapon will be presented to you. You can also obtain these items from OUTSIDE Southern Bozja as well. However when the interviewer asks if the item obtain is something like obtainable through doing Atma Light farming, YoshiP answered "We can't tell you anything for now but....something similar..."

• No elements will be involved for Southern Bozja

• Since the items can also be obtained through outside Southern Bozja, you are free to raise your weapon at your own pace.
  Gathering/Crafting & Item Related

• There will be 8 new Umbrellas. Obtainable through Ishgard Restoration and Southern Bozja Frontlines. Some of the umbrellas are eastern themed too.

• Skysteel Tools upgrade will be implemented on patch 5.35

• New Crafter and Gatherer equipments will be implemented for Patch 5.3. ilevel increase.

• At patch 5.3, the pentamelded equipments will be superior than the Skysteel Tools

• There will be a new category called Fashion Items and the new items will be added like how new Umbrellas are implemented. Though currently still at planning stage, you get to, for example, hug a teddy bear while walking. This is meant to be a new system made for Role players to enjoy
  New Beast Tribe Quests, The Dwarfs

• The quests will be done through Lakeland

• Mount will be rewards

This is important to note: Considering the delay, this will also delay the release for the next expansion as well. BUT considering they now got the hold of their schedule already, the delays will NOT take 6 months or a year.

The next Ultimate difficulty is already under production, but there is currently another huge thing under development right now, so the devs are taking the whole stance of "Get it done quick so that we can rest in ease" right now because they don't want anything that affect their future plans

There is nothing YoshiP can inform anyone regarding the plans for PS5 but considering the plans to migrate users from PS3 to PS4 had been smooth sailing and was fast enough. He hopes the same procedure can be done without hiccups. Once YoshiP had all plans settled and ready, he'll make an announcement.

There are also voices about rerunning the FFXV Collab event so the team is thinking maybe it'd be a good idea to. But this will require them to know when to slot them in because there are other seasonal events underway too.