The trailer of Final Fantasy 14The next patch, 5.3, was shown Wednesday morning during a live broadcast on Square Enix. The trailer reveals many of the highly anticipated features of the upcoming patch, including a grim look at the main story missions.
The game’s story continues when Aridbert, The First’s original Warrior of Light, has his corpse taken over by Elidibus, one of the game’s central antagonists. Crystal Exarch, everyone’s favorite cat, also seems to be in serious danger saying things that certainly sound like a final request. However, Square Enix loves to trick us, so this could all be a trap for fans to worry about the wrong character.
The next foray into Nier’s cross alliance will also launch with patch 5.3, and we got a look at 2P, the color swap version of Nier: Automata‘s 2B, fighting with more robots.
The next part of Dolores de Werlyt’s story will also be added to Final Fantasy 14 in this update, allowing players to fight one of Final Fantasy 7Weapons of. An earlier patch added Ruby Weapon, and we are now ready to fight the next one.
Patch 5.3 has been delayed multiple times due to the coronavirus pandemic, and will be released on August 11.