During a recent interview with Gamer, a leading Japanese gaming website, Final Fantasy XIV producer Naoki Yoshida leaked that his team was at one point thinking about adding a competitive battle royale to the game. online role. Looks like it would be a lot of fun too.
The mode, according to a third-party translation on Reddit (h / t Fanbyte), was conceived as limited to Blue Mages, the unique work of Final Fantasy XIV that learns skills and spells from enemies instead of leveling up. Yoshida explained that players should gain skills on the fly and navigate a rapidly shrinking arena, two hallmarks of the battle royale genre, all while escaping from their blue teammates.
I’m not a big fan of Battle Royale and putting my toes in the other player modes versus Final Fantasy XIV player left me almost dissatisfied, but still, that sounds great. Blue Mage is a job that, while intriguing, has always intimidated me (it’s segregated for much of most of the game’s content due to its eccentricities) and a battle royale could be the perfect way to get that people like me finally check it out.
Hey, it couldn’t get any worse than that mobile battle royale Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier, right?
Yoshida didn’t say if this idea ever went beyond the development phase of “throwing it against the wall and seeing what sticks,” but it’s obvious that his team is thinking a lot about competitive content. And it’s bearing fruit: Crystalline Conflict, which sees two teams fighting to push a giant crystal towards the opposite target, is proving to be very popular since it was released along with the 6.1 update in April despite the problems of balance in progress.
Final Fantasy XIV is currently in the era of the “Newfound Adventure” following the conclusion of Endwalker, its most recent (and most excellent) expansion. Current and subsequent updates are said to pave the way for the next important chapter in its history. If we’re lucky, we may see the battle royale Blue Mage come true, like Crystalline Conflict, during a future calm between expansions.