Everything Revealed During The 69th Final Fantasy 14 Letter From The Producer Live

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Final Fantasy 14's Endwalker expansion saw the close of the story arc that has been in the making for the past ten years, so now players are looking forward to what the future will hold. The game's producer and director Naoki Yoshida recently held the 68th ‘Letter from the Producer Live’ broadcast to discuss the plan for the next ten years' worth of content for FF14.

The first part of the live stream discussed FF14's journey so far, encompassing 2010 through to 2021, before moving on to plans for the future. Yoshi-P also took the time to explain that he has no intentions of leaving FF14 or adding NFTs to the game.

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After fan feedback and market research, the team wants FF14 to become a game that can be enjoyed alone or with friends. Plans to achieve this include adding Trust compatibility for all main scenario dungeons and four-player trials in increments throughout Patch 6.1-6.5. However, eight-player trials will not be updated during this time but will be considered for 7.0 or later. To begin this, Patch 6.1 will make all A Realm Reborn (Patch 2.0) scenario duties Trust compatible.

Yoshi-P reassured fans that there are no plans to remove the matching system for dungeons that allow for players to group together via the Duty Finder as the focus on the Trust compatibility is aimed at players who wish to play through the story on their own.

Trust AI characters will not always be the Scions or main characters, as this would not fit the storyline for all duties — for example, if a character is elsewhere in the world, it wouldn't make sense for them to come and help you — so Yoshi-P gave the example of some Trust characters being members from the