Final Fantasy XIV Game Director Naoki Yoshida announced Version 4.0 and a variety of coming changes. Their main focus is releasing its second major expansion next year named Stormblood which is due to hit early Summer 2017 or later pending delays. .
Development has already begun on Stormblood, which will primarily take place in the new Ala Mhigo zone. “The main concept is getting Ala Mhigo back into Eorzean control from the Garlean empire,” Yoshida said. Monk will be the main class.
A new zone called Rhalger’s Reach will be the beginning location for the storyline and many sprawling new zones will be added as well.
Other additions:
- The level cap will be raised from 60 to 70.
- New primals
- An extreme item inventory expansion
- New classes
- New Skills
Square Enix will release several patches before the early Summer Stormblood launch and when the expansion does launch, support for PS3 will cease.