Hello Adventurers! It’s the most hype-able time of the year! In just a matter of weeks, the NA FanFest will be here and we’ll have the first details of Final Fantasy XIV’s next expansion! And the immediate Tuesday afterwards Patch 7.5 “Trail to the Heavens” drops! That’s a lot. So we’re here to break it all down and guess as to what our future holds. We start off with a look back at the previous Live Letter talking about the patch, then head straight into our hopes and predictions that are going to happen at FanFest! It’s a wild ride. 

Spoiler Levels: Pineapple Orange Jelly! “Made from Turali pineapples and navel oranges, the refreshing flavor of this jelly will remind you of Tural no matter where you are.” Before we get into all the new stuff that could be happening, we wanted to make sure to remember where we’ve been. Spoilers abound in this episode.

OSMnotes

Lots of things are happening! Why as we post this on a Thursday, tomorrow morning is the next Live Letter! And then next weekend? FanFest! But until then, have some Time Cues:

• 00:00:00 – We Start The Carbuncle Chronicling
• 00:00:45 – Intro and General Gabbing
  • 00:01:14 – Pour one out for Blue Mage
  • 00:01:43 – Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy
  • 00:05:40 – Moogle Treasure Trove – The Hunt for Aphorism
• 00:08:59 –Live Letter 91! (Thanks to Nova Crystallis for the text recap)
  • 00:09:16 – Where on the calendar the patches are arriving
  • 00:10:30 – New Expert Dungeon: The Clyteum
  • 00:11:07 – New Trial: The Unmaking
  • 00:13:25 – New Ultimate: ???
  • 00:15:21 – New Alliance Raid Dungeon: Echoes of Vana’diel – Windurst: The Third Walk
  • 00:18:50 – The Occult Crescent: North Horn
  • 00:21:57 – Limited Job Updates
  • 00:23:08 – New Limited Job: Beastmaster
  • 00:25:01 – The part where Basil mentions Dragon Quest IV, but he actually meant Dragon Quest V
  • 00:40:26 – Housing Updates
• 00:41:10 – Next Week is the North America Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival!
  • 00:41:19 – Basil’s Addendums (MTAC, Anna’s Corn Servant got into the Art Contest!, Goody Bag updates, FanFest App mentioned, FanFest Schedule updates) 
  • 00:44:354 – The Hype BEGINS!
  • 00:48:49 – Our guesses as to what the new expansion will be called
  • 00:52:34 – Where will we be going this time?
  • 00:58:12 – Job? Jobs? What could they be??
  • 01:08:57 – The possibility of a Battle Challenge and the importance of having pictures of hotbars on your phone
  • 01:16:28 – On being excited to see people, because seeing FFXIV sickos IRL is when the community is at its best
  • 01:19:29 – What are we looking forward to the most?
  • 01:31:54 – Final Thoughts

Music is this episode features tracks such as “Coffee Break” by Masayoshi Soken, arranged by Daiki Ishikawa, “Taco Delight” by Masayoshi Soken, “Pa-Paya” by Masayoshi Soken, and “Fun and Games” by Takafumi Imamura.

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