FFXIV - Live Letter XIX

coldReactive (Iyeru): Patch 2.5 is called "Before the Fall" and has a picture of a chalice / goblet. it will have two parts.
coldReactive (Iyeru): http://i.imgur.com/a0ONWyh.png
coldReactive (Iyeru): "Urth's Fount" = Odin trial
coldReactive (Iyeru): http://i.imgur.com/bXOOUt3.png
coldReactive (Iyeru): "The World of Darkness" is the next Crystal Tower Raid. It will feature a remix of the Dark World theme
coldReactive (Iyeru): "The World of Darkness" will drop the new ironworks upgrade items, but it will be a separate system than normal.
coldReactive (Iyeru): The new Crystal Tower will drop weapons as rewards in addition to armor.
coldReactive (Iyeru): *Sorry Edit: You will get materials from "The World of Darkness" to craft the new weapons.
coldReactive (Iyeru): You do not need to pay additional fees to enjoy the content of Gold Saucer.
coldReactive (Iyeru): You will obtain a special currency called "Gold Saucer Point" in Gold Saucer. You can buy the points with gil, but you cannot sell or trade the points.
coldReactive (Iyeru): There's a gols saucer remix for the game.
coldReactive (Iyeru): The Gold saucer is officially titled "Manderville Gold Saucer"
coldReactive (Iyeru): Saw a guy playing the old FF7 basketball throwing game.
coldReactive (Iyeru): And a mallet/hammer strength tester
coldReactive (Iyeru): Another strength tester where you punch a small gilgamesh
coldReactive (Iyeru): And what seems to be a moogle crane game
coldReactive (Iyeru): Yes, there will be chocobo racing.
coldReactive (Iyeru): It will also have Triple Triad tables.
coldReactive (Iyeru): Special Setzer Armor/glamour it looks like is obtainable with Points.
coldReactive (Iyeru): There will be different chocobos you can level up and customize stats.
coldReactive (Iyeru): You will not be using your companions for racing.
coldReactive (Iyeru): You can feed it to change stats such as stamina.
coldReactive (Iyeru): "In final Fantasy VIII, you could battle NPCs in triple triad." [shows explanation powerpoint for what Triple Triad is.] - http://i.imgur.com/ANHAmI8.png
coldReactive (Iyeru): http://i.imgur.com/pBVKWi6.png
coldReactive (Iyeru): Keeper of the lake dungeon video...
coldReactive (Iyeru): Lots of imperial activity...
coldReactive (Iyeru): *imperial portions, due to it being the old imperial airship
coldReactive (Iyeru): Wanderer's Palace Hard... seems the malmoo ja have moved in now
coldReactive (Iyeru): Amdapor Keep Hard... some new enemy models / designs in there.
coldReactive (Iyeru): Vine traps hitting the players as they move about
coldReactive (Iyeru): It's become much more overgrown
coldReactive (Iyeru): Demon Wall's back
coldReactive (Iyeru): It will be different though, the demon wall.
coldReactive (Iyeru): Can't fall this time, but it's going to be four times scarier.
coldReactive (Iyeru): The reason why they chose these two instead of Dzmael and Aurum is because Dzmael and Aurum already were totally remade from 1.0 into 2.0, and it took a lot of resources.
coldReactive (Iyeru): Showing a comparison between DX9 and DX11
coldReactive (Iyeru): no more flat waters, tessellation used.
coldReactive (Iyeru): Reflections on certain "Finished wood" is now possible
coldReactive (Iyeru): Better lighting and shadows... with SSAO
coldReactive (Iyeru): Textures won't look "Flat" from angles, and more color on faces in shrouds.
coldReactive (Iyeru): Water now refracts light
coldReactive (Iyeru): Certain polished stone will have reflections too
coldReactive (Iyeru): Soken came on stage...
coldReactive (Iyeru): wearing a strange T-Shirt with english text.
coldReactive (Iyeru): Also talked about a jukebox in the FC Houses to change BGM... maybe?
coldReactive (Iyeru): They're going to try their best to get it in however.
coldReactive (Iyeru): The ultima song actually has no lyrics, it was all created with sound.
coldReactive (Iyeru): "Rage against the machine" is what his t-shirt said.
coldReactive (Iyeru): The music is not created before the content usually, it takes a lot of time to make.