Final Fantasy 14: Dawntrail launched on July 2, 2024 with some technical points however that did not cease it from drawing essentially the most gamers to the massively multiplayer on-line sport in over a decade.
In a blog post, Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida thanked gamers for his or her assist of Dawntrail and mentioned the MMO had loved its highest numbers because the game-changing A Realm Reborn replace was launched in 2013.
“I wish to thanks all in your persistence and cooperation in coping with server congestion through the early entry for Dawntrail,” Yoshida mentioned. “Along with your assist, we have been in a position to attain a document variety of concurrent customers we’ve not seen because the launch of A Realm Reborn in 2013.”
A Realm Reborn is the revamp that saved Final Fantasy 14, which initially launched in 2010 to a poor reception. Sq. Enix relaunched the MMO in 2014 with the A Realm Reborn subtitle, which additionally noticed its arrival on PlayStation.
A number of main expansions have been launched since — Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, Endwalker, and now Dawntrail — with every including a important chunk of story content material plus new dungeons and mechanics.
Dawntrail launched with some points, nonetheless, particularly on Xbox the place the sport shopper can turn into fully unresponsive when shifting between places. Yoshida beforehand mentioned a repair for this could arrive in the week or two after its correct launch.
The enlargement’s accompanying Model 7.0 patch made loads of constructive modifications to the sport too, resembling new areas, quests, quality-of-life enchancment, a large graphical improve, and the Viper and Pictomancer jobs, however seemingly not with out a few irritating bugs.
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