New competition and dual new Jobs announced for Final Fantasy XIV’s Heavensward expansion

During a Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival keynote in Japan, Square Enix suggested a new competition and dual new Jobs that will be combined with a arriving Heavensward expansion.

The new race, famous as Au Ra, are a competition of dragon people who issue from Othard. They underline horns on their heads, dragon tails, and beam on their bodies.

A new recovering Job was also announced, a Astrologian. This Job uses a singular arms famous as a Star Globe and has entrance to a constellation-based discovering rug of cards. A second Job was also announced, this time a DPS Job called Machinist, who uses a vast firearm and turrets to do damage.

Finally, Square Enix suggested that Heavensward’s finish diversion raid will take place in an deserted automatic outpost that has been taken over by a Primal Alexander, after being summoned by a Goblins. There will be both a normal and tough mode of a raid accessible during launch, with normal being set during a same problem as a stream Coil of Bahamut raid with a energy of a Echo active.

As good as a Keynote, Square Enix also hold a Letter from a Producer Live, in that a essence of patch 2.5 were outlined. Patch 2.5 will embody new story quests, some-more Hildibrand quests, 3 new dungeons (Keeper of a Lake, The Wanderer’s Palace Hard, and Amdapor Keep Hard), The World of Darkness 24-person raid, a Primal quarrel with Odin, a tough mode of a Gilgamesh fight, new manners for Frontlines, and more.

Patch 2.5 will be followed by patch 2.51, that includes a Gold Saucer and a subsequent section in a Relic arms questline. After 2.51 comes 2.5 partial two, that includes some-more story quests and something called a “Battle of Ishgard.”

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn‘s Heavensward enlargement will be accessible in open 2015.