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The rarest FFXIV items could come back, you just have to ask nicely

What would you like to see in FFXIV Dawntrail? There's certainly no shortage of things to do in Final Fantasy 14 at this point, but that doesn't mean players don't have a thousand ideas about what else they'd like to see next - or items they want to come back. Speaking at a press event attended by PCGamesN during FFXIV Fanfest London 2023, game director and producer Naoki Yoshida says the team will consider anything if players ask loudly enough.

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The newest information and media from the London Fan Festival keynote is now live on the Dawntrail teaser site. Get a first look at the upcoming viper job, glimpse the vast landscapes that await you in Tural, and view the artwork for Echoes of Vana'diel, a new alliance raid series created in partnership with FINAL FANTASY XI!

Furthermore, in collaboration with Yoshitaka Amano, we're proud to present a stunning new illustration for Dawntrail, featuring the Warrior of Light as the new viper job!

Visit the Dawntrail teaser site to learn more.

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Final Fantasy creator made Yoshi-P cry by thanking him for "making Final Fantasy even better"

This weekend's Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival looks to have been an emotional one, as the game's producer Naoki Yoshida was brought to tears by none other than the creator of Final Fantasy himself, Hironobu Sakaguchi.

Yoshida, possibly better known by the affectionate nickname he's adopted Yoshi-P, is quite clearly the new golden boy at Square Enix these days. After all, he is the one that brought Final Fantasy 14 back from the dead with its now iconic reboot. He of course also produced the latest numbered entry in the series, Final Fantasy 16, which has generally been a hit with fans - and it's been a hit with Sakaguchi too. The Final Fantasy creator made an appearance at Final Fantasy 14 Fan Fest over the weekend, and even managed to make Yoshi-P cry.

"I'm going to thank you back for making Final Fantasy even better moving forward," were the words Sakaguchi shared with Yoshi-P that got him to cry, helped of course by everyone in the crowd cheering them both on - you can see that for yourself in the video above. Coming from the person who started the series itself probably meant quite a lot to Yoshida, leading him to say, "I never expected that Sakaguchi-san would be making me cry."

Final Fantasy XIV’s achievements are no joke, as proved by the 10 years it took the first player to earn every achievement in the MMO. But director and producer Naoki Yoshida is up for making even more difficult achievements, if the achievement-hunting pro is game for the challenge.

Final Fantasy XIV’s latest Fan Festival took place in London over the weekend, running two days of panels with the MMO’s development team, its director Naoki ‘Yoshi-P’ Yoshida and legendary series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. In-between announcing a new job for expansion Dawntrail, revealing anecdotes from the early days of Final Fantasy and a whole bunch of crossovers on the way, Yoshi-P and Sakaguchi found time to kick back with some very silly hijinks during the game’s boss battles.