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FFXIV players are freaking out over Hrothgar hair

Final Fantasy XIV players have been waiting for more Hrothgar hairstyles for ages. The catlike folks have tended to have more limited cosmetic options than other playable races - we're still awaiting female Hrothgar, too - so today's reveal of new hairstyles had fans of the MMO excited. Until the devs actually showed off those hairstyles, that is.

You can see an example above, but suffice to say, something about that hair with those leonine faces just doesn't quite seem right. Live Letter 70 happened to land on April Fools Day, and that's led some players to speculate - or hope - that these looks are, in fact, pranks. But there's no real indication here that that's the case.

A big part of why these hairstyles seem so uncanny is down to the ears. Or, rather, the lack of them. Director Naoki Yoshida provided a few comments on that in the livestream, as translated by iluna minori of the FFXIV Discord. Yoshida says the "ears and the head are integrally moulded" for the Hrothgar, so the team has "no choice" but to implement the hair this way.

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Regarding the Sale of Land in Empyreum and the New Housing Lottery System

Starting in Patch 6.1, land will be available for purchase in Ishgard’s residential district, Empyreum!

In addition, changes to purchasing methods, such as the lottery system, will be implemented across all residential districts.

Read the full announcement on the Lodestone.

FFXIV 6.1 release date confirmed in Live Letter 70

As part of today's Live Letter 70, Final Fantasy XIV producer Yoshi-P confirmed that the MMORPG's first major content update for Endwalker, which was initially detailed during the previous Live Letter, will be arriving on April 12. This patch adds new main scenario quests, sidequests, and role quests, alongside a number of other updates to housing, job balance, and more.

Following on from the climactic events of Endwalker's main story, 6.1's story quests will see the Warrior of Light and their friends set out looking for new adventures. This will include new role quests and the beginnings of the Tataru's Grand Endeavour series, which focuses on everyone's favourite Lalafellin receptionist. You'll have to wait until patch 6.15 to reconvene with the gentleman inspector Hildibrand Manderville and undertake Tribal Quests for the Arkasodara, however.

We'll also be seeing a rollout of some more endgame content, including the new Myths of the Realm alliance raid, and more challenging versions of trials such as The Minstrel's Ballad: Endsinger's Aria and Ultima's Bane (Unreal) to test out the more hardcore members of the player base.

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Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXIX Digest Released

We’re pleased to announce that the Letter from the Producer LIVE Part LXIX event digest has been released!

If you weren’t able to watch the live stream, or if you just want to watch it again, be sure to check it out!

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New FFXIV alliance raid will be a standalone story

The new FFXIV alliance raid will be a standalone story, not unlike the previous Return to Ivalice raid. Final Fantasy XIV director Yoshi-P has given interviews to Famitsu, Game Watch, and 4gamer ahead of the upcoming Live Letter 70 on Friday, April 1. With the MMORPG's recent Endwalker expansion bringing closure to several long-running story threads, Yoshida emphasises that he wanted patch 6.1, set to release in mid-April, to show players that new challenges still await them in Eorzea.

In particular, Yoshida addresses the upcoming 24-man Myths of the Realm alliance raid, which he compares to Stormblood's Return to Ivalice content. He says that during his playtesting he felt that the content was "quite difficult" but remarks that feedback from players suggested a higher challenge would be preferential to content being too easy, at least during the weeks after release.

Regarding the Myths of the Realm story, Yoshida says (as translated by aitaikimochi on Twitter) that it will be an entirely original, standalone narrative for FFXIV, with no guest directors being featured (in contrast to Return To Ivalice's Yasumi Matsuno and YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse's Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito, who contributed to development of the cross-promotional alliance raids in Stormblood and Shadowbringers respectively).

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