Buried Memory, update 6.2 for Final Fantasy XIV, is now live, bringing lots of quest content, opening PvP series 2, a new dungeon, raid, and Trials, and the new Island Sanctuary feature.
Preliminary notes for Final Fantasy XIV's upcoming Buried Memory update (6.2) have been released with details on all the coming features, new quests, dungeons, and of course, Island Sanctuary.
Square Enix is hosting a special livestream all week from a real farm to celebrate the new FFXIV Island Sanctuary feature. There's also a preview of the new raid and a peek at the upcoming Variant Dungeon.
As revealed today, Final Fantasy XIV's next update, Buried Memory, will arrive on August 23rd with new main scenario and side quests, new dungeon, new raid, and the Island Sanctuary feature.
Patch 6.2 will be out in "late August", but the Tinal Fantasy XIV team has revealed first looks and details on some of the upcoming features, from main story quests to dungeons.
Final Fantasy XIV PvP series 1 will be ending when Patch 6.2 releases in late August. There are also some changes to the Tomestones that are coming when 6.2 is out.
Initial data on Data Center Travel has been stable after hotfixes, but the Final Fantasy XIV team is waiting on data from the weekend to be sure.
A hotfix to keep servers stable while Data Center Travel remains in demand has been completed for Final Fantasy XIV.
The new Data Center Travel feature for Final Fantasy XIV continues to see high demand, and after some emergency maintenance on "cross-world" features overnight, the team is planning a hotfix to change the system for greater stability.
After demand exceeded 15,000 requests per minute, the new Data Center Travel feature in Final Fantasy XIV was temporarily halted. It has been reenabled globally, with some potential waits at peak times.
Update 6.18 is here for Final Fantasy XIV, bringing new features including Data Center Travel, data center expansions in Japan and Europe along with new servers, and updates to PVP balance.
Next week, Final Fantasy XIV gets Patch 6.18, and in August, 6.2, Buried Memory will bring a ton of new quests, new dungeon, raid, PvP updates and new seasons, and more Duty Support reworks.
Following player feedback over recent balance changes that made the Black Mage super overpowered, and additional challenges, Final Fantasy XIV will revert the changes in a patch in June.
Following last month's glitches plaguing the new housing lottery system, after some fixes and changes to the system, Final Fantasy XIV is holding its next housing lottery starting today.
Update 6.11a for Final Fantasy XIV makes some adjustments to PVP, removes the idle auto logout, and addresses several Issues.