With quiet newsweek behind us, and a reduced cast (R'ollo will be back soon, don't worry!), we give our final review of Ishgard Restoration. How was the story? Was the system good? What is the fate of the Firmament now that it's over? We also read your MogMail - ranging from speculation about Garlemald, to Fandaniel's origin story.

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We continue reading through some of the post-Endwalker announcement interviews, and we learn more about the upcoming expansion - and beyond! We also discuss the recent GM vs RP on the Party Finder debacle, and we read your MogMail!

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Interviews:

Fanbyte: https://www.fanbyte.com/features/lead-shadowbringers-writer-natsuko-ishikawa-returns-for-ffxiv-endwalker/

Playstation Blog: https://blog.playstation.com/2021/02/19/final-fantasy-xiv-endwalker-director-naoki-yoshida-qa/

Gamespot: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-path-to-ffxiv-endwalker-was-never-promised-but-always-envisioned/1100-6487745/

VG247: https://www.vg247.com/2021/02/18/final-fantasy-14-endwalker-interview-naoki-yoshida/

 

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Naoki Yoshida has been on an interview spree in the wake of the Endwalker announcement. We dive into some of them in this episode, including the Washington Post interview! We also discuss the recent hotfix that seems to have fixed Castrum Lacus Litore!

Interviews:

Impulse Gamer: https://www.impulsegamer.com/naoki-yoshida-interview-final-fantasy-xivs-lore-story/

Dengeki Translation: https://kamedani.tumblr.com/post/642559626750083072/ffxiv-yoshi-p-dengeki-interview

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/02/17/final-fantasy-xiv-updates/?utm_source=reddit.com#click=https://t.co/M9sg4ObOnh

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Patch 5.45 is here, and it's time for a review. This is part 1 of the review, as we have yet to complete all of the BLU stuff in this patch. Beware of spoilers in this episode.

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The Announcement Showcase, and the following Live Letter has concluded, and we now know the name of the expansion, the name of the new healer job, and so much more!

In this XL episode of Speakers of Hydaelyn we go through all the information and discuss everything!

Teaser trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsVraq-v0JI

Our initial reaction to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvBc852wZFM

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5.45 is right around the corner, and the special announcement stream is mere days away. It's time to give our final predictions for 6.0, before we know (or at least have an idea) of where things are going. We also read an interview by Gamer Escape with Yoshi-P about 5.3 and 5.4.

Interview: https://gamerescape.com/2021/01/25/we-asked-ffxivs-naoki-yoshida-about-5-3-5-4-and-shirts/

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How do you react if a player gives you advice in a dungeon? Are you an angry healer? Live Letter 62's broadcast time has been announced, so it's time to wind up the hype train even more. One more week! We also read your MogMail. 

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Another week of calm in the XIV newsfront. We discuss some new bizarre merchandise released in Japan including nail clippers and a pencil case with a... questionable design.

Patch 5.41 is out, and we read through the very short patch notes.

We also discuss whether Forspoken could be the name of the new expansion based on recent trademark applications, and what that name could mean for the direction of the game going forward.

And why can't we use all our skills when level synced?

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It's been... a week. But in XIV it's been quiet. We read through a recent interview with XIV's Web Director Hiroyuki Takachi, discuss the upcoming patch 5.41, and read your MogMail!

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Happy New Year Eorzeans!

Hope you've had a pleasant holiday, and ready for yet another season of Speakers of Hydaelyn. In this episode we get you up to speed on what happened in the past two weeks in the world of XIV, give a quick review of 2020, read an interview with the Lead Level Designer, and discuss Heavensturn 2020. Welcome back!

And and extra warm welcome back to audio listeners. It was decided to stop uploading audio-only episodes for the rest of the 2020 season after it became impossible to keep up due to a file formatting issue that plagued the last few months of that season. I'll do my best to return to the regular publishing schedule.