[21/12] FFXIV's Gold Saucer Revealed: Will be Live After Patch 2.51
Fans of FFXIV, rejoice. Fans of FFVII's Gold Saucer, rejoice. Fans of the Manderville characters, rejoice.
From the Letter from the Producer Live event (a regular live broadcast that veterans of the game should be all too familiar with) from the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Tokyo, the promised Gold Saucer finally reared its head and revealed itself. It calls itself the Manderville Gold Saucer, which was presumably founded by the strongest Primal in the game: Godbert Manderville. Yes, the place is begging for your characters to Manderville dance their way in.
So what will this glorious, comical paradise offer for players tired from all the slaying, raiding, grinding, FATEsing and crafting? For a start, there are various mini-games such as Super Dunk, a game whereby you have to punch Greg- uhh, Gilgamesh, among others. The Manderville Gold Saucer will also serve as a hub for Chocobo Racing and Triple Triad(!).
To participate in Chocobo racing, your Chocobo shall be granted a separate "racing level" with stats such as stamina paramount to racing performance. Watch what you feed the bird!
For Triple Triad, you can challenge both NPCs and other players. You acquire cards by spending Gold Saucer's currency, which you can earn from beating certain NPCs or by obtaining them in battle events such as dungeons and trials. When Gold Saucer launches, Triple Triad will begin with 80 cards available at launch. Oh yes, FFXIV will go with new rules for Triple Triad, but they're still working on it.
"Gold Saucer Active Events" are said to exist, which going by naming, presumably seem not too dissimilar to FATEs.
Worried about the cash shop? You needn't be. Naoki Yoshida made it clear that no one should need to go near the cash shop to fully enjoy the content.
The music is a remix by composer/sound director Masayoshi Soken of Nobuo Uematsu's original Final Fantasy VII Gold Saucer theme.
When will Gold Saucer come live? It will be in Patch 2.51, which will follow Patch 2.5: Before the Fall. For fans interested in Patch 2.5, Before the Fall may expound on the deep societal tensions in Ul'dah that will finally boil over, if the tilting goblet in the logo is to suggest anything. The Crystal Tower raid story will end with a conclusive dungeon, the World of Darkness. Hard modes for The Wanderer's Palace and Amdapor Keep will be present, as is a new dungeon known as the Keeper of the Lake, aka the inside of the fallen airship Agrius itself in Mor Dhona.
Nova Crystallis
Fans of FFXIV, rejoice. Fans of FFVII's Gold Saucer, rejoice. Fans of the Manderville characters, rejoice.
From the Letter from the Producer Live event (a regular live broadcast that veterans of the game should be all too familiar with) from the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Tokyo, the promised Gold Saucer finally reared its head and revealed itself. It calls itself the Manderville Gold Saucer, which was presumably founded by the strongest Primal in the game: Godbert Manderville. Yes, the place is begging for your characters to Manderville dance their way in.
So what will this glorious, comical paradise offer for players tired from all the slaying, raiding, grinding, FATEsing and crafting? For a start, there are various mini-games such as Super Dunk, a game whereby you have to punch Greg- uhh, Gilgamesh, among others. The Manderville Gold Saucer will also serve as a hub for Chocobo Racing and Triple Triad(!).
To participate in Chocobo racing, your Chocobo shall be granted a separate "racing level" with stats such as stamina paramount to racing performance. Watch what you feed the bird!
For Triple Triad, you can challenge both NPCs and other players. You acquire cards by spending Gold Saucer's currency, which you can earn from beating certain NPCs or by obtaining them in battle events such as dungeons and trials. When Gold Saucer launches, Triple Triad will begin with 80 cards available at launch. Oh yes, FFXIV will go with new rules for Triple Triad, but they're still working on it.
"Gold Saucer Active Events" are said to exist, which going by naming, presumably seem not too dissimilar to FATEs.
Worried about the cash shop? You needn't be. Naoki Yoshida made it clear that no one should need to go near the cash shop to fully enjoy the content.
The music is a remix by composer/sound director Masayoshi Soken of Nobuo Uematsu's original Final Fantasy VII Gold Saucer theme.
When will Gold Saucer come live? It will be in Patch 2.51, which will follow Patch 2.5: Before the Fall. For fans interested in Patch 2.5, Before the Fall may expound on the deep societal tensions in Ul'dah that will finally boil over, if the tilting goblet in the logo is to suggest anything. The Crystal Tower raid story will end with a conclusive dungeon, the World of Darkness. Hard modes for The Wanderer's Palace and Amdapor Keep will be present, as is a new dungeon known as the Keeper of the Lake, aka the inside of the fallen airship Agrius itself in Mor Dhona.
Nova Crystallis
i wonder if you can take part in a play, too? that would be so cute if they referenced cloud and aerith 
