Before, you could share moves between classes willy-nilly, but now, you’re given a preset list of cross-class ones that suit the class you’re playing as. The main thing the expansion brought that I was slightly apprehensive about was changes to existing combat moves. I even participated in races underwater with friends just to test out the diving and it was endless fun. You can even use your flying mounts underwater which absolutely blew my mind.
If skies aren’t for you, though, diving and swimming have also been added and let me tell you this: it’s amazing. Like with Heavensward, you are able to use flying mounts in these new areas and if you’re someone who appreciates views from above, I heartily recommend you view what Stormblood has to offer from the clouds because it truly is beautiful. From the vast blue depths of The Ruby Sea, to the far-reaching grasslands of The Azim Steppe, the added areas bring something new to the game visually and if you compare them to the villages and cities from A Realm Reborn, it almost looks like a completely different game. Side quests are a different story however and are more of the same slog as before, being mainly fetch-quests and having to kill certain types of monster which was disappointing as I was hoping for a switch-up there.Īccompanying the fresh storyline are a handful of new places to explore. Unlike the previous two main story scenarios, I found myself eager to power through the quests as I absolutely needed to know what happens next, like a good book you can’t put down. This time, it’s all about taking back the city of Ala Mhigo from the Garlean Empire after a lengthy twenty-year reign and as you’d expect, it’s jam packed full of themes such as war, freedom-fighting and righteousness. I hadn’t even finished FFXIV’s first expansion Heavensward when I received my copy of Stormblood, but the promise of being able to explore new lands, raid new dungeons, and try new classes gave me the push I needed to finally finish it and boy, I’m so glad I did.Īs with both A Realm Reborn and Heavensward’s questlines, Stormblood’s story is fantastic. As much as I love the game, nothing had ever sucked me in enough to make me stay for good. As someone who finds it difficult to stick to MMOs for longer than a month, I was incredibly excited for an excuse to return to Final Fantasy XIV with the release of its latest expansion.
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