

Many other jobs have been given changes as well, including a complete rework of the Summoner job, a major update to the Monk job, and various new abilities for other jobs.Ī player versus player (PvP) overhaul also debuted in Endwalker, with PvP abilities for all jobs being completely reworked to be more streamlined. The second new job, Reaper, is a scythe-wielding armored melee fighter that calls on the aid of an avatar from the void for greater power. The first is Sage, a healer that uses magical objects inspired by Funnels from the Gundam franchise called Nouliths to direct aetheric energy to create barriers and amplify the character's own offense abilities. Due to ongoing issues with numerical values, such as enemy health pools, growing large enough to threaten overflow errors, Endwalker includes a numeric down-scaling, sometimes colloquially referred to by MMO players as a "stat squish". As with many MMORPGs, players interact with each other in a persistent world that responds to their actions. The gameplay and quest structure of Endwalker largely matches that of the base game. Main article: Final Fantasy XIV § Gameplay In addition to adding new areas, the expansion pack increases the level cap to 90 and debuts two new jobs, Sage and Reaper, among other changes. The story has been marketed as the "finale" of the Hydaelyn–Zodiark arc, drawing the current ongoing story since A Realm Reborn to a close, with an entirely new story beginning in the major patches following release, in contrast to past expansion's stories continuing into midway through the post-release patches. Zenos is assisted by the nihilistic Ascian Fandaniel, who wants the Final Days to occur so everyone, himself included, is wiped out.

Meanwhile, Zenos, the mad son of the former emperor of Garlemald, has murdered his father and now seeks a final confrontation with the Warrior of Light. In Endwalker, players as the Warrior of Light travel to the secluded nation of Sharlayan to seek help in handling the approaching Final Days, an apocalyptic event that threatens to destroy the entire world. The expansion pack was released as a standalone product for current players for new players, the "Complete Edition" that originally launched with Heavensward was updated to include all expansions including Endwalker. Like its predecessors, Naoki Yoshida served as director and producer and Masayoshi Soken composed the soundtrack. It was released on December 7, 2021, over two years after Shadowbringers, the previous expansion, with its production delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is the fourth expansion pack to Final Fantasy XIV, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix for macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows.
