Live Letter 6.4 updates summary (stolen from Reddit):
Patch 6.4: The Dark Throne Gameplay Updates Coming in Patch 6.4/6.41 New MSQ + Dungeon (The Aetherfont) New MSQ Trial (The Voidcast Dais) + Extreme New tier of Pandaemonium raids (Anabaseios); as with Abyssos in 6.2, Savage will release one week after Normal Continuation of Tatarus Grand Endeavor sidequests; next quest will require completion of the Sorrows of Werlyt quest line/trial series to begin New Unreal trial: Containment Bay Z1T9 (Zurvan) New high-end crafted combat gear + new tomestone gear New Ocean Fishing route (Kugane/Ruby Sea) A new Tomestone will be introduced to go along with the new raid tier and other content (Tomestones of Comedy. No, really. ) Tomestones of Causality will have their weekly cap removed, and Tomestones of Astronomy will no longer be obtainable (you will be able to exchange leftover Astronomy for a lower number of Causality). Items currently obtainable with Astronomy will be moved to the hunt vendor, exchangeable for Sacks of Nuts. Maximum number of gear sets will be increased to 100, available to all characters immediately regardless of quest progress Some job adjustments coming for PvE and PvP (no further info at this time; these may be discussed in the Part 2 LL) Job icons will now be displayed in the chat log and on player nameplates The transaction fee for items sold on the market board can now be incorporated into the items total price Glasses and wing fashion accessories will now display when in combat in the overworld Items stored in a variety of locations can now be selected when casting glamours in an inn room Fairy glamours now available to Scholars: Eos, Selene, and Carbuncle Coming in Patch 6.45 (approx. 8 weeks from 6.4) New Variant/Criterion Dungeon: Mount Rokkon (note: will NOT require completion of previous V/C dungeon, Sildihn Subterrane, to unlock) Blue Mage Updates: level cap raised to 80; new spells and BLU-exclusive gear added; new enemies added to Masked Carnivale Continuation of Somehow Further Hildibrand Adventures Further progression of Manderville relic weapons Further progression of Splendorous Tools crafting/gathering relics PvP Crystalline Conflict Season 6 will begin after 6.38 maintenance ends on April 4 (note: this is NOT the thing with the rewards track. Thats the PvP series.) CC Season 7 will begin with 6.4 PvP Series 4 (with new Series rewards) will begin at 6.4 launch. If there are any rewards from Series 3 that you still wish to obtain, they MUST be earned prior to 6.4. Adjustments to Frontlines: new UI element displaying match time and score; rules for Fields of Glory (Shatter) will be adjusted; Borderland Ruins (Secure) will be temporarily unavailable Duty Support Updates Stormblood MSQ dungeons added to Duty Support system in 6.4: Sirensong Sea, Bardams Mettle, Doma Castle, Castrum Abania, and Ala Mhigo. This leaves only the 4.X MSQ dungeons without Duty Support/Trusts (these will presumably be added to Duty Support in 6.5). It looks like Hien and Gosetsu will be some of the Duty Support NPCs Island Sanctuaries Updates New Sanctuary ranks and visions New gathering area in the wilds New construction plots at the Hideaway New rewards New materials, craftables, crops, animals (one of which looks like , and workshop handicrafts New structures Placement of outdoor housing items enabled at the hideaway: furnishings can be placed near hideaway structures; up to 90 furnishing slots can be unlocked; special furnishings such as striking dummies and garden plots will NOT be supported. More information on how this will work will be shown at the next live letter. Other Information This was previously announced, but maintenance for the launch of patch 6.38 (April 3-4) will be a full 24 hours due to replacement of hardware for the NA datacenter. This is an unusually long maintenance for a minor patch. Check the most recent All Worlds Maintenance announcement on your regions Lodestone page for local start and end times for the maintenance. Pre-orders for FanFest merchandise for all regions will begin today; check the Lodestone for more information. (Edit: they showed a looooot of pictures of the new merch during the LL, if you want to see this stuff then check out the Discord linked at the top of the post) Information and previews of the 7.0 graphics update will be shown at the NA FanFest in July. Although PS4 support will continue for the next expansion, the graphics overhaul will likely not be able to run on the PS4 (it will be optional to enable). Gameplay footage, patch 6.4 trailer, and additional information on game updates will come in the Part 2 LL.