Key Takeaways
- Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.1’s new Alliance Raid is going down a treat with fans, receiving praise for its increased difficulty.
- A lot of players are appreciative of the tough mechanics being used, which is your reminder from me to put your interrupts back on your hotbar.
- Jueno: The First Walk is even considered by some to be their favorite Alliance Raid in the game, which just goes to show we’re all gluttons for punishment.
Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.1 has been one heck of a mixed bag so far. While there have been pretty disappointing aspects, such as the changes to jobs like Dragoon and Gunbreaker, there have also been a lot of reasons to be excited. Patch 7.1’s introduction of the Echoes of Vana’Diel Alliance Raid series is one such reason, and now that fans have had time to jump in and get splattered across the ground, opinions have started coming out on social media.
Final Fantasy 14 fans can be a hard lot to please sometimes, but it seems as though Yoshi-P and the gang have managed to nail both the Jueno: The First Walk raid, and the new Yeweyawata Field Station MSQ dungeon. The Alliance Raid in particular is proving to be very popular among fans, with the vast majority of players talking about how much they love it.
Final Fantasy 14 Patch 7.1’s New Alliance Raid Is Tough As Nails, But Fans Love It
A lot of the praise stems from the increased difficulty of the Alliance Raid, which is something Yoshi-P recently claimed he’d increase in a recent interview, following positive feedback from Dawntrail. He wasn’t kidding either, as each boss in the raid has some truly diabolical tricks up its sleeve that more casual players may not have come across. You actually have to use interrupts in this one!
One such player happy with the difficulty is Twitter user FeristalJ, who thanks the developers for “treating players like they’ve gone through multiple expansions”, and can therefore handle more stressful fights. The replies to that tweet are full of other fans saying that the raid’s bosses “had me on my toes the entire fight” and that it “smacked me in my face”, but they loved every second.
It’s so popular that some are even calling it their favorite in the entire game, though it wasn’t particularly hard to one-up the Myths of the Realm series. Still, it’s a good sign that Final Fantasy 14 is heading in the right direction when it comes to difficulty, despite all the complaints, and that Yoshi-P and his team still have the ability to throw us interesting mechanics and easily accessible fights that make casual players sweat a little.
Square Enix’s popular MMO, Final Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, has players step into the role of the Warrior of Light in the world of Eorzea. There, they find themselves testing their mettle against Primals, the Garlean Empire, the Ascians, and plenty of other threats.
This award-winning MMO now has multiple expansions to its name, with the most recent Endwalker expansion bringing the Hydaelyn/Zodiark arc to a close. Director and producer Yoshi-P has promised lots of plans for future content and the game has regular updates to keep players occupied.