Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward

an expansion pack

Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward is the first expansion pack of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, announced at the 2014 Fan Fest in Las Vegas. It was initially set to release in spring 2015, but was delayed to early summer for more polish. Mac version will be available the same day as Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4 versions, making it the first Final Fantasy title on 's personal computer.

Ishgard will be the main location of the storyline. Naoki Yoshida had revealed that the first expansion of the game will let the players fly, and one of the themes will revolve around a "great conflict that spans across millennia."

Setting
Heavensward will expand the playable area of the game into additional parts of Eorzea, beyond the Coerthas Central Highlands and into the skies above the Sea of Clouds and the floating landmasses therein. Dravania and "other beast-tribe ruled" domains will be added.

Two key plot points have been revealed: the "Dragonsong War", the bloody thousand-year conflict between Ishgard and Dravania, and "The Wyrmking versus Thordan and his Knights Twelve", which has not yet been substantially elaborated on.

Story
In the aftermath of the events of Before the Fall, the Warriors of Light are framed by Lolorito and Ul'Dah's syndicate for the assassination of Nanamo Ul Namo. Disgraced and with the Scions of the Seventh Dawn apparently destroyed, the Warriors flee. It is thus that they become entangled in the war between Ishgard and Dravania.

Features
The expansion will automatically increase the level cap to 60 for all disciplines. A new playable race, the draconic Au Ra, and multiple new jobs will be introduced to the game. One new Job has been announced for each of the three roles: the Dark Knight for Tank, the Astrologian for Healer, and the Machinist for ranged DPS. New job quests for existing jobs will be added. Each job will now have a unique level 3 Limit Breaks, with existing ones redistributed to appropriate classes.

All new Primals will appear in the game, including at least one Primal created just for Final Fantasy XIV - the first of these being Ravana. New dungeons and new raids will appear. A new feature will allow Free Companies to create their own personal airships. New field areas in the expansion will be 50%-100% larger than existing ones, and will support flying mounts, such as black chocobos, personal-scale airships, the collector's edition griffon, and a dragon who is important to the story of Heavensward.

New Areas

 * Ishgard
 * Foundation
 * The Pillars
 * Coerthas
 * Coerthas Western Highlands
 * Dravania
 * Dravania Forelands
 * Dravania Hinterlands
 * The Churning Mists
 * The Sea of Clouds
 * Floating Continent

Trivia

 * The Japanese name of the expansion, "蒼天のイシュガルド" (Souten no Ishugarudo) is more literally translated as "Ishgard of the Blue Heavens".
 * During the streaming event, a folder named "Samurai" was spotted on Masayoshi Soken's laptop, thus leading to rumors of Samurai being one of the new jobs. However, it was later confirmed by Naoki Yoshida that Samurai will not be included in the expansion, as they did not want to include another Japanese-style job at present, although the job concept was heavily considered for the new "tank" job prior to Dark Knight being favored.