New Classes, Race Coming In Final Fantasy XIV 3.0, Heavensward

New classes, a new playable race, a level cap increase and airships? Final Fantasy XIV‘s first expansion has been announced, and it’s pretty massive. With players still eagerly awaiting the release of patch 2.4 — “Dreams of Ice” — producer Naoki Yoshida took the stage at the Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival in Las Vegas tointroduce the game’s first big expansion — Heavensward. With a fresh logo from legendary artist Yoshitaka Amano and a name that evokes reaching towards the heavens, the spring 2015 expansion pack for the award-winning MMORPG finally sees players heading towards the Northern city of Ishgard. The focus of the expansion’s story will the the 1,000 year-old Dragonsong War between Ishgard and Dravania and the players’ role in the conflict betdog and its potential end.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.kotaku.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"1648065746","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"uncategorized","SECTION":"","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"uncategorized","TAGS":"final-fantasy,square-enix","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); Along with a massive adventure in the north, Heavensward will be adding a ton of fresh sbfplay features to the game, including: Level cap raise from 50 to 60 across all jobs and professions. Massive new areas. A new player race with both male and female characters. Multiple new jobs. New Primals, one of which will be completely unique to FFXIV. Many new dungeons — more than 3 or 4. High-end raids Airships, Airship, Airships — Free Companies can band together and build their own airships. New gear and recipes. Here’s a look at the teaser trailer for ufa747 the expansion. Want more? Twitch user HolyDragonXIV has the entire keynote speech available for your viewing pleasure below. https://player.twitch.tv/?parent=kotaku.com&video=broken