Summary
Final Fantasy 14producer and director Naoki Yoshida stated that the player blacklist feature will receive upgrades in Dawntrail, with some enhancements going as far as removing blacklisted character models from sight. The changes toFinal Fantasy 14’s blacklist will also include a new mute list and term filter for players to use.
Within the first hours of the 14-hour broadcast, Yoshida and global community producer Toshio Murouchi discussedFinal Fantasy 14’s graphical update during the 80th Letter From the Producer Live segment. Among the items announced wasthe long-awaitedDawntrailPC Benchmarkthat players can download starting Sunday, April 14 at 3:00 AM Eastern, and players can create Female Hrothgar character data to use onceDawntrailis fully released. Yoshida and Murouchi showed off some graphical update features players can use. From new antialiasing and soft shadow options to upscaling with AMD FSR and Nvidia DLSS technologies, players will have more ways to customizeFinal Fantasy 14to suit their needs.
But, another feature coming toFinal Fantasy 14gave players cause for excitement. Duringthe ninth annual 14-Hour Broadcast, Yoshida and Murouchi confirmed that the blacklist feature would receive significant improvements. When a character is added to a player’s blacklist, the character model will be hidden from sight, and this will apply to all characters on the blacklisted player’s account fromDawntrailand on. While rare, it will still be possible for blacklisted players to show up for instanced duties when visibility is necessary, but their names will display as “unknown” as a compromise. The blacklist limit will remain at 200 characters.
Final Fantasy 14’s Blacklist Upgrades Arriving in Dawntrail
Finally, players will also be able to hide their Lodestone character data from being seen by others outside their friend list or free company. Though these features will not be outuntilDawntrailis released, it remains to be seen howFinal Fantasy 14players will take advantage of the new blacklist.
Final Fantasy 14 (2010)
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