A pair of disembodied legs in Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.5 sparks theories about the MMO's next playable race
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Final Fantasy 14’s latest patch features a truly bizarre character model that’s been cut in half, and it could be hiding secrets yet to come.
Be warned: spoilers for Final Fantasy 14’s patch 6.5 follow!
Final Fantasy 14 patch 6.5went live yesterday, October 4, so naturally dedicated MMO players have already seen and done all the new main scenario quests. Contained within the final quest is a tease of an unknown character, shown only from the waist down, in a move deliberately meant to disguise the character’s true identity.
As it turns out, there literally is no upper half to the enigmatic character. The Reddit post below sees a Final Fantasy 14 dataminer pulling patch 6.5 apart at the seams, to prove that in the shot where you see the mysterious character model from the waist down, they actually don’t have a complete model at all.
Like other NPCs found throughout Final Fantasy 14, the character model doesn’t have a generic sprinting ability. Its jumping animation is allegedly “unique,” but decidedly similar to that of a female Highlander and female Au Ra. The dataminer says they’ve also sussed out that the character has whiskers and may even have a flower attached to them – though how you figure this out without a top half to reference is beyond me. Perhaps something in the file names themselves.
Players think this could be tied into thegraphical enhancements we’re due in Final Fantasy 14’s big 7.0 update. We know that the overhaul will freshen up the game for PC andPS5players, as director Naoki Yoshida previously stated, so it wouldn’t be out of the question to provide new character models for players as part of the upgrade.
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