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It has been more than two months since the release of patch 7.2. Just when you thought FF14 would have to wait until the summer to have new operations, patch 7.25 suddenly landed in the game on May 27!

Compared with large updates, 7.25 does not add a lot of new content, but it still provides you with a fresher gaming experience, and also adds a new chapter to the previously popular Hildibrand Adventures quest chain. In addition, various jobs in different modes have been adjusted.

Based on this, we will mainly introduce you to the job adjustments and how to complete the most important field operation Occult Crescent.

What Is Occult Crescent?

As the latest added field operation, you can think of Occult Crescent as an independent new copy. It has its own map, mechanism, and built-in tasks. It not only helps you find relic weapons, but also provides the new ways to obtain FFXIV Gil.

How To Unlock It?

First you must complete all the main quests of Dawntrail expansion and get at least one combat job that reaches level 100. Then go to Tuliyollal to find Expedition Messenger, start and gradually advance the quest One Last Hurrah, and you can enter Occult Crescent.

How To Play?

The special thing about this operation is that when you fight in it, your strength depends on the new knowledge level, not the original character job level. In addition, Occult Crescent allows you to get Occult Crescent-limited jobs (some of which can be unlocked directly) through local shops or combat drops to utilize additional skills.

Based on this, you need to first complete ordinary tasks with the help of special jobs such as Phantom Bard or Phantom Knight, or find survey points, to get your knowledge level to 20, and then form a team to enter the ultimate 48-player dungeon The Forked Tower.

The above is the main gameplay idea, but in fact there are many more specific details that you need to understand during the entire adventure, such as:

• When you die in battle and choose to revive at the base, you will lose knowledge XP or level. But if other players resurrect you, you can avoid this loss.
• Occult Crescent map does not allow you to fly, but you can ride a mount.
• Sometimes critical encounters will appear on the map, which will bring powerful enemies and difficult battles.

In general, you need to complete FATEs and critical encounters before entering The Forked Tower to increase your knowledge level as much as possible and earn more limited currency to redeem other special rewards.

Reliable Game Tips

After understanding how Occult Crescent works, in order to fully utilize it, you also need to know more tips that can improve the efficiency of completing this field operation:

• Occult Crescent is different from previous field operations. It allows you to unlock Ethernet teleport points freely without being restricted by your task progress or level. In this way, you can enter critical encounters faster through teleport points.
• The opening of critical encounters requires you to go to the area marked with a blue FATE challenge icon in time and wait in the huge circle or square on the ground, otherwise the battle cannot start normally.
• The efficiency of teamwork is higher than fighting alone. If you don’t have a suitable teammate, send “lfg” in the chat room to receive an invitation.
• If you encounter a high-level enemy at a low level, try to hide yourself out of their field of vision to avoid being discovered and causing a fight.
• Learn to utilize your Phantom job and other useful exclusive tools.
• Most battles have similar patterns, so try to memorize them as you level up.

What Changes Have Been Made To Each Job?

Patch 7.25 makes different changes to each job based on PVE and PVP modes. In PVE, the damage output of some jobs has been increased, and the negative effects that some enemies can apply to have been reduced or eliminated, mainly based on the difficulty of AAC Cruiserweight M2 (Savage) phase.

In PVP mode, the following adjustments are mainly made to enhance the playability of team battles and try to make unpopular jobs have a chance to play.

• Warrior: Make PVP performance of this job more stable by adjusting Fell Cleave and Thrill of Battle.
• Dark Knight: Enhanced Eventide.
• Gunbreaker: Reduced Fated Brand’s power to maintain balance.
• Monk: A series of incremental adjustments.
• Samurai: Increased barrier strength for Ogi Namikiri and Kaeshi: Namikiri.
• Reaper: Improved Communio and Perfectio.
• Viper: Made it easier for Uncoiled Fury to kill enemies.
• Bard: Improved Warden’s Paean and Harmonic Arrow, and reduced the cooldown of Repelling Shot.
• Machinist: Increased the duration of Bioblaster and the power of Aether Mortar.
• Dancer: Improved Starfall Dance, Saber Dance, and Dance of the Dawn.
• Black Mage: Increased the number of stackable Soul Resonances, and improved Flare Star and Frost Star.
• Summoner: Improved the barrier effect of Radiant Aegis.
• Pictomancer: Reduced the recast time of each action and enhanced Mog of the Ages and Retribution of the Madeen.
• White Mage: Reduced the amount of damage absorbed by Seraph Strike Protect to maintain the balance between healing jobs.
• Sage: Increased DOT effect of Lype.

The above is part of the patch 7.25 content introduced to you this time. It would be great if it can help your FFXIV experience!

There is no doubt that for any game to gain a foothold in the market at the beginning, rich and interesting gameplay and game content are absolutely the top priority. After all, this is the core of the game. But as time goes by, whether it can retain players sometimes depends on factors other than gameplay.

Compared with those more hardcore MMORPGs, Final Fantasy 14 has always seemed to give you a more relaxed and fashionable impression, and in fact it is true - the combination of Western fantasy style and Japanese romance makes it very popular among casual MMORPG players.

Based on this feature, although there is a voice in the game community that FF14 lacks novelty in game combat, it is still worth playing in general, and it has been attracting new players since its launch in 2013. Next, we will introduce you to the 9 reasons why FFXIV can do this.

1. Classic Final Fantasy Elements

As you know, Final Fantasy is a huge game series, and 16 game products have been released since 1987. Although each game has a different setting, plot, and main characters, there are always several common mechanisms or characters that appear repeatedly.

Therefore, if you are a fan of the entire series or you have played other famous Final Fantasy games (such as FFVII), you will feel a special sense of nostalgia through these common elements when playing Final Fantasy XIV, which is not available in all MMORPGs.

2. Friendly Player Community

When you are new to FF14, in addition to looking for guides on IGGM or other websites, you can also solve confusion by asking questions in the player community. In fact, for various reasons, a few game communities may not have anyone to answer your questions regularly.

But fortunately, the community atmosphere of FF14 is very friendly. Whether it is a common sense question like how to farm FFXIV Gil, or how to participate in the latest events, there will be someone patiently answering you.

In addition, one of the main features of FFXIV is that you and your friends’ characters pose in various beautiful game scenes and then take screenshots, so you will see a lot of interesting screenshots shared and commented in the community.

3. Good At Reusing Old Areas

Because of the characteristics of MMORPG, you will find that such games will regularly launch new areas on the map. Although this does give you a sense of freshness, too many new areas will cause old areas to be neglected from another perspective - this does not increase the number of areas to experience.

In this regard, Final Fantasy 14 will often supplement the plot by reusing old areas, so that you will return to familiar areas in new events because of the need to advance the plot, so as not to let them be forgotten by you.

4. Excellent Dungeon Mechanism

Honestly, repeatedly farming dungeons is a boring job in any MMORPG, and sometimes you need to wait a long time to match the right teammates in order to complete the team, and it is annoying that you have to do this in order to collect loot.

But in FF14, the game solves the problem of team matching by allowing high-level players to get more rewards in low-level dungeons. And during and after completing the dungeon, you can also chat with teammates on the channel for extra social fun!

5. Charming Music

Although music is not a key game element, its excellence will make the entire game more attractive, which is why some game evaluations will set up music-related awards to encourage companies to make better soundtracks for games.

FFXIV will not only match different background music according to the changes in the game scenes, but also mix elements of previous FF works in the music (which echoes the first point we mentioned). In addition, the game will also regularly release new theme songs, such as “Give It All” last summer.

6. High Degree Of Freedom Class Experience

When you choose your start class in a MMORPG, you must be very careful, because the class determines your subsequent experience and it is difficult to change unless you create a new character. But FF14 allows you to switch the main combat class at any time, and you can feel the combat characteristics of different classes at any time.

7. Realistic Race Design

In addition to class, you can also choose the race for your character in Final Fantasy XIV, and all the main characters or plot NPCs in the game also have their own race. Different races have their own unique personalities and appearances, and you will find that NPCs you meet also meet these characteristics - this is enough to show that the character design of the game is excellent enough.

8. Unique Japanese Humor

Although the background settings of FFXIV sometimes do not completely match the nationality of the relevant companies, the development team’s inadvertent Japanese humor will be revealed in various details. If you are a foreign player, you may not understand it sometimes, however, it is indeed one characteristic of the game.

9. Always Committed To Launching New Content

Introducing new content through regular updates is the main way to keep the game alive, otherwise it may gradually fade after the initial craze. Based on this, Final Fantasy 14 has been online for more than ten years, and it still guarantees to launch high-quality content and new DLC from time to time to give back to your support.

I believe that the above 9 advantages are enough for you to feel the characteristics and charm of FF14, and in the rest of 2025, I believe that the game should also be able to develop better with these advantages!