Final Fantasy 14 Update Expands Headgear Options for Hrothgar & Viera

Sure thing—let me dive into this jumble of thoughts. So, I gotta say, my brain’s been stuck on this little tidbit from a recent stream—something about the cat and bunny folks in Final Fantasy 14 finally getting some headgear action. Yeah, those poor Hrothgar and Viera folks, or should I say “races” (sounds kinda weird, doesn’t it?), can soon sport hats and stuff. It’s like, about time, right? Oh, Square Enix dropped this unexpected news during a developer chat, and if you missed it, well, there you go.

Now, about these Hrothgar and Viera… they’ve had this kinda rough deal since popping up in some 2019 expansion thingamajig—Shadowbringers or something. Anyways, their unique heads (I mean, cat ears, bunny ears—how cool is that?) haven’t really meshed well with the usual hats. No surprise there, I guess. But change is coming, finally! Square Enix is all like, “Hey, we’ll add more headgear options!” They even hinted at maybe getting helmets down the line. Hopefully, they don’t forget those snazzy paid outfits their fans can’t wear yet.

Now, while hats for our furred friends are exciting (let’s be real, they kinda are), that wasn’t the only jaw-dropper from the big FF14 reveal. The devs—directors, producers, all those folks—unveiled Patch 7.3, going by the name The Promise of Tomorrow. Sounds kinda poetic, right? It’s gonna drop early August, they said, wrapping up this big story arc they’ve been running with.

But wait—there’s more! Like, they also spilled beans about a whole new allied society thing with, um, the Yok Huy? I’ve got no clue who they are, but hey, new stuff is always cool. Plus, there’s gonna be this shiny new expert dungeon called The Meso Terminal (level 100, which sounds pretty hardcore if you ask me). And yeah, more trials, alliances, and some Unreal thing with Seiryu—I sorta zoned out a bit here because it’s a lot to take in. Pilgrim’s Traverse, too, which is another thing to get hyped for. You get the drift.

Honestly, though, all these updates kinda fade into the background compared to the whole “hats for Hrothgar and Viera” saga. Like, who thought a simple headgear update could be such a game-changer, right?

And yeah, almost forgot—Final Fantasy 14 is on just about every platform now: Mac, PS4, PS5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Series X. If you’re not playing it, what’s stopping you?