Final Fantasy 14 boss Naoki "Yoshi-P" Yoshida previously said that the 8.0 update – which has now been revealed as Evercold – won't be a full "rebirth" for the venerable MMO, but judging by by the details revealed at today's Fan Festival keynote, it's not far off. Endgame progression is getting a massive overhaul, partly to respect your time, and partly because Yoshi-P knows you've gotten sick of collecting tomestones after all these years.
"While there is certainly something comforting about a product that remains unchanging with time," Yoshida says via translator in the keynote, "on the other hand, with the lack of change can come something else." With that comes an image of the item Final Fantasy 14 players have been collecting over and over and over again: "Tomestones. So many. So many." With these words, a flood of Allagan tomestones appears on the screen. "Keep going. More. More tomestones."
