Final Fantasy 14 lead battle content designer Masaki "Mr. Ozma" Nakagawa shared on social media that he is working on "something new and fresh" for one of Dawntrail's future content patches. However, Nakagawa said that his next project is not the finale of the Arcadion raid series, which is slated to arrive in Final Fantasy 14 this December in Patch 7.4, Into The Mist.
Known to the Final Fantasy 14 player community as Mr. Ozma for his work on The Weeping City of Mhach alliance raid, Nakagawa designed some of the game's more difficult battle and raid challenges to date. An example of Nakagawa's design philosophy is the Dragonsong's Reprise (Ultimate) raid encounter from Endwalker, which featured a time-traveling mechanic that players had to figure out during the course of the battle. Nakagawa was also responsible for designing the Cloud of Darkness (Chaotic) alliance raid battle, which launched on Christmas Eve in 2024.
Recently, Nakagawa introduced the Quantum difficulty setting for Final Fantasy 14's latest Deep Dungeon, Pilgrim's Traverse, which launched in October alongside Patch 7.35. After sharing his thoughts on how designing a fight should focus on fun rather than on difficulty and challenge, Nakagawa responded to a...
