Final Fantasy 14 Might Have Unintentionally Revealed a New Hairstyle

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So, the other day, after the 88th “Letter from the Producer LIVE” broadcast wrapped up, the Final Fantasy 14 community got pretty chatty on social media. The buzz? Apparently, there’s a winning hairstyle from the 2023 design contest that might just sneak its way into the 7.3 update. Imagine that.

They say this new hairdo popped up in some preview of armor from this upcoming alliance raid, San d’Oria: The Second Walk. I stumbled on this while half-paying attention (story of my life), but hey, it’s caught folks’ eyes.

During the livestream — which, let’s be honest, I only half-watched because coffee wasn’t kicking in — Naoki Yoshida, the big honcho behind FF14, confirmed that Patch 7.3, dubbed The Promise of Tomorrow, would go live right after some server tweaks on August 5. This update’s gonna tie up the Dawntrail arc and drop some hints on what the story might be dreaming up next. Oh, and they’re throwing in the Pilgrim’s Traverse deep dungeon and the Yok Huy society quests — because why not keep us crafting fiends busy, right? Plus, there’s another chapter of the Echoes of Vana’diel alliance raid series.

Anyway, back to this hairstyle gossip. So, some hawk-eyed player noticed a hairstyle among the new armor goodies. Really, who even picks up on these things? A Reddit user by the name Pinkbunnies66 (doesn’t that just make you smile?) put it out there if a new hairdo was accidentally sneaked into Patch 7.3 previews. Turns out, other folks are convinced it’s a winning style from the 2023 contest — the third entry Square Enix had on show. It’s this medium-length deal on a female miqo’te character model, all decked out in the alliance raid armor. Apparently, the highlights run on the inside of the hair, which I guess makes it revolutionary… if that’s your thing.

So, we’ve got this character model, right, wearing some bows. But Pinkbunnies66 pointed out the bows were part of the armor, not the hair. Makes you wonder if this stuff’s accidental, or just a clever tease. If this hairstyle rumor pans out, it won’t be Dawntrail’s first rodeo with sneaking contest entries into the game. Remember Patch 7.15? Introduced a hairdo called A Half Times Two. Can’t lie, acquiring it was quite the adventure — either farm 49 Clouddark Demimateria II from The Cloud of Darkness raid or hit the market board and hope your wallet survives.

Honestly, given how Final Fantasy 14 likes to drop new hairstyles, wouldn’t be shocking if the 7.3 update follows suit. But, who knows? Maybe the rumored hairstyle shows, maybe it’s another trick up their sleeve. Time will tell, as it always does.

Until then, I’ll be here, sipping coffee and getting distracted. Probably.