Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.58 Opens Same-Region Matchmaking and Lifts More Weekly Caps

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Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.58 is live, and its biggest change is a wider matchmaking pool for players on North American and European data centers. Matchmaking and Party Finder recruitment now work across all logical data centers within the same physical region, so players don’t need to be on the same World or logical data center to be eligible.

Ranked Crystalline Conflict has also been loosened up. Players can now queue from any World within their physical data center, covering North America, Europe, Oceania, and Japan. Square Enix has also removed extra instances for Central Shroud, Heritage Found, the Phantom Village, and the Unmoored Isle, which had been split up to help with congestion.

The patch makes several endgame catch-up changes too:

  • The Echo in AAC Heavyweight Tier (Savage) now applies at the start of battle and boosts maximum HP, damage dealt, and healing potency by 17%.
  • The Echo in that Savage tier will not grow stronger after a full party wipe.
  • Weekly limits have been removed for Heavy Holoblades from AAC Heavyweight M4 and Mad Harlequin’s Totems from Dancing Mad (Ultimate).
  • Windurst: The Third Walk no longer has weekly restrictions on coffer rewards, Ranperre Coins, or Cracked Novaclusters.
  • Thundersteeped Solvent can now be purchased in Solution Nine from Uah’shepya using Ordelle, Montiont, or Ranperre Coins.
  • The Unmaking (Extreme) has moved from Raid Finder to Duty Finder, with a higher Wings of Nihility drop rate. The mount can also be bought for 99 Totems of Naught.

Square Enix says the Savage Echo is higher than usual because the gap between Patch 7.4 and the tier’s original release was longer than normal, while the fights were still tuned around the gear players were expected to have at launch.

Crucible of the Unbroken gets some usability tweaks as well. Recommended Team now keeps familiars already assigned and fills only empty slots, while the Team Composition window shows synced and original beast rank. Controller players also now have Use and Discard subcommands for crucible items.

Elsewhere, Trust NPC avatars earn more experience in several Dawntrail dungeons, free company private chambers can be vacated from anywhere on the Home World, and Crystalline Conflict Season Twenty-two has begun following the end of Season Twenty-one.

Further reading: Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.58 Notes