Ahem. If there's one thing I've discovered as a gamer over the past few years, it's that we really enjoy tall, menacing women with the energy of a goth or vampire. I am no example, so when a friend sent me a link to the Final Fantasy 14 site (opens in new tab) with new information about patch 6.3, all I could do was take a screenshot of the boss of an upcoming dungeon and say "Wow, she's beautiful. (Opens in a new tab)"

I wasn't the only one who was instantly transfixed by the giant goth mama; GamesRadar (opens in new tab) noted that Twitter went nuts for her. Within hours of her appearance in a single screenshot, fan art (opens in new tab) by frighteningly quick and talented artists began to appear; a Reddit post (opens in new tab) showed players already admiring her attire, and a future They are hoping that she will appear as a glamour armor set. Outside of the GARO collaboration and a few glamour sets, Final Fantasy 14 is severely lacking in the gothic costume department. Sure, it will inevitably become an un-dyed one-piece suit sold in the game's cosmetic store, but I'm still going to eat it up. [It appears to be the final boss of the "Lupis Manalis" story dungeon in patch 6.3. It takes place in "an abandoned village in the Gallemand Mountains where the Galerians once practiced the art of the Grim Reaper." Anyone who has been following the story will know that there is quite a bit of lore surrounding the Reapers, a DPS class that appeared in Endwalker. The boss looks like a puppet with visible elbow and knee joints, wielding a large scythe and hovering above the light warriors in a way that is equal parts menacing and mesmerizing. No, it's you who needs to touch the grass.

Patch 6.3-Gods rejoice and the earth trembles-will be released in early January, but an exact date has not yet been revealed. The exact date has not yet been revealed, but a Live Letter will be sent out on Friday, one to two weeks before the actual patch release date.