Don't release upcoming update

[Malthar]

Know what SE? Go ahead and hold onto the next version update until you have something more substantial. *No-one* wants to spend 6 hours updating FF for new features that are so lackluster than even a black hole outshines it. We would much rather prefer you add more substance to the update and release it at a further date.

While I'm on the subject, change the update frequency to every three months. Every month seems to release rushed, incomplete, and disappointing content.

Like if you support this idea.

[Slaxx]

You must be new.

For the last few years updates were on the "every three month" plan you are suggesting and the complaining was loud and long from most corners of the community. There wasn't a huge amount more per individual update and they seemingly took forever.

Short version - you can't please everyone. "Monthly" updates (and I use quotes because it has been more than a month, but it has been fairly close to monthly for the last 6 months or so) are something (I think) most people are happy with. We don't get quite as much in each individual update but we get them more often.

I would also point out that this update looks to have 2 major things. A new system and an old system revamped. I'm hard pressed to think of a recent update (whether monthly or every three months) that had that much in one shot.

Edit: I just saw that the Salvage re-vamp has been delayed so only one new system in this update. Point still stands, three updates like this in a three month period are still more content than what we were generally getting for years once every three months.

[Malthar]

So, was this last update all that you dreamed of? Or are you sitting around Jeuno bored out of your skull again?

[Arcon]

So, was this last update all that you dreamed of? Or are you sitting around Jeuno bored out of your skull again?

As opposed to without the update? Did the update magically remove some features? At least people are doing it and clearing it.

[RAIST]

0.o 6 hours? I hope that's an exageration....mine took at worst 35 minutes. Got home from work at 6pm (Eastern), booted up and started the update, took a dump, nuked some corn dogs, fixed a drink, came back upstairs and it had 8 minutes remaining. If that piddly update took you 6 hours, there are more important issues at stake.

[hiko]

0.o 6 hours? I hope that's an exageration....mine took at worst 35 minutes. Got home from work at 6pm (Eastern), booted up and started the update, took a dump, nuked some corn dogs, fixed a drink, came back upstairs and it had 8 minutes remaining. If that piddly update took you 6 hours, there are more important issues at stake.
lucky eastern (or any america) player.
As EU player server are down in our maintime, so with main update and later bug fix update yes we loose more than 6h of playtime (server down)

but wtf @ the op, little content is better than nothing for the 3next month.

[RAIST]

lucky eastern (or any america) player.
As EU player server are down in our maintime, so with main update and later bug fix update yes we loose more than 6h of playtime (server down)

but wtf @ the op, little content is better than nothing for the 3next month.

OP was talking about taking 6 hours to update FFXI...
*No-one* wants to spend 6 hours updating FF for new features that are so lackluster than even a black hole outshines it.
that would mean about a 51kbps download speed for the XB360 update (was @ 132MB iiirc), or worse for Windows or PS2 (they had smaller updates).

Unless they are stuck using dial-up...they've got a bigger problem that needs to be addressed.