Ain't that the goddamn truth, I'll tell you what..
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I'm pretty sure this extra two weeks was called back during the EW launch LLs (summer and winter breaks)
Yoshi-P said that he wants to give the team more free time.
They're human beings not robots, Japan also has a really crazy work culture so I think this is a good thing.
A more relaxed and healthier dev team I think is going to make better content.
1-2 extra weeks is nothing.
Or you know instead they could say SE can hire more people. Also unless SE gets lucky some years we will only see two patches. Strange WoW was vilified for having two patches in a year. But this community "relaxed and healthier dev team" Hell we won't know till 17 comes out, but these changes could have nothing to do with health and more siphoned talent or stretching people over two games. You know a company doesn't get to be known as the EA of japan by accident.
That's mainly because of the clientele. WoW went the way of eSports, and the eSports crowd is overwhelmingly toxic. FFXIV caters to the more human and humane crowd (well, except perhaps for these forums, which in general are havens of toxic extremism). Hence we give the dev team a pass for being human while enjoying the game they've developed for us :)