this will be the 1° real major patch if confirmed ;)
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We normally get the letter around the 28th 29th of the month
TBH, I am not expecting a whole lot of miracles from the patches. I am thinking we will be more "wowed!" when we have the release of the first expansion, w/e that is.
http://ffxiv.zam.com/story.html?story=25503
Quote:
ZAM: Do you have an estimated time frame of when players can expect to see that battle patch?
Yoshida: Right now we're working on a high-end dungeon for hardcore players. We want to have the battle changes ready for when that's released. I can't give you an exact date, but I can tell you it will be sometime in the spring. When the dungeon is released, a bunch of battle changes will also come with it.
Go look at previous Letters from Yoshida, I believe it was around producers letter 3-5 he stated this. He said the Combat changes would be split over 2 patches (1.17 and 1.18) and at the conclusion of the last patch we would also be introduced to our first Endgame Dungeon.
That's not exactly accurate.
The rounds come in two-month intervals, as said in the aforementioned interview, so everything points towards 1.18 having the first round and the second round being released sometime during the Summer.Quote:
Yoshida: In the spring you'll be getting that high-end dungeon and the first round of battle changes. Not everything, but the first round.