Do you think Yoshida will deliver in 1.18?

To the players that have stuck around since the beginning, to the players who are ready to see something other then "what should have been--alpha/beta content", to everyone that gave it a chance but have grown tired, to the players that think 1.18 should be drastically improving the game, expecting it to take a 180.

Do you think it'll be worth the wait? Assume that we don't get 1.18 in mid-June, say we get it at the beginning of July. Exactly how much patience does everyone have? Do you really expect much from SE? Will you expect "additional" changes if it's delayed? Do you think we'll get everything that was promised in 1.18 (and more?)? How big of a game changer are these changes actually going to be for the game and its players?

Are these quest hubs really going to be something more then the super-lax'd sidequests we already have? What about those instances? Is SE going to get it right with the battle changes, will balancing finally move in the right direction?

Or do you think SE is just all talk or is SE going to instill us all with hope after they blow us away with what is possible after 1.18?

Maybe you quit after 1.18, maybe you've already quit and you just troll these forums, but putting that aside, do you think 1.18 is going to be this "saving grace" that everyone wants it to be?

1.18 itself most likely will not be the saving grace. When all battle reforms have been made, the Job System, and etc. have been implemented and they can start releasing content, that's when I can make judgement whether or not this game is going in the right direction at the right pace.

As it stands now. I'm quite the busy person in real life, so I hardly have time to play, but when I do have time, I enjoy the game and can play it for about 8 hours in one go. However, as I've recently gotten my Pugilist to 50, I've started to experience that feeling where leveling other classes to 50 so soon will ruin the game for me. So in other words, I am hoping that they release content that doesn't revolve around ranking up your classes. They really just need to implement content outside of that box, and just for fun.

There are like 10 posts like this one...
Nothing personal, but you guys really.. try to go out and have some fun or anything else while waiting this patch XD.

The moment will arrive and we'll test this blessed patch, remembering that it's just the beginning of summer's changings.

Althought the game can only improve and go better right now... i dont think it could be worst... so let's be patient... it won't be a long wait!

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Originally Posted by Keftenk

is going to be this "saving grace" that everyone wants it to be?

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No.

I'm preparing myself for disappointment.. *continues mantra*

I think it will be another step in the right direction but as everyone keeps saying, it won't come all at once... There will be some nice changes but I still think it will have a fair way to go.

If the forums survive the 1.18 patch, I think it will be a step in the right direction.

Next year. Maybe. Who knows.

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Originally Posted by Nipa

Next year. Maybe. Who knows.

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/clap

Though i think Yoshida claimed that all of the major changes would be done at least by the end of this summer. Nice guess though, you were close.

i think 1.18 will be the beginning of what should have been in the game since release.
i don't belive it will change the game drastically enough to say it's finally a good game, but if the changes that are made are what most have been looking forward to, the patches following 1.18 will slowly get FFXIV out of it's current situation.

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Originally Posted by Nuru

1.18 itself most likely will not be the saving grace. When all battle reforms have been made, the Job System, and etc.

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I really really really doubt we will get the Job system in 1.18


My predict as far as I know:
- Stamina Removed
- Physical Removed
- Auto-Attack Added
- Physical/Elemental attributes redone
- Attributes per Rank per Class (not sure on specifics)
- Many skills getting adjusted
- Dungeons
- Quest Hubs
- Another several targeting options
- New synths ready for Job System

Maybe, Surplus removal and Return = 0.

Anything other than that I would not be expecting. Not class system, not meteria.