1 Hour until the next "Hotfix" where are my patch notes?

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10-15-2013, 10:59 AM
Arkista

1 Hour until the next "Hotfix" where are my patch notes?

Same as topic where are the patch notes for this hotfix? Getting late and I kinda want to know if anything good will happen.

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Originally Posted by Brises

The usually post them after the maintenance.

Hmmm thought they usually post it before. Maybe that's just FFXI.

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Originally Posted by Seiko769

check the stickys on this part of the forum theres a post that gives you a very vague idea of whats coming I agree though I DO wanna know what exactly they're editing difficulty wise. I get this feeling their gonna crank up CM and Praes difficulty and add Mythos to them which would actually be awesome cause the last boss in Prae seemed like a waste of great potential

I read all that a few days ago when it was posted. I just want to know what dungeons are getting an adjustment in difficulty. ay and they should have added myth tomes to the last boss in Praet.

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Since this is pretty much the only mmo ive put alot of time into i dont know how other companies do it. Is it normal to keep the patch notes secret right until the last minute like SE does?

Been a few months since I quit FFXI but I could have sworn SE use to give us in depth details about patches. But I Bet you 5mil gil the JP already know everything.

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Originally Posted by Valmanway

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...56#post1410856

Took me 10 seconds to find it.

Sir we know this that's not what I'm looking for. I want to know what dungeons are getting tomes added to them, What Dungeons are getting their difficulty adjusted. those are not there. Oh and are we getting a cap increase.

•The difficulty for level 50 dungeons will be adjusted.
•The number of areas where you can acquire Allagan Tomestones of Philosophy and Mythology will be increased as well as the amount you can acquire.

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Originally Posted by Hikozaemon

they never post notes prior to patches they never did it w/ 11 either. they are the only ones that do it this way.

Like I said unless they have changed FFXI since I quit back in May they always gave us patch details before the up coming patch. Unless a Patch and Version
update are two different thing but doesn't look like it to me.

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Originally Posted by Kaedan94

(hint: Check the Dev posts).

Again not what most of us are looking for we want specific details.
10-15-2013, 11:00 AM
Brises

The usually post them after the maintenance.
10-15-2013, 11:07 AM
Seiko769

check the stickys on this part of the forum theres a post that gives you a very vague idea of whats coming I agree though I DO wanna know what exactly they're editing difficulty wise. I get this feeling their gonna crank up CM and Praes difficulty and add Mythos to them which would actually be awesome cause the last boss in Prae seemed like a waste of great potential
10-15-2013, 11:11 AM
MeowyWowie

They'll be here next week, don't worry.
10-15-2013, 11:14 AM
Ulathskullsplitter

Since this is pretty much the only mmo ive put alot of time into i dont know how other companies do it. Is it normal to keep the patch notes secret right until the last minute like SE does?
10-15-2013, 11:16 AM
Skies

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Since this is pretty much the only mmo ive put alot of time into i dont know how other companies do it. Is it normal to keep the patch notes secret right until the last minute like SE does?

Normally patch notes are only finalized after since they don't know wether something will have to be removed in the last second, yeah
10-15-2013, 11:16 AM
KokonoeAiyoko

Yeah, it'd be nice to know which dungeons are getting myth tomes added to them.
10-15-2013, 11:16 AM
Hikozaemon

they never post notes prior to patches they never did it w/ 11 either. they are the only ones that do it this way.
10-15-2013, 11:18 AM
Valmanway

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...56#post1410856

Took me 10 seconds to find it.
10-15-2013, 11:19 AM
Alpheus

They've been vague like this in recent FFXI updates which I only mention since it's now being led up by someone who was formerly from the ARR team so I figured to expect the same from ARR since similar methodologies and whatnot. Outside of SE MMOs I'm unaware of how open other developers are in regards to patch notes. I don't mind the vagueness though personally since they are at least communicating their intentions and probably don't want to over promise/under deliver should something occur.
10-15-2013, 11:20 AM
Ulathskullsplitter

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Originally Posted by Valmanway

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...56#post1410856

Took me 10 seconds to find it.

Those arent patch notes. Can you tell me which dungeons will now also drop myth tomes? Or what the difficulty changes are? Or if the myth cap increased?
10-15-2013, 11:25 AM
Balbanes

Notes will go up probably once the game goes down.

You can't publish patch notes in most cases while the game is still live. Can possibly give players an advantage/opportunity to exploit something unfairly with that knowledge.
10-15-2013, 11:27 AM
Rhysati

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Originally Posted by Hikozaemon

they never post notes prior to patches they never did it w/ 11 either. they are the only ones that do it this way.

Arenanet does it the exact same way with Guild Wars 2 patch notes.
10-15-2013, 11:29 AM
Alhanelem

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Those arent patch notes. Can you tell me which dungeons will now also drop myth tomes? Or what the difficulty changes are? Or if the myth cap increased?

They actually don't usually specify this stuff. Par for the course for SE.
10-15-2013, 11:31 AM
Reiterpallasch

I just find it amusing that they keep using the term "hotfix". If it was a hotfix it would be done on the fly without needing to take the servers down at all, let alone for 6 hours.
10-15-2013, 11:34 AM
Maoxx

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Originally Posted by Balbanes

Notes will go up probably once the game goes down.

You can't publish patch notes in most cases while the game is still live. Can possibly give players an advantage/opportunity to exploit something unfairly with that knowledge.

Uh companies do it ALL the time. WoW, SWTOR, Tera, Aion, D3, etc (admitted not all fantastic games) Blizzard posts their patch notes MONTHS ahead of time and even show you the tweaks they do to them while PTR is going on.
10-15-2013, 11:38 AM
Kaedan94

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Originally Posted by Hikozaemon

they are the only ones that do it this way.

Not true. It's standard in almost all MMOs to not post the patch notes until the update is available. As someone else cited, it's because they might have to remove or change something at the last minute. Most will post an inexact list of what's coming, like SE has done for this patch (hint: Check the Dev posts).
10-15-2013, 11:43 AM
Seiko769

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Originally Posted by Reiterpallasch

I just find it amusing that they keep using the term "hotfix". If it was a hotfix it would be done on the fly without needing to take the servers down at all, let alone for 6 hours.

but as far as I've seen Squares had a good run on maitenence usually finish it early
10-15-2013, 11:46 AM
sasakusaku

Alex, I will take "Guess what the heck changed" for 200 gil please.
10-15-2013, 11:49 AM
Arkista

By the looks of it we will all know after maintenance. Was going through http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/624 looks like they always post patch notes after the maintenance.
10-15-2013, 11:54 AM
Hanabira

This is technically a hotfix and not a "patch".. hotfixes they usually tell you what they did afterwards.. where patches they give you a basic rundown of whats going to happen beforehand and then an in-depth patch note during the update
10-15-2013, 11:56 AM
Naunet

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Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Since this is pretty much the only mmo ive put alot of time into i dont know how other companies do it. Is it normal to keep the patch notes secret right until the last minute like SE does?

In my experience with other MMOs, official patch notes tend to be released the day before the patch, and they're certainly more specific than the brief summary Squeenix has given us so far.

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Originally Posted by Hanabira

This is technically a hotfix and not a "patch".. hotfixes they usually tell you what they did afterwards.. where patches they give you a basic rundown of whats going to happen beforehand and then an in-depth patch note during the update

Hotfixes aren't supposed to take servers down. This is a patch, no matter what they try to call it.
10-15-2013, 12:13 PM
C-croft

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Originally Posted by Naunet

Hotfixes aren't supposed to take servers down. This is a patch, no matter what they try to call it.

They are doing more server upgrades and hotfixes in conjunction with each other. Unless you want them to down the servers for the upgrades and then choose another day for the hotfixes.
10-15-2013, 12:21 PM
Treble

wtb patch notes
10-15-2013, 12:21 PM
Shizato

I see no issues with not releasing the hotfix notes until they actually upload the hotfix to the servers.

That way they can release notes on what they actually uploaded instead of having to go back and edit notes if there were any changes to the hotfix at the last minute.
10-15-2013, 01:04 PM
Ricky

They haven't told us because it's all going to be bad news as players
10-15-2013, 02:11 PM
Kommunist

Its really poor that they are implementing it and can't even give out the details. LOL
10-15-2013, 02:18 PM
Cairn

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Originally Posted by Ricky

They haven't told us because it's all going to be bad news as players

Are you trying to make me cry? :mad:
10-15-2013, 02:19 PM
Crimen

Pretty odd, they used to give out patch notes in 1.0... perhaps they consider this to be so minor that they don't think the notes are needed? Then again, we should be able to know what have been the changes made about the tomestones.
10-15-2013, 05:44 PM
DSN

Check the Fixed Section - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-%28Sep.-27%29
10-15-2013, 05:53 PM
Marionette

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-%28Sep.-27%29

Enjoy
10-15-2013, 05:54 PM
Utarrac

?

any news?..........
10-15-2013, 05:54 PM
DragonSlayer45

Was expecting it, but I'm so glad they added Mythology Tomes to Wanderer's Palace. Made no sense how it didn't in the first place.
10-15-2013, 05:55 PM
Judge_Hellboy

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Originally Posted by Naunet

In my experience with other MMOs, official patch notes tend to be released the day before the patch, and they're certainly more specific than the brief summary Squeenix has given us so far.

Hotfixes aren't supposed to take servers down. This is a patch, no matter what they try to call it.

Its not just a hotfix. It is Hotfix + Regular monday night 2 maint + Server upgrades. Thats why it is taking longer as they are doing all this at once.
10-15-2013, 05:57 PM
Realchucky

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...%2827.-Sep.%29

scroll down!
10-15-2013, 05:58 PM
zaineal

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Originally Posted by DSN

Check the Fixed Section - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-%28Sep.-27%29

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Mechanics and enemy positioning have been adjusted in the following duties: The Wanderer's Palace Castrum Meridianum

I can only assume that speed running CM has been fixed?
10-15-2013, 05:58 PM
Valente

I admit I thought the stones would be spread out more than maybe one new place? My hopes in that regard were dashed on the jagged rocks of reality.

I do like the bug fixes though.
10-15-2013, 05:59 PM
Zaiken

Enemies in the following duties will now drop gil.

The Wanderer's Palace
Amdapor Keep
Castrum Meridianum
The Praetorium

Is this their ways of making people actually clear Trash Mob? Is that Mob drop 1 Gils as a joke?
10-15-2013, 06:07 PM
razzgrizz3

wow why are notes still so vague?
still no idea how many tomes. what has been adjusted with difficulty etc.

its fricking nothing.
10-15-2013, 06:07 PM
Kenjinmaru

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-%28Sep.-27%29

So until people actually clear the content we wont have an idea of how the numbers have been tweaked?

Why so much silly secrecy? Just spit it out already, how hard is it to give complete information?

WP will now drop x Philo and x Myth
AK will now drop X Philo and X Myth etc...

I mean seriously, how hard is it?

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