Letter from producer- picture and 5.3 launch

Hello everyone

The letter from yoshi-p came out earlier today
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/421185

and it confirmed release date for 5.3 as August 11th


Now it also had a picture on it for future content

https://img.finalfantasyxiv.com/t/57...26725e49_0.jpg

Does anyone have a translated version of the dialogue box at the bottom?


Sadly I don't think we'll have any of our catbois/dragon girls driving a tank anytime soon, no place for our tails. Nevermind the talls and popotos being unable to fit properly

Honestly, I never feel like I have time to do everything I wanna get done before the next patch, so the delay is fine by me.
Especially since my router melted and I haven't even been able to play lol.

Perfect now i can get my exams done and have a new screen by the time the patch is out

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Originally Posted by Recon1o6

Does anyone have a translated version of the dialogue box at the bottom?]

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Just someone surprised (Lolashia? Rolashia?) saying that it looks ancient or something. Seems story-related, not a mount or anything.

Right after my birthday. Very kind of them :)

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We did everything we could to try and release this update at some point in mid-July, but in the end, we determined more time was needed to thoroughly test and debug the next alliance raid of YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse and the new large-scale encounters of the resistance weapons content.

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It's refreshing to hear statements like this from a game developer in an age where the attitude seems to have become "release it broken and patch it up later". I'm fine with waiting a little longer for that.

And then there are those of us who are going on months of having content finished already. :(

It’s understandable but I am pretty bummed. Was really hoping for July.

I have already canceled the sub, pay to do a routine that I do in 2 days? The worst thing is that we will have to wait maybe 2 more months to have Eureka and do something interesting

Most of Crystal is just fine with the delays since we all mostly just do player driven content lol.

I can only imagine all the hurdles involved with getting things to flow through telecommunications. . . lol. All the trust, new devices, and extra time spent trying to get everything to flow again.. wewh. Computers doing computer things and acting funny on something it shouldn't. With all that effort I wonder if they're going to keep some positions at distance even after all the COVID issues lessen, I know the train video is a kind of meme / worst case scenario (packed like a can of sardines) but there has to be someone with a longer commute going "oh thank god" lol.

It'll be interesting to hear at the end of this how they felt the experience went, compared to normal, and besides the delay of course if we might notice a creativity or production difference (perhaps with less communication certain developers are a bit 'free-er' which could be a great wonderful or scary thing or perhaps less feedback / review before an idea is instantiated).

Hopefully everyone and their family's are safe.

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Originally Posted by Skivvy

Right after my birthday. Very kind of them :)

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Early Congratulations ;)

I bet Viera and Hrothgar still wont receive any changes at all, no hats, no hairstyle no nothing.

1 dungeon, no hildibrand, no Podt or HoH, i doubt will we get eureka, no pvp changes, more buttcapes armors.

Thats it folks.

Unfortunate but understandable. With any luck, there will be additional teasers released over the coming weeks to help generate hype and interest.

QA is one of the worst things to be doing in this environment. Like if you actually have a problem it's so much easier to be able to get someone to just come there and look at it, maybe take the mouse. No amount of screensharing, modules to split control, sending screenshots, calls or IMs will really substitute that... The virtualization in particular is going to suck if they said they are already having hardware performance problems. Nevermind the compromises to the shared testing environment. Especially since this is the patch with the ARR revision.

Basically 2 months behind schedule which will have reverberating effects on the next patch and the expansion cycle as a whole. It's unfortunate but it is what it is.

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Originally Posted by Nedkel

I bet Viera and Hrothgar still wont receive any changes at all, no hats, no hairstyle no nothing.

1 dungeon, no hildibrand, no Podt or HoH, i doubt will we get eureka, no pvp changes, more buttcapes armors.

Thats it folks.

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A lot of things have been taken from us just for Ishgard? ARR Revamp? At the moment this expansion is being a disappointment lol

IIs that a tank... does that mean mech tanks are now officalys woohoo

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Originally Posted by Nayout

A lot of things have been taken from us just for Ishgard? ARR Revamp? At the moment this expansion is being a disappointment lol

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"they keep adding the same things, it's boring"

SE changes it up, stops adding same things to add new things

"they stopped adding the same boring things, how dare they!"


SE literally can't win here...

Understandable, I just wish the Resistance front/relic weapon content was in 5.3 and not in 5.35. Who knows how many weeks/months we will need to wait for that. That's the content I am waiting for the most and we still have no idea how many weeks it will be until that is released.

Still, thanks to SE for being so transparent and thanks for all the hard work.

I posted this on Reddit:

Nothing but support from me. Staying safe is way more important than some patch. I’ll be there on 8/11 with bells on!

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Originally Posted by Recon1o6

Does anyone have a translated version of the dialogue box at the bottom?

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Literally it's just "Hmm... this? It's a very old picture..."

The delay is fine by me, bummed obviously. But it is what it is. They're health and safety are whats important, and making sure the patch is good to go. But man I just wanna know what new pretty gunblades we are getting.

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Originally Posted by Liam_Harper

It's refreshing to hear statements like this from a game developer in an age where the attitude seems to have become "release it broken and patch it up later". I'm fine with waiting a little longer for that.

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Or "release it broken and don't patch it up at all because people are playing, anyway".

I get it, though. The situation is wild. I'll probably stick around for the wait and work on leveling classes or achievements, since I've already burned through my other quarantine games and don't like any other MMORPGs.

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Originally Posted by Hysterior

Just someone surprised (Lolashia? Rolashia?) saying that it looks ancient or something. Seems story-related, not a mount or anything.

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FWIW, I translated ロラシア (possibly incorrectly, because katakana) as "Lorasia". Which, unless I'm mistaken, is potentially a Dragon Quest reference...?

I'm almost done with most of the content I wanted to complete in the game for right now so while the delay is personally unfortunate it is absolutely understandable. Thanks to the team for keeping development going even as they have. It sounds like has been a major upheaval that they're worked through while still coming out mostly okay. I can see myself taking more of a break before things get rolling again but I'll definitely be back in full force then.

And I quite appreciate that they are straight up telling us that this delay will not just be for this patch but will persist for the future as well. Hopefully this gets out a little ahead of the whiners who will complain when everything up to and including 6.0 (and beyond) will be coming out later than they expected.

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Originally Posted by Shougun

Early Congratulations ;)

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Why thank you! :D

it looks to be strangling a Hobgoblin.

Towards the end of the letter he mentions the 5.3 special site. Is that up yet? I tried to find it through the shadowbringers website and I only found up to 5.2. I can only assume 5.3 site isn't ready yet or it's a seperate site. Does anyone know for sure?

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Originally Posted by Cecwhite

Towards the end of the letter he mentions the 5.3 special site. Is that up yet? I tried to find it through the shadowbringers website and I only found up to 5.2. I can only assume 5.3 site isn't ready yet or it's a seperate site. Does anyone know for sure?

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It's not up yet. It's usually announced through the news bulletins on the lodestone. Presumably it'll be soon, though.

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Originally Posted by Liam_Harper

It's refreshing to hear statements like this from a game developer in an age where the attitude seems to have become "release it broken and patch it up later". I'm fine with waiting a little longer for that.

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Same here I got 2 games I want to finish and two I just started lol. Only thing I have to do in 14 right now is get my 490 accessories, I am helping my spouse level but thats only when we can be on at the same time. So a delay is perfectly fine with me especially if its for the safety of the Dev team.

I'm fine with this!
Thank you for announcing an exact date.

Fine by me. Team's safety and health is more important than schedule.

Any news about unlock current savage raid tier early because of patch delay

I am doing raid but not a hardcore one because i dont have time so i usually only do 1st and last raid of each tier and ignore those 2 inbetween

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Originally Posted by ShariusTC

Any news about unlock current savage raid tier early because of patch delay

I am doing raid but not a hardcore one because i dont have time so i usually only do 1st and last raid of each tier and ignore those 2 inbetween

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Considering they unlock the old tier with (or shortly before) the release of the new one - no, no news. Next tier is in 5.4 so it will stay weekly limited for a while still.

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Originally Posted by Nayout

I have already canceled the sub, pay to do a routine that I do in 2 days? The worst thing is that we will have to wait maybe 2 more months to have Eureka and do something interesting

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Dude it's $12 dollars. It's totally your right to cancel but it's not like monumental lmao. Yay temporary discount and then you'll be right back? Yeah, you showed em!

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

"they keep adding the same things, it's boring"

SE changes it up, stops adding same things to add new things

"they stopped adding the same boring things, how dare they!"


SE literally can't win here...

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Basically sums up these forums. I'm glad the devs don't look here for their own sanity.

There's lots of well thought out, constructive feedback to be found on this forum. I don't know why some posters try to paint this place as being a cesspit because it is far, far more civil and constructive than either Reddit or Twitter.

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Originally Posted by Theodric

There's lots of well thought out, constructive feedback to be found on this forum. I don't know why some posters try to paint this place as being a cesspit because it is far, far more civil and constructive than either Reddit or Twitter.

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This place is a cesspit. Let's not paint it any other way.

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Originally Posted by Arngrim_Greyashe

This place is a cesspit. Let's not paint it any other way.

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It is a cesspit, like every online forum. It's just slightly less of one than other social media places. And especially less than reddit.

Now that I think of it, bet that tank is for beast tribe, totally forgot its dwarves, prolly need to help build since its crafted stuff.

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Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth

It is a cesspit, like every online forum. It's just slightly less of one than other social media places. And especially less than reddit.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...and_community/
ffxiv subreddits is what draw people in.It is where people show the appealing of Fan Arts, Garden&Housing and Glamour. It is where newbie asking and received the help. It is a place where people asking for a convincing idea whether this is a game for them. While what can be found a common thing here is users constantly biting each other and maybe no one haven't said it before but this is the ideal place for a trolling since there is no worry about the downvote. Ironically the subreddits if what make people want to join the community while this OFFICIAL forum make people want to quit.

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Originally Posted by cactuarzzzz

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...and_community/
ffxiv subreddits is what draw people in.It is where people show the appealing of Fan Arts, Garden&Housing and Glamour. It is where newbie asking and received the help. It is a place where people asking for a convincing idea whether this is a game for them. While what can be found a common thing here is users constantly biting each other and maybe no one haven't said it before but this is the ideal place for a trolling since there is no worry about the downvote. Ironically the subreddits if what make people want to join the community while this OFFICIAL forum make people want to quit.

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Fanart definitely isn't what draws me into a game. And most Fanart posted isn't even done by the artists, it's done by people who paid for them.


Reddit is a cesspool because all opinions outside the norm get downvoted and hidden away, so you only ever see "acceptable" opinions.