Lets look forward to 1.18

[RAXX]

well this is my take on letter IX.

But good things come to those who wait! Dungeons designed for ranks 30 and 50 are on their way, and 1.18 will see the start of our reworking of the battle system

ok nowhere did it say we were gonna get dungeons in 1.18, but rather said its on the way and 1.18 will be battle adjustments. then he goes on talk about the encampments .

From top to bottom, those are encampments in the Gridania, Limsa Lominsa, and Ul'dah regions. In this way, we’re going to gradually increase the number of public areas with quest hubs. We also have some beast tribe versions in the works, but it’s looking like those will have to wait until 1.19.

so from this I gather we will definatly be getting encampments in 1.18 and beast tribes will more than likely wait until 1.19.

Come mid-May, the vanguards of the Grand Companies will be the first to brave Eorzea’s newly discovered dungeons.

This is where things get too vague, he said in mid-may so by that I would have assumed we would have already had grand companies.

[Shai]

well this is my take on letter IX.

ok nowhere did it say we were gonna get dungeons in 1.18, but rather said its on the way and 1.18 will be battle adjustments. then he goes on talk about the encampments .

so from this I gather we will definatly be getting encampments in 1.18 and beast tribes will more than likely wait until 1.19.

This is where things get too vague, he said in mid-may so by that I would have assumed we would have already had grand companies.

Vangaurd is "those who go first" and this is what he means (unfortunately):

Updated Company List

Sorry he got your hopes up. I hoped it would be an in-game event. Basically, the first explorers of the dungeons are going to be representatives of the Grand Companies and their testimonies available to the players on Lodestone. (Yay). Actually, I like the whole world concept they are building with Lodestone "immersion" updates, in game events, Alfgar & the GM-run Prophet. It's all pretty cool, but disappointing when you're expecting something more.