1 Year and Some Later and still....

[RaideDuku]

Yeah, you're absolutely right! Because World of Warcraft had absolutely no downtime its first year of its release.

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[Souljacker]

Yeah, you're absolutely right! Because World of Warcraft had absolutely no downtime its first year of its release.

This isn't exactly XIV's first year of release, though. We're going on probably closer to 5-6 with initial dev time included. It's definitely been long enough to figure out how to smoothly implement polished content. This whole patch was just botched beginning to end.

[Starlord]

This isn't exactly XIV's first year of release, though. We're going on probably closer to 5-6 with initial dev time included. It's definitely been long enough to figure out how to smoothly implement polished content. This whole patch was just botched beginning to end.

As much as your right, It's server structure was built from the ground up ( fresh like a baby). The servers have only been live for 11 months.

Edit: Personally, FFXIV ARR is really a new game in my eyes ( since they had to take apart all the pieces and put them how this Dev team wants it.)

[Themis]

This isn't exactly XIV's first year of release, though. We're going on probably closer to 5-6 with initial dev time included. It's definitely been long enough to figure out how to smoothly implement polished content. This whole patch was just botched beginning to end.

In terms of A Realm Reborn, it was only in development for something like 2.5 years, so if you want to argue that one, it's actually closer to 3.5 years (nearly 1/2 what you believe). Additionally, they were also still supporting 1.x during that time.

But what I'd like to know, from you or the OP (or others with the same ideas), when is your super awesome, content streamlined MMO coming out? If you think it's that easy, why aren't you releasing one?