1.18b patch notes are up..

[Reika]

I cant wait for the 17th >.>

[northernsky]

The one change in this patch also could have waited until they had more to add. The one bug fix could have waited until they had more bug fixes.

Are you ok with them taking down the servers every day for 2 hrs to fix one bug, or wait several days until they can fix multiple bugs? I'm certainly not ok with daily or even bi-daily downtimes for single bug fixes or single and less important changes. If this bug fix had been a fix to an exploit it would have been ok.

Grade 1 Dark matter costs 300gil.... No one was wasting any monies on grade 1 dark mater. There are people (everyone that still has low ranks) who wear things at low rank that require GR3 and above dark matter however. And so everyone knows, dieing and returning with gear above your rank equipped causes far more equipment damage. This is why they do this, those people wearing things above their rank that take GR3+ to repair get their gear destroyed very quickly from diening and returning.

Are people that upset for not being able to play for 2 hours? Maybe the game is not in so bad shape after all

[darkstarpoet1]

or lets not do that... lol..
Man you guys are just ridiculous. I'm convincing myself slowly that you all just bitch about everything and it's some sort of inside joke amongst the forum-mongers. Because seriously, it's 2 hours people. It's not 6 or 8, or 12, like some games would be. Go play a diff. game, vacuum your house, grab a drink, eat something, go outside for a few minutes. The thing will be done before you know it. And to all those complaining about what's in the patch: Chill out. Maybe they needed to implement those changes before they could start on something else. Maybe that bug was causing something bigger to be in jeopardy. You simply just don't know. You aren't a developer or programmer or anything of the sort. Let them fix things..

Whew... kids...

i know what you mean. it wasn't long downtime and yes it could have waited, but as long as it's only once in a while i have no issues with it. if it became a weekly thing then i'd dislike it.

i just went and installed some new lighting in the kitchen and will please the wife when she gets home to see them in place and working. took a little over an hour so i even had time to eat afterwards.

[Reika]

Are people that upset for not being able to play for 2 hours? Maybe the game is not in so bad shape after all

The thing is, it was 2hr downtime for 1.18a, which had more bug fixes and more added to it. This patch has 1 death penalty alteration and 1 bug fix. Some don't believe it requires 2 hours of downtime. Maybe 30 mins, but not 2 hours, especially not for a 1 minute download (it was 1 minute for me)

[MrLion]

The thing is, it was 2hr downtime for 1.18a, which had more bug fixes and more added to it. This patch has 1 death penalty alteration and 1 bug fix. Some don't believe it requires 2 hours of downtime. Maybe 30 mins, but not 2 hours, especially not for a 1 minute download (it was 1 minute for me)

You don't know that...for all we know they could be doing more things to it than just what the patch notes say...the patch notes are not set in stone...stop pretending like you know what the maintenance is about.

[Tezz_Xivectro]

They'll probably add a few more things to that.

[VisionHolder]

what a useless patch..I mean really...this could have waited...

It may be useless to you, with a bunch of R20+ jobs, but for the people who still trickle into the game, it can be a big help. I doubt the maintenance is strictly for this update, and since there was going to be downtime, I see no problem with throwing in a few tweaks... particularly if it helps some part of the FFXIV population.

Not everything has to be about you, ya know. (And that's aimed not so much at the person I'm quoting, but anyone who's bothering to complain.) How cares? It helped someone.

[Reika]

I cant wait for the 17th >.>

Did I mention that i cant wait for the 17th >.>

[MrLion]

Did I mention that i cant wait for the 17th >.>

Yes, I can't wait either...

[northernsky]

The thing is, it was 2hr downtime for 1.18a, which had more bug fixes and more added to it. This patch has 1 death penalty alteration and 1 bug fix. Some don't believe it requires 2 hours of downtime. Maybe 30 mins, but not 2 hours, especially not for a 1 minute download (it was 1 minute for me)

Yeah I did not see it that way, I have to agree that it's weird that it takes about the same time to implement patch 1.18 with all its content and 1.18b (regardless of download I mean). That being said, as others pointed, I have no idea about programming and whatsoever