Yoshi-P Game Focus Interview translated summary

[iluvOP]

The issue with longer skirts is clipping unfortunately. I don't mind panties everywhere, but there are plenty of options to get around that. Long skirts clip with the legs really badly, making them worthless as your legs just come through the skirt all the damn time. a physics update is what the game needs.

Think all the dev team deserve one at some point, it's amazing they can keep releasing content every 3 months.

They had a 6month break of literally no content coming out earlier. They need to do some job switching. Like a different director for different expansions and so on. To give more chances for variation and different ideas.

[JunseiKei]

They had a 6month break of literally no content coming out earlier.

Uh, that doesn't sound right.

[ErryK]

Uh, that doesn't sound right.

It was closer to 5 months, 3.0 to 3.1 was a longer wait than the usual 3 months.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It was closer to 5 months, 3.0 to 3.1 was a longer wait than the usual 3 months.

Which means they had a 2 month break, not 6 lol. content development was still likely the same time period, they just took a vacation.

[JunseiKei]

It was closer to 5 months, 3.0 to 3.1 was a longer wait than the usual 3 months.

...And in between 3.0 (2015/06/19) and 3.1 (2015/11/10) were patches:
(Date: 2015/07/07) 3.01 - Alexander released;
(Date: 2015/07/21) 3.05 - Job locked gear including crafters and gatherers, Seal Rock and Alexander (Savage) released;
(Date: 2015/08/25) 3.07 - Brought job balances, so no actual new content.

... Still only 45 days. Hence my confusion.

[ErryK]

...And in between 3.0 (2015/06/19) and 3.1 (2015/11/10) were patches:
(Date: 2015/07/07) 3.01 - Alexander released;
(Date: 2015/07/21) 3.05 - Job locked gear including crafters and gatherers, Seal Rock and Alexander (Savage) released;
(Date: 2015/08/25) 3.07 - Brought job balances, so no actual new content.

... Still only 45 days. Hence my confusion.

That's not how it works, but ok.

[JunseiKei]

That's not how it works, but ok.

Enlighten me. :3

[ErryK]

Enlighten me. :3

What you're saying is the entire dev team popped up to work, each and every day between 3.0 and 3.07. People like Soken and Yoshida popped into work, literally, just to patch the games. No, that's not how it works, I'm pretty certain they have one single group that maintains the game, when it is required to be maintained. And more or less, Yoshi and co. were off enjoying their 5~ month holiday. Things are pre-planned, they don't work on 3.1 directly after 3.0 comes out, they have 3.1 done by the time 3.0 is halfway done or something to that effect, then they gradually modify that content until release. MMO development is always pro-active, only reactive when they do 2.0x or 3.0x patches, as they are fixing minimal issues.

[Gumbercules]

It was closer to 5 months, 3.0 to 3.1 was a longer wait than the usual 3 months.

Add to this that before HW released they hinted at a 4 month time before 3.1 already. Hell I thought they had meant all patches were going to be 4 months apart, which i thought was still a decent enough release schedule :P So the result was they were a month ish delayed cuz they decided they should rest instead of dying XD

[Gumbercules]

Uh, that doesn't sound right.

the patch 3.1 from HW release was a little over 5 months, cuz they took a break and how dare they! :P Children in Azeroth have to wait for over a year to get stuff.....you insensitive bastages :P