Yoshi-P Game Focus Interview translated summary

[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.

[JunseiKei]

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.

Actually, I didn't say that at all. They have this stuff planned out months in advance and release things on a schedule and that's pretty well known. Even at FanFest, they said they have [some]things planned all the way into 5.0. All I had pointed out was there was no "5 months of no content" and gave patch notes, with their dates, as well as the content they had. Only patch 3.07 had nothing new to offer between 3.0 and 3.1 - just job balancing. No where did I imply any of the things you just said.

EDIT: Remember, we don't even have 4.0 yet, and that's seven months away, let alone 5.0 - which we can probably safely assume will be another two years from 4.0's release. It also wouldn't surprise me if they have major plot points figured out for 6.0, assuming things don't get concluded story-wise. I have no way of knowing how long SE plans to have a story going for FFXIV nor how long they intend to keep the game running.