[4.0->4.1]Would you be okay with a longer delay?

[Knahli]

Regarding a question that was asked of Yoshi about whether or not we should expect a delay between 4.0 and 4.1, similar to what we experienced from 3.0 to 3.1....

R:
After the release of Heavensward, there was a long break between 3.0 and 3.1. Will there be the same kind of break between 4.0 and 4.1?

Y:
I would love to give our dev team a break, but for 4.1 because we’ve been planning for it ahead of time and making sure our plans are aligned we are going to attempt releasing the patch in accordance to our typical patch release schedule. Once our team sees the article that’s written up that mentions this, they’ll get a little weary (room laughs).

....does this actually bother anyone? I'm as eager for content as anyone else, don't get me wrong, but I can't help but feel really bad that he feels the need to keep on pushing through with schedules and deadlines just to appease the community.

Frankly, I'd rather they take some noteworthy form of respite even if it's not necessarily as long as the previous(I can't even remember how long that was) though I guess this might not be the most popular of notions ;

[Medicine]

I feel like they definitely deserve a break from all the work they've been doing since 3.1, one that is at least a month longer then their break during 3.0-3.1 I bet they really need it.

[Moonlite]

Frankly, I'd rather they take some noteworthy form of respite even if it's not necessarily as long as the previous(I can't even remember how long that was) though I guess this might not be the most popular of notions ;

No. It is a companies job to work vacation time into production. Can one person not have a week off at a time? They all need to have the same time off. I support vacation time. I generally don't support closing the doors of a buisness so everyone can have time off at the same time. Also remember how much dead space between 3.5 leading up to 4.0. It wasn't that 3.0 to 3.1 was long it was 2.5 to 3.1 felt like 3/4s of a year. And no 3.0 did not launch with enough to cover that.

[Lexia]

Weren't people having a fit when HW release cause of how long wait there was between 3.0 and 3.1? I don't think the XIV player base has changed that much and most likely act the same way.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

They definitely need a break after pushing themselves working on Stormblood and making sure it's released on time plus dealing with the community. With all of the whining and complaints from some of us lately, I'm surprised they haven't snapped and just said, "f*** this sh*t, I'm out!" lol

[ShinMetsu]

Why do people always say "Oh, these poor little hard-hardwoking devs deserve a break" ?
It's their job!

Whether or not they're doing overtime, which they're probably getting paid for, which some of them probably are happy about.
Which is probably not enforced, although from what people say pressure to meet workplace's expectations is high in japan from what people say.
And finally, if they want to ease the workload, they should just expand their budget.

It's about time companies start putting customers first again. Reputation is worth more than most people think.


Edit: OH AND! Imagine if they did and content got delayed and cut out, imagine the shitstorm!

[Vexander]

I'd say the company deserves a break. At least a month.

[ErryK]

If 4.1 were to come out 3 months after 4.0, it would be September, and if we were to wait for 5 months afterwards, just like 3.0 to 3.1, it would be February. That seems like a rather long time, but there would be more to do between 4.0 and 4.1's content, than there would be with just 4.0's. I would say for the most part that'd be fine, because 4.2 would introduce a lot of "meaty" content, so-to-speak.

[xbahax92]

It depends how end game will look like again. Grinding a primal Ex for a weapon and hunting for equipment cant be considered as end game, well you can then argument that we have enough classes and jobs to level, but once you have your favorite class at max, you actually want to get new equipment and train a proper rotation. I dont mind giving them a break, if its worth to play and sub for the next months after release.

[AmalonStar]

Personally I wouldn't mind longer breaks in between all patches, as it is I find it a bit difficult to work on everything in he game I would like to. I find with how quick gear and everything becomes outdated it's hard to keep up, I spent a good while on my crafters a while back and my other jobs suffered because gear got outdated and I had to play catch up with those for a good while.