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

[AmalonStar]

Like I'm still in the process of doing my anima relic, almost done the umbrite stage now. I'm not bothered by the amount of time it can take I actually enjoy doing that kind of thing, what does bother me is how quickly it'll be rendered obsolete and nothing mire than glamor.

I liked how the relics you built in ff XI lasted for multiple expansions. I'm still working on my ARR relic too actually and was personally dismayed about the fact they figured the end product of that relic you could use to skip the first step of the anima relic. I would have preferred for new steps to have been added to that relic to keep it going and kept it on par with the new content and the new gear while still introducing the anima relic giving choice to your custom built relics

[SigmaOZ]

No!...

3.0 -> 3.1 took like six months and the game got almost dead, if they were to make us wait that long it would have to be for a REALLY GOOD REASON, like giving us 4K textures and the highest quality for character models, I'm sure they would work something out, the possibilities are endless after all!...

[Ririta]

I wouldn't mind. I just hope that they won't extend the grind to compensate.

[Reinha]

I wouldn't mind. I just hope that they won't extend the grind to compensate.

Lol I was just going to say let them have a break during 4.1 after giving us a new relic grind to keep us busy.

[Awful]

I would be upset because I don't want it turning into another HW 3.0 where we had nothing to do but hunts to get gear Bismarck EX/ Ravana EX where Bismarck was only a stepping stone and you farmed Ravana till Alexander Savage came out. The only way to get 180 gear was to do hunts as normal Gordias wasn't out yet and we had 3 dungeons, 1 that gave no gear ARF, Alwaysreap, and Never Fractal, it was pretty boring not gonna lie so no I don't want there to be a delay.

[Belhi]

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!

Because no one want to see the dev team burned out because of the output asked of them.

If devs start quiting cause the workload is too demanding or their health or moral starts to suffer it will negatively effect the game. Its not like established team members are quick and easy to replace. FF14's team has been hiring for a long time and it takes time to find people with the right skills and integrate them. You cant just throw money at it and magically solve it.

Employees aren't slaves. Companies should value their customers but at the same time customers should have realistic expectations of what they expect from those they are buying from.

[Fyce]

If Zurvan was good.
If Proto-Ultima wasn't a joke.
If they didn't slap a i280 on the Diadem like they don't care.
If Zhloe was good content.
...
Then yes, I'd be okay with them having a break, because they clearly worked hard.

But considering that they already dissapointed with the lastest content, dissapointing us by releasing 4.1 at a late date would be a bit too much to handle for our monthly subscription fee.

This is also a statement taking into account the overpricing of the Collector Edition, of the EU Fanfest, of the Mog Station, as well as the very poor customer service in regard to recent (and old) events.

[Khalithar]

No, no I would not be "ok" with it.

[ShinMetsu]

Employees aren't slaves.

I'm pretty sure Japan has decent laws on this matter.
You think their employees aren't entitled to vacation time?

[Moonlite]

Employees aren't slaves. Companies should value their customers but at the same time customers should have realistic expectations of what they expect from those they are buying from.

Fifty-Two weeks in a year, no time to spread vacation out? Lots of developers talk about stages to game development. You telling me they can not schedule some people off from each section.

Also starting to wonder at this point if SE has some other issue for hiring talent. We don't get specific excuses, just not enough people. They should have been able to hire enough people to develop a whole new game by now. Or at least enough people so we don't need to have this discussion about cancel all content for at least another month while everyone gets a month off.