Quote Originally Posted by Mug View Post
Btw, wasn't 1.19 meant to come by the "end of summer"? That would be September 23 at the latest, right? It came out October 4, which would mean it got delayed by eleven days.
Yep, that was the timeframe given in one of the letters from the producer from Spring.

You can see that since the patch got delayed by quite some time, it was probably a good move to not spill the 2.0 beans before the team had acquired some experience in working in the new kind of environment. Back in Spring they had no real experience on preparing a large scale patch like 1.18 or 1.19 so naturally they missed the mark even though the schedule only went up until the end of Summer.

1.18 was the worst patch in this regard as I think it was delayed by like a month, possibly longer (from the rough date Yoshida had given beforehand). 1.19 on the other hand came only few days later than the rough date given (by the end of September). That said 1.19 was a clear upgrade from the mess that was 1.18's schedule.

One would think that after 2 large scale patches and having worked on 2.0 and the old client simultaneously for many months they could provide more accurate dates for the patches from then on. Especially considering the improvement going from 1.18 to 1.19, as well as the fact that both class changes and job system have been worked on by the start of Summer.

All these factors make me pretty confident in them keeping their short-term schedule. When it comes to 2.0 they have given themselves more room as well (Sept.-Oct.). I think 1.23 will be the really tough one to get out in time.