2019 Patch 4.5 Release Schedule FEEDBACK

[CrimzunAeoun]

@kikix12 The rate at which players consume content is not an issue, it is not an actual problem. An actual problem is we as players cant do content because it is not released.

Going forward into future patches there is content that may be delayed for "non-pertinent" reasons that can affect your gameplay experience and expectations.

Such as blue mage, which is advertised as "solo-play" content. Why does "solo player content" have to be delayed due to MSQ which also has an amount of "solo-play" to it. These two pieces of content should NOT affect each other so drastically that 1 must be delayed to supplement the other.

[KaivaC]

@kikix12 The rate at which players consume content is not an issue, it is not an actual problem. An actual problem is we as players cant do content because it is not released.

Going forward into future patches there is content that may be delayed for "non-pertinent" reasons that can affect your gameplay experience and expectations.

Such as blue mage, which is advertised as "solo-play" content. Why does "solo player content" have to be delayed due to MSQ which also has an amount of "solo-play" to it. These two pieces of content should NOT affect each other so drastically that 1 must be delayed to supplement the other.

Actually...the way content has been consumed, yes, it has been a problem that has been stressed out a lot. Staggering content is something of a necessary evil right now because a lot of the playerbase gobbles up content incredibly fast. There's really not enough fresh content as is that will last between patches (Eureka is its own other mess that I won't dive into right now). I mean, shoot, staggered content as it is now is still leaving droughts between patches with a lot of people having nothing to do. Your suggestion to stop the staggering will only make that in-between drought come faster. To each their own, as the saying goes, but removing the staggering schedule will probably create more problems than leaving it in place.

What the devs do need to do, however, is actually put in content that actually engages the playerbase and make those droughts go away - but that's a discussion for another thread.

[kikix12]

@kikix12 The rate at which players consume content is not an issue, it is not an actual problem.

Every single MMO's forum, this ones as well, says otherwise. There are TONS of posts of people saying that there's not enough to do. Starting in less than a week after expansion hits. Yes, the rate of development VS consumption is, always was and always will be a problem.

An actual problem is we as players cant do content because it is not released.

Eh...Yeah?! That's kinda normal order to these things...right?! You can't do stuff that's not released yet. Are you complaining to Square Enix that you finished playing Final Fantasy I to XX and want Final Fantasy XXI? No. Because XVI to XX aren't even released yet.

It doesn't matter why. It doesn't matter whether it's by developers choice or by necessity (the content not being made yet). As a consumer, you have access to content only when it is released at which point you may start playing it. What is the difference here between patch 4.5 and expansion 5.0?! I'm willing to bet that most of it is already done. I'm almost certain that all of it will be "done" at least a month or two before release. It will be held back to keep the release schedule. Like every single game out there. It'll be good if they will actually use that time to look for and fix bugs, but they're likely going to start working on something else instead...like mog shop items.

The difference here is that you know what is coming and you want it "now" due to impatience. That is not a problem in a grand scheme of things. That's natural and it is unavoidable. You are inconvenienced...sure...but there are many people that are not. Ones that don't want to have to choose between keeping up with this friend that likes this content or that friend that wants that content. People that don't want to be spoiled left, right and center just because X person did something else than they did and wanted to talk about it. People that want to do it "as it hits", which is possible only if it does not hit simultaneously.

Going forward into future patches there is content that may be delayed for "non-pertinent" reasons that can affect your gameplay experience and expectations.

And?! Whether it affects gameplay, experience and expectations or not...it's just not relevant until it hits. It will not lose value (or gain for that matter) just because it will hit later. Sorry, I just don't ride any hype trains per se. If something is delayed I fill my "freed" time with something else. It's as simple as that. Ultimately my goal is to enjoy myself, what I am doing that brings me enjoyment does not matter, really.

Such as blue mage, which is advertised as "solo-play" content. Why does "solo player content" have to be delayed due to MSQ which also has an amount of "solo-play" to it. These two pieces of content should NOT affect each other so drastically that 1 must be delayed to supplement the other.

Here you completely undermined yourself. Blue Mage and Main Story Quests both being solo is EXACTLY why they need to be separated. Because as they are both solo...both of them appeal to the same crowd at the same time. Meaning that the same crowd will have to choose between one and the other. Every single person. Not the minority as will be the case with Hildibrand and PvP that have separate "spots". Whichever they choose, they'll finish it and start the other after. And how does staggering one affect these players?!

Well, they'll still do one after the other. They'll still get to enjoy both. But they won't be forced to make the choice and they won't risk being spoiled by someone that made a different choice. They won't feel being "left behind" either for not doing what they WANT to do, because they had to choose the other thing instead.


You are impatient, that's it. I give you that you put more effort into your posts than yer average person complaining due to their impatience...but ultimately there is nothing much behind it. It's like people complaining that they'll get a double issue of a weekly magazine, but there will be a week of break. Or vice versa, people getting half of what they got normally but at twice the rate. Same thing here. And yet release schedules are held for decades sans some actual, practical reasons (like a change in competition on a given time frame).

I dont want to wait another week because I as well as you have paid for this content to be released in a timely consistent manner.

It is released in a timely and consistent manner. Many people on this forum in fact complain about the schedules being TOO timely and TOO consistent, to the point of being easy to predict.

It's just not the sort of schedule you want. You want bulk content with tons of nothing at all in-between, so that you can just unsubscribe and forget until next bulk...or so that you can complain about the lack of content and wanting more to be made faster.

[Metalwrath]

Every single MMO's forum, this ones as well, says otherwise. There are TONS of posts of people saying that there's not enough to do. Starting in less than a week after expansion hits. Yes, the rate of development VS consumption is, always was and always will be a problem.

'Tonnes of people'
Let me explain something to you.The audience who post on forums are not a majority and they by no means represent the majority of players most of the time.
SE acts more on places like reddit because that generally is the voice of the majority.
Hence why when people complained here about the UNGARMAX glitch it was ignored until it became a big deal over on reddit.
There are a lot more casual players than raid orientated players and those players most likely dont care about rushing through all the content at once like its some kind of time trial.