Patch release dates, Fanfest, Housing Auto Demolish? Covid-19?

[linayar]

Are you curious about FFXIV's initial 2 month delay, and now 3 month delay, while Blizzard and WoW is only seeing a 1 month delay?

Different people working on different things may decide differently on how much of a delay they need. Maybe WoW would benefit from a longer delay.

Patch release dates:
5.3 was originally slated for June 2nd 2020.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...v_patch_dates/

It was officially released October 10th 2020

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...5c2da260eae21a

Per the FFXIV team they stated "patch 5.3 will be delayed by more than a month at the very least"

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/420143

So we're seeing a 2 month delay for 5.3.

It was also stated:



Yet 5.4 was originally slated for September 22nd 2020, and is currently with no release date, with an estimation of "December."

This puts 5.4 at a now 3 month delay from its original release, which would mean, if you consider the original 2 month delay for 5.3, then the slow down from 2 months to now 3 months for 5.4, the XIV team is running closer to around 66%-75% production.

5.0 - Late June (Early Access)
5.1 - Late October
5.2 - Late February

5.3 - Early August (I don't know where you get October, that's 5.35)
5.4 - Expected to be early December

So, a two-month delay for 5.3, but no delay for 5.4 if they release in December.

Also, where do you get September 22 date for 5.4?