Patch 1.21 - March 6th~9th?

[Babydoll]

Yoshi-P had posted that the original planned release date for 1.21 was February 17th and that it would be delayed at least 2 weeks, so March 2nd or later.

Its now delayed to 6-9, so 3 weeks past the original date so is still not quite a month. It also makes me wonder why people kept thinking the patch would be out before March, this post was made early in February iirc.

We knew the patch wouldn't be out until March because of that post and when I looked at the calendar I assumed the 8th (thursday of first full week of march) which is quite close to when its going to be.

(Not asking you, but to the dev team) how is Feb 17th "early" feb? o.O When I made my hair appointment in Jan.(at a very busy place) I said I wanted EARLY feb and I got feb 7th lol. THAT is early feb. 17th is more like middle-end. SE have no real sense of time. Not complaining about the 17th date..but that is umm far from early.

With their way of thinking can I pay my monthly rent thats due in the "beginning of the month" on the 17th? That would be cool.

[Fated]

They never said February 17th. The original understanding that we had was "early February." Then Yoshida's last letter stated they had planned to get 1.21 out by "the second week in February." If that means the actual second week, you're looking at the 9th or 10th (consequently this agrees with the original japanese used in the first 2.0 pdf file that talks about patch scheduling). If they meant the second full week of February, then that means the 16th or 17th. Either way don't really know what they were planning at that point. In the past, "early" has meant up to the 14th for SE.

But yeah, your rent analogy is kind of funny lol.

[Hanemakikaze]

Lol @ releasing patch at Mass Effect 3 release. Still, /rageatdelaynessimad

[Victor]

This delay comes as absolutely no surprise to me

[viion]

This will have a total of 3 weeks delay from the original Mid Feb.

Also understand that due the 3 weeks delay here it is highly likely the next patch will be +3 weeks from their 2.0 prediction because the 3 weeks delay on this patch is 3 weeks they havent had on the next patch, so dont get your testis in a knot when from now on most predictions will be delayed slightly.

[Rokien]

Lol @ releasing patch at Mass Effect 3 release. Still, /rageatdelaynessimad

dark souls all over again ; ;



just for reference to what I'm talking about. http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...the-new-update

[Pulseczar]

Gah, its been posted many times that 1.x development will not affect 2.0.

They also said the delay of 1.20 wouldn't affect the release date of 1.21... yet here we are at 1.21 being delayed by a month. I can guarantee that 2.0 WILL be delayed if they keep following this pattern. They say it won't but it will.

[AarosLunos]

The delay for 1.20 wasn't three weeks. So that really doesn't add up :P Most of these patches are developed in parallel by multiple teams. Same goes for 2.0. Based on what I've read previously, the delays mostly sound like its due to the QA process that is on going. And personally would you rather the patch be released buggy and/or incomplete? SE likely views 1.21 in the same light that most of the community does, that it will make or break the game. Personally I'd rather take a delay and have them be absolutely sure that everything is working as intended. Remember this lack of patience is what lead to the horrible launch for XIV.

I for one am pleased that SE is going to released it when ready. March 6th/9th is not far off.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Obviously.

"So much for letting us know as soon as possible"

-Interview in a magazine stated there may be a delay and a ball park date-

Hence: "They did."

Knowing way ahead of time and telling a japanese gaming magazine about the delay isn't telling the NA and EU community. Or even the JP. Apparently this information was good enough for Famitsu and not good enough for the people actually playing.

[AarosLunos]

Knowing way ahead of time and telling a japanese gaming magazine about the delay isn't telling the NA and EU community. Or even the JP. Apparently this information was good enough for Famitsu and not good enough for the people actually playing.

That really depends on how the magazine obtained info on the release date. It could have been leaked a week ago by an SE employee and it wasn't intended at all. People around here love to jump to conclusions, often negative about SE.