FFXIV 6.0 comes out December 7th. Pre-release is December 3rd

[LisSquid]

I feel bad for myself and my fellow friends who pulled overtime for several months to secure a week off for the launch. This is a quality control thing, and it is important for the team to make sure the content we get is quality and actually ready to ship, but on the other hand it is a very last minute change.

Hell, my week off isn't even paid. Just like many others, it just means I won't be fired for taking that block of time off. So, while I am not kicking a fuss because it completely valid for them to push it back, it doesn't suck any less. I'll use that week off to farm more Eden, at least!

[Kolsykol]

Tbh I was getting stressed out because I didn't think I'd finish NG+ in time.
But now I'll finish it np so works for me :P.

Can even finish the raid NG+ story too I want it all to be fresh in my mind when the game launches.

If you took time off maybe consider refreshing yourself on the story during that time off if you can't change.

[Yeol]

I understand that this is not the norm for FFXIV. They must’ve had a very important reason for the delay. So I’m not mad, just disappointed.

I applied for 2 weeks off since July, and just last week my boss asked me to confirm it and I did Will be very difficult for me to reschedule my time off.

[DragoAskani]

blame QA. its called a quarantine breaking bug. it happens, if you arent associated with any kind of software development, it may seem unfair, but I doubt you want a broken launch either. sorry about your vacation, but I doubt they did it just to annoy you.

basically, they found an issue and couldnt fix it in time to have it properly tested before launch. unlike Blizzard they dont use normal players for quality control after launch.. be glad of that.

Look at my join date cupcake. I've been around here much longer then you. I know what it means, it doesn't make it suck any less.

[ForteNightshade]

True, but at the same time some places also have a strict two week window for requesting time off, making today the literal cut off point for those people. Had they done as the person posted that I quoted (as far as I understood it anyway) them going "Yep, our release time will be for the 19" and those that held back for the uncertainty would then be making the complaints. So it would literally be a 'damned if they do, damned if they don't' kind of situation.

Even assuming devil's advocate that some people couldn't schedule so close, it's still better than the position people are in now where they have PTO/Holiday days thrown away for literally nothing. Advice notice at least gives people more options. Furthermore, they could more easily be avoided if they announced such a delay before the Live Letter, citing how they'll go into more detail during the broadcast.

Basically, there were better ways to handle this to limit the amount of people whose plans were ruined due to scheduling conflicts.

[AlucaDragonheart]

Well it sucks, but what are you gonna do? We'll just have to wait some more.

[Tranquilmelody7]

On the bright side...extended moogle event!

[Khalithar]

Wish they'd made this decision sooner so I could have canceled my time off requests and pushed them back. I'm going to be having a fun conversation with my boss on Monday.

[Caurcas]

Stop taking PTO for Video Games. It really sickens me to hear or see Yoshi-P and the dev crew cry. People in this game, are imo toxic for them as developers.. Idolize developers as some sort of God. Stop it. They are human beings. Software Development especially for MMO's is more than likely 10x harder than any job that anyone here in this thread is working.

They are human beings. Stop being upset that they didn't release on the 19th/23rd. It sucks that it might screw up your plans. BUTS THATS ON YOU. Not them. Take a step back and put yourself in their shoes for once. Guaranteed you would see things very differently.

People should know by now. Especially during/after Covid. With layoffs, Delays should be expected.

I get payed to treat water. If I do not do my job and deliver people get upset, and they are right to. Same thing for any job creating any product. If you don't deliver when promised, people get mad and they have a right to be so.

[HyoMinPark]

Stop taking PTO for Video Games. It really sickens me to hear or see Yoshi-P and the dev crew cry. People in this game, are imo toxic for them as developers.. Idolize developers as some sort of God. Stop it. They are human beings. Software Development especially for MMO's is more than likely 10x harder than any job that anyone here in this thread is working.

They are human beings. Stop being upset that they didn't release on the 19th/23rd. It sucks that it might screw up your plans. BUTS THATS ON YOU. Not them. Take a step back and put yourself in their shoes for once. Guaranteed you would see things very differently.

People should know by now. Especially during/after Covid. With layoffs, Delays should be expected.

I’m sorry, but you have no right to tell me how to spend my vacation time that I earn through my hard work. Nor do you have any right to tell me that I can’t be upset or disappointed by the delay, or worried about if I’ll be able to shift my time off around to enjoy something I’ve been looking forward to for a while now.

Everyone is aware that the development team are human beings. But you know what? So are the players. Let them be upset if they want to be. You can’t tell them to not be.

With all due respect, please back off, and go take a seat. Let people be upset. Let them be mad. Stop telling them how they are supposed to feel when the plans they had made and were looking forward to fell through/are in jeopardy.