Bad decision by SE

[Tastydoorstop]

I rather them push it back then put out another 1.0

[Nanchi]

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Blaming SE and other gaming corporations is one thing but Yoship and his team, after they've delivered to their best of their ability for years on end? This is the first time in a long time where they actually had to delay a major expansion release, by measly 2 weeks. I'm sure after the good reputation that he and his team established its not too much to ask for a little bit of patience. I agree with the notion that we shouldn't be complacent with companies who have had long delays but then release a still subpar product but that is definitely not applicable to FFXIV.

Sorry but all the egotistical whining in this thread is just sad. If yoship does what OP wants by releasing on the 19th and we get massive Server instabilities that lead to the very same people coming to the forum to complain about that, id just shake my head in secondhand embarrassment. Thankfully that's not gonna happen.

[Raikai]

I find flabbergasting that people are flipping over this.

Yes, it messes a bit scheduled vacations, but let's be real... If the xpac was delivered with some problem(s) that impeded gameplay, servers crashing, etc - these people would be just as mad or worse.

Postponing > Having a broken experience

[Anarnee]

Honestly. I wish they just would have told us ASAP, but I understand otherwise.

I think that if they decided to just release it as a subpar product THAT would have been the WORST decision.

This is fine. You can be upset, we're allow to be upset, but I think to spin it as a bad decision is silly.

[Khalithar]

I’ll tell you what annoyed me most about the delay, the fact that he stated they made the decision a few days ago. If that is true, then they should have immediately made a press release and an announcement about it instead of waiting until the 5th.

“Unfortunately we are announcing a two week delay on the release of Endwalker. Early access now begins December 3rd. We will provide the details during the live letter on Friday.”

That would have still been frustrating but given folks more time to rearrange schedules. Especially since it’s Friday night meaning many of us have to wait until Monday to rearrange things which is even less time.

[Nanchi]

I’ll tell you what annoyed me most about the delay, the fact that he stated they made the decision a few days ago. If that is true, then they should have immediately made a press release and an announcement about it instead of waiting until the 5th.

“Unfortunately we are announcing a two week delay on the release of Endwalker. Early access now begins December 3rd. We will provide the details during the live letter on Friday.”

That would have still been frustrating but given folks more time to rearrange schedules. Especially since it’s Friday night meaning many of us have to wait until Monday to rearrange things which is even less time.

I think there is a lot of behind the scenes people they'd need to alert first before they can go ahead and give a press release. While he made the decision it still had to go through the board of higher ups is what I assumed.

[Khalithar]

I think there is a lot of behind the scenes people they'd need to alert first before they can go ahead and give a press release. While he made the decision it still had to go through the board of higher ups is what I assumed.

Yoshida said he went to the board of directors earlier this week and got the all clear for the delay. So they could have potentially told us earlier based on Yoshida’s own words.

[Dawn_FF14]

I remember seeing similar threads when Blizzard announced their delay of Shadowland. I just wish that history won’t repeat here, where even the game was delayed, it was still the most buggy new expac, ever.

[Sarevok_Thordin]

It's a reasonable thing to expect although still stinging given people who booked time off work (myself included)

Considering the new waves of people who will be arriving (Hololive permissions were granted for example, bringing their fans too) it's best to ensure stability as much as possible

[Khalithar]

I remember seeing similar threads when Blizzard announced their delay of Shadowland. I just wish that history won’t repeat here, where even the game was delayed, it was still the most buggy new expac, ever.

I’m not too worried about SE delaying the expansion and then it launches as a buggy piece of garbage. I genuinely doubt such a thing will happen tbh.