Schedule Updates Following the Postponement of Endwalker’s Release

[Sotaris]

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...b0068b6d9a729e

We would like to share updates on how the recently announced delay for Endwalker will affect ongoing events and campaigns.

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Moogle Treasure Trove: The Hunt for Lore

As previously announced, the event is scheduled to be available until the beginning of Patch 6.0 maintenance, which is scheduled to begin at the start of Early Access.

All Saints’ Wake Seasonal Event

With the postponement of the release of Endwalker, the All Saints’ Wake seasonal event is scheduled to be held around late January 2022. The Starlight Celebration and Heavensturn are scheduled to be held during their usual timing, and further details regarding each event will be announced later.

[Sotaris]

I got to say, it strikes me very odd how All Saints’ Wake will be so delayed (november to late january) but Starlight Celebration and Heavensturn is on schedule.

[DrWho2010]

I got to say, it strikes me very odd how All Saints’ Wake will be so delayed (november to late january) but Starlight Celebration and Heavensturn is on schedule.

It's being delayed because the files and data for the event won't be uploaded to the game servers until early access launches. There's no maintenance planned until then, and they'd have to take the game down to force a version update. Thematically it's already too late at that point to run ASW and they'll want everyone to play the new MSQ anyways, so the most acceptable solution to the devs was to place it after Heavensturn and before Valentione's.

[Iscah]

All Saints' Wake has already missed its proper season, so it makes more sense to delay that one event further than to try to squeeze it in ahead of the two other events scheduled to run in December-January and push them all out of time.

Also, even if the Saints' Wake event files were separate from the 6.0 patch, running it as scheduled in the first half of December would mean the event decorations (and music zones) are up in the starter cities at the point where they're potentially being used as an MSQ setting. I'd rather that not be the case, so I'm glad it's been moved away from the new expansion release date.

[Sotaris]

All Saints' Wake has already missed its proper season, so it makes more sense to delay that one event further than to try to squeeze it in ahead of the two other events scheduled to run in December-January and push them all out of time.

Also, even if the Saints' Wake event files were separate from the 6.0 patch, running it as scheduled in the first half of December would mean the event decorations (and music zones) are up in the starter cities at the point where they're potentially being used as an MSQ setting. I'd rather that not be the case, so I'm glad it's been moved away from the new expansion release date.

Yeah I can understand that. It just you know, odd seeing a fall event in middle of the winter but that's me.

There is no win in this situation, probably more people get upset if they cancel it again so we'll have 2 Saint's event in 2022 I guess.

[TaleraRistain]

I got to say, it strikes me very odd how All Saints’ Wake will be so delayed (november to late january) but Starlight Celebration and Heavensturn is on schedule.

Yeah I'm kind of salty about that. He did make a comment on stream that Eorzea collectively decided to delay that event, but why not also the other two?

[CaptainLagbeard]

December would be quite full if they just pushed it through anyways.

Since alongside the christmas event and new years, there's also 6.01 to release the first set of Pandemonium raids which will likely be on the 21st, 2 weeks after the official release date.

Cramming in 3 seasonal events, an expansion launch and a content patch into one month feels like it would be a bit much.

[linayar]

Yeah I'm kind of salty about that. He did make a comment on stream that Eorzea collectively decided to delay that event, but why not also the other two?

Why would you delay three events when you can just delay one? And of the three, all saints' wake is the least time sensitive, with Heavensturn being the most time sensitive.

[RitsukoSonoda]

Well in regards to the all saints wake event. Since the original date was also i believe set after the EW launch I'd guess something they planned on it requires code from EW to function meaning EW pushed back = it gets pushed back too. The EW rescheduling didn't have it cross the expected dates for heaven's turn and starlight so they stayed the same.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Kinda wish they'd moved Starlight instead, but I freely admit that that's just because the sheer vitriol that would come from moving the Christmas event away from Christmas would be hilarious. I'm a jerk.