There has not been a single major patch without a critical issue since Endwalker.

[hunkygladiator]

Housing glitch. EW queue bugs (which had to be resolved by a Redditor and not their own engineers). And now... DC visit shenanigans.

This has never happened at this alarming frequency in HW, SB, and even ShB.

What is going on?

[DynnDiablos]

What's crazy to me is they also are extending the time between patches...I mean with 6.2 being LATE August and still not bringing all of the promised features until 6.25...I have to wonder what is going on over there. I get they encourage us to take breaks but the longer periods between patches that result in more tech issues is odd to me.

[Ryaz]

Nothing is going on. It's the result of new things being added to an already huge game. Things are going to inevitably pop up. Also, we have only had one major patch since the expansion launched, the rest have been half patches.

[hunkygladiator]

What's crazy to me is they also are extending the time between patches...I mean with 6.2 being LATE August and still not bringing all of the promised features until 6.25...I have to wonder what is going on over there. I get they encourage us to take breaks but the longer periods between patches that result in more tech issues is odd to me.

Frankly I think the team has completely lost interest in FF14 and we're now officially in managed decline mode. When there is no passion, just like with World of Warcraft, the quality will also slowly erode. This is just the beginning of the WoW-like decline. This exact trend has happened in WoW. Sadly FF14 is now heading the same path.

[Kaurhz]

First of all the systems they are developing as of late aren’t exactly incredibly simplistic, especially depending on data structures. Implementation and testing for a housing lottery and DC visit are infinitely more complex than, say, implementing GATEs at the Gold Saucer or making adjustments to raids.

This is just what happens when you get a little more ambitious than usual with the projects they undertake. Secondly, to my understanding they only identified the issues, not resolved them.

[Jeeqbit]

EW queue wasn't a bug. They just made improvements and optimizations to something that had worked for years. A development server was repurposed as a login server to increase the amount of processing power.

DC travel is not part of a major patch. It's 6.18 and it's just congestion from people using it a lot.

[Blossoming]

I’ve loved this game and played it since 1.0 alpha days, been through all the ups and downs but I’ve found myself more and more increasingly saddened at the direction lately I feel the game is heading, but the worst part lately is I’m actually nervous at the reaction if I dare show even the thought of disappointment or criticism in any form when I see how others seem to get met with this behavior of “go play something else” or “you don’t understand infrastructure this is all the players fault for using said system right away.” I really enjoy most of what the game offers and I do play other MMOs but I’ve really lately had to feel like I’m making myself log on just because and I actually truly hate that feeling.

[Adamantini]

I've never been so bored in an MMORPG patch as 6.1.

"Oh, but you don't want the game to force you to play... blah blah blah"

Yes, I don't want the game to force me to play, I don't want to have to farm something endlessly. But damn it, is it hard to have interesting content? Something that is not necessary, but that I can distract myself? Or is that asking too much of Square Memex?

[Kolsykol]

Welcome to massive online games, are you new?

[Ryaz]

I’ve loved this game and played it since 1.0 alpha days, been through all the ups and downs but I’ve found myself more and more increasingly saddened at the direction lately I feel the game is heading, but the worst part lately is I’m actually nervous at the reaction if I dare show even the thought of disappointment or criticism in any form when I see how others seem to get met with this behavior of “go play something else” or “you don’t understand infrastructure this is all the players fault for using said system right away.” I really enjoy most of what the game offers and I do play other MMOs but I’ve really lately had to feel like I’m making myself log on just because and I actually truly hate that feeling.

No one is going to be upset over well thought out critical feedback. The problem is, most of the feedback on the forums isn't that. It's people calling the devs names and taking a "sky is falling" approach where they act like the game is dying. That's where most people take issue and tend to say things like "play something else". Because the posts make them seem like they hate the game itself and makes people wonder why they're playing if everything about the game is negative. Overwhelmingly negative to the point that is just gets exhausting.

I am well aware the game isn't perfect. I still enjoy playing it. I still look forward to every patch.