Was any of the 6.3 content worth waiting 4 months for?

[Rufalus]

I don't understand this take. No weapon grind? I've gone for several already and several sets of armor. The relic is just another grind with a different name. It always ends around the same time, so what difference does it make when it starts?

Well you're got a looser definition of grind to include everything. Time gated stuff isn't the same as something you're active for. I know I'm not alone in wanting something where you've got to save X amount of stuff and it's not weekly restricted but still takes weeks just from the amount of grind to work through. It might be somewhat arbitrary but there should probably be something in that category in the first year of each expansion where you can work at your own pace, be rewarded with something good and not run out of casual content in less than 10 hours of each patch cycle.

[Deveryn]

Well you're got a looser definition of grind to include everything. Time gated stuff isn't the same as something you're active for. I know I'm not alone in wanting something where you can just grind it to death and be done with it in a short time.

fixed it.

The solution to your problem is simply to come back around 6.55 to do said grind.

[hynaku]

Not really, I was hoping for more Island content than they added or new deep dungeon to pass the time.

[Rufalus]

come back around 6.55

Relic earlier in patch cycle is a very reasonable constructive criticism. You don't have to play defense and counter the critical viewpoints here. It's all feedback towards hopefully getting a better game.

[Deveryn]

Relic earlier in patch cycle is a very reasonable constructive criticism. You don't have to play defense and counter the critical viewpoints here. It's all feedback towards hopefully getting a better game.

There's nothing reasonable about the criticism or demand being made, but it really doesn't matter because it won't change. The game is no worse because something comes a little later in the cycle. All that really matters is that they deliver at least that same quality when they do release it.

[VelKallor]

Relic earlier in patch cycle is a very reasonable constructive criticism. You don't have to play defense and counter the critical viewpoints here. It's all feedback towards hopefully getting a better game.

Rufalus: some of it isnt valid criticism, its just some people complaining for the sheer sake of it. Some people are NEVER satisfied and will find fault anywhere..it gets...tedious after a while. My earlier point about asking WHAT content would last for between full patch cycles for example.

"We need more content" "What would you like to see then..." Silence. or a handwave. See, the thing is, no matter WHAT it is, said content would have to last for FOUR FULL MONTHS...and I stand by my point that people WILL zerg it and then say "wheres the content". MMO developement dont work that way, content lulls are the norm, to put it bluntly, SE has done a brilliant job so far and I, for one, am happy.

BTW that comment about what else is there to do...for crafters? HEAPS. I am now fully geared and pentamelded which took a while, crafters are ALWAYS busy...so again, 6.3 has been a bonanza. I am busy gearing my retainers with melded Indagator's gear, as this is the last craft set pre 7.0, should last for quite a while. We DO still have purple scrip gear coming as well as a new combat tier, so believe me I will be a busy little beaver.

No problems here.

[Elizasylen]

I mean Ultimate is cool, but not for me so eh

[Connor]

Isn’t the whole point that you never ‘wait’ for an ffxiv update? You simply quit until it appears lol. Bizarre design I know, but ffxiv simply is not designed to be played from patch to patch; you play it a bit, quit for months, then come back for a bit

[DPZ2]

This mostly amounts to either content that you do once and are just done with or content that amounts to a weekly chore. This supposed to be a major patch, where is the lasting content to hold us over until 6.4? Am I just supposed to farm treasure maps or play pvp for the next three months?

Please name one MMORPG that has a patch schedule that meets your declared "standards".

I honestly don't think you'll be able to do so. All of the MMORPGs I've played over the past 15+ years had no patch schedule at all.

[Rufalus]

These English forums just descend into bickering, knocking each other's opinions. It's really hard to find one opinion that a lot of people support and pile upvotes into. When the community reps / moderators used to have a presence here years ago, that's the thing they were looking for. Pass the most popular feedback onto the dev team. Maybe they quietly removed forum interaction from their job because it was a lost cause.