Quote Originally Posted by DrWho2010 View Post
JP fanfest isn't until Jan 7/8 2024. 7.0 expac will def not drop before then, nor even in the month of Jan 2024. I think they will want to try to get back to a summer release for it but that may be too far away. we'll know the approx drop date tho right away at NA fanfest.
Vegas has always traditionally been the one they use for important announcements. They could still definitely drop the xpac before the JP Fanfest. The real issue is that this is the first set of Fanfest events in person after the pandemic, so we don't know what the new plans look like now. Endwalker got pushed back to December in 2021, so it would make sense if 7.0 dropped in January, if they stick to the 2 year release schedule they had up until the pandemic hit, but we don't really know if they'd delay it after JP Fanfest. I hope they don't, but if they do, we're probably looking at a March release. Anything beyond that is way too late. XVI is also wrapping up, so I'd expect them to try go back to a more constant schedule, but again: we'll see.