FFXVI has now officially proven to have taken over Yoshi's time

[Lecru]

We have always had the 14 hour broadcast around the time of the Anniversary. Now, upon him working on XVi and all the issues XIV has had because of it (Just go back and look at the release of EW among other things and quality and even him saying he took too much on) it's just in our faces. We're not even getting the nice 14 hour broadcast until NEXT YEAR even though our Anniversary event in game will be soon. Come on man.

EDIT: It's not even like, an "Off" year. But literally 10 years and the Expac we wrapped up our starting journey.

[TheDecay]

This is plain reality, but sadly you are going to get many bad-faith forum posters who do nothing but deny reality very soon, telling you why FF16 development has absolutely zero impact on FF14.

Oh of course they'll not say it outright, because even they know that that is near-indefensible. But they'll keep pushing in that direction because that's ultimately what they want everyone to believe, whether it be through tactics like whataboutism (a certain Viera is probably going to bring up WoW again), asking for hard evidence that no player has access to (a certain lala is probably going to do that), trying to devalue your feelings and launch into blaming the players (as they often do... expect comments like "this doesn't actually matter" / "get over it"), or just straight up jumping into attacks like telling you to unsub.

And as usual, expect lots of quotations from the Little Red Book of Yoshi-P as these bad-faith forum posters seek to establish credibility to citing alternative facts by conflating corporate PR mouthpieces with reality, despite the overwhelming evidence that what SE or CBU3 says sometimes does not match what is reality.

Thankfully, the silent majority of players sees the same issue as you do. Pray, disregard the bad-faith forum posters who want you to deny reality as they do.

[kpxmanifesto]

YoshiP:

[Iscah]

It does seem like strange timing for an anniversary celebration, but I have a hard time believing he could possibly be so tied up in any one job that he can't be available for a single day any time until next year.

They've got some kind of other reason for picking that date.

How close would we be to the next expansion release by then?

[Kaurhz]

Yes, he has definitely taken too much on, it's pretty apparent in the PLLs when they've been done - The atmosphere just feels... Different - I don't think it's the nature of what is revealed, but just the how and overall vibe. There are also things that shouldn't have happened - That did happen.

It does seem like strange timing for an anniversary celebration, but I have a hard time believing he could possibly be so tied up in any one job that he can't be available for a single day any time until next year.

They've got some kind of other reason for picking that date.

How close would we be to the next expansion release by then?

My guess is it is just based on what they have planned (e.g., they might intend to announce stuff which could be relevant to what would otherwise be in other Live Letters, e.g., 6.5, 6.55, and the availability of other people that may or may not be present.

That said, Spring 2024 would essentially be the time when the expansion launches - Quite literally around the corner.

[RecoveryPotion]

We have always had the 14 hour broadcast around the time of the Anniversary. Now, upon him working on XVi and all the issues XIV has had because of it (Just go back and look at the release of EW among other things and quality and even him saying he took too much on) it's just in our faces. We're not even getting the nice 14 hour broadcast until NEXT YEAR even though our Anniversary event in game will be soon. Come on man.

EDIT: It's not even like, an "Off" year. But literally 10 years and the year we wrapped up our starting journey.

The only thing I'm holding out for and hoping for some really good news is at FanFest. if that flops I'm just done expecting anything from ffxiv anymore tbh

[Raikai]

The only thing I'm holding out for and hoping for some really good news is at FanFest. if that flops I'm just done expecting anything from ffxiv anymore tbh

Probably gotta wait for the EU Fanfest in October, because they usually don't reveal anything of substance during the 1st one. Maybe not? But I'm not holding my breath for the first one to have some massive news.

If I'd bet it would be a teaser for where we are heading that will leave a huge cliffhanger to be complemented by the .5 patch, certainly they'll show the graphic upgrade, probably something on the technical side of thigs, and Yoshi P wearing a t-shirt to hint on the job reveal of the EU Fanfest.

Maaaaybe, being really optimistic, we may see a female Hrothgar reveal or at least a glimpse.

[Nizzi]

We're not even getting the nice 14 hour broadcast until NEXT YEAR even though our Anniversary event in game will be soon. Come on man.

EDIT: It's not even like, an "Off" year. But literally 10 years and the Expac we wrapped up our starting journey.

I thought this was really odd too. Seems more like they just decided to put it off until the pre 7.0 Live Letter where they discuss the changes and such? I hardly see a reason to not just do the 10th year anniversary live letter this year, considering ARR came out in 2013, not 2014... I don't see much of a reason to put it off, either. For all intents and purposes, with the launch of 6.4, the expansion is pretty much over. We're not getting anything really major beyond that. What's so important that a 10th year anniversary stream for a 2013 release has to be delayed until 2024, 11 years after the release?

It's really strange and doesn't give me a sense of confidence, to be honest. 10 years is a big milestone and something like that shouldn't be delayed, even if its easier to bundle that in with the long pre-expansion stream they usually do.

[Fawkes]

Obviously 7.0 is going to be set in Vana'diel so they're celebrating the 11th anniversary instead.

[Oizen]

You realize that Yoshi P is just a spokesman right, its very unlikely he's actually been doing much of the actual work outside of general guidance for a while.