Quote Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk View Post
On console, patches download before I even get to the login screen. Doesn't check my sub until I try to actually log in.
We do get the downside that if PSN goes down but XIV doesn't you can't log in until PSN goes back online, as it will fail to authenticate the added PSN check that the console version has. You'll never get kicked out of the game (once you're in) if PSN goes down, but if you do get 90k'd after dodging a PSN outage so to speak you will remain locked out if the game kicks you back to launcher (unless your error code rolls a saving throw and kicks you to title screen rather than launcher). So there is a con for us console players in this regard sadly, because otherwise yea being able to download updates independently from launching the launcher is pretty dang neat.