Please confirm if there will be a 7.5 Ultimate before next Savage Release

[Bryson]

You... clearly don't understand what I said. I'm not implying SE should keep the post pandemic schedule. That's exactly what I'm criticizing.

Did you forget they said moving forward, patch cycles will be 4+ months? This is irrespective of the pandemic.

[brinn12]

Did you forget they said moving forward, patch cycles will be 4+ months? This is irrespective of the pandemic.

I didn't. Again, that's what I'm criticizing. The new cycle isn't acceptable, considering how profitable FFXIV is compared to its early days. They managed to keep a 2-year cycle until the end of Stormblood.

We're not in the middle of a pandemic anymore. They've released 4 Savage tiers and 3 Ultimates within 2.5 years in the past. Now this is the time to finish one expansion. They can do better.

[Shinku_Tachi]

With as bad as I keep hearing OC and FT turned out, I feel like they should get that fixed first, before launching some other major piece of battle content that will require god knows how much post-launch tinkering.

Did you forget they said moving forward, patch cycles will be 4+ months? This is irrespective of the pandemic.

Directors and producers in the games industry say lots of stuff, nothing is set in stone, ever.

[Bryson]

With as bad as I keep hearing OC and FT turned out, I feel like they should get that fixed first, before launching some other major piece of battle content that will require god knows how much post-launch tinkering.



Directors and producers in the games industry say lots of stuff, nothing is set in stone, ever.

OC was boring, and we're only getting 2 all of DT lol
FT, while it did have issues (instance prog before the hotix) wasn't as bad as some NA casuals make it out to be. Getting into the FT was the most annoying part. FT itself is fine (i'd argue too easy, dps checks are basically non existent).

[Daralii]

OC was boring, and we're only getting 2 all of DT lol
FT, while it did have issues (instance prog before the hotix) wasn't as bad as some NA casuals make it out to be. Getting into the FT was the most annoying part. FT itself is fine (i'd argue too easy, dps checks are basically non existent).

Yeah, the JP playerbase collectively boycotting it was spearheaded by NA casuals on alts via MTL.

[Bryson]

Yeah, the JP playerbase collectively boycotting it was spearheaded by NA casuals on alts via MTL.

JP isn't a monolith. No region is.

Yes NA casuals cried about FT being "too hard".. they still do

[Bryson]

Yoshi - P from recent famitsu article

You said there won't be any ultimate content in 7.3, but are there plans for ultimate content in the 7.x series?

Yoshida: This time, the Pilgrim Traverse secret boss, where you offer 40 offerings, is pretty close to an ultimate, but it still requires four players... Of course, we're planning on implementing one more in the 7.x series, and we're currently in the middle of working on it. As I've said many times before, developing an ultimate is incredibly difficult.

In the most recent LL, he made no mention of 7.x in the context ot a 2nd ultimate, so this is somewhat reassuring (could be me coping also)

[TomsYoungerBro]

Yoshi - P from recent famitsu article

You said there won't be any ultimate content in 7.3, but are there plans for ultimate content in the 7.x series?

Yoshida: This time, the Pilgrim Traverse secret boss, where you offer 40 offerings, is pretty close to an ultimate, but it still requires four players... Of course, we're planning on implementing one more in the 7.x series, and we're currently in the middle of working on it. As I've said many times before, developing an ultimate is incredibly difficult.

In the most recent LL, he made no mention of 7.x in the context ot a 2nd ultimate, so this is somewhat reassuring (could be me coping also)

They are trying at least, but there is a lot promised in the next two patches. I would just like them to confirm it before 7.4

[Bryson]

They are trying at least, but there is a lot promised in the next two patches. I would just like them to confirm it before 7.4

I'm so jaded, when I read him say we're planning on implementing one more in the 7.x series, I immediately thought "you're just saying that so people who'd otherwise quit before .4, stick around." He knows full well if he explicitly stated the next ult wouldn't be until 8.x, a lot of people would unsub a lot earlier.

I'll take the crumbs though.. for now.