We're going to get GTA 6 before 8.0

[Wingale]

Such a master bait post

[Kranel_San]

Yoshida said recently that the battle content designers still haven't figured out where to start with BST, so don't get your hopes up.

This is much more concerning than you might imagine, because I've seen several proposed designs on this forum (and I believe there's one I made myself, if not here then on Reddit), which brings the lost actions system into the open world by taming beasts for skills and spells, and re-taming beasts to replenish the counter.

But why would it imply something concerning? Because that means the battle designers absolutely have no creativity or ideas on what to do outside the 2-min bursts meta.

[Volgia]

I'm not saying that. It's not even directly related to the root of the issue.

They really can't let people linger in a bad expansion just with the promise "Look Forward To It" that everything will be good in 8.0.

They can take as long as they need to release a good product, however by not doing anything with the present, they lose the trust that people will wait. They had this trust before, and an expansion like Shadowbringers was really good, even with all the logistic chaos caused by Covid.

We know literally nothing about what is to come in 8.0, not even the jobs - allegedly the expansion's highlight. And here I'm not asking for a concrete preview showcasing stuff, no, but more like a concept talk. We'll probably get that by the JP Fanfest, with actual details only with the Media Tour. Something 1.5 years from now.

But the only reason people gave Shadowbringers "good trust" was because of it's story. Everything you might be disappointed about FFXIV now can be traced back to Shadowbringers, Endwalker and Dawntrail just doubled down on it's structure because they think "that's what works".

This isn't as bad an expansion as you guys make it to be, especially post-patch, and they are adhering to their schedule. You're gonna hear about the new expansion after 7.4 like any other expansion that came before it, just be patient lol.

[Rikizza]

Will it really come in 2027? i’ll be old then, lol….

Oh, read on reddit that most likely they’re gonna announce the next expansion release at japan fanfest october 31st, and blabla atleast that info made the people on reddit think 8.0 is coming in 2026. But who knows, i hope tho.

[ItsKylos]

Yoshida said recently that the battle content designers still haven't figured out where to start with BST, so don't get your hopes up.

Do you refer to this?
"For patch 7.5 the new limited job Beastmaster is going to be implemented, and also the new ultimate raid. Because of this, it is extremely hard on the development team - the battle team working on the development is really at a loss!"

It just means they are overwhelmed that's all lol.

[ItsKylos]

Will it really come in 2027? i’ll be old then, lol….

Oh, read on reddit that most likely they’re gonna announce the next expansion release at japan fanfest october 31st, and blabla atleast that info made the people on reddit think 8.0 is coming in 2026. But who knows, i hope tho.

We'll get a better idea during NA as it'll give us a timeframe (Winter 2026/Winter 2027/etc.,). In the most recent lodestone post (the mod one) he mentioned the following: "(And one more thing: for those wondering what comes after the Japan Fan Fest...while I can't give any details just yet, rest assured you won't have to wait long.)"

Seems he was made aware of people doomposting in the forums of a Summer 2027 release, and he made sure to clarify as vaguely as possible that isn't the case as the announcement of the date/timeframe has always been reserved for fanfest.

[Nadda]

How and why is this a thread? Expansions have the same two year life cycles all the time.

[Doomfist]

In the time between Silksong announcement and release we got Shadowbringers Endwalker -and- Dawntrail tho. That game should've come out three years ago.

[AntoniusQuil]

We have been waiting for GTA VI since 2013, the year when ARR released. So I’m not sure what’s so special about GTA VI releasing before 8.0 considering that we already got 5 expansions in the time between GTA V and GTA VI.

[HiroesX81]

And this is a bad thing how? GTA 6 will have people playing for a year anyway, maybe more