So about the next patch (1.17)

[Betelgeuzah]

If they want to keep the 3-4 month schedule, there's gonna be a hefty amount of stuff in the 1.18.

Or simply their schedule won't hold, which is also possible. Environment collision detection adjustments are pretty huge (although do not have as much of an impact for the work it takes to finish).

[tragic]

Could someone break this down for me?

[dev1039] The reduction of randomness affecting the approach phase in gathering

What is the approach phase?

[Zenaku]

If they want to keep the 3-4 month schedule, there's gonna be a hefty amount of stuff in the 1.18.

Or simply their schedule won't hold, which is also possible. Environment collision detection adjustments are pretty huge (although do not have as much of an impact for the work it takes to finish).

Do what are they going to do with "environment collision"?

[Betelgeuzah]

Do what are they going to do with "environment collision"?

Remove some of the invisible walls in the environment, most likely.

[Wevlum]

Well I had heard that the environmental collision takes a lot of work to implement but yeah it is kind of trivial in the impact it has. It's definitely something I could have overlooked for a while in favour of more interesting things. Also what was the date they gave for the second update again? (may or may not be planning how many games I need to keep me busy from now until then )

[Betelgeuzah]

After Easter, I guess.

[Synthesis]

I heard they nerfed gathering. I did not gather since 1.17 so I cant tell but many friends in my LS told me about this thing. Sad to see that some things are getting worse with time. I think gathering was fine before 1.17.

[GabbaGabba]

i think it might be gathering fatigue, its like regular fatigue but once you've gathered a certain amount of items, the amount of items you can gather decreases to the point where you wont be able to gather anything until fatigue resets. not sure if this was in the game at launch though

[Lissandra]

Yeah, info on them is to be released right before 1.17 hits.

It kinda sounds like... a patch teaser. He was originally planning to address companies "at the end of March" (original date for 1.17) but he pushed it back. Why would he push it back? Why is it so important to keep the launch of 1.17 and the info on companies so close together? Moreover, they have a "page dedicated to in-game companies coming up" in the near future as well. He isn't hyping this stuff right now for no reason.

Give me a break. Companies are coming, and my hat is not leaving my head.

I would like to believe he did this, because as of the current patch there are new sidequests that gives you a little insight about the Grand Companies.

[Jynx]

i think it might be gathering fatigue, its like regular fatigue but once you've gathered a certain amount of items, the amount of items you can gather decreases to the point where you wont be able to gather anything until fatigue resets. not sure if this was in the game at launch though

Thats always been there, I've yet to see any difference in my normal item yeilds but I have not experiemented much at all.