Minor patch? Major patch? How to tell?

[Jilse]

Ah, actually if you look on the title screen, the version is "2013.9.11.0000.0000 (696475)" currently. Probably the 2.1 name is pretty much just for 'marketing' rather than an actual version number.

This, if you look at it, is the date of the latest version update.

[Coldbrand]

I really wish you'd have at least something of a minor patch each month in between the major ones.

[Khalette]

Always excited to see communication! Thank you for taking the tome to do this

[hydralinsk]

Always excited to see communication! Thank you for taking the tome to do this

I see what you did there.

[ArkhamNative]

The rule for numbering software release versions is: there is no rule.

In FFXIV version 1, they used: 1.1, 1.2, ... 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, etc. Minor "fix-it" releases were marked with letters. So patch 1.19b meant fix #2 of update 19 of version 1. The order was 1.19, 1.19a, 1.19b. ARR may or may not continue with this.

[Keyln]

The rule for numbering software release versions is: there is no rule.

I thought the rule for numbering software release version is that you don't talk about numbering software release versions.

They can tell us about how they're naming their patches but they cant share any info on what they're doing to fix rampant connectivity issues and server instability? Get your priorities straight SE! FFS!

Yes, because they definitely AREN'T working on this, because they can only do one thing at a time. *rolls eyes*

[Mortechai]

They can tell us about how they're naming their patches but they cant share any info on what they're doing to fix rampant connectivity issues and server instability? Get your priorities straight SE! FFS!

[Engineer]

I think I might freeze my account til 2.1 comes out if it's months away. I'm not going to waste my sub time waiting.

[MisterChubu]

I think I might freeze my account til 2.1 comes out if it's months away. I'm not going to waste my sub time waiting.

Im not sure if you were just rushing all those level 50's or what but you obviously did something to wrong. With all those jobs at 50 it's cool and all but you haven't "beaten" the game yet. Go finish coil, help fc mates finish endgame, go take slick screenshots of the world, socialize, etc. This is an mmo, there are lots of things to do after you cap so many jobs, but if you think lvl 50 on several jobs is beating the game i guess un-sub and cya in a few months.

oh and it looks like you still need to finish out your first set of endgame armor/jewelry so that's something you can do until the next patch.

[ArkhamNative]

OK, update:

October 11, 2013 5:44 AM
[Maintenance] All Worlds Maintenance (Oct. 14)
At the following time, we will be performing maintenance on all Worlds that goes along with the patch 2.05 HotFixes. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn will be unavailable.

A lot of software companies use "false decimals" to number versions. That is, "2.1" indicates 2 separate numbers, not a single value of 2+(1/10). So 2.1 comes after 2.0, but 2.10 is "two-point-ten", is different than 2.1 and comes after 2.9.

Here it looks like SE is using actual fractions with <0.1 indicating a fix rather than a minor version. So 2.0 < 2.05 < 2.1. That should lead to hot fixes on 2.1 being numbered something like 2.11 rather than 2.1a, but like I said before, there's no actual rules in software version numbering. We'll know what the next version number is only when SE announces it.