Thread: I'm planning to host one every month up until the release of 2.1

Originally Posted by Miiu

Since people love to use WoW as an example I do too
Yes somtimes it had content updates 2 month apart. But those were occasions and not the norm. More often than not stuff is/was around 5month after the last.

Although Blizzard releases their expansion with a lot of things to do, that will at least keep us occupied for more than 3 weeks. And even Molten Core, their very first raid back in 2004, had way more bosses than Coils. So there's no way a re-released game would have only 4 bosses for 6 months.

1 in October
1 in November
1 in December

From the current forecast, i would ball park 2.1 end of November or at the latest, December with in the first week. 2.1 may be in debug, but i would say it is needed sooner rather than later, esp looking at the speed of progression. There is simply too much that needs to be fixed, and even though 2.1 may not be a direct fix, it can at least curve things so they no longer appear broken.

Originally Posted by Miiu

We can talk about this when this game had its first expansion. FFXI first expansion(The NA launch) was massive too! Please don't forget that molten core was nowhere near playable 2 month after launch.

Sure, but WoW was a brand new game. ARR is a re-release. Sure, they changed a lot of things, but the game frame is basically the same. I'm not raging or blaming them for what they've done. It's a significant improvement over 1.0 . You know, if they had released Crystal Tower when it was meant to be released at first, we wouldn't be having this discussion. But they decided to retro-release new content (what I mean by that is releasing a new content tier lower than what is currently being cleared... CT is supposed to give iLvl gear lower than Coils... so what will be the point in doing CT, if you already clear Coils ?)

This game is running on a new engine so you can expect the source code not be the same either. Which is kinda like having a new game. Sure they could transport assets from the old version which is a huge timesave not having to remodel everything. But otherwise the relaunch would have taken 3+ years.

In the end sure I agree CT should have been available from the start. The more content available the better but in game developement stuff happens not everything goes as planned. Personally I see CT as a possibility to equip your other jobs. Is this ideal? No but hey better than nothing.

Originally Posted by tort

I disagree here. There is quite a bit to do. You have the option of leveling up multiple classes, gearing them out, running coil which has yet to be beaten by anyone in the world (granted it is bugged atm), helping your friends, crafting, building your wealth and mastering multiple jobs (after leveling and gearing them). Granted, I'd love to see some new content, but the game just came out not too long ago. They still have a lot to fix before they can release a huge content patch.

You're right, we can run AK, CM, WP and Praetorium... oh and coil too, for about 1 hour per week! Yea, that's totally gonna keep us busy and interested until December

Waiting until the very last possible moment, or delaying stuff isn't exactly new when it comes SE. I would be more suprised if they managed to actually stick to the plan.