Thread: When is 2.1 Update Coming Nov, Dec, or Jan?

Originally Posted by Jinfire

The thing is a lot of people are bored, and if the content patches dont come out quick enough they are going to loose subs. And TBCoB is still going to be "the hardest content" when 2.1 hits.

I feel confident that 2.1 will be a huge patch to add lots of things but I do not think it is coming anytime soon. My thoughts are december-Jan. Just look at their track record, sure the quality is good but it takes a while. And it might hurt the game, they are really lucky there are no "big" mmo's out right now. Everyone is either spread out over what they like / use to or waiting on ESO.

I have a feeling you're 100% right. A smart business model would be to release Crystal Tower and whatever else they are currently "polishing." Then have other patches back-to-back that introduce main scenarios, UI features, etc.

They won't do this though, but we're going to be waiting far too long and they'll lose reputation and subs by the time they do bring it out.

If you've almost got content ready, release it and be honest/realistic about the other updates.

The problem with that is releasing buggy / unpolished content which also hurts their reputation. While im almost 100% certain it will have bugs anyway some are more gamebreaking then others.

What they have to do I think is increase their dev teams to push ready content out faster. This is one of the last pay to play MMOs and they need to show their customers why. They need to also improve the content they have. My examples are Guildleves, guildhests and companions. Chocobo Companions take too long to level and there is almost no need for it. They need to be allowed in instanced areas, dungeons / story missions.

Guildleves and guildhests need to grant more exp or at least get alt class bonus (50%). Guildleves should also give much more gil. Im sitting on 100 leve allowances and no motivation to do them.

Anyway I digress this isnt a suggestion thread. SE needs to up their speed though cause right now they are doing good but they need to keep up with demand