Quote Originally Posted by TheVedis View Post
i dont wanna dig through the dev tracker to find it(its in there somewhere)

but yoshi specificaly said it was being removed alongside the addition of the new dungeons

i believe it was also retouched on in a few more recent dev posts
It wasn't 'promised' for patch 1.18, but it was 'insinuated' that we would get Quest Hubs in 1.18 in letter #9 (http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/9220)

He mentions they are planning to release them (without giving a date) and then goes on to talk about Beast Tribe Equivalents to quest hubs but says: "We also have some beast tribe versions in the works, but it’s looking like those will have to wait until 1.19."

To me, that says "You'll get the Uldah, Limsa, And Grid hubs in 1.18 and the beastman hubs in 1.19," but that is without the support of a direct quote saying as much.