Thread: Patch 1.18 release date announced! July 21

Originally Posted by Kaizlu

My thoughts exactly. The world feels empty and lifeless. Even running around Ul'dah and seeing all the players around, it needs something else. More NPCs? A little more color? Who knows, but everything seems so...dull.

And reading the expectations about the patches and whatnot. I don't see this being addressed any time soon.

I don't think stuff like this will even begin to be addressed till patch 1.20

Originally Posted by Kaizlu

My thoughts exactly. The world feels empty and lifeless. Even running around Ul'dah and seeing all the players around, it needs something else. More NPCs? A little more color? Who knows, but everything seems so...dull.

And reading the expectations about the patches and whatnot. I don't see this being addressed any time soon.

Yeah, i think the reason behind this is because the original team probably spent 85% (speculating) of the budget on the super detailed graphics. It seems like they realized they were going to fall short on creating zone diversity so they just made each map monotone -- either that or they figured the sheer graphical detail would cause ppl to not care about the monotony. The problem with these super fine graphics, as far as spicing up the scenery, is now the current team has to match the high caliber of the graphical detail, otherwise the art won't blend correctly.

I'm sure that even the dungeons took a ridiculous amount of time and money to design. The company probably won't commission any rapid changes to zone art until the game has been p2p for a long time. Sustaining the graphical detail is like trying to commute in a hummer, on a 45k/year salary.

Wow you have time to say all that after still checking the forums lol..

Here comes the flamers, and trolls... To complain that the patch took too long, or there isnt enough content, ect.. I myself have been waiting patiently. Very good news, now we have something to look forward too. Thank you yoshi for all your hard work and dedication to this game.

The population on Selbina is not low, I expect lines the day of dungeons for sure. People who haven't logged on in months with log back on, and selbina is already crowded without the quitters.

Can i have word if leve linking will be totally ruined by 1.18? they say "reduced sp bonus per kill" but "increase maximum number of links" maybe "me thinks" guildleves will be less sp but in a group with maximum links will still be worth it. I anyway hope its like that, they should make guildleves solo but after they have party content solidified. Making solo content better than party content at any point is an "imbalance" to "we're going for everyones play style" and telling us "solo people are more important to us right now" even when its summer lol, and they know people are gonna be ready to party it up.