Thread: Patch 1.18 release date announced! July 21

Originally Posted by viion

I'm more excited for the disappointment and hate than I am for the patch. Very excited.

I'm excited for letter of the Producer XIV to see what kind of excuse he makes up since both delays where because of "fine tuning".

It's like it takes them 2 days to make whatever content it is and 2 months to "fine tune" it, which is ironic because it's never fine tuned anyway and we'll be the ones actually testing it and pointing out the flaws come July 21st... Or 23rd... Or never.

Originally Posted by Colino

I'm excited for letter of the Producer XIV to see what kind of excuse he makes up since both delays where because of "fine tuning".

It's like it takes them 2 days to make whatever content it is and 2 months to "fine tune" it, which is ironic because it's never fine tuned anyway and we'll be the ones actually testing it and pointing out the flaws come July 21st... Or 23rd... Or never.

lol what is up with "fine tuning" always taking them ages? They need some better testers or coders or something over there.

Originally Posted by Zanfire

lol what is up with "fine tuning" always taking them ages? They need some better testers or coders or something over there.

Protip: They're not actually fine tuning. It's just not done yet and that's the best way to put it in order to not cause to much rage. We're the testers here I think that's been proven since November now.

IMO, of course.

Ok, more wait, I've already given it too many opportunities.
Too much of a delay, and given the history of the game so far,
they will keep delaying other patches, and patches instead of making the game better,
are actually making it worse.

Or public test servers. The fastest way to find where everything breaks is to leave it up to the players. The faster you find what's broken, the sooner you can fix it.

Originally Posted by LateReg

> Patch takes about 4 months
> Great job, guys

The last non-A/B/C patch (1.17) was released mid-April, the last patch (1.17C) was released mid-June. So it'll be about 3 months from 1.17, 1 month from 1.17c. Didn't take them 4 months to get this out no matter how you look at it, get your fact straight next time.

On topic: I'm willing to give them the time they need to make sure it's finished and works correctly. Rushing is what got us here in the first place, I'd rather be patient and have them put out good content. We'll have to wait and see if it was truly worth the wait but it's looking that way at least to me.

Originally Posted by Arcell

On topic: I'm willing to give them the time they need to make sure it's finished and works correctly. Rushing is what got us here in the first place, I'd rather be patient and have them put out good content. We'll have to wait and see if it was truly worth the wait but it's looking that way at least to me.

It's not about rushing, at least to me. It's about releasing a schedule and sticking to it.

I'm actually not that bothered about the delays in this patch because, let's be honest, it's not the miracle that's going to save the game. I'll be done with the dungeons within a week at the most and auto-attack is the only battle difference (damage formulas are staying the same which means gear is still going to be useless).

I'm bothered by the fact that they haven't managed to stay on the promised schedule for a single patch so far and with this one being delayed again, do you really expect them to make it through that entire list of "Summer 2011" features?

I seriously, honestly doubt it.

Originally Posted by Arcell

The last non-A/B/C patch (1.17) was released mid-April, the last patch (1.17C) was released mid-June. So it'll be about 3 months from 1.17, 1 month from 1.17c. Didn't take them 4 months to get this out no matter how you look at it, get your fact straight next time.

On topic: I'm willing to give them the time they need to make sure it's finished and works correctly. Rushing is what got us here in the first place, I'd rather be patient and have them put out good content. We'll have to wait and see if it was truly worth the wait but it's looking that way at least to me.

It's fun to grasp at straws, isn't it? :P