Thread: Patch 1.18 release date announced! July 21

Originally Posted by Alcide

That's a weird way of thinking, considering that people complaining on this forum are the only ones in the world that actually give a sh*t about this game... so if us that belived in SE and in FF14 at the point of waiting for a year won't be satisfied I really doubt that anyone else would ever be.

Actually I know a lot of people who are playing this game and avoid these forums, especially General, like the plague. They don't want to deal with all the complaining and the whining. The trolling and the flame wars. Sometimes it's just not worth it for the few decent posts you'll get that might discuss something. A lot of the people who are on these forums a lot admit themselves that they don't play much if at all anymore.

At any rate I know for a fact no matter what this patch contains there will be rivers of tears and raging tempers on these forums. Not much Yoshida or anyone else can do about it, some people will never be happy no matter what we get.

Personally I'm just trying to be positive and have a little hope for this game. I trust the dev team and I'm sure they'll make the right decision. I don't always like the decisions they make but I get over it. I like the general direction the game is going in so I can deal with a few decisions I personally don't like.

Has it been a long time? Yes and it's been delayed a few times. Nothing I can personally do about it though, it'll get here when it gets here. Not even all the whining in the world could even change it.

Originally Posted by Arcell

Has it been a long time? Yes and it's been delayed a few times. Nothing I can personally do about it though, it'll get here when it gets here. Not even all the whining in the world could even change it.

And you're absolutely right in saying that, but don't you also think that if everyone just stopped posting and never told the devs and the company how dissapointed they are it'd be fine? You don't think we have a right to complain about the broken promises, the pointless schedules and the utter lack of communication?

Don't get me wrong I tire myself from complaining sometimes, but there are days like this where I'd do anything to just tell a dev directly how dissapointed I am and I think I would be speaking for a lot of people in doing so.

Originally Posted by Colino

You say that like posting on the forums somehow slows him down.

While it may not 'slow him down' maybe you should give the guy a break?

Originally Posted by Colino

This one was just utter disappointment though. It's also crazy how he says July 21st as if this was the best date possible and manages to slip in another delay of a couple of days like it's never been delayed before.

Delays are, unfortunately, sometimes nessecary, and inevitable. Not just in video game making, but everywhere.

People are crying in this thread because he covered his bases and said "July 21st. OR, depending on if we think it needs more balancing, the 22nd. Probably. Maybe the 23rd."

Instead of "July 21st. Definately. No more delays. This patch." And if it got delayed mass hysteria on the forums.

You need to learn to chill out.

Originally Posted by Andrien

To certain individuals. If it is so disappointing by all means quit and don't come back, you'll be doing yourself and everyone else a favor because you're not helping. With that said, the dev letter explained very clearly bugs needs to be tested before implementation, every other letter feeds us vital information about what we asked for regarding this patch and beyond. We asked for a date and we got one. Yet some people still feel itchy enough to complain. You know who you are, no need to reply.

Oh no don't tell them that! They might actually do it! Where would we be without all the people who hate the game? Where would we be without all the whining and complaining about nothing?

Seriously, if someone doesn't like a game what do they do? They stop playing it. It's really only logical if you desire to have fun while gaming. Find a game you do like and play that. FFXIV will in time reach a finished state. At that point the game should be judged on it's own merits and if enough people like it it will stick around. If you like it keep playing it. If you don't like it then stop playing it.

Originally Posted by Colino

And you're absolutely right in saying that, but don't you also think that if everyone just stopped posting and never told the devs and the company how dissapointed they are it'd be fine? You don't think we have a right to complain about the broken promises, the pointless schedules and the utter lack of communication?

Personally I'm more of a constructive criticism kind of guy. Problems do need to be pointed out of course but one can do it in a constructive manner without complaining too much.

Originally Posted by Forerunner

While it may not 'slow him down' maybe you should give the guy a break?

I'll give him a break when he starts doing this as a charity instead of being a paid employee.

I like the big "fuck you" to all the babies that are whining about the word raid.

Originally Posted by DurtiMonkeyToe

I agree, though I don't think Colino is complaining as much as others in this thread, but just saying that people have a right to complain, which is also right.

Thank you for understanding the English language.

Originally Posted by Demacia

I like the big "fuck you" to all the babies that are whining about the word raid.

I do agree with that part. Seriously I have never seen so many people complain about something as pointless as the definition of a videogame term in a videogame because it's not identical to the definition of the videogame term in that other videogame that's really popular.