Update on how things are planned currently, since I've been silent to allow the YT cycle to take center stage a while.

The original plan was indeed to piggyback Cycle 4 directly off Cycle 3. That is no longer the plan, for several reasons. The most significant one is burnout. Several of us have observed a significant amount of it around the end of Cycle 3 and I decided it might be best to give things a breather for a bit.

Now, my THEORETICAL idea is to look to after Heavensward comes out. We'll have the Au Ra, new jobs, new areas...in other words, the ideal time for a modeling contest! That said, as has been the topic of some discussion here, we don't actually know WHEN the release date is. We already know preorders are up and it's my expectation that we'll hear a more solid release date at PAX East.

At that point, I'll look at things, discuss with Rongi and we'll make a call then as to what to do. If it does turn out that doing things after Heavensward would result in a huge gap then I'll do Cycle 4 before it - likely at the end of March. If not, then I'll make an announcement then regarding how things will work out.

So basically, an announcement regarding Cycle 4 will follow shortly after PAX East - which is currently 3 weeks away. This falls in line nicely with my orignal plan of giving the YT Cycle the focus anyway, as that'll be premiering on March 1st.