Sujet : So 2.38 is coming next week?

Why should it after TGS? It is not a main patch.

Envoyé par Archadius

Read the text carefully. It says "to accompany patch 2.38". This is not indication that the patch will be implemented at this date, only that they are taking precautionary measures with an "All Worlds Maintenance". The patch likely won't hit until Tuesday the 23rd. Would be nice to get it on the 16th though.

It's the exact same wording they used to announce the 2.35 maintenance and the 2.3 maintenance, which both happened on the day of their respective patches (2.35, 2.3).

It was anticipated to be timed with TGS. This could have been a few days before or after the event.

If you haven't realized, they tend to time patches around RL events that they hold around the world, so it supplements what info they wish to share at these very events. Now that 2.38 will drop a couple of days before the TGS, you will see Yoshi-P mention information about said patch and then shift his focus to the next upcoming patch, 2.4. I can only imagine the way they time these patches allows them to start giving us more and more information about upcoming major patches, because the minor patches will never have to be mentioned again.

2.4 Will very likely be timed around the first Fan Fest, with 2.48 being timed around Japan's Fan Fest in December.