Have a nice vacation Devs :)

[Sakuraluna]

I'm going to echo the sentiment in the OP... In the live letters and similar media they've always looked like they could use a vacation, they've met some important deadlines and worked hard for it, they deserve some time off. I wouldn't start worrying about the quality and consistency of the updates going downhill until it starts to become a trend. Which we haven't even had our first big update yet, and even if it's a bit delayed it still sounds like it'll be packed with new content.

[Altera]

[QUOTE=SakuralunaI'm going to echo the sentiment in the OP. I wouldn't start worrying about the quality and consistency of the updates going downhill until it starts to become a trend. Which we haven't even had our first big update yet, and even if it's a bit delayed it still sounds like it'll be packed with new content.[/QUOTE]

Until they start acting like WoW's devs with 6-14months content gaps, and Selfies/Twitter/QOL improvements/class balancing being considered a Major Patch, I do not think we have to worry too much about that.
I honestly believe personally that this timeout is a onetime thing given that they probably have worked tirelessly for over 3 years, as it was in mid 2011 they decided to scrap the old and remake XIV into ARR and I havent heard them had vacations during that time.
They have flown all over the world promoting the game, not wasting time and money, as some people say, as well as delivered on schedule for 3 years now with not much delays at all.