Thread: Patch 1.20 Delay ?

Originally Posted by Mug

Of course no one knows for sure yet, but the lack of info is usually a pretty good indicator. It's not like people are basing this on nothing. And judging by SE's track record, patches always tend to get delayed.

We are only approaching the "end of november/early december" and have already had 4 patch teasers.

To say that they can not fit everything else they are going to implement or change into the 3-week window starting next week sounds silly.

AH, Player Search, Food/Alchemy overhaul, Achievements, Moogle Primal fight announcements can easily fit into said window even if they only released less than one teaser a week.

At this point, I am assuming that the patch will be late by at most a few days, like 1.19.

Originally Posted by Starlord

Assuming is everyone's worst friend >.>. Because 90% of the time, Assuming lets you down :/

Well, you can ignore the assumption and focus on the rest of the post.

Originally Posted by Betelgeuzah

We are only approaching the "end of november/early december" and have already had 4 patch teasers.

To say that they can not fit everything else they are going to implement or change into the 3-week window starting next week sounds silly.

AH, Player Search, Food/Alchemy overhaul, Achievements, Moogle Primal fight announcements can easily fit into said window even if they only released less than one teaser a week.

At this point, I am assuming that the patch will be late by at most a few days, like 1.19.

It's highly possible, but I think that people have just come to expect the worse to avoid disappointment.

Btw, wasn't 1.19 meant to come by the "end of summer"? That would be September 23 at the latest, right? It came out October 4, which would mean it got delayed by eleven days.

Originally Posted by Mug

Btw, wasn't 1.19 meant to come by the "end of summer"? That would be September 23 at the latest, right? It came out October 4, which would mean it got delayed by eleven days.

Yep, that was the timeframe given in one of the letters from the producer from Spring.

You can see that since the patch got delayed by quite some time, it was probably a good move to not spill the 2.0 beans before the team had acquired some experience in working in the new kind of environment. Back in Spring they had no real experience on preparing a large scale patch like 1.18 or 1.19 so naturally they missed the mark even though the schedule only went up until the end of Summer.

1.18 was the worst patch in this regard as I think it was delayed by like a month, possibly longer (from the rough date Yoshida had given beforehand). 1.19 on the other hand came only few days later than the rough date given (by the end of September). That said 1.19 was a clear upgrade from the mess that was 1.18's schedule.

One would think that after 2 large scale patches and having worked on 2.0 and the old client simultaneously for many months they could provide more accurate dates for the patches from then on. Especially considering the improvement going from 1.18 to 1.19, as well as the fact that both class changes and job system have been worked on by the start of Summer.

All these factors make me pretty confident in them keeping their short-term schedule. When it comes to 2.0 they have given themselves more room as well (Sept.-Oct.). I think 1.23 will be the really tough one to get out in time.

If you have been watching a trend has developed regarding patches. There will be a period where there is no information forthcoming on the forums concerning an upcoming patch. Then we start getting the first bits of information. This gets progessively more intense til the release. So far the time period between the first bits of info to the actual release has been about 3 weeks. With the information for this patch starting last week I expect the patch to be released the first full week in Dec.

There shouldn't be delays this close to the roadmap's release. They have avoided publishing it before because Yoshida wasn't sure what the team is capable of. After two major patches he felt confident enough to post it, so I will remain confident until we get an official confirmation of a delay.

IIRC we dont get patch notes till about a week before release. There are still 3 weeks left till we hit mid December.

To be honest, patch 1.20 will be huge so i have no doubts that it was delayed. All their patches are pretty much always delayed.