The patch notes for SB will not be available until Lodestone maintenance ends

[Felis]

Friday June 16, 2017 at 05:00 (BST) / 04:00 (GMT): Stormblood patch note reading

This only mean that they will read the full patch note at that time, not that there will be no preliminary patch note 2 or 3 days before that

[ffchampion]

From http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...b4bb84c5dcc63c

Upcoming Schedule:

Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 10:00 (BST) / 09:00 (GMT): All Worlds Maintenance (24 Hours)
Friday June 16, 2017 at 05:00 (BST) / 04:00 (GMT): Stormblood patch note reading
Friday, June 16, 2017 at 10:00 (BST) / 09:00 (GMT): Early access begins
Friday, June 16, 2017: PlayStation®3 service ends
Tuesday, June 20, 2017: FINAL FANTASY XIV: Stormblood launches
Tuesday, June 20, 2017: Pre-order in-game items distribution begins
Tuesday, June 20, 2017: Full game registration codes can be redeemed
Friday, June 23, 2017 at 23:59 (Per Region): Early access ends

Odd time for the reading but at least that gives a few hours to read before the game goes live

[Balipu]

Odd time for the reading but at least that gives a few hours to read before the game goes live

Build hype even in the last freakin minutes.

[FaileExperiment]

So they'll make the patch notes available to read. Then there's a separate... reading of the patch notes? In audio or video form? What's that for? I must be missing something.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

So they'll make the patch notes available to read. Then there's a separate... reading of the patch notes? In audio or video form? What's that for? I must be missing something.

Its an excitement builder, and another way for them to interact with the playerbase.

[Evergrey]

So they'll make the patch notes available to read. Then there's a separate... reading of the patch notes? In audio or video form? What's that for? I must be missing something.

Preliminary notes tend to leave out some information while the full notes got most of those included.

Atleast that's how I remember it.

[Aramina]

Preliminary notes tend to leave out some information while the full notes got most of those included.

Atleast that's how I remember it.

Yeah, they tend to leave out exact crafting/gathering information in the preliminaries (for good reason, lol). Probably other stuff too, but DoL/DoH things are what I am most interested in.

[ExKage]

To further reiterate for the OP misunderstanding:
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...6367caeac914b0

This is when Lodestone Maintenance occurred during All Worlds Maintenance AND Patch Notes reading right before early access.

Also note, "* News and Topics on The Lodestone will still be available for viewing."