I got back into FFXIV during the SB hype, maybe a few months prior to launch. I was busy catching up on leveling and doing my msq, I didn't even know the forums were a thing or who Yoshi-P was.

Since I'm sure I'm not the only one who hasn't really been through an expansion launch before I was curious what insight anyone who has might have. I've since seen articles and things about the Spiderman shirt and hints/info that was given out about 4.0 but I don't know when to expect them or when to start looking.

Is it all info that gets dropped between 4.56 (or whatever the last patch is) and 5.0? Does it happen earlier than that? Is it all in the last month or so before launch? Do people ever look back at an interview and think 'ooooh, this was hinted to us way back then!' or is it information that is pretty obviously doled out?

I'm sure the vast majority of the details about 5.0 are hammered out. I think the most recent msq cutscenes where we played as a character other than our own are likely allusions to 5.0 more than to a continued 4.x plotline. I'm sure if there are new races or classes they've been hammered out already. Scarily enough they've probably already got things like job adjustments in the works for it...

... but when do we find anything out?

To be clear - this isn't a "I want dancer! We need Viera! No add three new tank classes!" sort of thread - I'm not really asking for speculation about 5.0 as much as I'm asking when and how should I start speculating about 5.0 since I find myself thinking about it more and more lately.