Information on 1.21 Next week?

[Velhart]

While they did say they would update us soon on the situation with 1.21, I don't see why they couldn't add any form of information on 1.21, even could of put something small people don't care about. I think not updating Lodestone at all in a week is a really bad idea and people will start losing interest. Personally I could care less, because I have a good idea on everything coming up, at least the large chunks, all I want is a date, but I can understand people looking forward to more information, and then they decide it is necessary to not update Lodestone at all for a week.

[Lurex]

Ok so I went back to Yoshi's last letter From January 31, and here is the quote:

"I’d also like to share some info on the release schedule for 1.21. We’d originally aimed for the patch to go live in the second week of February, but after looking over the amount of content and all the accompanying UI changes, localization, balancing, QA’ing, and such, we’re currently looking at a delay of about two weeks. We’re pushing really hard for an end-of-February release, but ask that you wait a bit and keep an eye on the announcements we’ll be making on the forums and in Topics regarding details. (Don’t worry, none of this will have any effect on the version 2.0 schedule!)

What announcements!!!???

[Wevlum]

The last f*** I give is wearing thin. -.-

[Skinwalker]

Maybe they are on vacation atm from the money we paid them... who knows... but at least that would explain the delay... <.<

but on a sidenote... what is that shit? Planning a patch, give out a date and THEN look into it, notice that is more work then expected and delay it for that reason and not even giving us informations?

At least we paid already heh SE?`

[AlexNiculaie]

You pay to play the game, not to get updates. I don't recall them ever giving a specific "we will release the patch on this date," rather just gave us a vague "we are trying to get it out by this date, but may not reach that." They have told us of a delay, and they have said that once QAing the jobs quest they will be able to give an actual release date. Chill out. It's not like we have gone two weeks or more without information.

[Riaayo]

It may have been mentioned somewhere before, but going back to the December update I found that the pre-patch day "patch notes" were released on the 12th, and the patch & official notes hit on the 15th. That's only 3 days prior to the actual patching. I didn't really dig back further to see if that was a trend we've just forgotten, but it might help explain.

I do think they should at least give us a confirmation, or let us know if delays are happening. Personally, I think they are worried there will be a delay and are crunching, but think it may be possible to meet the deadline and thus don't wish to tell us it will take longer, but cannot promise it will come on March 1st.

Despite how much I really want this content now, I also want it complete and with as few bugs as possible. As someone who's experienced game design processes, that's a hell of a chore that can seem on-track until the last second where something breaks.

Just have patience... if you've played any MMO for more than 1 patch you know this kind of thing happens all the time and should be very use to it and (realistically) understanding.

[BrusselSprout]

Just have patience... if you've played any MMO for more than 1 patch you know this kind of thing happens all the time and should be very use to it and (realistically) understanding.

And as someone who has played any MMO for more than 1 patch, I also know that part will never happen.

We're "due" for a patch, and as human beings we have a right to make it the most important thing in the known universe. Now if you'll forgive me, I need to go neglect work, sleep, and food to F5 the lodestone.

[Avraym]

You pay to play the game, not to get updates. I don't recall them ever giving a specific "we will release the patch on this date," rather just gave us a vague "we are trying to get it out by this date, but may not reach that." They have told us of a delay, and they have said that once QAing the jobs quest they will be able to give an actual release date. Chill out. It's not like we have gone two weeks or more without information.

What your saying rings true for offline games, but this is certainly not the case here.

When I pay for an online game with a continuing fee, i expect a certain level of customer service and communication.

It's one of the reason's people choose to play online as opposed to offline. The game is constantly being updated, in a way that theres usually almost always somthing to do and usually, the developers will make it their priority to assist their player base as efficiently as possible.

Communication has been pretty sound upto subscriptions. I am personally baffled by this, as you'd expect an even higher level of service and communication when the game went from Free to play to charge-worthy for a game where players trust was still being earnt back.

Updates are now spasmodic and irrelavant at best. I.E - Making announcements only to retract them days later / Doubling up on announcements / Failure to provide concrete information we've been dieing for instead of vague reform information or even the shitty lore posts taking the place of any sound infromation.

I personally am fine with the delay in such a collosal patch, but with so much information left that could be covered, being angry or dissapointed is warranted.

[Fated]

It's actually funny that "White Knightism" has died down significantly in the past week or two. I guess everyone has their breaking point.

[Avraym]

It's actually funny that "White Knightism" has died down significantly in the past week or two. I guess everyone has their breaking point.

Yes. And the few speaking out have little to no actually proofing in their side of the argument.

It's just white knights lecturing us on patience.

At least the people who are angry are posting quotes, dates or other facts to validate their opinions.