Thread: 2019 Patch 4.5 Release Schedule FEEDBACK

Originally Posted by Reap00

I find it amusing the OP actually thinks the dev team is going to cater to their specific needs. Reality check. It isn't going to happen. When they release new parts of the msq they give the players time to enjoy it before adding other content. If you don't like it there is the door.

Yeah there seems to be this dillusion by some players that everyone subscribed to the game wants to zerg through all new patch content in one day so they can spend the rest of the time afking around town and crying on forums about lack of content.
this attitude isnt new though.It existed since 2.0 when the WOW players migrated to the game.They rushed to level 50 as fast as possible.skipping all story cutscenes and ignoring side quests and then bashed SE for lack of game content.

Originally Posted by Hercub

Man, all is good in the hood. But do you know, the game pays for itself with all our subscriber fees? Man, I do not complain because this game is literature and a Bible. Man, as much as I am Mexian I am straight up Native American, Italian, and Spanish. Well all I know is Elizebeth Warren and Hillary Clinton must be running around here. Who watches MSNBC? I as a Dragon, Elf and Human in the FF14 universe don't. Well, I'm looking forward to all the PAID CONTENT I pay, freakin' love this game like most of us do. They just can't appeal to the non-consumer, that is an Economic term. All I know is the wrong side hate Viera and Blue Mage which are straight up gangster. Play boy and play girls unite with the Viera, man. Man, I love this game. So much controversy about a patch, well wait till you get a load of Shadowbringer.

...Did I just have a stroke...?

So first of all i actually find it >disgusting< that you are implying ALL the players want it the way you want it in your main post. Only TL;DR'd a bit through the rest of the thread. In general, people are right. It's not the greatest thing but there is nothing bad with staggering content a bit. Ok, Eurekas endless delays made it become a complete piece of dirt and Pagos was just "oof"(but they already admitted that they never expected so many people to do eureka and that they had not enough time to adjust Pagos in the beginning), but i still enjoy it as of now(i'ts just literally useless to actually use the weapons, except you get an insane good stat roll in Pyros).
Keep in mind pls that Final Fantasy always was and still is a heavy story-dependend game and at least for me it is absolutely understandable that they want players to enjoy the Story first.

APART FROM ALL THAT, you will STILL get Seiryu, 24 Man Raid, the new dungeon(ok, tied to MSQ but still), the 2 new things for Gold Saucer and the new custom delivery plus tons of quality of live updates RIGHT WHEN 4.5 DROPS. There is literally >no< other game on the market right now that get's updated so frequently and with so much content as FFXIV does.

To summarize/TL;DR: Staggering content is fine, as long as it doesn't go too far(hello eureka). FFXIV is one of the most frequently updated MMOs out there and the sheer amount of content is insane as it is. Crybabies gonna cry, fangrils gonna fangirl. But you gotta face it how it is.

I will be enjoying the msq story. I'm happy with that.

Originally Posted by Froggy_Ferrinas

APART FROM ALL THAT, you will STILL get Seiryu, 24 Man Raid, the new dungeon(ok, tied to MSQ but still), the 2 new things for Gold Saucer and the new custom delivery plus tons of quality of live updates RIGHT WHEN 4.5 DROPS. There is literally >no< other game on the market right now that get's updated so frequently and with so much content as FFXIV does.

I wouldnt call 2 hours of story, 1 dungeon, 1 trial and 1 raid "much"

everything can be done within 4-5 hours and thats it for the entire week... lol

I wish they would release way more stuff at once, its already boring as hell

Originally Posted by Derio

I prefer it this way than having to rush and do everything on day 1 to keep up with everyone.

Why do you need to keep up with everyone though? If I elect to finish Blue Mage week one while you're working on the MSQ, how does that impact you?

Originally Posted by DrWho2010

sometime stuff is staggered because they want to not overwhelm the player base - other times it is staggered because things are not completely finished yet. rabid content eater much? they have a vision as to how they want the players to enjoy the content. not see it gobbled up in one sitting with a giant mess left behind

Yes, because having the playerbase wait six weeks (4.3) for content is totes a better solution. This whole notion of overwhelming the playerbase is laughably absurd. Let's call it what it actually is: a blatant attempt to keep people subbed when they don't have a lot of content.

They probably didn't think it would be a huge deal to split it up. They've done it with Ultimate. Perhaps they want to guarantee dungeon/24 man queues in the first week and give people time to spam some weapons/mounts out of the EX primal before everyone switches to BLU and starts to burn everything to the ground.

There's also a competitor patch launching around the same time as 4.5 which was only announced a couple days ago and a competitor raid 1-2 weeks after BLU around the end of January. I'm sure they are keeping track of this since Yoshi says a lot of people only spend 1-2 months on a patch then go play something else.