Things sure have been stale around here...when is the next major patch ?

[Edax]

Originally slated for a June 16 release, patch 5.3 will be delayed by more than a month at the very least, but we are pushing to keep that delay as short as possible. We will announce a new release date in the near future, so please stay tuned!

So basically July 21st at the very earliest.

[Gula]

also YoshiP is NOT working on a FFXVI. so you can throw that theory right out the window.

I wish I could see where that whole thing started and why people latched onto it. "My dad works at Sega" seems most likely.

[Theodric]

He may not be working on FFXVI but wasn't it stated that he's working on some manner of other game?

As for the patch being delayed by over a month that isn't surprising...but it's a real shame. Understandable though, given the circumstances.

[Losara]

It would be good if patch 5.3 is out in the next month. Have maxed all classes to 80 now so the incentive to log in is low. Probably a good time to catch up on hunts I guess but wish there was more casual content to do.

[DrWho2010]

I wish I could see where that whole thing started and why people latched onto it. "My dad works at Sega" seems most likely.

it's because the pic associated with the project he is working on was an Ishgardian high fantasy type looking castle. so naturally people just leapt to the conclusion "oh FFXVI".

[MrThinker]

He may not be working on FFXVI but wasn't it stated that he's working on some manner of other game?.

Yes, or more specifically, the Third Development Division that he is in charge of is currently working on a new project for which they have recently been hiring for. His role in this new project is currently unknown.

[Iscah]

As for what most gamers do, most true gamers play a lot of different games because they know it's impossible for a single game to fill all their available time.

Personally I've been going at this game for over two years now and have not run out of stuff to get through... and I'm missing playing other games.

Admittedly my play pattern is probably well off the standard - several alt characters, lots of levelling jobs, spending a fair chunk of time on putting glamours together - but I'm not touching the high-end duties and not really interested in crafting. (I do it in occasional bursts, trying to get things ticked off the various lists, but on the large scale it's entirely unengaging.)

And still, it doesn't feel like there's an end to it. Not close, anyway.

But yeah, play other games. Experience other things. Maybe some do similar systems better, maybe they do it worse, maybe it's something completely unlike this game. There are too many other interesting things out there to play this one game all of the time.

That goes for me too, at whatever point I feel like I can drop that to-do list of content here.

[WaxSw]

I have a dejavu of a lot of games that complaints as they are have degenerated into atrocities (Wow is one of them) I prefer systems to be maintained before starting experiments that normally end up ruining the good just because it is "predictable"

I think you mistake one thing, we don't mind something "predictable" we want something "lasting", most the content recently doesn't fill that last definition therefore why we call out the lack of content. We don't want meaningless activities that last 1 week at best and then die or that only brings you to play once a week

[yukiiyuki]

Aw yeah, seems like we're getting new eureka somewhere in October or late September. If we're gonna get usual stuff like story, trial and alliance raid, this all can be done in one or two days without hurrying, and that's all we're gonna get after waiting for half a year. No comments.

[AncientCrystal]

Best thing to do is to just play other games. Dev team is gonna be behind for some time.