Pre patch suggestion

[ElciaDeiLinus]

A prepatch would be pretty cool, but, it's either a lot of effort to make an event that'll only be experienced once (though I guess they did do one of the most amazing prepatch events at the end of 1.0)- or it's lazy and annoying.

Like, WoW has them of course... but usually it's just mobs wandering about. The ShL one was one of the worst things I've ever seen and the game was made worse for it existing- the BfA and Legion ones were fun but they also had a lot more to them and were far more narrative.

Thing is- WoW uses their prepatch to set up the story of the next xpac which may have zero to do with the previous xpac.

FFXIV uses their entire xpac to set up the next xpac, and their final patch basically has more to do with the next xpac than the rest of the xpac it is in- this basically is the prepatch we're in right now, and it's considerably more in depth and extensive.

[Andy_T93]

The reason I would like this is because it would mean by bunboi would be ready to go from the start when Endwalker actually drops im gonna be fighting with all the queue's trying to make an alt male Viera to see him in game to make sure the skintone is right, no doubt this will actually take 2 or 3 creations before I settle on one and then once I have the finished result fantasia my main. All of this is time consuming and requires alot of logging in and out

[LittleImp]

It would be nice to get our hands on jobs ahead of time in some capacity, to help the devs troubleshoot oversights or plain bad design.

Remember when SB launched and BLMs foul had a mana cost? lmao.

[Ilenya]

It would be nice to get our hands on jobs ahead of time in some capacity, to help the devs troubleshoot oversights or plain bad design.

Remember when SB launched and BLMs foul had a mana cost? lmao.

Remember 4.0 Lilies? And the sheer rage against them?

[Sotaris]

Remember SCH in any expansion?

[Exodus-E]

I don't think they ever again will add new jobs in a non-ARR area.

I suppose it's for the best, considering how many people (even to this day) complain how DRK/AST/MCH are locked behind Ishgard.
Which you can only access through the MSQ.

Remember SCH in any expansion?

Hey, at least they finally gave it its proper stat traits (i.e. Mind) in SB.

[Infindox]

The reason I would like this is because it would mean by bunboi would be ready to go from the start when Endwalker actually drops im gonna be fighting with all the queue's trying to make an alt male Viera to see him in game to make sure the skintone is right, no doubt this will actually take 2 or 3 creations before I settle on one and then once I have the finished result fantasia my main. All of this is time consuming and requires alot of logging in and out

Actually... You can already prepare yourself for this. You can make your bunny character now in the benchmark, then before you log out before the servers go down for Endwalker, pop your Fantasia and take everything off. You can then when you log in grab your saved character data and slap it on, then log in. Quick and easy. My friend did something similar for their viera with ShB.

[Andy_T93]

Two issues with this, First is that I play on PS5 so while I was able to use the benchmark I can't import my character from it

Secondly I guarantee that the way I think my character looks in the CC will be vastly different walking around in the world. The CC is really bad at accurately representing skin tones even when you cycle through different backgrounds

[Laerune]

Wouldn't mind playing Male Viera right now.

[Jojoya]

The point is to launch new jobs and new races 1-2 weeks prior the actual expansion release.

Not necessary.

As i mentioned earlier, this will allow for players to go into endwalker with their sage / reaper lvl 80 from the get go without wasting 2-3 days while everyone else is having fun in new dungeons / zones.

Actually a much better reason not to release them early. Initial crowds in the expansion zones will be that much thinner as those who plan to main the new jobs spend 1-2 days to level them.

Also, let's be honest, everyone will start with early access. EA is here to justify the server instability at launch and potential major bugs that will be fixed right before the "actual" relase

Wrong. Not everyone starts with early access. Many don't bother specifically so they can avoid the launch week congestion in the new zones.

It would be nice to get our hands on jobs ahead of time in some capacity, to help the devs troubleshoot oversights or plain bad design.

Remember when SB launched and BLMs foul had a mana cost? lmao.

They're going to have a month of live data for that before Savage even releases. Another two weeks is not going to make enough of a difference when they still wouldn't be able to do more than numbers tweaks until 6.1 even if there's a major flaw. Players will either avoid or flock to the problem jobs (depending on whether the job is underpowered or overpowered) while waiting for the redesign.