Bad decision by SE

[Shin96]

Imagine being so far above the issue that you have to come start an argument just to tell people that you don't care about the issue and they shouldn't either.

Whatever I did seemed to work apparently.

What should the man do? Commit seppeku because some people are disenfranchised because they booked their holidays around that date? Yoshi P has apologized, simple as that. Delays are unfortunate, always will be. But it's just a product, and 2 weeks isn't much in my opinion.

Same for the people that seem to hate on others purely for the fact they're disappointed. Very petty I must admit. Some people really were looking forward to it before the delay.

Do I think I'm superior? Nope. But if it were me this thread wouldn't have really existed.

[Saefinn]

I am writing this today, as SE made a very poor judgment, which effects many of us across the globe, and to this, will cause issues for far too many of us.
December and January is a busy time for retail, and it requires full staff to avoid disruption. Many of us, kept our annual leave days, so we could play and enjoy the Endwalker story at its original release dats, this will now not happen, because of the bad decision to move it into the worst time of year for retail workers. Some like myslef won't be able to enjoy the story until at least February or March now, or to be able to keep up with savage raiding, will have to skip the story entirely, as of this poor new release.

To counter this, and stop you ruining a lot of players fun and the want to enjoy the game and story properly, you need to either honour your original release date, or the release needs to be postponed until at least February or March 2020, so the whole player base can enjoy the story without rushing or skipping, to keep up with endgame progression.

This is one of the worst decisions in SE history along with the making of "The Avengers" game.

Early access was schedule during Black Friday week and as all our customers are retailers we're not allowed to book that week off in my job. They already chose a busy week for retail in their original EA release and one no doubt a number of retailers will have restricted time off.

But if it's not ready, it's not ready. So many games get released before they're ready and it's a mess. They're not the sort to make this decision flippantly.

It sucks. It happens. But I'd rather it late and working properly than on time and broken.

[Velnora]

Don't revolve your life around a video game.

[Hatfright]

Don't revolve your life around a video game.

Don't tell people what to do with their time.

[Velnora]

Don't tell people what to do with their time.

Don't tell me what to do.

[Knot_D]

Don't revolve your life around a video game.

You don't pay my subs

[Velnora]

You don't pay my subs

No, but probably mental health help later on.

[Sotaris]

Don't revolve your life around a video game.

Why are you still here then?

[Hyrist]

Honestly, people over-romanticize the concept of playing the expansion on release anyways.

Let's be clear - it's a mess. Players are crowding NPCs in droves, login times are going to be a mess - you'll run into any bugs that come up due to server strain or have slipped through the cracks (few they may be) and you're never going to get away from that crowding sound that plays whenever a certain number of players are in one area.

The one advantage is for players who prefer going into content blind - but that will honestly last a good month or so given the sheer number of players we have and those showing up late. Not to mention the Trust system does change that up a bit for anything but trials.

The negative for not joining in right away is just having to curb the social media addiction for a while so as not to be spoiled (If you are one who concerns yourself with spoilers) that can be concerning for some.

But as everyone has said - the game isn't going anywhere. Yes, there deserves some sympathy for those who scheduled time or pinned their hopes too hard on the original release date. However, these things have always been a risk and if it's your first time dealing with a delay - welcome to the market. It's rough out here. My PTO no longer times up with release and I'll have to play during work days as well. Just got to shrug it off and move forward.

[Shin96]

Honestly, people over-romanticize the concept of playing the expansion on release anyways.

Consumerist society of course. Hyped to the brink but once a week passes it goes back to the usual of waiting for new content once they speedrunned everything.

I remember queing for duty back when ShB released and got kicked out immediately after 2-3 days. It was hard to enjoy anything which wasn't instanced content.

People need to remember that this is an online game thriving off servers; this is not Skyrim Anniversary Edition where it doesn't matter how many people play it collectively since it's offline.