square enix repeting the same mistakes as WOW?

[Y2K21]

I didn't say it was unfinished because it was rushed, just that it was unfinished and rushed. They could've delayed it to finish things, but they forced it through anyway. Look at all the terrible responses that got, and it makes it easier to see why a two-week delay isn't so bad now.

They could have -- but on the other hand, the game would have been delayed by a year minimum to compensate for the management design change that late in development. That was never going to happen, which is why they basically immediately cut their losses and double time worked on Legion -- which is why 6.1 was literally "heres Twitter integration".