Quote Originally Posted by Y2K21 View Post
I mean...atleast Blizzard told me the expansion delay almost a month ahead of time regardless if you feel the expansion is a sloggy mess

*grabs bag of popcorn*
guessing Blizzard must be your fave game? Sorry to break it to you, but the reason Blizzard could announce a missed date a month ahead of time is actually a prominent sign of poor time management. Its not a last minute bug that popped, its the simple fact that given the work they had left to do, and the number of people playing Call of Duty or harassing their employees, there was no way they could complete it in time.

Yoshi-P doesnt believe major issues in a release are there to be fixed in a future patch like Blizzard. thats something he set out for his team since the start, fix it now and fix it right

so yes, FFxiv needed a fix, of something, they decided they could implement and fix but would need 2 extra weeks. Blizzrd likely didnt even have a playable release candidate so could more easily tell you weeks in advance that you wouldnt get it on time.