Island Sanctuary...

[Ryvick]

...sometime during the 6.x series. Say hello to 6.7? Is it weird I find myself drawn to the things they hype and yet give us all the least info about?

[arrowrl201]

I too would like more information about Island Sanctuary...

[ItMe]

During the live letter and media tour interviews, they mentioned they'd tell us more both during the post launch live letter and leading up to 6.1.
I kinda get it, they want all attention on 6.0, and will discuss what's to come after we play the stuff more immediately on our horizon.
But also waiting can be difficult and I'd like a little more info if only so my mind doesn't start taking the mystery of the sanctuaries strange places.

[FrogDog]

Please look forward to it.

[DrWho2010]

they're not talking about it because it's not done yet. obviously.

[Risvertasashi]

they're not talking about it because it's not done yet. obviously.

And to further temper expectations, they've said it won't have nearly as many features as the life sim games it tends to bring to mind, at least at first.

[MaethusXion]

Coulda sworn they said it was 6.1, but the thread they posted doesn't say that. Here's hoping it's not massively delayed like the last 2 Relic sets...

[MintnHoney]

Coulda sworn they said it was 6.1, but the thread they posted doesn't say that. Here's hoping it's not massively delayed like the last 2 Relic sets...

Here's hoping, but I recommend setting expectations on the low side. Like, I'm expecting it to release during patch 6.3 at best, with the most minimal of features possible.

[DrWho2010]

plus this isn't "make or break" material for the 6.x series. this is something that can continue on indefinitely, past this expansion and onto future ones.

a lot of people are heaping a LOT of expectations onto this content, when we really still have near ZERO idea of how *exactly* it's going to work and what will be included.

[Garnix]

They always hype up some .X features during the expansion announcements.
They did for Ishgard Restoration and New Game + for example in Shadowbringers. Eureka in Stormblood.
There was literally no reason to expect it to come earlier than in the .X patches.
Better not to say anything than to end in a "Dragonsong Ultimate" situation.
I totally expect them to have planned the sanctuary for 6.1 and push it to 6.2X like they did with Eureka because, as they said, they did not anticipate people to have such high expectations on this.