How is anyone fine with the 4-month patch delivery schedule?

[Skiros]

What are players who aren't going to do Ultimate do for four months in 6.1?

1. Do the alliance raid, which probably takes 1-2 hours to complete on day 1.

2. Do the Tataru and Hildebrand quests which take 2 hours judging by previous instances.

3. Do the new extreme trial which takes like 2-4 hours to clear.

4. Waste 5 mins every day on beast tribes, and waste 3 mins every week on custom delivery.

Congratulations that's all you have for 4 months. $60 in subscription fees. That's even less than what you get from the typical AAA single player title.

With this little content they should be accelerating patch delivery, not slowing it down.

[TaleraRistain]

Because it's 2 extra weeks and that's not a big deal?

[Deceptus]

Because it's 2 extra weeks and that's not a big deal?

Except they're not really following it right now.

Endwalker released Nov 19th. 6.1 is expected to drop "Mid-April"

That's a 5 month gap.

[CStrife912]

Except they're not really following it right now.

Endwalker released Nov 19th. 6.1 is expected to drop "Mid-April"

That's a 5 month gap.

Depending on releases if you look up patch dates it seems pre-expansion and the X.1 after expansion are usually the longer gaps of 4-5 months so it is currently in line with that. After that they follow to the letter for the most part outside of the covid delayed 5.3 for instance.

[Vrankyl]

Except they're not really following it right now.

Endwalker released Nov 19th. 6.1 is expected to drop "Mid-April"

That's a 5 month gap.

So uh... Endwalker did not actually release on the 19th of November. It's original release date was supposed to be Nov 23rd with EA to start on Nov 19th. However, that was delayed by 2 weeks and EA was released on Dec 3rd with the official launch date of EW being on Dec 7. And Mid April is probably going to be about April 12th so if that is the case then that is pretty damn close to 4 months on the dot, not 5.

[RicaRuin]

It's just 2 more weeks than usual. If you don't have anything to do in the game, unsub for a while, save the money, go outside and touch grass or something.

If you want to do something in the game, you find stuff to do, like collecting things, Triple Triad, Screenshots... a lot of casual stuff.

Edit: Oh, didn't realise who made this topic. Eh, my point stands.

[TaleraRistain]

If you want to do something in the game, you find stuff to do, like collecting things, Triple Triad, Screenshots... a lot of casual stuff.

This. I don't do Savage or Ultimate but right now I'm leveling my classes to 90 so there are roulettes, hunts, and beast tribes every day, going back and finishing old animas, working on shared fate ranks in EW zones, doing my weekly raids and custom deliveries, doing my WT, and here and there working on filling out my fishing log for EW. There is plenty to keep us busy in the game.

[Veranolth]

From 3.5 months to 4 months for new patch content isn't that dramatic. That's just 2 more weeks of waiting and they'll be adding quite a lot of content with these patches. At least we're not getting 1 patch after a year...

[Skiros]

From 3.5 months to 4 months for new patch content isn't that dramatic. That's just 2 more weeks of waiting and they'll be adding quite a lot of content with these patches. At least we're not getting 1 patch after a year...

That's how they get you. 2 weeks at a time. 3 months. Then 3.5. Now 4. One day people will ask "why are we getting a patch every 6 months"? And people won't be able to pinpoint the turning point because it comes so gradually people are numb to it.

It's just 2 more weeks than usual. If you don't have anything to do in the game, unsub for a while, save the money, go outside and touch grass or something.

If you want to do something in the game, you find stuff to do, like collecting things, Triple Triad, Screenshots... a lot of casual stuff.

Edit: Oh, didn't realise who made this topic. Eh, my point stands.

I mean the fact that you have to go out of your way to find stuff to do to enjoy FF14 says it all really.

The unsub argument is ridiculous considering all the ways the game keeps you hooked: housing, tome caps, Savage loot gates, seasonal events, etc.

I would be fine with the unsub argument if the game actually lets you unsub after a month and still allow you to be ready for Ultimates. As it stands, I have to play this game for three months to get BiS for two to three different roles in time for Ultimate. Even if I only cared about a single role that is still two months, which is 6-7 weeks more than necessary. Despite what Yoshi P says, this game is not unsub-friendly.

Not to mention that they intentionally stagger releases so that it covers 2 months of sub time: .x0, .x1, and .x5 always come out in waves to get maximum sub time out of people.

[Veranolth]

That's how they get you. 2 weeks at a time. 3 months. Then 3.5. Now 4. One day people will ask "why are we getting a patch every 6 months"? And people won't be able to pinpoint the turning point because it comes so gradually people are numb to it.

Hyperbole.