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

[AnnRam]

People are more than happy to get 1 dungeon, 1 trial and lost their entire time farming "worthless" tomes every 3-4 months, while staying subbed (15 usd per month ). Players doesn't care about content, as long the developers keep doing the same formula.

I wonder if the next relic will require to do Crystal tower x30 times, maybe add a 30% drop item on Sastasha and Tam-Tara.

[Poporito_Popoto]

[ZephyrMenodora]

I'm fine with this because I support a little bit more QoL for our Devs as far as their actual everyday working lives go.

I'm fine with this because I don't think it's the job of any one game to keep me entertained every single day of my life for years on end.

I'm fine with this because I have interests outside of FFXIV, and I don't really get FoMo with FFXIV if I want to do something else.

I'm fine with this as I already consume content slowly so I always feel like I have a lot of options for activities while I am subbed, and I simply can unsub when I've done what I want to do in game.

I think people super upset at this need to get some RL perspective and balance in their lives.

[SieyaM]

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.

So let me ask you this, what would an ideal patch cycle look like to you, what are you looking for in an endgame that isn't being delivered? Please be as specific as possible.

[Skiros]

So let me ask you this, what would an ideal patch cycle look like to you, what are you looking for in an endgame that isn't being delivered? Please be as specific as possible.

I am not looking for anything in particular. I am simply asking Square Enix to increase the quantity of content that they're offering. As it stands we are getting less and less each expansion, no matter what the people on copium would say.

[SieyaM]

I am not looking for anything in particular. I am simply asking Square Enix to increase the quantity of content that they're offering. As it stands we are getting less and less each expansion, no matter what the people on copium would say.

Then the arguments people put forth regarding crafting content, Bozja and similar areas, and PvP options, Deep Dungeons and things upcoming like Island Sanctuary are all valid since this is all content that previously had not been offered. We may not be getting more or as many dungeons as you want, or as much battle content, but there is a lot of other content that is added each expansion and it is more than the previous.

[Vahlnir]

If it upsets Skiros I consider it an absolute win.

[MilkieTea]

If it upsets Skiros I consider it an absolute win.

[MilkieTea]

... because they are human individuals who do not have 30+ hours in a day to keep up with content release schedules and ensuring that everything is stable, and that shows? An extra two weeks harms no one - in fact, it allows for someone to unsub for 3 months at a time and still be 100% up to date on content patches, rather than 2 weeks behind and have to put up with potential spoilers. It follows their design philosophy.

(This answer is not for Skiros, but for those who genuinely think this way and forget that humans are not robots)

[Mandudez]

... because they are human individuals who do not have 30+ hours in a day to keep up with content release schedules and ensuring that everything is stable, and that shows? An extra two weeks harms no one - in fact, it allows for someone to unsub for 3 months at a time and still be 100% up to date on content patches, rather than 2 weeks behind and have to put up with potential spoilers. It follows their design philosophy.

(This answer is not for Skiros, but for those who genuinely think this way and forget that humans are not robots)

So are you saying up until now SE was forcing the devs to crunch for 9 years straight? Sounds like it should be headline news on all gaming websites... Game devs finally given a few days off after working 24/7 for 9 years in a row!