Was any of the 6.3 content worth waiting 4 months for?

[AwesomeJr44]

I've been thinking a lot about the patch cycle length lately, and I've started to ask myself if any of the content we got in 6.3 was really worth waiting four months for. As the patch cycles get longer, content needs to become more valuable to match or it's not worth waiting the extra time for. What have we really gotten this patch in terms of content?

- A very short MSQ that doesn't do much to build upon the story and rushes one of the newer character through what seems more similar to flipping a light switch than an actual character arc.
- An expert dungeon which is actually pretty good, far better than Troia.
- A normal trial you'll do once and then wait until you get it in trial roulette to do again.
- An extreme trial that drops weapons that are practically catch-up gear and are thus useless to anyone who has done savage.
- An alliance raid with pretty uninspired mechanics compared to it's predecessor making it rather boring. A good chunk of the last two fights is half-room cleave spam. It also acts mostly as a weekly chore once you've done it once.
- Custom Deliveries that are quite literally a weekly chore that last a grand total of a couple minutes.
- A handful of sidequests that are one and done.
- A very small expansion to Island Sanctuary, a piece of content that amounts to clicking on nodes.
- An ultimate that is by nature niche content and won't cater to most people, and was also ridden with bugs on release and still has issues like the buff cap in p3. (And I say this as someone the content actually is catering to)
- A new treasure map system that is a copy and paste from the SHB one.
- A new map for PvP that isn't enough to shake up the gameplay.

This mostly amounts to either content that you do once and are just done with or content that amounts to a weekly chore. This supposed to be a major patch, where is the lasting content to hold us over until 6.4? Am I just supposed to farm treasure maps or play pvp for the next three months? Even my friends who are normally more forgiving of the game's flaws have been expressing similar complaints. They're already in the mindset of "are we there yet" for 6.4. 6.3 was only a month ago, why is it feeling like there hasn't been a major patch in almost half a year?

It's becoming more and more apparent that either the patches need to be bigger and last longer, or the patch cycle needs to be shorter. No more of this "just wait until next patch" stuff, it's been too long since the last patch that gave us real and lasting content. Both 6.25 and 6.3 were a joke for content. Even if the deep dungeon or relic grind in 6.35 is the lasting content the game has been needing, which I doubt it'll be, is it going to be worth waiting 6 months since 6.2 for?

And no, taking a break isn't a proper answer to the problem. I shouldn't have to take a 3-4 month break between patches because the game doesn't have any content to offer me, especially in an MMO.

[aveyond-dreams]

No, it was not.

[Stormpeaks]

It was not, but people will come up with excuses as per usual to justify the mediocre content we got

[VelKallor]

6.3 delivered a lot more than you iterate here, and if you havent looked, I suggest you do. IMO 6.3 has been fantastic, I have enjoyed it and look forward to more. The patch cycle is fine, and is on a par with other MMO's

A very short MSQ that doesn't do much to build upon the story and rushes one of the newer character through what seems more similar to flipping a light switch than an actual character arc.

Most .3 MSQ's are short in nature, as they are ( well I wont use the word filler, more like continuation ) evolutions and setup for follow on story content. It was good and fun and I enjoyed it.

An expert dungeon which is actually pretty good, far better than Troia.

It was interesting, played as RPR, so yeah, agreed.

An alliance raid with pretty uninspired mechanics compared to it's predecessor making it rather boring. A good chunk of the last two fights is half-room cleave spam. It also acts mostly as a weekly chore once you've done it once.

The content, the mechanics..and My God the music were worth every moment. The violin solos alone were absolutely wonderful, took me back to Lord of the Dance, absolutely joyous. The entire theme of these isnt serious ( well in one sense it is ) but as Soken said, the raid has a more festival / celebration theme, we arent fighting for some big bad, this is us and the Twelve, in a way they are testing us, to see how far we have come..loved every moment.

where is the lasting content to hold us over until 6.4

Had you forgotten 6.35? Relic? Loporrits tribe? Eureka Orthos?

And no, taking a break isn't a proper answer to the problem. I shouldn't have to take a 3-4 month break between patches because the game doesn't have any content to offer me, especially in an MMO.

Odd.

Funny that, I am finding LOADS to do, grabbed my Skysteel Fishing Rod yesterday ( yeah that was a slog but worth it), theres a lot of new crafting features and items...Im finding stuff to do easily. Not sure you remember, but YoshiP HAS said dozens of times to take a break and come back..you dont have to be here every day ya know

No, it was not.

And yet..here you are. Aveyond, I get the feeling that it doesnt matter WHAT they do, you will still find fault. But thats you, I guess. Never have a kind word to say about the game..and yet, here you are...still.

It was not, but people will come up with excuses as per usual to justify the mediocre content we got

Or people see the game differently than you do? We are getting a LOAD of sprouts, so Kujata is busy and happy.

[Stormpeaks]

Funny I am, finding LOADS to do, grabbed my Skysteel Fishing Rod yesterday ( yeah that was a slog but worth it), theres a lot of new crafting features and items...Im finding stuff to do easily. Not sure you remember, but YoshiP HAS said dozens of times to take a break and come back..you dont have to be here every day ya know

Is that also why auto demolition for houses exists ?

[RobynDaBank]

Is that also why auto demolition for houses exists ?

Assuming the character you're posting on is your main... it doesn't for you right now. /shrug

[Stormpeaks]

Assuming the character you're posting on is your main... it doesn't for you right now. /shrug

Is this really a response to what I said ? What about NA, JP and Australian worlds ?

You only need log in once every 45 days, ya know. We BOTH know why auto demolish exists, so lets not be disingenuous here.

Exactly, so dont say that people are encouraged to take breaks from the game, they are not.

[Deveryn]

Is this really a response to what I said ? What about NA, JP and Australian worlds ?



Exactly, so dont say that people are encouraged to take breaks from the game, they are not.

You made the choice to get a house. It's not essential to the game. If you have stuff you want to keep somewhere and go on extended breaks, get an apartment.

[VelKallor]

Exactly, so dont say that people are encouraged to take breaks from the game, they are not.

Way to miss the point, they said that players are encouraged to take breaks, which is false as proven by auto demolition timer.

*Take 30 day break from game*

*Five minutes to log in visit house, poke around, log out*

*Take another 30 day break*

So to you, a 5 minute login every 30 days is...hard?

[ACE135]

Exactly, so dont say that people are encouraged to take breaks from the game, they are not.

You can take breaks as long as you want if you just log in every 45 days for one minute. And having to pay an abo for that does not mean you can't take a break.