Thread: Patch 6.6?

Originally Posted by DiaDeem

Vegas has always traditionally been the one they use for important announcements. They could still definitely drop the xpac before the JP Fanfest. The real issue is that this is the first set of Fanfest events in person after the pandemic, so we don't know what the new plans look like now. Endwalker got pushed back to December in 2021, so it would make sense if 7.0 dropped in January, if they stick to the 2 year release schedule they had up until the pandemic hit, but we don't really know if they'd delay it after JP Fanfest. I hope they don't, but if they do, we're probably looking at a March release. Anything beyond that is way too late. XVI is also wrapping up, so I'd expect them to try go back to a more constant schedule, but again: we'll see.

All 3 fanfests are build up for the expansion. Japan fanfest is where they will reveal full trailer. Then you also have media tour and other hype events. We're looking at March at absolute earliest. I wouldn't be surprised if they push back to May/June just to get back to a summer expansion release. If they do that, we're looking at one heck of a content draught.

Originally Posted by DiaDeem

... maybe we should have 6.6 after all?

They're not going to toss in a random patch with random filler last minute. we've already been told that 6.55 is our lead-in to 7.0. Their work once 6.55 is released is going to be the technical updates and focus on completing and polishing the 7.0 story.

If they decide there's too long a delay, they'll release a Moogle tomestone event early so it will run for a few months instead of the usual 4 weeks.