Dawntrail release date

[CaptainLagbeard]

We're still going to be getting 1 final patch... 6.58 will fully remove all loot restrictions from raids, should be coming in about 3 weeks or so.

After that, it's the typical wait for the next expansion.

[Carin-Eri]

We're still going to be getting 1 final patch... 6.58 will fully remove all loot restrictions from raids, should be coming in about 3 weeks or so.

After that, it's the typical wait for the next expansion.

To be fair, we will at least be getting this - at some point in April - to break up the wait a little:

[Jeeqbit]

To be fair, we will at least be getting this - at some point in April - to break up the wait a little

And another mog tome event to follow the current one.

[CaptainLagbeard]

Well yea, the events will be happening... Aside from FF XVI crossover, we should be also getting Hatchíng-Tide, Little Ladies Day and Make It Rain. And if DT gets horribly delayed, Moonfire Faire.

[NightHour]

Most likely June or July. They love June for release dates. Here's some history.

• 27 August 2013 (ARR)
• 23 June 2015 (Heavensward)
• 20 June 2017 (Stormblood)
• 2 July 2019 (Shadowbringers) (early access was 28 June)
• 7 December 2021 (Endwalker)

All but 2 of those are effectively June. We got access to all of these expansions a week before these dates due to early access. Endwalker would have probably been in summer as well but it suffered from the Covid-19 delays.

So it is very likely they are aiming for the favorite month of June and it would all line up to be then as well.

After 4.55, we got Shadowbringers 4 months later. If we applied that to now, it would release in May. But they have longer breaks and holidays and patch gaps now, so if we allow for an extra month it reaches their favorite month.

I'm predicting late June - Early July.

[Crimen]

I guess that they will announce it during the Media Tour that they always do- same time they will show the job action trailers and benchmark details. Also a reminder for those who are saying Summer is June through August: Summer ends on September 22, so don't rule that one out (I hope it's not that late into the year)

[Jeeqbit]

a reminder for those who are saying Summer is June through August: Summer ends on September 22, so don't rule that one out (I hope it's not that late into the year)

They could be forgiven for taking that long with Endwalker due to covid. But eventually they've got to have adapted to the situation or found new partners to work with that aren't impacted by covid.

This last year has seen an AI boom that allows people to reduce the time it takes to do everything as well, so if things were that tight they could be sifting some of their work into AI chatbots to speed it up. At least tasks that definitely wouldn't compromise quality, such as copy and paste type tasks.

[Nezerius]

Also a reminder for those who are saying Summer is June through August: Summer ends on September 22, so don't rule that one out (I hope it's not that late into the year)

Entirely depends on whether one uses meteorological or astronomical seasons. The former considers June/July/August to be summer, the latter bases it on Solstice/Equinox.

Since Yoshi-P joked about "it won't be in October!", he's probably using astronomical summer. But even then, a September release would likely be limited to a worst case scenario.

[Jade_Tyrant]

This last year has seen an AI boom that allows people to reduce the time it takes to do everything as well, so if things were that tight they could be sifting some of their work into AI chatbots to speed it up. At least tasks that definitely wouldn't compromise quality, such as copy and paste type tasks.

I can't imagine any scenario in which them using AI chatbots would be a positive.

[Jeeqbit]

I can't imagine any scenario in which them using AI chatbots would be a positive.

It can cut down the time it takes to do things. If you describe a programming task you want to solve that would normally take you 20 hours to do, it can complete it in a second and that's how significant it is. That has saved an entire day! I did this myself several months ago and it was amazing.

That makes it useful for making lots of similar-ish scripts that only have a few bits of information different in each, or organizing an excel table faster.