Thread: Everyone is praising the 5.5-month patch cycle!

Honestly if this game didnt have a sub, I wouldnt be complaining. Then they could serve whatever slop they wanted. But an MMO needs NEW things to keep it fresh and innovation. You can get away with serving the same ol' for a few cycles if everything works.

They need to stop this and make the open world matter, make gearing matter, make criterion matter and tune it for an actual dungeon experience, open up ALL the houses in the open world to make it feel alive. Different quest types.. hats... the list goes on and on and on and on.

Originally Posted by Raikai

XIV is the only game I play, and the only one I'm interested in - I'm not a fan of single player games, and I can only devote mental energy to one MMORPG at a time. I do have a very casual playing schedule (around 2h a day), and I want to have a good reason to log in and play.

XIV is my main game… every now and then I’ll try something else, but it never really holds my attention for long. That said, I did pick up XVI and as someone who hasn’t really been thrilled with the stand-alone games for awhile, I’m really enjoying it! It’s only “problem” is that I know if I start another big chunk of the story I’m going to want to finish it and I can’t stay up til 3 am every night, so I’ve been saving it for the weekends.

I’m usually in XIV for 4-5 hours a day, and most of the weekend. I enjoy the level grind of all the jobs each expansion. I do all the side quests as I’m leveling too, so I already have those completed, along with all my battle role quests. And there’s the new crafting role quests I haven’t gotten around to yet. But I’ve already done the sightseeing log, I have most of the TT cards except for a few stubborn ones that refuse to drop…

I do think it would be better to start the more repeatable content a bit earlier though, like maybe the exploratory zone, Cosmic Exploration or the variant dungeons. For the first two, maybe roll out the intro quests on expansion launch and then add the new content each patch. After MSQ and before the new Alliance raids come out, leveling jobs or Savage is really all there is to do until 7.1, and not everyone does that. And the 2 Extremes, but you either get your wings in a lucky roll or grind to get your 99 totems that you can’t even spend yet! (Which is ridiculous, but that’s another topic…)

Another thing would be to add more “lifestyle” content to do while you’re waiting for each patch… some suggestions for that would be some sort of popular NPC activities (example: meet up with each of the Scions for a different set of hang-out type activities), add a new housing district each expansion or finally add an instanced housing system so everyone who wants a home to decorate can have one, more mini games, etc.

My biggest issue lately has been the DDOS and its impact on queue times, as I finish up my last 2 dps. I don’t want to wait 20+ minutes for a roulette and then have myself or half my party DC, or lag so bad we have multiple wipes! Most people will experience that once and be done for the night, which is totally understandable.

Even so, I do find myself approaching the end of my to-do list earlier than I have in past expansions though… for me, once the new Alliance raids come out and I have new glam to grind for, it’ll start feeling better. But I’m all for adding more content. This is my favorite game so I’d love to have even more to do!

Correction on the patch release, 7.05 came out 4 weeks after the release date of 7.0 which was the 30th. However, I think the longer patch cycle rears its ugly head in x.5 which is double the time of the normal launch schedule before the next expansion. Ideally this next patch should be coming out late October at this point but that would make it 4.5 comparatively speaking.

Originally Posted by Maltothoris

Correction on the patch release, 7.05 came out 4 weeks after the release date of 7.0 which was the 30th. However, I think the longer patch cycle rears its ugly head in x.5 which is double the time of the normal launch schedule before the next expansion. Ideally this next patch should be coming out late October at this point but that would make it 4.5 comparatively speaking.

7.0's official release date was July 2nd. Early Access started June 28th.

7.01 was when the Arcadion normal came out and that was July 16th.

7.05 which was the Savage patch came out on July 30th.

Roughly 4 months from July 2nd would be November 5th. If they go an extra week then it would be November 12th. So one of those will probably be 7.1, though the date of part 2 of the 7.1 LL will make it clearer which it will probably be. Or if they tell us in this upcoming LL when the next moogle event is coming, since that usually runs a month before the major patch.

Originally Posted by Khryseis_Astra

I thought there was some formula that a patch would come out a certain number of weeks after the first Live Letter, so I’d be expecting late October or early November, hopefully!

Usually the first part is about a month and maybe some change before the patch and the second is about 2 weeks before the patch. But the LLs during TGS can skew the schedule sometimes since TGS doesn't always fall within those windows.

Originally Posted by Sotaris

I hope 7.1 is released much earlier than january. That'd be 6 months + since 7.0 release.

I'm currently subbed and expires in Oct, but I haven't played since august, if 7.1 isn't slated for a release soon I will probably not renew it and just continue playing FF11.

I thought there was some formula that a patch would come out a certain number of weeks after the first Live Letter, so I’d be expecting late October or early November, hopefully!

Originally Posted by Khryseis_Astra

I thought there was some formula that a patch would come out a certain number of weeks after the first Live Letter, so I’d be expecting late October or early November, hopefully!

I lean in that direction too, seeing they are going to talk about 7.1 part 1 in this PLL. I'm mostly just interested in the alliance raid as an 11 player but doubtful we get details on that until part 2. Who knows, might tune in anyway.

Originally Posted by Sotaris

I lean in that direction too, seeing they are going to talk about 7.1 part 1 in this PLL. I'm mostly just interested in the alliance raid as an 11 player but doubtful we get details on that until part 2. Who knows, might tune in anyway.

Yeah, I don't expect much. I kind of hate the amount of information they dump on each LL, because when you get to see the whole picture, is not a lot.

They spend a LONG time recapping stuff that we know already, and then talking extensively about small details like the number of polygons on a Lalafell's cheek. The actual important information takes like 1/3rd of the time.

Originally Posted by Sotaris

I hope 7.1 is released much earlier than january. That'd be 6 months + since 7.0 release.

I'm currently subbed and expires in Oct, but I haven't played since august, if 7.1 isn't slated for a release soon I will probably not renew it and just continue playing FF11.

What I posted is a near-worst case scenario, but we are averaging 4.5 right now so 5 is not out of the question and 6 could be on the horizon.

Apparently, according to other threads, there are rumblings of internal problems with CS3 with others meddling in the game’s development which is requiring rewrites, reworks, etc.

That could also explain the longer time and Yoshi’s silence on the situation of the game. It’s like he is letting the meddlers see what they have done before trying to take things back, if he can.