4.5 month patch release is NOT a problem

[CNitsah]

Lately, I've seen a lot of people claiming that the 4.5 month between patches is was the reason it feels so barren and we should go back to shorter patches. I've seen that argument repeated so much, but truthfully, this argument is sooo bad. This a perfect exemple of the community being very bad with analysing the problems.

4.5 month scheldule is not a problem. At worst, it's an aggravating factor to the real problem, the lack of content with shelf life. Give us content supposed to last for 4.5 month in your 4.5 month patch, and there won't be any problems.

Heck they could go to 3 month patches, if the patches content is the same as the 7.1 content, we'd still have the exact same problems. I mean, 7.1 was released 2 month ago, and look how happy we are. We'd feel so much better if this was 3.5 month scheldule.

No wonder SE does bad choice with the entire community seem to singlemindedly focus on a non problem instead of the actual problems.

[edit]
Ok, for some reasons it seems it need to be precised : this in a post saying everything SE does is good and shift the blame on players : this is a post about players pointing at the wrong problems.

Saying that the problem is the "4.5 month scheldule is the problem" imply getting shorter patches will fix the problem : it won't. Yet that argument is everywhere when it comes to talking about XIV problems.

I feel like a dumbass repeating myself, but with the several answers that imply I said there was no problems with the game and that the content we have is fine, it seems it's needed. Do some of you only read the title?

[Kaurhz]

Inherently, it isn't a problem if the patch cycle can lead to a higher quality product, or generally a more consistent product in quality, or higher amount of content / reason to engage with the game.

But at this point they have none of the perks of a prolonged patch cycle, and all of the downsides of it, so I can see why people do see that as a problem in and of itself.

[Kes13a]

I tend to agree.
they could take 6 months for all I care, to release patches.

as pointed out, the issue isnt that length of time for most, for most, the issue is that there is so little actually in them, and the quality seems to have deteriorated

3 months is not a great amount of time to put out quality product anyway, most realistic people know that. problem is, you start adding up the various issues, and not sure any length of time would be adequate

[ovIm]

I don't think that was ever out of the question - when people complain about the patch cycle, they inherently complain about the lack of activities they are interested in. It comes to no surprise that players of an MMORPG want the ability to spend lots of time in the game, without feeling the need to do so. If we had a plethora of diverse content with a long shelf life that is fun to play, then none would even bat an eye about the wait for the next patch.

Patch cycle and patch content are linked. .1 patches were always a lull, and Square Enix have not yet considered a fix.

[Teno]

Lately, I've seen a lot of people claiming that the 4.5 month between patches is was the reason it feels so barren and we should go back to shorter patches. I've seen that argument repeated so much, but truthfully, this argument is sooo bad. This a perfect exemple of the community being very bad with analysing the problems.

4.5 month scheldule is not a problem. At worst, it's an aggravating factor to the real problem, the lack of content with shelf life. Give us content supposed to last for 4.5 month in your 4.5 month patch, and there won't be any problems.

Heck they could go to 3 month patches, if the patches content is the same as the 7.1 content, we'd still have the exact same problems. I mean, 7.1 was released 2 month ago, and look how happy we are. We'd feel so much better if this was 3.5 month scheldule.

No wonder SE does bad choice with the entire community seem to singlemindedly focus on a non problem instead of the actual problem.

Bro wtf ? It's SE's fault for delivering scraps on a 4.5 months basis, not the community giving feedback and SE acting wrongly on it or whatever.

Other games manage to deliver on a weekly to monthly basis with simple content that can last (ie some form of grinding usually), but this game gives you the bare minimum with little replayability. Farming mounts can only go so far, should you even care about that.

[LilaIronman]

I tend to agree.
they could take 6 months for all I care, to release patches.

as pointed out, the issue isnt that length of time for most, for most, the issue is that there is so little actually in them, and the quality seems to have deteriorated

3 months is not a great amount of time to put out quality product anyway, most realistic people know that. problem is, you start adding up the various issues, and not sure any length of time would be adequate

hasn't been a quality product in a long time, as long as they keep milking the fans dry and rather spend their revenue on other games failures lol. Put out content every 3 months and then idc if you spend your money on more DEI garbage games that will flop but at least I have something to do in the meantime.

[Doki]

4.5 month cycle with minimal stuff actually added, next to zero meaningful community rep responses to major gripes, and now worse privacy issues and you still want to defend the poor corporation? This isn't a tiny indie studio. They should have better resources, and response times to things.

[VerdeLuck]

It is a problem, we're getting longer gaps in content but not any more content than we have in the past. When we have to wait longer for the same amount of content and it comes out full of mistakes and bugs that's a problem.

[Hallarem]

People want to spend time in an mmo doing things.
Devs dont make new things that last
Community coper team: "do old content"

I agree that the time itself wouldnt be a problem if they actually used that time to create stuff thats worthwhile and CURRENT.

But "play other games, do old content" is always the crutch the devs cling to with the people who are still tempered by SE.

Again, I feel like this "MMO" is created for busy officeworkers that dont have time to play more than max 1 hour per day and more on their freetime.
How are they going to even dreaaam of attracting new younger players with infinitely more freetime on their hands lol.

[xbahax92]

Don't worry, there will still be the same vocal people crying that the content takes too long, and they'll ask for the 6.0 relic grind back. Poetic grind so fun, yippie.