Thread: 4.5 month patch release is NOT a problem

Originally Posted by 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.

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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?

IT IS a problem
And the QA and few amount of content are even worse

I pay 155,88 Subscription per Year + 109,20 Retainers per Year + 49,99 Dawntrail = 315,07 Euro for 1 Year but each Expansion is always 2+ Years so it would costs me 265,08 for the second year of this Expansion. Overall it will be 580,15 Euro till the next Expansion. + 1-5 Months extra. SE needs to find a way to make a Bank or whatever, the cost for Retainers is to high. And while they at it, they should remove the FC Workshop from Houses and place it by the Grand Companies. FC's should not start Airships / Submarines by 0 again if they loose their House and none can loose a Grand Companie Workshop. This will clear many House Spots. Players have so many ideas but we get ignored.

I sub when there is high end pve stuff (savages or ultimates, dont really care that much about extremes-criterions or the new chaotic raid)

since DT release i've been unsubbed for 4 months (been back since 2 weeks for FRU prog with my static), I will most likely take a 1 month break before M8s and then probably another 1-2 month break before 7.3, usually taking a 1 year break before every expansion (X).4 -> (X+1).0

It really amaze me how casuals (high end pve stuff is the more "time demanding" content) can stay sub for so long, if I would be a casual I will sub 1 month/expansion (3 weeks before an expansion to do all of the (X).1 -> (X).5 content and then do the (X+1).0 MSQ for the remaining week) otherwise the value provided by FF14 is way under the value provided for the same price by other solo/online games

-> take for example 7.1, for a casual there is MSQ (3h), 1 dungeon (20mn), 24 man raid (1h) + some other stuff, so 5hours of "fresh content", let's say 15hours with the weekly stuff until it gets boring

15h for 10€ x 4 + 40€/5 (expansion price divided by 5 patches) = 48€
48€ is Silent Hill 2 Remake / FF7 Rebirth / MH Wilds / 4 month gamepass

for me, the 4.5 months IS a problem. and i want them sooner, because the PPl provide a useful gauge on how things are going and developer > player interaction. if those pll were any longer appart i would feel like the devs were alien creatures and id loose touch with them. I want 3.5 months again because at least back then yoshiP was very involved in XIV and its community