Untranslated lines in the latest patch...

[Lilapop]

This is what I'm really curious about. By the time it finally releases a good chunk of people will have simply moved on. Speaking anecdotally, several friends and discords I'm in have already expressed losing interest even in the content they were once excited about because of that. There comes a point where even good content will suffer because people just stopped caring after it took over a year of nothing.

I feel like there'll be a lot more people moving on, unfortunately. Not saying the exploration zone won't do some good, but expecting it to be THE saving grace it's being hyped up to be will lead to way more disappointment.

[ZenoDiogenes]

Lets not forget they also had to do an emergency maintenance, because people were dc'ing out of the instanced scenario.

[Kaurhz]

It probably will but when? Too little, too late.

Too little, too late indeed. We're basically going to see this content when 2025 is wrapping up LOL.

That said (and sorry random rant), my problem with it is... Exploratory whilst I see value to the game, is their 1-hit-wonder, most of their other content just falls flat, and beyond a certain point, that 1-hit-wonder will be used so much and so repetitively that what was once excitement is just going to be apathy. Same issue that Deep Dungeons had to a degree.. At a certain point it's the same piece of content today, what it was 5 years ago with a fresh set of paint.

This is my biggest fear with the next exploratory zone, to where I don't know if I should be excited for it, or if I should be dreading it.

[Daralii]

Speaking of the exploratory zone, did they ever explicitly state that the first zone is in 7.25? Bozja technically started in 5.25 with a solo duty and EX trial, but the Southern Front didn't actually come out until 5.35.

[Archeron]

Honestly are they even trying at this point? Did Square Enix fire their QA team? Completely pathetic that they can't even get a mini-patch done right anymore.

[Rueby]

Honestly are they even trying at this point? Did Square Enix fire their QA team? Completely pathetic that they can't even get a mini-patch done right anymore.

I'm sure they did somewhere in Endwalker actually, quality control took a nose dive. For me the deal breaker was the ungodly amount of repeating textures in Labyrinthos and a whole cave with literally nothing but repeating textures. I saw some islands in ultima thule flickering in the background...

In DT I just see texture stretching, things not lining up that would be obvious had ONE person did a quick walk through the area. I wouldn't be surprised if alot of AI might be integrated into their work.

[Clockworks]

They're just too overworked with making viera and hroth hats guys, give them some slack come on, we need to be understanding, it's been 6 years now they're working hard on it.

[Chasingstars]

For how little was released, you'd think they'd get at least the translations done, since there's literally nothing else.

Was mildly curious but found it funny that part of that text translates roughly into: With this, the "Door of Freedom" has been truly destroyed, so you can continue your journey in peace!

[Altera]

For how little was released, you'd think they'd get at least the translations done, since there's literally nothing else.

When I talked to this NPC before finishing the Role quest, this text was in English. After completing the quests and talked to this NPC again, it was then in Japanese. No idea what would cause this to happen xD

[AnotherHighlander]

You guys better stay and keep playing this slop so I can milk more money out of the playerbase while I'm playing better games like Metaphor