FF14 player count reached the lowest point in 4 years. We lost 75% of the playerbase.

[Oizen]

During endwalker the time between patches got lengthened by two weeks and the devs did the ususal crocodile tear skit on a live letter about it.
They then proceeded to take even longer than those two weeks between patches and deliver less content.


Because of this I have a hunch we're in for another Crocodile tear session given all the content promised we have left, of which 7.3 doesn't seem to have much of it, meaning 7.4 and 7.5 have going to have to be gigapacked (or the devs lied to us)

For reference we have been promised:
-BLU Mage Update
-Beast Master
-A Deep Dungeon
-Variant Dungeons
-Criterion Dungeons
-A 2nd Ultimate
-A 2nd Chaotic Alliance Raid
-The other half of Occult Crescent, probably with its own version of Forked Tower
-More Phantom Jobs
-3(?) More planets for Cosmic Exploration
and theres more I'm probably forgetting, on top of the usually scheduled formula content like Alliance Raids, MSQ, Extremes, Savages.

This is more content than the game has gotten since Stormblood, from a dev that just told us that a Forked Tower normal mode wasn't possible due to the budget.
Yeah I'm not getting my hopes up here.

[Kozh]

For reference we have been promised:
-BLU Mage Update
-Beast Master
-A Deep Dungeon
-Variant Dungeons
-Criterion Dungeons
-A 2nd Ultimate
-A 2nd Chaotic Alliance Raid
-The other half of Occult Crescent, probably with its own version of Forked Tower
-More Phantom Jobs
-3(?) More planets for Cosmic Exploration
and theres more I'm probably forgetting, on top of the usually scheduled formula content like Alliance Raids, MSQ, Extremes, Savages.

Won't be gigapacked if 8.0 is released in 2027 /hj

[Jeeqbit]

For reference we have been promised:
-BLU Mage Update
-Beast Master
-A Deep Dungeon
-Variant Dungeons
-Criterion Dungeons
-A 2nd Ultimate
-A 2nd Chaotic Alliance Raid
-The other half of Occult Crescent, probably with its own version of Forked Tower
-More Phantom Jobs
-3(?) More planets for Cosmic Exploration

Deep dungeon was in the Live Letter so should be in 7.3. I don't remember being promised a second chaotic this expansion; they aren't sure how many or of the schedule yet. I agree that the last patches are likely to be packed due to the fact we haven't had a single variant/criterion yet, and are set to get 3 as far as I know.

[Altina_Orion]

Deep dungeon was in the Live Letter so should be in 7.3. I don't remember being promised a second chaotic this expansion; they aren't sure how many or of the schedule yet. I agree that the last patches are likely to be packed due to the fact we haven't had a single variant/criterion yet, and are set to get 3 as far as I know.

Thats because ffxiv players like to make things up. We still were never promised a second chaotic and we were also not promised a second ultimate. All they said was that they are working on an ultimate. It'l LIKELY to release in 7.5 but we were never promised it.

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/dawntrail/contents/

Literally everything we were promised is on that site. Only one ultimate is listed. The chaotic was the only real surprise so far and a second one is not guaranteed.

[Emitans]

Were we ever promised a new Criterion? The website only mentions Variant. Was it on that Fan Fest slide?

We generally consider Variant and Criterion two halves of a hole but the fact they've only mentioned one of them sounds like we might only get Variant since it was played by more of the community due to its ease and rewards.

[Daralii]

That far behind, huh? And its not like they are delivering more content. Eureka is the largest field op in the game (and feild ops are likely the biggest development effort of expansions) and had 4 zones. OC will only have 2. I still don't understand the justification of the longer patches.

The official excuse waffles between "It takes time to create such an overwhelming amount of content" and "We're busy or whatever, please give us money".

[Exmo]

Whenever the developers say anything, some people always treat it as a promise. As if they're children being invited to a birthday party. You have to understand the difference between a promise and a roadmap.

[yesnt]

Whenever the developers say anything, some people always treat it as a promise. As if they're children being invited to a birthday party. You have to understand the difference between a promise and a roadmap.

Exactly. People need to stop expecting something for their money.

[Exmo]

Exactly. People need to stop expecting something for their money.

If you paid money for something you knew wasn't even in the game yet, you made a very silly financial decision.

[yesnt]

If you paid money for something you knew wasn't even in the game yet, you made a very silly financial decision.

Exmo upset I didn't fall for bait, Exmo upset and tryin harder.