Subscription Cost Vs. Content Drops

[Vrankyl]

I'd agree with you if we were still playing Endwalker, but I'd venture to say the WoW storytelling is significantly better than Dawntrail.

As someone who plays both, no it is not. At best I'd put TWW on the same level as Dawntrail. Though Undermine is like super cringey as hell so far so that might not stay true. DF was about the same too. And then of course there was the "All a part of my master plan" Shadowlands, and for all the failings that DT has it will never be anywhere near as bad as Systemlan- I mean Shadowlands.

Every single time Blizzard and WoW are always brought up, it's literally always the same thing, you people only have Blizzard and WoW in your mouth when criticism is said about FFXIV, please get new material, it's seriously tiresome.

Gee, it is almost like WoW is the biggest competition out there for MMOs which is an exceedingly stale market so when comparing cost worth it would be brought up. Strange how that works. Never once did I say FF14 was without its faults, believe me there is a lot that SE has done recently that I don't agree with and wish they would change. On the same token there is plenty they have gotten right. Regardless I was simply offering my take on why it is worth it to me versus the competition that is out there so perhaps the one with the problem is you since god forbid someone actually have a reason to still be playing.

[brinn12]

Uh... but the time between patches isn't increasing. It's been 4.5 months for a bit now. At least since EW. I think they made the time between patches longer officially then, but even during ShB it was about that length.

This is wrong. 7.0 to 7.1 took longer than 6.0 to 6.1. Every expansion has been increasing the time between patches.

[Jeeqbit]

This is wrong. 7.0 to 7.1 took longer than 6.0 to 6.1. Every expansion has been increasing the time between patches.

3.0-3.1: 20 weeks
4.0-4.1: 16 weeks
5.0-5.1: 17 weeks
6.0-6.1: 18 weeks
7.0-7.1: 19 weeks

Overall it's the norm for what it has been through Endwalker, which is about 19-20 weeks. The only exception is really the timeframe between the last patch and the expansion, which between ShB-EW was 8 months and EW-DT was also about that much, up from the 5 months it used to be.

[AvoSturmfaust]

3.0-3.1: 20 weeks
4.0-4.1: 16 weeks
5.0-5.1: 17 weeks
6.0-6.1: 18 weeks
7.0-7.1: 19 weeks

Overall it's the norm for what it has been through Endwalker, which is about 19-20 weeks. The only exception is really the timeframe between the last patch and the expansion, which between ShB-EW was 8 months and EW-DT was also about that much, up from the 5 months it used to be.

But he is still right, it increases with every expansion and next expansion it will go up to 20, the one after its 21, watch it happen

[yesnt]

Why do some people hate getting service for their money

[ZephyrMenodora]

3.0-3.1: 20 weeks
4.0-4.1: 16 weeks
5.0-5.1: 17 weeks
6.0-6.1: 18 weeks
7.0-7.1: 19 weeks

Overall it's the norm for what it has been through Endwalker, which is about 19-20 weeks. The only exception is really the timeframe between the last patch and the expansion, which between ShB-EW was 8 months and EW-DT was also about that much, up from the 5 months it used to be.

Do you have this same info for the .1 to .2 patches?

I see 7.1 was 11/12/2024, so we are at 15 and a half weeks so far. It's already feeling like a stretch...I probably log in only twice a week for less than an hour at this point.

[Jeeqbit]

Do you have this same info for the .1 to .2 patches?

I see 7.1 was 11/12/2024, so we are at 15 and a half weeks so far.

The 28th March would be 19 weeks then. And we know 7.2 is coming late March. So it will be the usual 19 weeks.

6.0-6.1: 18 weeks
6.1-6.2: 19 weeks
6.2-6.3: 20 weeks
6.3-6.4: 19 weeks
6.4-6.5: 20 weeks
6.5-7.0: 39 weeks
7.0-7.1: 19 weeks
7.1-7.2: 19 weeks

[Ranhansha]

Do you have this same info for the .1 to .2 patches?

I see 7.1 was 11/12/2024, so we are at 15 and a half weeks so far. It's already feeling like a stretch...I probably log in only twice a week for less than an hour at this point.

Final Fantasy XIV Major Patch Release Intervals
2.0 → 2.1: 16 weeks
2.1 → 2.2: 15 weeks
2.2 → 2.3: 15 weeks
2.3 → 2.4: 16 weeks
2.4 → 2.5: 12 weeks
2.5 → 3.0: 22 weeks
3.0 → 3.1: 20 weeks
3.1 → 3.2: 15 weeks
3.2 → 3.3: 15 weeks
3.3 → 3.4: 16 weeks
3.4 → 3.5: 16 weeks
3.5 → 4.0: 21 weeks
4.0 → 4.1: 17 weeks
4.1 → 4.2: 16 weeks
4.2 → 4.3: 16 weeks
4.3 → 4.4: 17 weeks
4.4 → 4.5: 16 weeks
4.5 → 5.0: 24 weeks
5.0 → 5.1: 17 weeks
5.1 → 5.2: 16 weeks
5.2 → 5.3: 26 weeks
5.3 → 5.4: 16 weeks
5.4 → 5.5: 18 weeks
5.5 → 6.0: 34 weeks
6.0 → 6.1: 18 weeks
6.1 → 6.2: 19 weeks
6.2 → 6.3: 20 weeks
6.3 → 6.4: 19 weeks
6.4 → 6.5: 20 weeks

With some help from the AI (not doing all that Maths), but you'll see the dates coincide with Jeeqbit's, so I guess it's not that wrong.

[Ranhansha]

3.0-3.1: 20 weeks
4.0-4.1: 16 weeks
5.0-5.1: 17 weeks
6.0-6.1: 18 weeks
7.0-7.1: 19 weeks

Overall it's the norm for what it has been through Endwalker, which is about 19-20 weeks. The only exception is really the timeframe between the last patch and the expansion, which between ShB-EW was 8 months and EW-DT was also about that much, up from the 5 months it used to be.

The extra time has obviously paid off. Look at all the extra content people are enjoying. We now have Moogle Tomes every patch, which were used to fill in content droughts. More subs=More money=More stuff on the Mogstation=Mote time between patches=Profit. What a joke.

[Azurarok]

Can we get PvE job adjustments more frequently though