Subscription Cost Vs. Content Drops

[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

[Azurarok]

Can we get PvE job adjustments more frequently though

[Red-thunder]

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.

They apologized, hard, for the 3.0-3.1 debacle. I think they learned from their mistakes and realized they need to slowly cook the frog alive.

[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.

[Gaddes]

If the cost of subscription vs perceived value is a concern, you can always pause/cancel your sub during the slow parts and re-sub when there's something new.

If you have a house and don't wanna lose it, as far as I recall the auto-demo has been paused due to the recent fires so now would actually be a good time to do that, and when the auto-demo is reinstated later on you still have 45 days, so that means you could at the very least be subbing every other month and avoiding several months of subs that way.
It's a way of voting with your wallet while not completely quitting the game... if everyone subs only half the months in a year vs the full year, they'd definitely feel that.

[caffe_macchiato]

Is it worth it to you?

Final Fantasy XIV is the best 3D modeling and virtual screenshot program on the market. For just $13/month, you get a whole suite of modeling tools that far exceeds what Second Life can give you with its proprietary shop. There are tens of thousands of outfits and poses available for free. The only thing it's missing is virtual worlds, but FFXIV housing gives you most of that anyway. Second Life is not user friendly, and even though the game itself is free, the items are not. For many people, there is no good replacement for FFXIV when it comes to modeling, posing and making adult material.

I do not play the "gameplay" aspect, because as Jeeqbit said, you are not paying for the content. You ONLY pay for online access, which means the ability to make user-generated content. That is the core of what FFXIV is in 2025. And most of us like this. We do not like WoW, where you are forced to pay for gameplay.

[Red-thunder]

Final Fantasy XIV is the best 3D modeling and virtual screenshot program on the market. For just $13/month, you get a whole suite of modeling tools that far exceeds what Second Life can give you with its proprietary shop. There are tens of thousands of outfits and poses available for free. The only thing it's missing is virtual worlds, but FFXIV housing gives you most of that anyway. Second Life is not user friendly, and even though the game itself is free, the items are not. For many people, there is no good replacement for FFXIV when it comes to modeling, posing and making adult material.

I do not play the "gameplay" aspect, because as Jeeqbit said, you are not paying for the content. You ONLY pay for online access, which means the ability to make user-generated content. That is the core of what FFXIV is in 2025. And most of us like this. We do not like WoW, where you are forced to pay for gameplay.

WoW isn't that much better. Their gameplay is also stale and their graphics is ugly as hell. The entire MMO genre is a joke. People should just realize that they don't need a "virtual social hub" in 2025 when everyone has Discord and go play other games.