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    Player Altina_Orion's Avatar
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    Reminder that SE lied about 4 month (16 week) patch cycles.

    Week 17 begins today. We were promised 4 month patch cycles instead of 14 week cycles. Today begins week 17 and the launch date for 7.3 still hasn't been announced. It likely out 16 week patch cycle will be closer to 20 weeks (5 months) this time.

    Edit: Acknowledgement that a month isnt 4 weeks. I phrased it like this because developers typically have 2 or 4 week "sprints" and based it off of an interpretation that I had of what a month meant as a software developer myself. REGARDLESS if you assume a month is 4.3 weeks and a patch should be released at 17 weeks (rounding down) it would still be consistently later than 4 months.
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    Last edited by Altina_Orion; 07-15-2025 at 07:18 PM.

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    There's an exact thread about this made 2 years ago
    https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/487176


    To add to the data:
    7.0 - 2 July 2024 (T0)
    7.1 - 12 November 2024 (133 days / 19 weeks since 7.0)
    7.2 - 25 March 2025 (133 days / 19 weeks since 7.1)


    At this point 4-week patch cycles are just wishful thinking
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    The patch cycle has been 19-20 weeks for a very, very long time now. It was throughout Endwalker, and still is. You can generally just count 19 weeks from the last patch to get the release date always.

    The patch cycle was previously about 3.5 months. They did say it would become 4 months, but it's more like 4.5 months in practice.





    So based on that, 18 weeks would make sense: 4 x 4 = 16. 16 + 1 (for testing) = 17. 1 week to account for months with 30-31 days = 18. I suppose it just ends up as 19 in a lot of cases though.

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    It’s going to be 20 weeks by 7.3

    That’s not just an “oops rounding because some months have 30 days” that’s an entire extra month being slapped onto an extended patch cycle

    AND ITS STILL DEBATABLE IF WE ARE EVEN GETTING MORE CONTENT THAN SB
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    As a healer main in this game for nigh on 14 years all I can say is that I’m tired. My role has been eroded of complexity and expression for 3 expansions. I’ve watched the tanks do my role for me for 2 expansions and my feedback and critiques continue to fall on deaf ears.

    I have no idea who modern healers are designed for but I know now it’s not me. This is the first expansion I’m truly considering dropping the healer role and not returning, so if that was the goal- congratulations I guess

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    Quote Originally Posted by Supersnow845 View Post
    It’s going to be 20 weeks by 7.3
    It already is 20 weeks sometimes. It switches between 19 and 20 whenever I've calculated it through Endwalker and Dawntrail. They mention in the slide that there is an extra week holiday in summer and at the New Year, and it is summer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
    It already is 20 weeks sometimes. It switches between 19 and 20 whenever I've calculated it through Endwalker and Dawntrail. They mention in the slide that there is an extra week holiday in summer and at the New Year, and it is summer.
    Yes should be Tuesday 5th August for 7.3 yes?
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    I have no content and I must scream.
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    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 (expansion release)
    3.0-3.1: 20 weeks (apology given I recall)
    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 (expansion release)
    4.0-4.1: 16 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 (expansion release)
    5.0-5.1: 17 weeks
    5.1-5.2: 16 weeks
    5.2-5.3: 26 weeks (covid delay)
    5.3-5.4: 16 weeks
    5.4-5.5: 18 weeks
    5.5-6.0: 34 weeks (expansion release)
    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 (expansion release)
    7.0-7.1: 19 weeks
    7.1-7.2: 19 weeks
    7.2-7.3: 19 weeks?
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    Last edited by Jeeqbit; 07-15-2025 at 06:33 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
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    22 weeks for an expansion launch and 15-16 weeks for a patch is a dream.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeeqbit View Post
    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 (expansion release)
    3.0-3.1: 20 weeks (apology given I recall)
    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 (expansion release)
    4.0-4.1: 16 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 (expansion release)
    5.0-5.1: 17 weeks
    5.1-5.2: 16 weeks
    5.2-5.3: 26 weeks (covid delay)
    5.3-5.4: 16 weeks
    5.4-5.5: 18 weeks
    5.5-6.0: 34 weeks (expansion release)
    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 (expansion release)
    7.0-7.1: 19 weeks
    7.1-7.2: 19 weeks
    7.2-7.3: 19 weeks?
    Wow, didn't realize the pre-expansion wait times skyrocketed through the years.

    What's going to be for 8.0... 45 weeks?
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