Thread: So about the next patch (1.17)

Originally Posted by Corrderio

Considering the PS2 is pretty much long gone, GL with that.

They still produce them new daily and they sell them new daily. Also XI can be installed on backwards compatible PS3s. And it only takes an update from Sony to unlocked Emulated Cell Processor Emotion Engine on all new PS3's. Sony has the patent for it they know how to do it, they just haven't unlocked it yet for anyone.

There is alot of stuff they could be doing and adding that wouldn't effect the core. As I've mentioned before, adding outposts and camp functionality, more behests beyond the starter zones, more leve variation.

my main fear is that they are working entirely on core stuff and in 6 months at this rate when cores fixed, only then will they actually start on things to do beyond some of these bones. I hope and suspect they are working on some PVE but some letters and such give me bad feelings, like when they talk about working on core stuff and fixing it before they even think of any new content.

Originally Posted by wolfwing

There is alot of stuff they could be doing and adding that wouldn't effect the core. As I've mentioned before, adding outposts and camp functionality, more behests beyond the starter zones, more leve variation.

my main fear is that they are working entirely on core stuff and in 6 months at this rate when cores fixed, only then will they actually start on things to do beyond some of these bones. I hope and suspect they are working on some PVE but some letters and such give me bad feelings, like when they talk about working on core stuff and fixing it before they even think of any new content.

That is exactly how I and many others feel at the moment. That only core things are being worked on and it will be months before we see any real content. We don't even know if they are working on other things. Ishgard and new jobs and the continuation of the main storyline. Sure they are planned for the future but has any real work even been done yet on those things? @.@

The "Core" Items they are working on are all Battle and Class/Character Related.

But that is just the Battle Sub Team that does that.

Quests/Story/Lore are all done by a different internal subteam.

They can be making all kinds of stuff while the battle team balances their new system. But they can't implement it till those changes go in. So when the "Groundwork" changes they keep mentioning are done they should have a huge chunk of content to drop along with it.

Why do people keep mentioning 6 months sure that's how long the game has been released but Yoshi has only started 3 months ago. 3 months for a new team to scavenge through the ex-dev's code and find all the notes to where stuff is coded at, can't be done as fast as you might hope. Specially when everyone codes differently(sure there is guidelines and syntax rules/company rules) but still everyone is usually just slightly different.

And for XI v XIV argument, not sure how those two can be compared. Those dev's have been together for such a long time, the director has overseen their work and what they are capable of, so hes confident in creating time lines like this. Yoshi doesn't have that luxury yet he is still learning his teams ability.

It does suck not having our patch yet, but like others said should be within a week (logically it makes sense). Anyway proceed to have your 'discussion' if it can be called that.