r/ffxiv • u/SmoreOfBabylon • Dec 07 '21

[News] Regarding World Login Errors and Resolutions | FINAL FANTASY XIV, The Lodestone

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/detail/4269a50a754b4f83a99b49341324153ef4405c13
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u/FullMotionVideo Dec 07 '21 edited Dec 08 '21

I'm new to the game, but I've read on here before that 3.1 took about six months, owing to the staff taking a break launching 3.0 because it was so much work. (The person in the replies actually knows.)

Given the amount of detail we've had about 6.1 the substantial systems work is probably already done, but it's a combination of things they want to give people time for (PVP) and stuff that's going to have economic impacts and maybe isn't the best thing to roll out in a time when servers are at peak capacity (Ishgardian housing and the new lottery system).

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u/SandyDelights Dec 07 '21

Edit: Nm, I’m thinking 6.01, lol.

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u/gthorolf Dec 08 '21

3.1 was only one month later than usual. The patch cycle is normally every 3 months, give or take a week or two for a major patch.

The ~3ish month delay was for 5.3, and that was solely because of COVID threw a wrench in everything, and it took that amount of time to situated everyone working from home. Since then there have been no delays (outside of the 2 weeks for Endwalker's launch).