Final Fantasy 14 planning major updates every three months

Final Fantasy 14 is planning trimonthly major content updates, along with regular tweaks and eventually larger expansion packs.

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The relaunch of Final Fantasy 14 is underway, though not without some notable hiccups. Assuming Square Enix smooths out the rough edges, though, it has a roadmap to roll out major content updates at a regular clip, and recently shared details on the first planned update.

"We're planning on doing a major update every three months once the game has been released, and continuously adding large-scale content," director Naoki Yoshida told the PlayStation.Blog. "We've already begun work on the first update that is currently called patch 2.1 and will introduce a large-scale housing system, as well as The Wolves' Den--the first ever PvP content in the series. Furthermore, the update will include new dungeons, a new daily quest system, new Primal battles, extensions to the main story, and loads of other new content to enjoy."

Yoshida notes that these patches will be included in the monthly subscription. Elsewhere in the interview he points out that he wants platform parity across PC, PS3 and (eventually) PS4, so the trimonthly updates should appear around the same time for each. Yoshida also mentioned long-term plans for "full expansion packs," which would presumably be a separate charge similar to the various expansion packs for Final Fantasy 11.

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    August 26, 2013 1:00 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Final Fantasy 14 planning major updates every three months.

    Final Fantasy 14 is planning trimonthly major content updates, along with regular tweaks and eventually larger expansion packs.

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      August 26, 2013 1:06 PM

      First update will be the ability to login, can't wait for that one.

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        August 26, 2013 3:42 PM

        That issue has already been resolved during the open beta, I got hit with the whole 3102 thing too and didn't get to play much during the beta except for the time they extended it too. But I've been playing the crap out if it the past couple days in early access and all is well now.

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          August 26, 2013 3:53 PM

          lucky you, ive only been able to log in twice during the past two days. around 1 this morning and 5 the morning before.

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          August 26, 2013 3:53 PM

          Haha what? Early access has been severely restricted for seemingly all of the NA/EU servers, both in terms of character creation and realm population. The times you can log in and get a server list, you're usually given a "World is full, try again later" error without the option to queue.

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        August 26, 2013 3:51 PM

        staying logged in is the only way to play.

        I just crashed on a minimize.. so i wont be getting back on for another 7-8 hours (sometime in the morning)

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      August 26, 2013 7:09 PM

      Honestly, the game is enough fun that I think I might have finally found a permanent replacement as my main MMO after so many years. It's just the right mix of relaxing and there being tons of shit to do.

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