Are Updates/adjustments Ending?

I'm unclear on what's actually going to happen in the years ahead. I know new content is over but will they continue to make job adjustments or patch bugs? If the last patch does something like the recent THF only era, will we all end up forever being THFs? (I'm not claiming I think it they were OP but it's how the community creates party expectations after these things).

So, if there are problems later with jobs needing adjustment (drk using a scythe for instance) will these become permanent problems.

They've said balance changes and bugfixes will still happen, but no new major content (which people interpret in a lot of interesting ways, good and bad).

The tl,dr is really that whatever the world looks like in November, it's going to look that way until the servers go away.

I'm pretty sure they'll only stop adding cutscenes and any content that would require the full PS2 devkit. Anything scripted like QoL and minor content will still be done.

I should have said bottom line, like you did, but screw it, I'm owning it now.

YES I DID SINCE PEOPLE SKIP TO THE END ANYWAY

We'll most likely be seeing new Unity fights, probably more high-tiers, and I'd love to see more characters added to Reign. If they do a set of characters for each expansion, it would be a very easy way to extend the life of SR. I'd also just absolutely love the chance to murder Naja for hours on end.

[+]'s all day.

I really hate to claim credit for SR, but I swear on my Galka grave that I absolutely suggested something similar to SR back when ToAH came out. I specifically remember it because when there was much speculation what "The Pit" and "The Coliseum" was, I said it was SE's battle arena like FF7, except via 1 on 1s. I have long begged for this kind of content for forever (and nobody will ever believe I actually did think this up, but I did), and I'm glad its here.

And yes, if they really wanted to go out with a bang, they could really wrap up the RoV storyline by making the Coliseum, Diorama Ballista, Watery Cave etc Battle Arenas where you can go back and fight your favorite NPCs, Maat style. 1v1 would be neat too, but party is also the easiest way to keep people entertained. They could end up bundling this entire event into one big finale, that would really give some of the story lovers some content and enjoyment for a while to come.

They'd have to include every relevant NPC, would could take some serious time, though.

No.

Expectations lead to disappointment. Let it go, guys. They said they're done with the game in terms of content, so stop grasping.

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What is it you're trying to prove here, exactly?

You even bolded the part where they specifically state they won't be putting resources into new content.

I mean, case in point right there, chief.

It reads very differently if you do a paragraph break right before the "We have yet to decide..." and that might be the right way to interpret it, considering they've accomplished many/all of their stated goals in that paragraph in the last few updates.

I was more referring to Oraen's comment here:


It sounds like there's ambiguity on both sides of the argument, though. I don't think the answer is as dogmatic as either of us seem to make it out to be. None of us know exactly to what degree the game will change (or stay the same) after November. The Devs themselves even stated they don't really know to what extent their "updates" will be. They actually didn't rule out the possibility of updating content or introducing new content (they just focused attention elsewhere).

Similar to how Delve went to 6man with adjustments, its still within the realm of possibility for them to make some changes to the game's content without a full team. Its stated in their quote. Even still, they are moving into the direction of the team focusing on improving current content, and stated that "new content...like Dynamis II would be difficult". Can read into it however you like, but we don't really have a full answer yet.

That doesn't mean they will or won't implement new content, they simply changed the topic to what they would be focusing on. They kind of answered the question by not answering the question directly.