Closing Fantasy 14 director Naoki “Youshi P” Yoshida supplied his “honest apologies” for “points” recognized within the early entry construct of its highly-anticipated enlargement, Dawntrail.
In a weblog publish revealed on the official web site, Yoshida thanked gamers for taking part in and guaranteed them that the staff was “investigating” the causes of essentially the most urgent points, together with transition freezes on Xbox, and damaged animations throughout all platforms.
“We’ve confirmed a difficulty within the Xbox model the place the sport shopper might turn out to be unresponsive when transitioning between places, similar to area areas and cities,” Yoshida defined. “Our preliminary investigation means that this concern is probably going on account of a phenomenon referred to as reminiscence fragmentation.
“We’re at present conducting a complete investigation into the matter, which now we have prioritised to make sure a swift decision. Nevertheless, rectifying this concern requires the deployment of a patch to replace the shopper. This course of includes rigorous checks by our QA staff, amongst different procedures, which implies it might take a number of days to handle.”
Yoshida mentioned that the staff was working to expedite a patch to handle this, however as “this course of will take a while”, he “apologised for the inconvenience prompted”.
Equally, points within the Dragonsong’s Reprise (Final), the Minstrel’s Ballad: Shinryu’s Area, and Delubrum Reginae (Savage) the place “mechanics associated to freezing usually are not functioning appropriately” might be resolved through a “shopper patch”, though it isn’t but clear when that might be deployed.
“The aforementioned points are being labeled as a excessive precedence,” Yoshida added. “They’re beneath investigation on our growth server and are being addressed in a scientific method. We’re contemplating the discharge of a sizzling repair, which is prone to happen someday this week, which might be accompanied by a quick upkeep interval.
“I wish to prolong my apologies as soon as once more for the incidence of those points. Relaxation assured, we’re dedicated to addressing points similar to these that happen after the discharge of an enlargement and can proceed to promptly right any pressing points that will come up.”
“To date, Tural’s environments really feel wealthy and heat, present in a perpetual summer time haze,” Ed wrote in his fantastic Closing Fantasy 14: Dawntrail preview.
“Zoom in shut, although, and the true distinction from the graphical replace is clear. The feel work on armour and weapons is an unlimited enchancment, whereas animal races – like the brand new feminine Hrothgar – appear extra realistically furry.”
In 2015, the MMO had 4 million gamers for the Heavensward enlargement; this has grown to 30 million registered accounts by 2024’s Tokyo Fan Fest. Even by 2021 it had turn out to be essentially the most worthwhile sport within the long-running collection and that can solely have elevated since, to not point out the sport’s launch this yr on Xbox and the possible enhance to gross sales Dawntrail will present.
Yoshida advised Eurogamer there’s “nearly no probability” of server woes at launch” when the enlargement goes reside on 2nd July, 2024.