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Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has apologized for the problems current in Dawntrail, the most recent enlargement at present obtainable in early entry.
In a blog post, Yoshida apoligized to followers who preordered the sport and thus unlocked the early entry model, and defined what has triggered sure points and the way the event staff at Sq. Enix plans to handle them. He additionally recommended a hotfix would arrive someday “this week” alongside a short server upkeep interval.
“Firstly, I want to thank everybody who has been taking part in Dawntrail because the begin of early entry,” Yoshida stated. “Nevertheless, I want to supply my honest apologies concerning the problems that we have now recognized.”
Xbox model points have maybe been most outstanding, as the sport shopper can turn into utterly unresponsive when transferring between areas. “Our preliminary investigation means that this subject is probably going as a consequence of a phenomenon referred to as reminiscence fragmentation,” Yoshida stated.
Sq. Enix is wanting right into a repair for the issue however will probably be “a number of days” earlier than one is launched, Yoshida stated. It’s because a patch should undergo myriad checks by the standard assurance staff.
“We’re working to expedite the discharge of this patch on the earliest attainable alternative,” he stated. “Nevertheless, we remorse to say that this course of would require a while. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this causes and recognize your endurance and understanding as we work to handle the problem.”
Gamers, within the meantime, might encounter the problem much less in the event that they play on worlds with low populations. “Till we have now resolved the problem, we kindly counsel you contemplate taking part in on both the Dynamis, Shadow, or Oceania knowledge facilities,” Yoshida stated.
An incoming patch may even tackle freezing skills not functioning correctly and a problem with the show and animations of cerain characters.
“The aforementioned points are being labeled as a excessive precedence,” Yoshida stated. “They’re below investigation on our improvement server and are being addressed in a scientific method. We’re contemplating the discharge of a scorching repair, which is prone to happen someday this week, which might be accompanied by a short upkeep interval.”
It is subsequently doubtless all of those points will nonetheless be in Dawntrail upon its full launch tomorrow, July 2, 2024. The accompanying Model 7.0 patch hade made loads of constructive modifications to the sport too, reminiscent of new areas, quests, quality-of-life enchancment, an enormous graphical improve, and the Viper and Pictomancer jobs, however seemingly not with no few irritating bugs.
Dawntrail’s Steam web page can be filled with middling critiques, as whereas Final Fantasy 14 expansions are often broadly praised by followers and critics, Dawntrail has dropped to a “combined” ranking. Regardless of “evaluate bombing” being a typical tactic for gamers trying to categorical frustration, Dawntrail’s present Steam consumer evaluate ranking seems to be the results of real grievances and never bugs.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.