Re-read.
Sounds like they want to get the battle system done first, but start to lay the groundwork for content, so that they can start to tease it sooner than later.One last thing. A portion of the changes in patches 1.17 and 1.17a are preparations for the mid- and high-rank PvE content planned for later release. As soon as we hammer out the basics of the new dungeon and raid environments, we’ll be throwing out some screenshots and introducing them to you.
I can't say I'm complaining about that, one of the biggest things that needs to be addressed is having goals in game or something to do other than leveling and killing a few NMs for mostly mediocre drops. I don't want to see that content implemented before battle system fixes, but I would like to have an idea of what's coming.
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