Patch 1.19 was recently announced to roll out on October 4, about five days later than originally planned. Mostly due to debugging and polishing to avoid "unnecessary player inconvenience."

"The main reason for the delay is the balancing and debugging needed to ensure the stability of both all-new content and the overhauls being made to battle algorithms," explained Producer Naoki Yoshida.

"Rather than rushing an earlier release and risking unnecessary player inconvenience, I’d rather spend a few more days balancing the combat and materia systems, and squashing as many bugs as possible."

On the bright side, Yoshi-P released a quick teaser of the upcoming Bowl of Embers, an instance featuring fan-favourite Ifrit.