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[Seriha]

Sorry, but 100% devotion to XIV 2 years ago or so, XI suddenly getting its best year like... ever, and then a dramatic crash once pulled is just way too suspicious. He may have come in on the tail end of Abyssea, but since it's not like this stuff is done overnight, him bucking an established system for draconian MMO policies would've had some definite backlash. Instead, we get Voidwatch, WoE drop rates, 1500 heavy metal plates, and scroll acquisition issues that pretty much nobody is happy with.

If not him, then offer an explanation to the contrary. A game running on a skeleton crew does not justify the above on its own.

[noodles355]

Instead, we get Voidwatch, WoE drop rates, 1500 heavy metal plates, and scroll acquisition issues that pretty much nobody is happy with.

You mentioned scroll drop rates twice there. WoE drop rates are only an issue regarding scrolls. It's retardely easy to get coins, and the drop rate for dice isn't too terrible. 1500 metal plates is to balance out relics/empyreans/mythics in terms of effort/reward. I am not saying I agree with it, I am parroting the dev team's intention. Secondly, someone has already made a 95 Almace, just throwing that out there.

Hey Seriha, do you know what event got revamped around the same time as they introduced Voidwatch? That's right, Dynamis. Dynamis has such terrible drop rates as well... i mean in 2 hours with just myself and my whm mule I'll get like 4~ Relic -1s, 5~ Relic Accessories, and 150~ currancy. That's a terrible drop rate. By "timing" of his return alone, he is just as responsible for dynamis as he is for voidwatch.

If you want an explanation to the contrary, how about the gear progressions we were getting before abyssea - had they carried on at the exact same progression, along with the non-abyssea exp parties, it would have made the transition from 75 to 99 a very big chore and take a very long time. Abyssea seems more like transitional period to help the player base jump from the 75 cap to the 99 cap. It is just as plausible that Tanaka was the mastermind behind this transitional "get everyone up there quickish" addition, as it is plausible that he had absolutely no input on abyssea whatsoever.

In the end, the simple fact is you, me and everyone else here doesn't have any idea and can't prove either way just how much input tanaka has or had throughout all of pre-abyssea, abyssea, and post-abyssea. You don't know the inner working of SE. And because you can not prove it either way, you should not be blaming him alone.


Tanaka: "Guilty until proven innocent". Glad you guys don't run the justice system in my country.

[noodles355]

Also, to all you whiney cry babies complaining that FFXI is going back to it's old ways and how that's so terrible: If you don't like the old ways, if you didn't like them back then and you dont now, then why the hell are you still playing? Go play something easier like WoW or Hello Kitty. I seriously don't understand "FFXI was so terrible and long and hard before abyssea wah wah", if it was so terribad then why were you playing?

[Greatguardian]

More like, if people liked Abyssea, why make 50 billion page threads all over the god damn forums about how much you hate Abyssea and how CoP was the pinnacle of MMO devleopment?

Retarded posers are retarded.

[Seriha]

"Hey all you whiners, go quit so the game can get worse for those who stay behind with an even smaller budget and lesser community voice!"

Stamp, priss, and kvetch about this is all some farce of a trial if it makes you feel better, but at best, in correlation anyone with a strong opinion (let's face it, negative vastly outweigh the positive here and on multiple boards where you've had people tell you to basically stfu), they wouldn't be suitable jurors. And an honest to goodness trial would ideally have better access to the paper trail that'd basically confirm or deny everything that's being said.

In the end, the FFXI of 2011 isn't as popular and loved as the FFXI of 2010. Why? Well, it's not like we aren't throwing reasons out there. SE's free to ignore them at their peril.

[CrystalWeapon]

I think it's just a result of people bitching for harder content. Though, the number of posts from the staff and the amount of positive responses has dwindled drastically from earlier in the year.

[Neisan_Quetz]

Well, if you quit the game, you won't be caring about it as much anymore, just saying.

If you quit and still care well, maybe it's best you reevaluate why you quit in the first place if you're just going to keep coming back.

[Seriha]

Either way, the "hate" is basically a why behind the why and people naturally trying to snuff out the root of a problem. I doubt the art or sound guys are responsible, nor those who handle making cut-scenes. Could try to skip past the producer/director level and blame the money, but I doubt what comes comes with the overly specific condition of making drop rates and progression miserable. Someone somewhere approved this, and last I checked, people wanting their money's worth out of a product isn't a crime.

[noodles355]

All that doesn't explain why you're blaming everything on one man without any actual proof whatsoever that he did the stuff you disapprove of, or that he didn't do the stuff you approve of.

Yeah, I've been told to shut up on 2 different forums. Do you know who by? People who can't actually answer my questions and justify their hate at Tanaka. Essentially it has always gone:
Guy: Tanaka is the devil.
Me: Why.
Guy: he did XYZ and changed ABC.
Me: Proof?
Guy: It just seems like what he'd do.
Me: Proof?
Guy: Shut up! It's obviously him!
Me: Proof?
Guy: Omg shut up and go away QQ

And yet again you, Seriha, are another example of this head-in-the-sand mentality upon being confronted. You still haven't answered my questions. Let me post them again for you:
1) If you dislike FFXI now, which is "like old FFXI before abyssea", then that suggests you disliked old FFXI. If you disliked it enough to make you post crying and complaining about it, then why did you play at all? If it was so terrible why did you quit?
2) You keep blaming Tanaka for the changes. Why? You have absolutely no proof whatsoever about how much involvement he had with both the recent patch, and also with the abyssea patches. You, me, and everyone who doesn't work at SE can not prove it either way. Am I saying Tanaka was completely responsible for abyssea? No. I'm not saying what tanaka was responsible for. Do you know why? Because I don't know and short of SE telling us, there is no way to know. I'm mature enough to accept that. I dont need to use the man as a scapegoat to have a little cry about my massochistic relationship with a video game. I'm using the sensible and mature view of "Innocent until proven guilty". Why aren't you?

[Seriha]

I see a genre that's meant to grow and evolve, ideally toward the wants of its players and not take giant steps backward. Why don't you?

Overall, you wouldn't give a damn about my reasons for sticking around. Though, I'm sure you'll take delight in the knowledge I may very well pack my bags if current trends continue. And I doubt I'll be alone. Like I said, SE can do what it does at its own peril, but possible bodies responsible aren't this giant mystery you want us to believe. So, hey, bring your own proof to the contrary. It's not like the rest of us don't have the history of the game, dodged questions, and fanfest shenanigans to pull from to paint an ugly picture with.