Remove the knockback attacks in Rieves

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You don't know what a white knight is, apparently. White knighting is when you blindly defend something with no real reason or backing it up. I don't do that. White knighting would be if I went around to every single negative thing anyone had to say about anything and go "NUH UH! UR STOOPID, GAME IS PERFECT!"

Also, I don't know where you're pulling this "they don't' have to fix it" stuff from. Such comments are useless without context. The only thing remotely like this I ever say is when people complain about really small stuff when there's more important things that need doing. e.g. there's some major bugs in the game and I see people with these threads attempting to divert the dev's attention from larger issues. I realize that different things are important to different people, but the devs still have to set priorities.

Defending something with a reasonable argument and without a fanboi mentality is not white knighting. Also as demonstrated by this thread and many others, I have my fair share of complaints.

I'm not sure where you got this from, but I don't do this at all. They do have to fix things. What do you think this thread is about? However, they have to set priorities, and we have to (okay, should be) realistic.

I shouldn't have to post something other than my actual opinion on an issue just for the sake of meeting some unknown quota of complaints or agreements with complaints in order to not be branded or labeled. These ad hominium attacks really need to stop.

As an aside: I'm tired of people acting like FFXI has to compete with WoW or the latest brand new MMO. Most of the people playing now are not that likely to be leaving this MMO for another. Most people I know of who quit an MMO they've played for many years don't play another one when they quit. your mileage may vary I suppose, but this is just what I've observed from people I've met over the years. Everquest 1 is still running. Ultima Online is still running. Runescape is still running. These games don't have huge playerbases anymore- but they don't need to have huge playerbases- as long as the game is running in the black, it will keep running. None of these games will take nor are they trying to take customers from newer games. FFXI is basically in this category now. This doesn't mean they have a license to do stupid things to upset the playerbase, of course- it's just some food for thought.

The reason alot of people are fed up with how you post is you respond what it seems like every thread out there usually disagreeing with the position. This is what is getting you attacked.

Your allowed your freedom of speech but you need to realize you dont have to actually wade into the pool on nearly every issue and state your opinion. Keep that to the things that are most important to you.

Responding to each and every small change that someone wants with a "well they dont have to fix that" is what annoys people, and brands you as a white knight.

Stop doing that and respond to only major issues with a dissenting opinion and i bet alot of those attacks stop.

I honestly wouldnt have even bothered replying to this thread at all if you kept a lower profile and didnt draw so much criticism from alot of other people on the forum.

And your defintion of white knighting is taking to the extreme, people arnt an archetype and do not 100% act a certain way. The reason you are getting called a white knight is you seem to put your 2 cents into every single problem in the game. And a large percentage of the time you are disagreeing with the OP. When in reality you dont need to respond to every thread like that.