Originally Posted by
FrankReynolds
I'll probably give FFXIV a shot, but I doubt I'll play it for very long and I feel somewhat conflicted about even doing that. Regardless of how great the director is or how different the direction is, the parent company is still the same. So when it comes down to it, Its still the same people.
The director can have all the great ideas in the world, but he still has to fit them into the budget handed down from up high. I'm sure that numerous people on the FFXI Development team would have loved to answer all our requests and to have been able to rebuild this game into a shining modern masterpiece of high res graphics, awesome story lines and user friendly controls too, but nothing get's done without corporate approval.
These people have crapped on their customers too many times. I just don't feel comfortable investing any serious time or money in anything from them again. I'm not gonna say never, but If FFXIV doesn't make women want me, increase my bank account ten fold and enhance my man parts, I probably will avoid SE titles entirely from this point on.