Dev Team Appreciation Post

I've never seen one of these before so I wanted to start a Thread where the community
can show and tell the Dev team(NA and Japan) that we really appreciate their work and
dedication to FFXIV. I feel like all I read on the front page sometimes is "this is bad, i'm unsubing and I want this and that etc etc." but never a thread about "Hey, Thanks for what you do guys!" so I wanted to start one for them so everyone who wants to leave a little thanks and happy vibes for them to see.

So I say, Thank you Dev. Team, your work is appreciated by many players and we hope you keep up the awesome work. :D

Well we do this ones a while, just no normal stuff. Mostly at end of the expansion. :P
Thanks developers!
Now go make me Orange Juice Tablet Top.

good thinking man this is a good idea dunno why no one did one before far as i know the dev team has been doing great to try making the game a fun way to kill time and have fun with friends so thank you SE dev team keep up the good work

Thanks for making entertaining content :)

This is a good idea for a thread, I would like to thank the developers and staff for a wonderful game, and those extra little special touches, they are noticed and appreciated :)

I always said I'd never play a game I had to pay monthly just to play. Here I am after 2 years and still subbing.

Not just anyone could have pulled that off. Even got a friend who doesn't care about RPGs to play this and he really likes it. So developers, I thank you for creating such an entertaining game. I can honestly say I've never played a better mmo. (And I've played a ton) :)

Considering the state of the Dev team they really do a remarkable job. They are a small team that make a huge game and don't get enough credit for the amount of heart and soul that they put into it. Yoshi P especially, he really cares about the game.

It's nice to see some positivity among all the negative threads of late!

Major thanks to the Developers who brought us FFXIV, after spending many years before jumping from one MMO to another this game finally provided a place for me (and others) to land and create a character to play out the wonderful stories and in the gorgeous environments that each expansion has brought us.

Keep up the good work! I plan to keep subbing until the very end, and look forward to all the brilliant work to come!

(sure this game has its good and bad points, but at the end of the day nothing is completely perfect and I hope to see it through!)

Thank you devs for giving us such a wonderful game! I finally kicked my 10+ year long warcraft addiction thanks to this game. Now I feel like I can play casually and just hang with my friends and not fall behind like in WoW... it's truly wonderful.

I am coming up on one year in FFXIV and I have loved every day of it. Thank you Dev Team for all of the hard work you have put into this game for others to enjoy. It is a beautiful game, with more content than I could ever hope to finish, but I never get tired of exploring. This is the best mmo I have ever played. Thank you so, so much!

Been playing for like a year straight now.

I'm small and have a dancing moogle on a stick. 10/10 100/100 GOTYAY

Sorry to dampen the positivity romance, but after playing this game for over 2 years now, I gotta say that the dev team needs to be either replaced or Yoshi-P needs to be replaced. I love the game and all, but the content is a rehash every expansion and every patch is predictable. The current formula is stagnant. Something needs to be done about this.

Some good content like POTD was a good start. Eureka was just bad imo. It didn't even capture anything I loved about FFXI. It felt like Abyssea 2.0, only with more leechers, afkers and fps hell.

The game is 5 years old now. This isn't 2.0 anymore. It's time to change up the formula, think out the safety box, and add more new, original and exciting content. FFXI could do this with each expansion and the game is 15 or so YEARS OLD. This game with it's enhanced graphics and style should become even better than it's predecessor, but atm it's still far behind FFXI, not in graphics, but in original and creative content.

There is still room for growth for this game, but if Yoshi and his team keep the current formula going, this game isn't gonna have the best longevity it's older brother (FFXI) has.

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Eureka was just bad imo. It didn't even capture anything I loved about FFXI.

The game is 5 years old now. This isn't 2.0 anymore. It's time to change up the formula, think out the safety box, and add more new, original and exciting content. FFXI could do this with each expansion and the game is 15 or so YEARS OLD. This game with it's enhanced graphics and style should become even better than it's predecessor, but atm it's still far behind FFXI, not in graphics, but in original and creative content.

There is still room for growth for this game, but if Yoshi and his team keep the current formula going, this game isn't gonna have the best longevity it's older brother (FFXI) has.

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What you people seem to want, is the combat system from XI, more than anything else. Obviously that will never happen. Beyond that you say "original stuff" but people never seem to explain what that stuff should be.

Let's stay positive guys. :). No need to go at one another. Let's keep the thread positive.

I for one cannot wait for FF14GO.
But seriously keep up the good work devs.

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What you people seem to want, is the combat system from XI, more than anything else. Obviously that will never happen. Beyond that you say "original stuff" but people never seem to explain what that stuff should be.

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Either that or they just hate every new thing the devs try so yes of course they might rehash because this player base is just impossible to please lol

Yes some things really need to be addressed but overall great job becuase I have tried other games and end up back here re-subbed

It's clear that the love you have for the game shows in the work you put into it. I especially love the culture and pop references throughout the quests. And I like how the developers try to actively listen to the community as a whole. I wish they would speak up more though, and tell us the reasoning because some changes!

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Originally Posted by Lambdafish

Considering the state of the Dev team they really do a remarkable job. They are a small team that make a huge game and don't get enough credit for the amount of heart and soul that they put into it. Yoshi P especially, he really cares about the game.

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You do know that FF14 has one of the largest dev teams in the industry right?

It's not some small team, at all lol.

To the developers of this game: Thank you! It's not only a great MMO but a great Final Fantasy. I am a big fan of the series and appreciate the nods to other titles.
I hadn't been able to play any MMOs and stick to them, but FFXIV made that possible.

I think it's the community that makes this game shine, just like FFXI, people would just step in battle, help you out and then go about their way. I love the animations too, nothing better than a lala dancing to brighten up your day.

Please keep making great content ^^

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Originally Posted by KaldeaSahaline

You do know that FF14 has one of the largest dev teams in the industry right?

It's not some small team, at all lol.

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The battle content team is still very low though

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Originally Posted by Usho

Sorry to dampen the positivity romance, but after playing this game for over 2 years now, I gotta say that the dev team needs to be either replaced or Yoshi-P needs to be replaced. I love the game and all, but the content is a rehash every expansion and every patch is predictable. The current formula is stagnant. Something needs to be done about this.

Some good content like POTD was a good start. Eureka was just bad imo. It didn't even capture anything I loved about FFXI. It felt like Abyssea 2.0, only with more leechers, afkers and fps hell.


The game is 5 years old now. This isn't 2.0 anymore. It's time to change up the formula, think out the safety box, and add more new, original and exciting content. FFXI could do this with each expansion and the game is 15 or so YEARS OLD. This game with it's enhanced graphics and style should become even better than it's predecessor, but atm it's still far behind FFXI, not in graphics, but in original and creative content.

There is still room for growth for this game, but if Yoshi and his team keep the current formula going, this game isn't gonna have the best longevity it's older brother (FFXI) has.

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Here come the trolls. People just like to jump into a post, change the topic and turn things negative don't they? This was an appreciation thread, if you don't have appreciation then just stay out. You guys gotta be negative about everything don't you? I myself had somewhat of a similar thread i started and soon as i posted it the trolls came running in ready to turn it negative with a bunch of crap trying to twist it into something else when in reality it was simply made to show my appreciateion. Come to find that you guys are even doing the same over here too. It's sad. I can understand constructive criticism but i mean cmon guys really? If you have nothing nice to say don't go straight to an appreciation thread to wreck it with your offtopic negativity, instead go back to your dark side of the forums and make your own rant. Saying all this in itself might be a bit twisting, but i felt someone needed to say it. So now that it's said and done i will move on and give my appreciation too!

AHEM aside from all that i'd also like to thank the dev team :). Lets keep this thread positive please. =D

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Originally Posted by Remedi

The battle content team is still very low though

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For sure, but that doesn't make my statement incorrect; especially considering the person I responded to and the context of the post. It's safe to assume that battle content isn't the focus (although if it were up to me it would be). The point was to not let misinformation be spread about how people seem to think Yoshi has a team of 4-5 people sitting in a garage making FF14, when it has at times had one of the largest dev teams in the industry.

Thanks for making my favorite game. Sometimes people don't appreciate something until it's gone. Imagine if FF XIV was gone tomorrow. Your next log out is the last one ever. There are other games out there but nothing quite like this one. Next expansion a massive amount of leavers will come back as usual, plus a lot of new people. Stormblood launch reportedly set the new record for concurrent subscribers, beating out ARR. Hopefully they keep up the good marketing and grow the audience again.

I really do appreciate all the devs have done and all the crap they've had to put up with. I'm honestly extremely disappointing in the community right now.

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Originally Posted by KaldeaSahaline

For sure, but that doesn't make my statement incorrect; especially considering the person I responded to and the context of the post. It's safe to assume that battle content isn't the focus (although if it were up to me it would be). The point was to not let misinformation be spread about how people seem to think Yoshi has a team of 4-5 people sitting in a garage making FF14, when it has at times had one of the largest dev teams in the industry.

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It wasn't my intention to say it was, more a lamentation that they should make it bigger

I might be in the minority, but I feel like the game is the best it's ever been.
There's a clear difference in the quality of leveling and 50 dungeons compared to 70 and later 60 dungeons. The design has definitely improved over time.
The extreme trials are tons of fun imo, and are truly worth playing again and again. It's just so satisfying to get a perfect run.
Sure, I didn't like Eureka but it's not like it's the only thing to do.
imho, if people are saying the game has gotten stale or needs an overhaul or what have you, maybe you should take a break and come back when the next major patch comes out? Fatigue is a real thing and all it takes is a break to make things feel a little more fresh again.
Just my two cents.

I thank the devs for making 90% of old content still somewhat relevant, or at least playable for newbies.
This is one of the main draws of the game for me, feels like so many games nowadays just disregard the leveling experience and anything that's not current end-game because a majority of the playerbase doesn't care about it and will often times discourage the devs from working on them, so I'm glad Yoshi P and his team not only manage to create engaging end-game content they also made a way of keeping leveling interesting and fun at all stages of the game and mostly retaining the feel of the content as it was originally released, ensuring new players don't miss out on much even if they start late.

now please tell Soken that removing the drums and slowing the tempo of old Final Fantasy tracks is a bad idea, might as well just rip the music straight from the original game like with FFT if they're going to do that >.>