"Yes, we are aware" that Final Fantasy 14 has experienced a decline in game quality

Square Enix knows Final Fantasy 14 is losing players after Dawntrail and many still logging on are losing patience, president acknowledges concerns Yoshi-P is stretched thin carrying the whole Final Fantasy franchise

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fin...asy-franchise/


Additionally, Kiryu says he's also aware of concerns that Yoshida is juggling too many projects to focus on Final Fantasy 14. While the past years have seen Creative Studio 3 also contribute to Final Fantasy 16, Fantasian Neo Dimension, and upcoming releases like Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, Kiryu says the work that Yoshida is doing in his other roles will end up benefiting Final Fantasy 14 in the end.

Yoshida was referring to the recent number of QA issues that required repeated hotfixes, it's not related to the quality of content.

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Originally Posted by Volgia

Yoshida was referring to the recent number of QA issues that required repeated hotfixes, it's not related to the quality of content.

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It's not a Yoshi-P quote, it's from Square Enix President Takashi Kiryu.

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Originally Posted by Fawkes

It's not a Yoshi-P quote, it's from Square Enix President Takashi Kiryu.

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Technically (since the mainsub removed it on this technicality because they don’t like negative press) a shareholder asked him this quote and he replied yes we are aware

So it can still be attributed to kiryu but it’s not directly his quote

You can't help but wonder if part of the reason game is suffering is because Square is more than happy to milk the game for all the money it brings while making sure it sees barely a fraction of that money put back into it.
....who am I kidding, there's no reason to wonder when it's blatantly obvious that's a huge contributor to the issues.

And saying stuff like "yeah we're piling as many other projects on the game's director as humanly possible, but don't worry it'll help the game in the future!" is such an unbelievably garbage excuse. When do we get to see said benefits, then? When all these extra projects are done, are they going to let him focus back on XIV 100%, or just keep shuffling him around to the next project that XIV itself is bankrolling? I think we all know what the answer is there, too.

this has strong nijisanji EN energy with the "hello shareholders do not fear it will be Fine we are not super fucking up Never"

HOW will working in multiple other projects taking away time from the project he's SUPPOSED to be leading benefit 14 again?
If 10 other projects earn enough money then they might throw a dime towards 14 that paid for all of those 10 projects?

I hope nobody buys the incoming FF9 remake, and I hope they sit on it like Smaug on top of his hoarde of gold to keep it on console for 5 years and ban it from PC and wonder AGAIN. "Where are the sales at"
I might be keeping my sub on for social stuff, and my houses, but I sure as heck am not opening my wallet for any other Square projects until they focus on 14 first.

And you know what the most insulting part is? They are using constant WEASEL WORDS, deflecting any commitment to actually fixing issues. It's just "Yeah, we know things are happening" dot dot dot... "Yeah, its gonna benefit us in the end" dot dot dot...

Not "Yeah we are aware and we are working on fixing it, by doing this and that."

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Originally Posted by Supersnow845

Technically (since the mainsub removed it on this technicality because they don’t like negative press) a shareholder asked him this quote and he replied yes we are aware

So it can still be attributed to kiryu but it’s not directly his quote

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That doesn't make any sense at all. If they tried to ask him some trick question or the article ignored part of his answer or something maybe there would be an argument there.

Like he even went on to say that he's also aware of the sentiment that Yoshi-P is too busy and not focused on FFXIV enough but he thinks it's gonna turn out fine.

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Originally Posted by Fawkes

That doesn't make any sense at all. If they tried to ask him some trick question or the article ignored part of his answer or something maybe there would be an argument there.

Like he even went on to say that he's also aware of the sentiment that Yoshi-P is too busy and not focused on FFXIV enough but he thinks it's gonna turn out fine.

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Exactly I agree

It was still removed for being misleading he’s cause technically he didn’t say it directly

It just sounds like them wanting to remove it because they don’t like the content or the article

We are aware = it has affected our wallet, otherwise we couldn’t care less.

Decline in game quality and surge in cheaters. The amount of people insta reacting to mechanics even before they fully unfold and making out microscopic safe spots in between (normally hidden) telegraphs is getting a little silly. Feels like P....shXIV is now standard-issue.

The big question for me is why they keep blowing their resources on tryhard content without having an anti-cheat.

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Originally Posted by Kandraxx

Decline in game quality and surge in cheaters. The amount of people insta reacting to mechanics even before they fully unfold and making out microscopic safe spots in between (hidden) telegraphs is getting a little silly. Feels like PunishXIV is now standard-issue.

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Or they have done the fight before

Pre-positioning for mechanics you know are coming is super easy

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Originally Posted by Supersnow845

Or they have done the fight before

Pre-positioning for mechanics you know are coming is super easy

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Originally Posted by Kandraxx

Decline in game quality and surge in cheaters. The amount of people insta reacting to mechanics even before they fully unfold and making out microscopic safe spots in between (normally hidden) telegraphs is getting a little silly. Feels like P....shXIV is now standard-issue.

The big question for me is why they keep blowing their resources on tryhard content without having an anti-cheat.

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Yeah i agree, i know how to sit in microscopic safespots because I engage in content often and I play lots of high-end content. I've seen VERY FEW cheaters. Seems like a skill issue to me, ngl.

Also, we all know the truth, anti-cheat would result in a mass-exodus of players. Not because of cheating, but because of mods and QoL plugins that we know millions of players use. It would kill what's left of the RP/ERP scene and people would not be happy to lose their QoL that they love.

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Originally Posted by Hallarem

HOW will working in multiple other projects taking away time from the project he's SUPPOSED to be leading benefit 14 again?
If 10 other projects earn enough money then they might throw a dime towards 14 that paid for all of those 10 projects?

I hope nobody buys the incoming FF9 remake, and I hope they sit on it like Smaug on top of his hoarde of gold to keep it on console for 5 years and ban it from PC and wonder AGAIN. "Where are the sales at"
I might be keeping my sub on for social stuff, and my houses, but I sure as heck am not opening my wallet for any other Square projects until they focus on 14 first.

And you know what the most insulting part is? They are using constant WEASEL WORDS, deflecting any commitment to actually fixing issues. It's just "Yeah, we know things are happening" dot dot dot... "Yeah, its gonna benefit us in the end" dot dot dot...

Not "Yeah we are aware and we are working on fixing it, by doing this and that."

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A cynic might suggest that getting the director as far away from 14 as possible might allow fresh leadership to halt the death spiral.

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Originally Posted by Mawlzy

A cynic might suggest that getting the director as far away from 14 as possible might allow fresh leadership to halt the death spiral.

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Kiryu playing 4d chess, distracting Yoshi P and having someone shadowfix FF14. If only

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Originally Posted by Hallarem

HOW will working in multiple other projects taking away time from the project he's SUPPOSED to be leading benefit 14 again?
If 10 other projects earn enough money then they might throw a dime towards 14 that paid for all of those 10 projects?

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I guess he meant that making yoship handle other (non mmorpg) projects give him new experience or insight? Which he can then applied to ff14.

But I don't speak corporate, so maybe I'm wrong.

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Originally Posted by Kozh

I guess he meant that making yoship handle other (non mmorpg) projects give him new experience or insight? Which he can then applied to ff14.

But I don't speak corporate, so maybe I'm wrong.

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That was the intention but instead it just bled 14 into other games. Like 16 was just a story rail shooter with what honestly felt like more cutscenes than actual gameplay.

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Originally Posted by YovelaLindswood

That was the intention but instead it just bled 14 into other games. Like 16 was just a story rail shooter with what honestly felt like more cutscenes than actual gameplay.

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Yep! It's also total bullshit. That said, I really don't know if Yoshi-P is the right person for the job anymore... i mean, i know there are budget issues which comes from corporate but also, replacing or majorly changing parts of the formula for the game should be doable. The things that are no longer working, replace them.

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Originally Posted by HazyAssaulter

Square Enix knows Final Fantasy 14 is losing players after Dawntrail and many still logging on are losing patience, president acknowledges concerns Yoshi-P is stretched thin carrying the whole Final Fantasy franchise

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fin...asy-franchise/


Additionally, Kiryu says he's also aware of concerns that Yoshida is juggling too many projects to focus on Final Fantasy 14. While the past years have seen Creative Studio 3 also contribute to Final Fantasy 16, Fantasian Neo Dimension, and upcoming releases like Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, Kiryu says the work that Yoshida is doing in his other roles will end up benefiting Final Fantasy 14 in the end.

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Thought it could also lead to diluting the product with focus taken away from FFXIV means more things will slip through the cracks and well, look at the game as it is right now

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Originally Posted by Supersnow845

Exactly I agree

It was still removed for being misleading he’s cause technically he didn’t say it directly

It just sounds like them wanting to remove it because they don’t like the content or the article

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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...s_the_quality/

I just did some lateral reading on it because the inflammatory headline felt kind of misleading.

You all really like saying the exact same things over and over again.

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Originally Posted by HazyAssaulter

Square Enix knows Final Fantasy 14 is losing players after Dawntrail and many still logging on are losing patience, president acknowledges concerns Yoshi-P is stretched thin carrying the whole Final Fantasy franchise

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fin...asy-franchise/


Additionally, Kiryu says he's also aware of concerns that Yoshida is juggling too many projects to focus on Final Fantasy 14. While the past years have seen Creative Studio 3 also contribute to Final Fantasy 16, Fantasian Neo Dimension, and upcoming releases like Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, Kiryu says the work that Yoshida is doing in his other roles will end up benefiting Final Fantasy 14 in the end.

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To be honest, context aside, I can't believe how insouciant Takashi Kiryu sounds.

I mean, no-one should expect a corporate mouthpiece who can/will only say good things about his company to produce some elaborate plan outlining how they intend to address the issue. On the other hand his half-arsed comment regarding how YoshiP's "other roles will end up benefiting Final Fantasy 14 in the end" is anything but reassuring and stinks of 'trust me bro'.

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Originally Posted by Uncle_Jafar

We are aware = it has affected our wallet, otherwise we couldn’t care less.

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You make that sound like it's a bad thing. If a corporation isn't in it for the Money that's when I start getting nervous.

I don't question many things about the company outside of what I call "Bad Greed", "Reckless Greed" or "Ignorant Greed."

People always attribute bad decisions to Greed in general, yet when things are good they just assume the company in question has no Greedy intentions. That's not true.

My issue is with reckless Greed when a company could make more money doing one thing but chooses not to. 7.3 will still make Square money, but not as much money as they could make for no foreseeable benefit.

You can go "Well, there will always be people who pay" yada yada woesome style logic that doesn't go anywhere, that's defeatist - ask yourself the genuine question... Who doesn't want more money?

Everybody wants a little more of something they don't have.

It seems to me a lot of companies in the current decade are allergic to money, whether that come in the form of putting their prices out of reach of their customers (Nvidia) or making subpar/recycled products for unreasonable (if reachable) prices (Nintendo) or refusing no matter what to make what people actually want (Microsoft, Square, others). Seems to me all of these are obvious pitfalls that any company with an interest in making money would avoid like the plague and yet, here we are.

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Originally Posted by Alice_Rivers

Seems to me all of these are obvious pitfalls that any company with an interest in making money would avoid like the plague and yet, here we are.

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We tend to believe those in charge are capable super intelligent, which for the most part isn't true.
Usually, they're the stupidest, stubborn and ignorant person in the room, but are the ones with power, either through money (shareholders) or position (CEO, management).

Remember that SquareEnix are one of the victims of NFT scams.

"We are aware, but we don't know why or how to fix it"

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Originally Posted by Altina_Orion

Yeah i agree, i know how to sit in microscopic safespots because I engage in content often and I play lots of high-end content. I've seen VERY FEW cheaters. Seems like a skill issue to me, ngl.

Also, we all know the truth, anti-cheat would result in a mass-exodus of players. Not because of cheating, but because of mods and QoL plugins that we know millions of players use. It would kill what's left of the RP/ERP scene and people would not be happy to lose their QoL that they love.

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I don't play very much (any) high end content but I've done every alliance raid and a lot of normal raids and trials hundreds of times and those mechanics are not random, sometimes I can pre-position myself long before they telegraph. Sometimes I wonder if people think I'm cheating...

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Originally Posted by Altina_Orion

Also, we all know the truth, anti-cheat would result in a mass-exodus of players. Not because of cheating, but because of mods and QoL plugins that we know millions of players use. It would kill what's left of the RP/ERP scene and people would not be happy to lose their QoL that they love.

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Oh it's way simpler than plugins or mods or whatever for me. I don't want to have any piece of corporate software with kernel 0 access on my machine.

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Originally Posted by Exmo

You all really like saying the exact same things over and over again.

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Yeah it validates my neurospicy side and gives me confidence.

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Originally Posted by Valence

Oh it's way simpler than plugins or mods or whatever for me. I don't want to have any piece of corporate software with kernel 0 access on my machine.

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The reason I haven't touched a single Riot game ever since they implemented Vangard everywhere.

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Originally Posted by Kandraxx

Decline in game quality and surge in cheaters. The amount of people insta reacting to mechanics even before they fully unfold and making out microscopic safe spots in between (normally hidden) telegraphs is getting a little silly.

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I don't disagree there is an issue with people using third party programs but finding microscopic safe spots is the melee/tank favorite pastime.

Best part is "it cost money to fix OC tower but we dont have it right now." I'm like you have 10 years to save money my guy. Watch 7.4 and 7.5 will have no fixes or change difficulty if savage is too hard due the cost cannot afford it. We are basically screw if they fudge up the difficulty. GG SE GG