This is sad.

[razmir]

This is my first FF game i ever played, and i'm not a big poster on a forum, but i must say this game has been amazing and really addicting.
I had the same start up issues as everyone else this weekend, but i don't get what the problem is, you should expect people get used to it by now, heck even my gf who doesn't play mmo's saw me trying to log in multiple times, and knew that was normal for a starting mmo(seen me doing that more than once when a mmo launches )

[Obsy]

I can't even imagine the amount of stress he and his team have been under these last several months leading up to now, what with all of the insane amounts of traveling, PR, long nights, and finally trying to meet the flawless, yet unlikely expectations that so many have had during this launch.

To be met with the vitriol that's been pouring out of the English-speaking community is really shameful. If that image of Yoshi really is a result of finally caving under all of that pressure and negative response, then congratulations, ladies and gents. Maybe now we can all be reminded that this machine of a man that's worked tirelessly for the past two years is actually a human being.

Rocky launch or not, I'm utterly embarrassed by the lack of decency and maturity that the FF online community has previously been so lauded for.

[Gobbya]

Yoshi and team, i love you and thumbs up for all the hard work you guys put in. Problems always come in life in many aspects but ...will go away eventually. Winers ignore them and also the negative people. I had sooo much fun in ffxi for more then ten years and enjoyed ffxiv 1.0 and all the betas ffxiv arr and will continue to do so.

Greetz from a Big Dutch fan!!! I have faith in you and will always do!

[Duelle]

I'm honestly ashamed of being in this community right now.

You mean the bitching about jumping, the bitching about the game not being grind-focused, the bitching over not directly copying FFXI, and the bitching about the damn grass didn't make you ashamed of being part of this community? You're made of stern stuff, OP.

Boohoo, honestly, most MMO launches have problems. There are some that have less, but most WILL have issues.
Another argument that I know will pop up is "This is a re-release of an already released game, should have been perfect." No, it's a completely re-made game, a BRAND NEW game. New infrastructure, engine, everything, minus Lore.

The thing is that people have taken the "once bitten, twice shy" approach to this game. While some apprehension is justifiable, I've not been of the type that'll fly off the handle if there's issues. I may be minorly annoyed at the whole "people can't plan ahead on a server because they're all full" thing, but I'm not going to froth at the mouth over it.

I feel for Yoshi-P on the side of a man that put blood sweat and tears into something only to run into roadblocks like what's been troubling the NA servers. While I have my conspiracy theories for everything that's happened this past month, I won't divulge and simply stick around to give what support I can. I just hope this hasn't made Yoshida reluctant to openness with the community because of the collective hissy fit the NA playerbase has thrown, and instead wish this gets resolved soon enough that we and Yoshi-P can put it all behind us.

[avecha]

it's just like all of the people saying they cancelled their preorders when they encountered a gamebreaking bug during the beta instead of reporting it and letting the team fix it.

They're self entitled manbabies, if they DO quit, we get better server stability as a result. No great loss, the silent majority will continue to play.

Lol. Server stress test beta weekend says hello.

[Soki]

Just hang in there Yoshi-P! You guys can fix the servers, just look at what you did with Final Fantasy XIV 1.0.

[MysteriousRonin]

I thought what I'd do was, I'd pretend I was one of those deaf-mutes.

[mindful]

Problem is they did everything right up to phase 4 the open beta , That should have been 2 weeks long. They messed up on three very basic thing that mmo's in last few years have been doing to reduce the stress and frustrations, of users. 1. A good PR team in place. People do like to be informed on what is going on. And what is being fixed. Even ff11 does a good job on that game. On the maintence. 2. No back up servers set up or rented, And many people have no problems in long query while a game launches, Just the way that set up looking like the game is broken. 3. A unrestricted forum some where , so people can post bugs or other stuff. That actually got devs and maybe players moderators. Instead of some other websites forums. Extra credit would let us know that they got some more outside support helping , even if not true.

[lvltwo]

Yoshi P made a casual MMO, and casual MMO's attract casual players who are typically spoiled pieces of human trash from XBL, PSN, and WoW playing on a fancy computer their parents got them. They expect everything to be F2P and work perfectly when they want it to, and if it doesn't they throw fits, demand they get compensation, and get crappy unethical sellout blogs like Kotaku, 1up, Massively, etc, to give the game bad press and bash it for normal problems that almost every MMO has at launch.

FFXI was a hardcore MMO that weeded those disgusting people out in the Dunes, so we had a great community. Unfortunately we don't have hardcore MMO's anymore because this new generation of gamers can't handle a hard game, so we're stuck with them.

I think Mr.Happy would beg to differ with you over your opinion of the current issues in the game. The last FFXIV Reborn he was in with on xiivnation/gamebreaker he wasn't all to pleased with the current issues. Along with one other host of the show, who is not Garry Gannon, who wasn't to pleased with the issues. And both or at least Mr.Happy are Legacy Players.

[inrainbows]

We are incredibly lucky to have Yoshi-P & the rest of the dev team who obviously are so committed and passionate. The game is absolutely incredible and I have no doubt that the future is very bright. Sure it is a rough launch but the servers will become stable eventually.

I'm sure the vast majority of players are extremely grateful to the dev team.

We love you Yoshi-P!!!