Tokyo, we have a problem..

[abzoluut]

So the community starts to see this structural behaviour the dev team has. Just a quick summary of what numerous threads complain about.

- the development team lies
- the development team lacks foresight
- the development team lacks transparency (a nicer way to say they lie)
- the devlopoment team manages RMT in the shadows
- the development team does not reward legit players (housing prices too high)
- the development team rewards RMT (indirectly)
- the development team is lazy
- the development team uses similar excuses for a wide range of questions

Now, these aren't new things thrown at the dev team. However for example, when after a year we get this response and I quote: "The development team has been making the most of limited server resources"*, questions turn into demands and the already heated forums are no longer a place for solid feedback.

Why is this a problem? This has nothing to do whether personal housing should be in the game or not. When there is a 170 + page thread (probably 180 + by now) going on, people want it. I vouch for things people want in an MMO I play. I have fate in the developers to implement things people want where it would not be gamebraking or a complete mess (hunts for example, hence lack of foresight).

If you think the English forums are harsh, head over to the JP forums. Things are personal over there, I can tell you that!

*How is/are server capacity/recources limited when we have 400K subscribers (probably way more) generating $4 million a month? Can we have some transparency what limited server recources constitutes to?

[Lexxuk]

it's way more than 400k, recently Yoshi said 500k players log in daily, and way more less frequently, though as we know Yoshi LIES is economical with the truth so its probably 27 people and a cat.

[abzoluut]

I just want a solid response and not a vague answer with the word "limitation" in it.

[Teirshin]

it's way more than 400k, recently Yoshi said 500k players log in daily, and way more less frequently, though as we know Yoshi LIES is economical with the truth so its probably 27 people and a cat.

ROFLMAO..... omg I so needed that this morning....

What type of cat though? Probably a type thats just lyin around......

[Iriadysa]

I think we should ask for Yoshida's IMMEDIATE resignation, a public apology and a signed contract that ensures he'll never work on another video game for at least three years.

We have been BETRAYED and this can't be allowed to pass. What is next, if we let this through? They will start asking for real money on housing!

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This is so fun, so many people pissed off.

[Fated]

I think we should ask for Yoshida's IMMEDIATE resignation, a public apology and a signed contract that ensures he'll never work on another video game for at least three years.

We have been BETRAYED and this can't be allowed to pass. What is next, if we let this through? They will start asking for real money on housing!

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This is so fun, so many people pissed off.

Wait, you mean I have to pay a second mortgage now just to play FFXIV?

[Lexxuk]

I think we should ask for Yoshida's IMMEDIATE resignation.

From what I gather, there has been that demand on the JP forum and as we know that SE listen to their Japanese playerbase.............

[Iriadysa]

From what I gather, there has been that demand on the JP forum and as we know that SE listen to their Japanese playerbase.............

I'm not completely surprised if this is the case.

If you ask me, the gaming world would win. The guy's passionate about his work and could do a lot for other games. Being stuck in XIV is just tossing talent away.

FREE YOSHIDA!

[Aesu]

it's way more than 400k, recently Yoshi said 500k players log in daily, and way more less frequently, though as we know Yoshi LIES is economical with the truth so its probably 27 people and a cat.

That cat is secretly managing a nefarious RMT empire to fund the secret alien cat army invasion....

[Lexxuk]

If you ask me, the gaming world would win. The guy's passionate about his work and could do a lot for other games. Being stuck in XIV is just tossing talent away.

Disagree. Every developer wants to work for Valve, I don't think Valve would employ him, their principle is "the gamers are your bosses" so build their games to be fun for the gamer, Yoshi isn't really showing a gamer centric stance, especially when it comes to basic stuff like housing, he is absolutely mistaken which is why they kept quiet about the much desired feature of housing, they knew it would kick up a storm, if you know something you implement is going to annoy the vast majority of your gamers (and isn't about balance or a required feature) you don't put it in, you get a work around, so no, as a director Yoshi has failed.