Please remove Shark Fin Soup

[Almalexia]

I play the game. I eat meat (not cartilage). I like killing stuff in-game. But I don't like hidden political messages supporting a cruel practice. Hence the post.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalodon

Megalodon (/ˈmɛɡələdɒn/ MEG-ə-lə-don; meaning "big tooth", from Ancient Greek: μέγας (megas) "big, mighty" and ὀδoύς (odoús), "tooth"—whose stem is odont-, as seen in the genitive case form ὀδόντος, odóntos)[1] is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 15.9 to 2.6 million years ago, during the Cenozoic Era (middle Miocene to end of Pliocene).[2]

You are complaining about a virtual iteration of an actual species shark that has been extinct for at least 3 million years.

Was your time machine hijacked by shark hunters?

[Red_Wolf]

To me, the text seems like a scathing criticism of real-life finning, not an endorsement or an attempt to pull the wool over anyone's eyes.

Thank you for reading the whole post instead of just making ridiculous assumptions. What you say is possible. But I think including the item then feeling the need to justify it by claiming shark meat is widely used is very interesting. And if this wasn't a common misconception IRL then I'd probably dismiss it too.

[Kinkoz]

Thank you for reading the whole post instead of just making ridiculous assumptions. What you say is possible.

I'm fairly certain this is what anyone would think given the renowned work of the localization team. Or the fact that the game takes place in a fictional setting, so Shark Fin Soup could potentially taste savory in this fictionalized environment as opposed to reality.

You're reading way too much into this.

[Starrywisdom]

Please remove axes from the game as it is insulting to lumberjacks.

[Ceodore]

Also remove chocobo racing. It's a reference to horse racing. Also remove basilisk eggs from being farmable from the nodes in North Thanalan. It's a reference to child abduction and human trafficking. Remove chocobo feathers from crafts, because the feathers were probably plucked and harvested from live chocobos. Remove leatherworking, because the leatherworkers probably skinned the animals while they were still alive. Remove carpentry because trees are living things too! Remove weaving for the same reason. Remove armorsmithing and blacksmithing, because the metals were probably from a strip mine, and strip mining is bad.

A game is only okay as long as it's full of compliments and hugging, like sarcastaball

[FranSeara]

Please never put Afros in the game because that would be Rachel.

[Eul]

-_- it's just game wtf. You can cook dye, you can mine mountain that never depleted, you can chop wood without make the tree fall, and many more game logic. You took all thing too serious lol.

[Mihana]

Political messages? Sure, right. This has to be a troll thread. I'm not going to mock the idea of eating shark fins (I've never even had it personally.) but the OP is seriously missing something here. There indeed could be more uses to said Megalodon than what's accessible to the common adventurer. Keep in mind the average adventurer in Eorzea uses crystals from making clothing to preparing a meal. The average Eorzean still cooks, skins, carves, smelts, weaves, and so on. Therefore they still have many recipes and such that are available to them that cannot be made with the simplistic alternative offered with crystals. If you consider it many of the item descriptions for food may seem inconsistent too.

Antelope Stew
A thick, flavorful soup made by simmering a variety of wild vegetables and antelope meat over a low heat for several hours.

Antelope Stew made by an adventurer using crystals is created in a mere matter of seconds, minutes even. Yet an actual cook would definitely take several hours to create it. So basing your argument over an in-game description is silly. It's not political, they're not hiding anything, there's no advocating the abuse of sharks. Anyway back to the usage of the entire shark just because there isn't a recipe available via the means of crystals doesn't mean that the entire shark is wasted. It very well may be that only via traditional means might the fishermen and culinarians of Eorzea make actual use of the remains.

EDIT: Technically even with crystals it may not be wasted, failed synthesis and leftover scraps may be actually returned to the aether (Read Lifestream.) which thanks to things like the Primals are probably desperately needed. Though thinking about it at this point feels pretty silly since this is only a game.

[PrimeEvilPanda]

But leave the rampant violence and murder in-game, amirite?

When the dumb blonde in a movie gets killed - no one cares. When the dog or any other animal gets killed, the feels pour in by the multitudes.

A statement to signify that every time I have to kill the little Apkallu I feel dirty, evil and unworthy. Whereas if the ground was littered with the remains of your carcass, I wouldn't bat an eyelid.

[Its_Elodie]

It's just...a game. I've gotta say, I wish people in real life were even a quarter as motivated about changing the issues in society and the world as we are here in Eorzea. There'd be more boys in bunny suits and less shark fin soup! Part of me is happy that I can actually enjoy this game and get away from the world and it's problems for a few hours. Wish every one else could do the same >.<