Quote Originally Posted by Bluevann View Post
Thing is, we ARE having fun! Just because we don't do all of the game, doesn't mean we're not enjoying it. It'd be like saying that if someone doesn't do everything that there's to do in the world, then he isn't enjoying life. I do very few things IRL, and I'm still having a blast at it.

Plus, there's the pleasure of satire. My friends and I have a lot of fun at pointing out at flaws (what we consider flaws, mind you) in the game or things we'd like to see improved or changed (for example, the fact that the sea is always so flat even during thunderstorms). We make jokes about them and about what reasons SE could have for making the game a certain way.

Often too many times though, when I do this with someone who isn't used to this kind of humor, someone usually out of my FC, I get reactions like "if you dislike all those things, why don't you leave?" or "hater hater hater" or "Yoshida didn't have to give us all these nice things, be grateful and content with what we have!" "You only complain, just quit!" etcetera. It is a rather sad reaction to me. Sure, I talk about things I don't like more than I do of things I do like, but that's just because that's what it is. Why discuss of things I do like? They don't need a change to me, so I don't need to bring them up. Long as it doesn't bloom into personal insults to Yoshida or the developers or players who do enjoy the parts of the games I do not (example: This content is so retarded I feel SE only added it to make those <insertnonsensicalinsult here> <categoryofplayers>!), I see criticism as a sign of love for the game. Because only if you really care for the game, you'll take a moment to look at certain details and bring them up for discussions.

There's many other things I'd like to add on the topic, because I'm sensitive to the misconception that dev-requests/suggestions threads = hate and ill feelings, but I'll just end it here.

If you have doubts whether or not someone is playing something he's having fun with, simply look at the fact that he IS paying for the game and playing. People don't pay for things they do not enjoy in a sufficient way to deem it worth the cash. Just like with marriage.
Well first off, I really wasn't trying to condescend to anyone at all by what I was saying, and made that as crystal clear as I could in my very first post. And I wasn't really quoting anyone specifically, just some of the posts seemed to be very down, not happy-ish, and maybe even lethargic about it. I'm sorry, I personally don't understand what you're coming from. I personally don't take any kind of pleasure in "pointing out flaws" in things, unless someone specifically asks for constructive criticism which I do not mind giving. If it can be constructive then it may have a means of helping the flaw or issue out. But to just flat out poke and make fun of something to do that, isn't that just basically bullying in it's most basic form?

I'm sorry but your post (since you decided to quote me) has me extremely confused as to what you're trying to say or to convey to me. Also, I would personally find it rude, if you were to act that way towards someone that wasn't inside your personal joke, by picking at something they like. I would get frustrated myself without the proper knowledge of what was causing you to act such a way infront of me.

Plus I never said that dev requests or suggestions in the form of threads meant that there was hatred and malice intention behind the people who make such threads...
There are things in this game I'm not 100% happy with, I don't hate, but I wouldn't mind maybe seeing a change for the better. And if there is an issue that arises I do try to give constructive criticism as honestly as I can with knowing the issue at hand as 100% as I can. I never just blindly go "Oh I hate this because I personally just hate it, and it should be changed just for me!"

Again I'm not really 100% sure exactly what you're trying to convey to me here.