Quote Originally Posted by Alahra View Post
As for the Western audience being blindsided, I think that's a bit unfair. I hadn't seen that translation until you posted it in the other thread because I try to avoid visiting Reddit. I do what I can to keep up with the Live Letters and the like, but I don't think it's really fair to discredit people's disappointment with the current state of things because they happened to miss one thread that translated a pertinent interview several months ago.
There were multiple Japanese interviews, and a player addressing Yoshi-P directly at another Japanese event. I just supplied a few examples of what the JP community has been well aware of since last year at Tokyo Fanfest. But I digress.

Quote Originally Posted by Alahra View Post
I actually think we still would be, if the reward structure wasn't changed. In ARR, the group of players (whatever size they are) that were sidelined by Savage were able to get top, optimized gear from B/S/FCOB. Even if Alex NM were closer to the old ARR raids in difficulty, if the i210 Gordias gear was still Savage only, I have a feeling a lot of the dissatisfaction would still be there.
This is going to sound rude of me, but the problem we face essentially boils down to an impeded race for the shinies, then? (impeded by the debated artificial difficulty of Savage)