The big spoiler in the Heavensward opening/trailer was a huge mistake. (spoilers obv)

[Takfloyd]

How?? If you want your non-playing friends to play FFXIV, you should show them, "A REALM REBORN" opening movie/trailer because that one introduces the game to the audience and they won't be spoiled too much. With this in mind, if the non playing pals of yours did see the HW trailer, they wouldn't have a clue what went down because they haven't played the game yet; as long as you don't say a word about the story, then they won't be spoiled. DOI!

What about my friends who played ARR in the past, but had unsubscribed and weren't interested in Heavensward? I would have liked to rekindle their interest with a cool video, but I wasn't going to show them character death spoilers!

Also, personally, if I had seen the HW trailer before starting the game, the spoiler would have annoyed me enough that I wouldn't have bought it. I haven't played Persona 4 despite being a fan of the series because I know who the killer is, and that turns me off playing it entirely. That's just me though.

Anyway, if a mod sees this, please close the thread, there's no reason to talk about this now.

[DreamAngel-Ren]

What about my friends who played ARR in the past, but had unsubscribed and weren't interested in Heavensward? I would have liked to rekindle their interest with a cool video, but I wasn't going to show them character death spoilers!

Also, personally, if I had seen the HW trailer before starting the game, the spoiler would have annoyed me enough that I wouldn't have bought it. I haven't played Persona 4 despite being a fan of the series because I know who the killer is, and that turns me off playing it entirely. That's just me though.

Anyway, if a mod sees this, please close the thread, there's no reason to talk about this now.

There are different videos to show than just the opening movie/trailers. You should have showed them gameplay videos (without cutscenes or people babbling about what just happened), demonstration videos of the new jobs in HW, or TV commericals of the game. Not that difficult.