Poor Designed Weapon's.

[Zetonegi]

it is this sense of entitlement that bothers me. developers are doing a job. they don't owe us anything nor do we owe them anything. i understand that you don't like how they look and im o.k with that. i can agree to disagree. but ur basically trying to tell picasso to use a crayon rather than a paintbrush because u feel like it would look better.

me, also being a developer, i see my work as art. im not bothered if people don't like the concept or how it looks, thats part of criticism, but for people to try and tell me what is best for me and my company is offensive.

im fine with your opinion of how they look. just dont go up in arms trying to force them to change it after they put a lot of time and effort into designing and developing the weapons. not unless ur the lead developer of course, then u can do what u want

Calling BS on you being a developer. As a developer you OWE your customers a good product. That is how you'd still be a developer. Also by your logic, we shouldn't have whined that FFXIV was complete crap 1 year ago because, as you yourself just said, we shouldn't have gone "up in arms trying forcing them to change it". No, the dev team is held to a standard set by the people who are going to buy/buying their product. If they do not meet those standards they will probably find themselves getting fired by the parent company.

[Dreadnought]

Calling BS on you being a developer. As a developer you OWE your customers a good product. That is how you'd still be a developer. Also by your logic, we shouldn't have whined that FFXIV was complete crap 1 year ago because, as you yourself just said, we shouldn't have gone "up in arms trying forcing them to change it". No, the dev team is held to a standard set by the people who are going to buy/buying their product. If they do not meet those standards they will probably find themselves getting fired by the parent company.

i think he just meant that some people come off as if their opinion and theirs alone should have a direct noticeable impact on the development of the game.

ive seen just as many people say they generally like the ifrit weapons and cant wait for more as ive seen complaints. the developers themselves plus about half of the forums like the weapons, so who are they not satisfying at this point?
they cant satisfy everyone, but i know looots of people who dont play who might after seeing this part of the update.
they might actually think they game looks cool rather than pretty or how possibly real you can get.

[GabbaGabba]

Calling BS on you being a developer. As a developer you OWE your customers a good product. That is how you'd still be a developer. Also by your logic, we shouldn't have whined that FFXIV was complete crap 1 year ago because, as you yourself just said, we shouldn't have gone "up in arms trying forcing them to change it". No, the dev team is held to a standard set by the people who are going to buy/buying their product. If they do not meet those standards they will probably find themselves getting fired by the parent company.

yes its our jobs to develop a game that people want to play. but it speaks more volume when a large population quit after the first month than it does when a group of people try to say they are speaking for the majority and say that its wrong or its not working.

i recieve criticism and feedback daily from my team and at the end of the day, thats the only opinion i will listen to. not everyone is going to appeal to the game but if ur constantly changing something because one client wants this and another wants that, u will never be done. my job is stay with the direction of my team and stay true to the game. cause at the end of the day, its my time and my effort that i am putting in. people will either love or hate it, its just part of the business.