Quote Originally Posted by AndrewN View Post
What public out cry?

I am very happy with the patch and all I have seen is the usual moaning because someone's favourite bit is now different and rather than looking to see what they need to do they come on here and complain.
So criticism about flawed systems (i.e. how it's hostile towards solo/lowman play, power leveling, etc) = negativity? These forums were created so that we can let the devs know when they're doing a good job (making chocobos and airships available for easy travel, more optimized crafting recipes that make sense, the materia system, etc) and when they're screwing things up (power leveling, etc). It's up to Square to decide which comments to listen to, but it's absolutely essential that in order for this game to be successful on the PS3 re-release, that glaring issues be addressed or face running into a repeat of what happened last year.

The so-called "negativity" you're whining about is because players want to see the game succeed as much as you do. They may have a different view on what needs to be done to allow this to happen, but there's room to allow many people's opinions and criticisms to direct the development of this game. Us pretending like 1.19 is the gift of the gods would be one of the worst things to do for the longevity of this games.