Quote Originally Posted by Fyce View Post
2. Would you question this "70% positive" number if it was "70% negative"?
How disappointing. Let's take the exact quote:

"I got the community teams around the world to investigate players' reactions to BLU and over 70% of them were positive."

Now how can this be? Easy. You simply phrase the "investigation" to the players as such: "We are adding a new job for free in our upcoming patch! Blue Mage is slated to arrive in 4.5 and we want to know if you would be interested in more new job content like this?"

Of course the majority are going to answer "yes" to this. It's not Square lying, it's just phrasing the narrative in a way that's favorable to them. Frankly I'm shocked they only managed to get 70%.

Oh? What's that? "B-but Square-san wouldn't do that to me! They'd give a full, unbiased, non-slanted inquiry!"

OK. Let's take a look at the official site which lists the content for the upcoming patch updated just today. Here I'll even link it for you: https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/patch/4_5/

Show me where it says Blue Mage is limited. Show me where it lists the downsides and costs of this new job's implementation. I'll answer for you: it doesn't. In fact the page proudly trumpets NEW JOB. Square is framing this in the way that is most favorable to them and honestly - why wouldn't they? They're a company and it's in their best interest to spin their PR to the positive in all circumstances. But to fall for this blatant marketing ploy is really naive. Please try harder in the future.