SE: Holding back information won't stop criticism, it will only delay it and is bad.

[Gojin]

Honestly, the playerbase as a whole is annoyingly uppity. I can't blame them for deciding to hold back information.

uppity? my bad for wanting to get what a pay monthly for, guess I should just pay my monthly fee and not know what Im getting sorry!

[Deceptus]

uppity? my bad for wanting to get what a pay monthly for, guess I should just pay my monthly fee and not know what Im getting sorry!

You like that poop sandwich they give you dang it! You don't get to complain about the taste. Just say "thank you" senpai and shove it in! (heavy /s)

Well, I'll have to disagree with you on that point.

There's a 24-page topic dedicated to people complaining that their favorite choice didn't win in the vote for a seasonal event.

The in-game FFXIV community is definitely one of the better MMO communities out there, but the forum/reddit crowd seems to be prone to the same overblown reactions and backseat driving that most of the internet is known for.

A large portion of that thread isn't complaining that "their favorite" didn't win, most people are criticizing (with good cause) the terrible writing that was displayed and how SE had essentially rigged the outcome from the beginning. Thinking that the female, previously known NPC, sporting red on Valentines wasn't going to win is a pretty far fetch. Versus two new characters in not red coloring.

[Gula]

uppity? my bad for wanting to get what a pay monthly for, guess I should just pay my monthly fee and not know what Im getting sorry!

You will know though. On patch day. Or would you like to hover over everyone's shoulder as they work? Then you can see everything. Including story spoilers, gameplay mechanic spoilers and every single thing you want.

[Ursa_Vonfiebryd]

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I'm pretty sure this is just a countermeasure to stave off the shitstorms that happen anytime they do... anything really. -Especially to the jobs. Its an effort to try and have those changes tested and experienced for more honest feedback than the backlash of people who have already been swayed by popular opinion from debates before the changes even go live.

So once again, forums and reddit can pat themselves on the back for this change too. Let the shitstorms commence. XD

[SturmChurro]

uppity? my bad for wanting to get what a pay monthly for, guess I should just pay my monthly fee and not know what Im getting sorry!

That's the general consensus! You should be very grateful you have the privilege to give SE your money in the first place!

[MonsutaMan]

Just dropping in to say Hi to one of the best communities in MMOs, how is everyone doing today?

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[Divinemights]

uppity? my bad for wanting to get what a pay monthly for, guess I should just pay my monthly fee and not know what Im getting sorry!

Are you really pulling this "Customer is God" or "Customer is always right" crap at 2020?
Have FF14 devs ever gave us anything that is "unplayable" after 1.0?
This is not WC3 reforged......

[SaberMaxwell]

Are you really pulling this "Customer is God" or "Customer is always right" crap at 2020?
Have FF14 devs ever gave us anything that is "unplayable" after 1.0?
This is not WC3 reforged......

I mean, right now people are arguing extremes. On one hand we have people acting like the customer should be grateful for the opportunity to pay for Yoshida's game, and on the other is "customer is god." As with everything the truth is somewhere in the middle there.

[Barraind]

You people keep saying Square Enix like the entire mega corporation is only for XIV. Cause it's not.

I play and have played many other squeenix games.

This is not a thing unique to, or new with, 14. Squeenix is, always has been, and likely always will be, generally atrocious with communication and transparency regarding their players, and especially to their non-Japanese playerbase.

This has been a thing since the nintendo era. It was a thing when they ported over "easytype" games to NA and PAL and gave several interviews to games publications saying they felt non-JP gamers were too stupid to play the original versions. It continued on.

Its most noticable now after seemingly every game company in the last couple years has made "We need to be more transparent" mea culpa, faux-come-to-jesus announcements, and its especially noticeable with this specific team because of the hows and whys they have the positions they have.

[frostmagemari]

Are you really pulling this "Customer is God" or "Customer is always right" crap at 2020?
Have FF14 devs ever gave us anything that is "unplayable" after 1.0?
This is not WC3 reforged......

I mean.. i'm pretty SQEX could act exactly like they did in 1.0 again and we'd still have people saying that SQEX is doing no wrong and tell us to be happy with what we get.