FFXIV is too simplistic and bland

[Iscah]

I know for a fact that people said the same when 1.0 was released. lol
Heaven forfend someone make suggestions. It's not like you need to take everything at face value.

So when am I allowed to suggest then? When the seasoning is bland? lol The forum was made for suggestions. Nevertheless, you dare criticise and you get a lot of people up in arms with pitchforks. But try see it from a different view. Maybe it's -because- people like the game a lot that they are making these suggestions. As much fun as XIV can be, it's seriously wasting its potential in places.

Ah, well. Here's hoping for 6.0.

To continue the restaurant analogy, the 1.0 restaurant was widely disliked. Not enough people thought the food was good enough and the whole venture was going to fail. They close down for a while, get a new chef and redesign the menu, and relaunch.

Now? There are a lot of people attending and they seem to be happy with what's on offer. One customer comes in talking about how the food is terrible and they should change XYZ to be more like the other restaurant down the street.

Why should that customer be listened to over the large number of people who seem to be enjoying themselves?

It's different if lots of people are making the same complaint. This particular OP is one person coming back every month or so and complaining about it every time.


Edit to add: It's not even about one game being objectively better than the other. They are two separate games doing things in different ways, and thus appealing to people who like different gameplay styles. If one should change to be the same as the other, all that means is that now there are two games catering to one group's taste, and the other group has lost the thing that they liked.