Quote Originally Posted by van_arn View Post
Perfect example of what I said. Square said what they intended, and a facet of the community didn’t believe it and instead convinced themselves to look for something that isn’t there. No amount of clarification is enough in this situation; had Square posted “clarification” then people would be mad they didn’t get clarification of clarification. Or they would’ve argued over the intent of that clarification, and got mad when square’s intent didn’t match with their theory of square’s intention.

Do the bozja story. That includes castrum.
I'm frequently on the same page as you in other threads, but on this one I disagree. Yes, people will always misinterpret things or expect different than what's actually delivered, but this case was unusually egregious.

People were of the belief that the relic would require no interaction with the Southern Front, some so loudly vehemently that I started second guessing my own interpretation that Castrum et al were required; people were so absolutely convinced that Square-Enix had promised this one thing that I started to half-suspect I must've overlooked where they did so (even though it didn't make sense to me how the Bozjan storyline could continue without what happened in Castrum being addressed).

They held these opinions loudly, vehemently, and publicly on Twitter, on Reddit, on these very forums, and even in some cases in gaming publications.

Even without a translation in that live letter, Square could've communicated a specific clarification much earlier when the confusion became obvious (and widespread); some people would still have misinterpreted it or chosen not to believe it, no doubt, but I think a lot of people would've been less blindsided. But when they did offer a clarification (in November's live letter) it was done in Japanese, and left to the fan-translators to disseminate. Which did not really help stem the tide of people absolutely convinced the earlier interpretation was correct.

I think in most cases the information has gotten out more-or-less accurately, even if it sometimes took a while. But this was a particularly dramatic and widespread misinterpretation, and it's one that could've been avoided. And because it was avoidable, I do feel the process by which they communicate stuff like this could maybe stand to have some refinement.