Quote Originally Posted by Semirhage View Post
Having one button to spam is one of several problems, and if you can't see that it's because you pretend to care about "everyone's" concerns but in reality only come down on the side of the Sylphies.

I'm well aware of the modern practice of bellyaching about "gatekeeping", and how it comes from genuine concern for meanie old timers being too grumpy with newbies just as often as it comes from disingenuous hacks who don't give a crap about the hobby they're invading, and would rather it transform into something that suits their needs to the exclusion of said veterans.
This is something I've been thinking about, but, well, the sylphies have their likes and dislikes and generally there is no malice in them. So why are dissenting opinions gatekept?

You claim that there is a "hobby" they are "invading", but whose hobby is it? When it comes to FF14, it's not the sylphie's. It's not the veteran's. It's Square's. And to the veteran, the fact that SE doesn't listen to them is frustrating. Trust me, I feel that with healers right now.

So this form of gatekeeping, from what I can tell, is a way for veterans to influence how the actual owners of the hobby by controlling the opinions that they receive. This is distinct from small scale gatekeeping where players may filter others to join their group, but those denied are still encouraged to find their own group within the hobby. This hobby level gatekeeping attempts to filter opinions, so that the owners will act only on the veteran's. Some level of conformity is enforced.

But all decisions ride on the dev team, not the sylphies, nor the veterans. And I will quit this game before I blame the sylphies for the dev team's decisions.