Quote Originally Posted by linayar View Post
If Brian is a white knight, then the term either has a positive connotation I don't know about, or you're not using it correctly. Brian is a fan of FFXIV, and as a fan, he would naturally have more things he likes about FFXIV than he doesn't like, but he shares his dislikes as well as his likes, things he wants in FFXIV and things he could do without, just like any fan.
I can see it both/either way(s), personally.

I think the whole "white knight" label is more a matter of (1) ratio of critique relative to the average involved and knowledgable player and (2) hindsight. If he covers released content that most people you run into would have some serious concerns about and, himself, has little to nothing he finds worthy of critique, or upcoming content that has warning bells ringing for half or so of players and yet for which he can only see clear skies on the horizon... yeah, relatively speaking, he's not going to be someone I, personally, am going to see much community value in, as his work at best attracts more players to the game, which indirectly decreases the need for quality, rather than much addressing those matters of quality themselves. If he then goes through some notable mental gymnastics or seemingly active neglect to defend or ignore certain problems, then I'd call him a white knight.

For me, Brian is right on the cusp of that.

Tonally, he meets most criteria for me, as even when he notes an issue he perceives, it tends to seem so blanketed over that there is no call to action or responsibility or anything else to make that criticism actionable or significant. In the strictest sense, though, he falls just short.

Quote Originally Posted by OrigNN View Post
What does a WoW-Player expect? A Weekly Login for the raids and mythic+ ? Or the daily Daily-Grind? As a long time WoW-Player, I really miss that... not.
There is no weekly login bonus in WoW. XIV has a daily-grind in the form of daily roulettes; WoW does not.

Can we at least aim for some degree of accuracy in our comparisons?