The New Sage Icon, Thoughts?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

So as long as something's easy to do then it's fine? Screw those other people with phobias, they're too difficult to cater to?

No one said that, but some things are easy fixes, while others arent.


Plus, some things are just intrinsic to world design, like oceans, water, etc.

I have arachnophobia, and hate winged insects also to the point of a phobia. I flinch at house flies. The insects in game don't bother me. That's just me tho.

I also have an intense fear of falling. The first trash pull of the bunker freaked me out the first time it dropped me. I was fine after the first run though.

When I was younger I suffered severe to crippling anxiety. And still have some effects, yet I've never had issues being a tank in mmos, and yet there are people who suffer "tanxiety" that I will never understand. But I dont make fun of them or complain in those threads.


And people are free to make requests, any time, here on the forums. It doesn't mean every one will be worked, but they are free to ask.

[StriderShinryu]

And people are free to make requests, any time, here on the forums. It doesn't mean every one will be worked, but they are free to ask.

This topic has turned into a complete mess and waste of space, but I'll just jump in on this because why not. The funny point about this whole "debate" is that the people complaining about the change and how SE is bending the knee to any and all change requests/complaints are often the first to jump into the "what you'd like to see changed" topics (and any topic where it's even just vaguely connected) and make their own requests. They love to shout from the rooftops about how the game is in a terrible state and will only be fixed if their specific, desired changes are made and their requests are listened to, but now here they are in a topic complaining because... SE listened to request for change. The obvious, blatant hypocrisy of it really is actually making for a pretty decent comedy bit.

[Vahlnir]

This topic has turned into a complete mess and waste of space, but I'll just jump in on this because why not. The funny point about this whole "debate" is that the people complaining about the change and how SE is bending the knee to any and all change requests/complaints are often the first to jump into the "what you'd like to see changed" topics (and any topic where it's even just vaguely connected) and make their own requests. They love to shout from the rooftops about how the game is in a terrible state and will only be fixed if their specific, desired changes are made and their requests are listened to, but now here they are in a topic complaining because... SE listened to request for change. The obvious, blatant hypocrisy of it really is actually making for a pretty decent comedy bit.

Yeah, this is basically what's happening. lol Meanwhile there's myself who also makes a fair number of requests pretty regularly simply not giving a hoot one way or another on this one. Was the change needed? Maybe not, no. But they did it anyway. That's...basically the end of that. Life goes on. The game did not catch on fire just because they changed how a symbol looked. Think we need to add this to the "Many Deaths of FF XIV" thread wherever that thing is.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Yeah, this is basically what's happening. lol Meanwhile there's myself who also makes a fair number of requests pretty regularly simply not giving a hoot one way or another on this one. Was the change needed? Maybe not, no. But they did it anyway. That's...basically the end of that. Life goes on. The game did not catch on fire just because they changed how a symbol looked. Think we need to add this to the "Many Deaths of FF XIV" thread wherever that thing is.

Here you go.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...al-Fantasy-XIV

[Vahlnir]

Here you go.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...al-Fantasy-XIV

Thanks! You are doing the Twelve's work.

[hydralus]

No one said that, but some things are easy fixes, while others arent.


Plus, some things are just intrinsic to world design, like oceans, water, etc.

I have arachnophobia, and hate winged insects also to the point of a phobia. I flinch at house flies. The insects in game don't bother me. That's just me tho.


And people are free to make requests, any time, here on the forums. It doesn't mean every one will be worked, but they are free to ask.

Yes I realize it's an easy fix. That's why it comes across as shallow and self-serving. To me, it's legitimately worse than if they simply didn't do anything at all. They've said with this action, "We will try to make people with phobias comfortable", but we all know it's an empty gesture meant to get brownie points and seem like a caring company (well okay maybe not 'all', seems a lot of people are pretty naive). Will it actually stop people from getting their trypophobia triggered when playing the game? Nope, there's way, way more instances in-game that they absolutely will not remove so it's not even helping the people it's supposed to help. Like if they removed one mention of rape and sexual abuse in Stormblood's story but kept the other instances in, that'd seem super weird and useless to you, wouldn't it?