Square Enix should hire Asmongold as an adviser

[Juun]

Blizzard should hire him instead and take his toxic fanbase back to WoW.

[Kaylal]

He probably would do it for free. They really need his help especially since he's a long-time MMO veteran and has great insight into MMO design. He can help Square Enix see any potential blind spots in their new systems.

Just....NO! Oh god NO!!

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

He probably would do it for free. They really need his help especially since he's a long-time MMO veteran and has great insight into MMO design. He can help Square Enix see any potential blind spots in their new systems.

No Dude...FFXIV has been around for quite a long time, and has been doing great and striving without Asmondgold.
Sure, him trying the game has made it more popular...but Asmondgold playing WoW for years does not make him a candidate for an Adviser.
YoshiP and the Devs...FFXIV in General has a very good track record of finding, and addressing issues with Haste. And they dont take nearly a year to do Every/Anything.

[Annihilism]

What ideas of his would make the game worse? Or are you guys just making baseless assumptions because you don't like him? I don't know about you but no one likes animation locks, it's not fun dying because of assassinate or DRG jumps.

Also his comment about actions not going off when you press them is valid, but because this is a JP game and JP players don't have to deal with slightly delayed input as much as us it gets ignored. Try playing MCH or SMN with low ping. I know server and connections issues are not simple to fix but they are nonetheless annoying to play with.

I'm glad my ping is good enough that can always fit 5 GCD during a burst CD while also double weaving, a lot of people cant. Other than that the guy has been VERY positive about the game, especially the story, but don't get upset at the guy when he wants his abilities to happen instantly like in other MMOs.

Edit: I'll just add this reddit post that sums up the issue way better than I could. https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxivdiscus...nimation_lock/
FF14 is the best current MMORPG, we want to be better. I can only imagine how this community would have reacted if Asmongold hated the game's story. What are this forums for anyway? For the people in their echo chambers just to get mad about troll posts? Stop getting offended by outsiders trying to improve how the game plays, no one is attacking the aesthetics, the story, or its community.

[Fyrebrand]

his comment about actions not going off when you press them is valid, but because this is a JP game and JP players don't have to deal with slightly delayed input as much as us it gets ignored. Try playing MCH or SMN with low ping. I know server and connections issues are not simple to fix but they are nonetheless annoying to play with.

I'm glad my ping is good enough that can always fit 5 GCD during a burst CD while also double weaving, a lot of people cant. Other than that the guy has been VERY positive about the game, especially the story, but don't get upset at the guy when he wants his abilities to happen instantly like in other MMOs.

Do you honestly think this is something they could have fixed all along, but won't do it until a weird American who doesn't shower tells them to?

[DBriggs304]

Glad he's enjoying the game, but, no.
He'll be back in wow soon anyways.

[Darkpaw]

And why not hire Mr Happy for raid design, or EthysAsher for lore and world building development, or [insert streamer here] for whatever role.. because they aren’t qualified.

Just because they stream video games and talk like they know exactly what they are talking about doesn’t mean they have the actual knowledge base required to function as an advisor. And a key part of being an advisor is putting personal desires and wishes aside to do what’s best for the community at large and not just the section of the community that relates to their interests which none of them would do. They would never advise something they would hate to see in the game because the majority of people would love it. Which makes them bad advisors.

[Theodric_Thorne]

Glad he's enjoying the game, but, no.
He'll be back in wow soon anyways.

More than likely he's sticking around. He will leave FFXIV for the next WoW expansion, but I just saw a stream clip on YouTube earlier today where he says he's not sticking with the next expansion longer than a month if Blizzard keeps doing the same stuff they've been doing for the past 5 years. Basically reactionary problem-solving, taking a year or more to address concerns that are brought up in the alpha/beta cycles of new expansions. And pretending the fixes constitute major patch features.

WoW has a special place in my heart as sort of my "childhood home" so I would like to see the game improve. I like it as much as I like FFXIV. But I can't deny the reality that it's been run into the ground by arrogant developers. I would like to hope that things change now that the leadership of the company has been replaced, but it seems unlikely just based on the company's history. The game director wasn't fired with the other people they got rid of. I would not be surprised if Asmongold makes FFXIV his main MMO within a year or two at the latest.

[DeafJohn]

This same post, but with game name changed, was posted in the WoW forum.

OP is just trolling both games as a shill for asmondgold.

[Dreamsoap]

No. FFXIV is a different game than WoW.