Yoshida telling players to go play other games is very damaging to FFXIV

[Imora]

ITT another living testament that over the last 15 years, Blizzard engineered so called "lifers" via predatory game design that are now incapable to play video game normally and need to have their life defined by one specific game somehow.

There are a bajillions games out there, I just can't fathom these people when they say they've been playing WoW for 15 years and nothing else.

Blizzard hardly did it.

I've been playing these games for longer than wow's been around. EverQuest was notoriously bad for being a time suck. Wow was a breath of fresh air compared to EQ.

[Imora]

LMAO and look where WoW is now. Bleeding and failing while FFXIV is so successful they had to temporarily halt new sales.

Stop trying to turn this game in to WoW.

It's like the Californians that move to Texas or Wyoming and try to turn it politically into California. You left for a reason, go back if you miss it so much.

[Saimeren]

I'm sure some keyboard warrior knows better than a multi-million dollar company.

I'm sure the developer of the companies biggest game has absolutely no idea how to run his PR and advertisement.

I bet Yoshi P hadn't seen the massive growth of his company and is glad you're personally looking out him.

/sarcasm

[Saimeren]

Imagine a world where people have the freedom to play more than one video game.. That's just crazy thinking right there.

[Pells]

whats going on with all these trollposts the last few days?

People have blazed through content in a desperate bid to not be left behind, and are now bored.

[Jojoya]

Nice troll bait.

It's not damaging. It's actually healthy for both players and the game. Things stagnate when not exposed to new ideas.

[DinahDemiurge]

This is why I also play Guild Wars 2.

[myahele]

whats going on with all these trollposts the last few days?

Probably because its very easy to rile up and bait people in the forums

[Larirawiel]

Noaki Yoshida in one interview told that if players are bored with the game or if they have completed all PVE content then they should take a break and come back in the next patch. Frankly speaking this is very damaging to the game and to square enix as a whole because its an mmorpg and players play mmorpg to commit long term. Look at the WoW director, Ion Hazzikotas. He never told players to take a single break from WoW. Infact he gives players new ideas on how to play WoW differently when they get bored or during a content drought but never once he said to take a break.

When I play an mmorpg I play it non stop for 10+ years without taking breaks and I am sure there are millions of players like me who think the same way. Majority of mmo players have no interest in single player games.

And the funny thing is, even when Ion Hazzikotas never told something like that, the players still take a break from WoW.


Cheers

[Aurikai]

Ion doesn't have to tell players to take a break, his elitist design of WoW has all but destroyed it so players are forced off it.