Yoshi-P Statement on Player Feedback

[Rhysati]

FFXIV has gotten better with every expansion and that trend continued with EndWalker. Who are these whiners who say otherwise?

Didn't read the whole thread, but had to respond to this gem. First, such a claim is highly subjective.

Second, from what I can tell the overwhelming majority of the community disagrees with you simply on the basis that ARR and HW were loved but Stormblood was widely considered to be the worst expansion the game has has. The next one really kicked some tail and is one of the best MMO expansions ever possibly.

Now, we come to Endwalker: Personally I think that Endwalker is the worst expansion the game has had and I think time will show that as people stop having buyers remorse and look objectively at it. The development team skimped on the basics, reusing gear sets for most of the gear we got with the expansion. The dungeons are all extremely linear, boring slogs. And the story has massive pacing issues that are undeniable. Subjectively, I also feel like the story content is the worst I've seen in an MMO. Yes, seriously. This entire expansion's story can be chalked up to being a bunch of short stories, jammed together into one long "tale" by someone who was having psychedelic fever dreams while they were writing.

Killing a god early on? Check. Running errands for people while the world around you is burning? Check. Finding out that the moon is actually a spaceship? Check. Said spaceship is filled with intelligent bunny people who are pointlessly obsessed with everything that is stereotypical of rabbits like carrots? ...sigh...check. Mass Effect style space craft is suddenly available with a technology that doesn't even remotely match anything else in Eorzea, leaving one to wonder just how the hell they crafted this thing? Yup.

I've never been less interested or frustrated with a story in an mmo like I am with this one.

[Snorky]

Didn't read the whole thread, but had to respond to this gem. First, such a claim is highly subjective.

Second, from what I can tell the overwhelming majority of the community disagrees with you simply on the basis that ARR and HW were loved but Stormblood was widely considered to be the worst expansion the game has has. The next one really kicked some tail and is one of the best MMO expansions ever possibly.

This is a opinion show me the actual poll that is relavent saying this is a fact

Now, we come to Endwalker: Personally I think that Endwalker is the worst expansion the game has had and I think time will show that as people stop having buyers remorse and look objectively at it. The development team skimped on the basics, reusing gear sets for most of the gear we got with the expansion. The dungeons are all extremely linear, boring slogs. And the story has massive pacing issues that are undeniable. Subjectively, I also feel like the story content is the worst I've seen in an MMO. Yes, seriously.

This entire expansion's story can be chalked up to being a bunch of short stories, jammed together into one long "tale" by someone who was having psychedelic fever dreams while they were writing.

This is not a criticism of the game but a insult directed at the writers of the story is it necessary to be insulting, we get it you didn't like the story.

Killing a god early on? Check. Running errands for people while the world around you is burning? Check. Finding out that the moon is actually a spaceship? Check. Said spaceship is filled with intelligent bunny people who are pointlessly obsessed with everything that is stereotypical of rabbits like carrots? ...sigh...check. Mass Effect style space craft is suddenly available with a technology that doesn't even remotely match anything else in Eorzea, leaving one to wonder just how the hell they crafted this thing? Yup.

I've never been less interested or frustrated with a story in an mmo like I am with this one.

I just want to say that you should read the whole thread, you are going on half the information and forming a opinion with out the whole picture. The comments I bolded is exactly why Yoshida asked people not to be insulting. From the very first sentence we got your point and you took it into a long explanation only to throw a jab at the writers.

I guess I maybe wrong but honestly if I don't like a book or story I stop reading it. If I pick up a book and find the story lackluster after reading it I tend not to give the writer anymore money by not buying their books. Same can be said for a game that is story centric. I just feel like you should have read what this thread is about before commenting. To each their own I enjoyed the EW conclusion.