Yoshi-P Statement on Player Feedback

[Deceptus]

From what I remember from this Media Tour interview, the "we had no clue about it" part was concerning Blood Weapon and not LD. At this point I'm pretty sure they are fine with LD situation as a design choice and won't ever change it.

As for the Blood Weapon situation, it kinda feels like (and the interviews during Media Tour where mrHappy asked about MCH and ping issues too) they are completely ignorant of high ping issues. Like, the feedback probably gets to them, they try to test it out while sitting on top of the server and they go like "uh, no, this is fine". Which is, I agree, not excusable.

And that right there shows the extreme disconnect between the developers and the players.

They're fine with Living Dead. Healers other than White Mages? Despise it with a passion.

It's a desperation move aimed at discrediting someone's criticism. It's a fallacy called "Appeal to accomplishment" and it's a type of logical fallacy, so their argument is immediately considered invalid.

Appeal to Accomplishment mixed in with some Appeal to Authority as well.

Appeal to Accomplishment (also known as: appeal to success)

Description: When the argument being made is sheltered from criticism based on the level of accomplishment of the one making the argument. A form of this fallacy also occurs when arguments are evaluated on the accomplishments, or success, of the person making the argument, rather than on the merits of the argument itself.

Appeal to Authority

You said that because an authority thinks something, it must therefore be true.

It's important to note that this fallacy should not be used to dismiss the claims of experts, or scientific consensus. Appeals to authority are not valid arguments, but nor is it reasonable to disregard the claims of experts who have a demonstrated depth of knowledge unless one has a similar level of understanding and/or access to empirical evidence. However, it is entirely possible that the opinion of a person or institution of authority is wrong; therefore the authority that such a person or institution holds does not have any intrinsic bearing upon whether their claims are true or not.