Quote Originally Posted by Lium View Post
The forums suck and are overwhelmingly negative, no matter what. And it blows everything out of proportion. Everyone outside of the official forums on other platforms usually think the exact opposite of whatever is posted here.
The official forums is one of the few places where people can freely discuss the shortcomings of the game. Other platforms, like the FFXIV reddit page, will take measures to censor criticism. For example, if this thread were created on the FFXIV reddit page, it would be deleted pretty quickly.