Can we not shame people who don't like the MSQ?

[OhNooo]

Reading through these replies, I honestly had no idea that so many people viewed all the other content besides the story as not that fun - at least it comes across that way to me with responses like “I don’t know why you’re playing this game if not for the story cause gameplay isn’t all that.” It’s just interesting to me as someone who was recruited to the game for the gameplay and not the story.

The story is just not for me personally but I’ve always loved the gameplay up until recently. Currently not subbed but if I ever did resub one day it wouldn’t be for the story.

[Skiros]

Those are facts, you can look any & all of it up.

>someone says they find the story boring

"Omg did you know that Yoshi P is a titan, literal legend of MMOs, Ishikawa got a standing ovation, and Soken got cancer?"

[Nav_Fae]

The problem with most of the criticism is that it's not criticism. Saying, I find X boring is not a criticism, it's an opinion. And an opinion is not a fact.
Here is an example of a bad criticism I often see and an example of the same thing rephrased in a way that sounds a lot better.

Bad criticism:
"The story was so boring. I skipped it because I just couldn't get into it. Lyse is annoying and her consistent rambling drove me mad. She is a useless character and about as irritating as Sakura was from Naruto. They should add more engaging characters to the story and maybe it won't put me to sleep. I don't know how people can enjoy this junk."

Rephrased to be real criticism:
"I found Lyse's place in the story to be misplaced. Her actions during this 'event' didn't make much sense to me. I think going forward, the devs should spend a little more time in this area so people like me do not feel lost at the context of her actions. It was difficult for me to relate with her as a person because of the execution and I think a little more character development with her backstory could have made me liked her more."

This is just something I threw together, and I maybe should have spent more time wording things better but hopefully you can see the difference between both forms of "criticisms". The first one is the one that us "fanboys" roll our eyes at.

[Alestorm]

Okay peopel really need to stop posting in the obvious troll threads. Seriously.

[Knot_D]

Titanmen strikes again

[EgilTheStressedMage]

>someone says they find the story boring

"Omg did you know that Yoshi P is a titan, literal legend of MMOs, Ishikawa got a standing ovation, and Soken got cancer?"

>same person calls everyone who likes the story worth less than insect feces
>gets clowned on

"GaIs, It'S jUsT aN oPiNiOn!!1"

[Padudu]

Okay peopel really need to stop posting in the obvious troll threads. Seriously.

the "troll" threads usually have better content than actual threads tbf

[ReynTime]

Endwalker doesn't deserve nearly that high a rating.

Seriously, all entertainment rating and reviews sites on the internet are garbage...and I do mean all. All ratings are hopelessly tainted by fanboys and haters.

Most of them didn't play for longer than a few hours anyway. The amount of time it takes to go through 1/3 of Endwalker is far more than someone paid to review games can afford to put into a MMO.

[Skiros]

>same person calls everyone who likes the story worth less than insect feces
>gets clowned on

"GaIs, It'S jUsT aN oPiNiOn!!1"

You must be really stressed to conjure up a complete hallucinatory strawman like that!

I can't believe calling the story boring (which I have never even done; I'm just defending people who think the story is boring!) is the same as saying that people who enjoy the story are less than insect feces!

[Skiros]

BTW, I like the story!

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...azing-Spoilers

I'm just not so insecure that anyone disliking the story will drive me into a frenzy!