Future direction of FFXIV

[KizuyaKatogami]

The people that are satisfied and not complaining vastly outweigh those that do complain.

So, no, let's not redesign the beach because a handful of sand over there is very unhappy, and very loud about it.

The other 8 billion grains of sand on the beach are fine where they are.

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I dislike how people reason, sometimes. They see some videos on YouTube, they read this and that on Reddit, they watch a streamer on Twitch, and somehow they get in their heads that "everyone" is complaining, or "everyone" dislikes such-and-such, or "everyone" is unhappy. That's illogical, simple-minded nonsense. I am sorry, but it is.

3.5 million active players, one sees a Reddit thread with 12k upvotes, and suddenly "everyone" wants things "this way." What a weird way to view the world. It doesn't make a lick of sense.

The only way to know "what players want" would be to survey all players, which unfortunately doesn't happen. With that kind of data, there'd be no more assuming who wants what.

Until then, wouldn't someone of sound mind err on the side of logic? That logic being that a human being, in general control of their own faculties, would simply stop consuming optional entertainment, should that optional enjoyment no longer fulfill the human's subjective needs? (In other words, if a person doesn't like a game, they just don't play it. Same as if you don't like coffee, you don't drink coffee. You don't go into Starbucks or wherever and rant about how coffee shouldn't be that bitter. Duh?)

Yeah, if anything "generally" happens, it's that. It's a small slice of the player base that shows up to rant and complain. The rest play if it's fun, and don't if it's not.

Ergo, the idea that "most people" dislike or are complaining about such-and-such within FFXIV - to the extent that one would seek to replace the development team - is asinine nonsense. "Most" people are happily enjoying this game, and I'll bet my left leg it's not even a close race. People who just enjoy this game and play it, or stop enjoying it and simply quit, outnumber those that complain endlessly by 1000:1. Or more.

From the mouths of the 14 devs themselves. Clearly complaints are much more important than some people want to believe.