What is going on with Square Enix and the 14 team?

[Midareyukki]

Except every time people do complain respectfuly and with patience, people come along, scream at us that the game is fine when it isn't and gaslight people into excusing worse and worse content. Even if we do act politely about it, which many people did for years, people would just call others whiners and tell them that the game is fine.

I can't believe I have to bring this back up, but...



Even if the game is fine for you it doesn't mean everyone is happy with it. Nor does it mean those who aren't happy with it should shut up and eat it.

Otherwise we'd never move on from 1.0.

Otherwise many other games would still be crap.

[Xeronia]

Oh I fully agree there are issues and they should be addressed fully preferably in the next live letter or an open Q&A. I just think there is a slight over-reaction here.

[HeyMcFly]

Except every time people do complain respectfuly and with patience, people come along, scream at us that the game is fine when it isn't and gaslight people into excusing worse and worse content. Even if we do act politely about it, which many people did for years, people would just call others whiners and tell them that the game is fine.

I can't believe I have to bring this back up, but...

Even if the game is fine for you it doesn't mean everyone is happy with it. Nor does it mean those who aren't happy with it should shut up and eat it.

Otherwise we'd never move on from 1.0.

Otherwise many other games would still be crap.

It's okay to criticize a game- more so if our money is involved.
It's why I have a megathread for hairstyles & beards, bc I know trying to approach a broader amount would attain nothing as my past threads have shown. I personally, do not think we should have to or want to rely on character mods to satisfy our want for better character features/ designs.

I want to see more masculine styles, new faces that have beards etc
For female characters, I want more make-up options & braids, curly hair, more dreads etc
I want to see the devs put more time into adding more cosmetic features in XIV when it comes to the character creating process- just need folks to be constructively posting and consistent while banding together so it sees more light.

My two biggest complaints for XIV is the housing & the character creator. That's just me.

[Midareyukki]

It's okay to criticize a game- more so if our money is involved.
It's why I have a megathread for hairstyles & beards, bc I know trying to approach a broader amount would attain nothing as my past threads have shown. I personally, do not think we should have to or want to rely on character mods to satisfy our want for better character features/ designs.

I want to see more masculine styles, new faces that have beards etc
For female characters, I want more make-up options & braids, curly hair, more dreads etc
I want to see the devs put more time into adding more cosmetic features in XIV when it comes to the character creating process- just need folks to be constructively and consistent while banding together so it sees more light.

My two biggest complaints for XIV is the housing & the character creator. That's just me.

And I share those sentiments. Issue is that I have many other sentiments past that.

I want races to be treated with equity. I want the classes to come off finished. And I want systems to be implemented with head, torso and limbs.

I don't criticise the game because it's garbage. I criticise the game because I had fun with it. And because I have fun with it now. But I'm seeing so many things dropping in quality, many design choices being dismised away and I just don't want that to be the norm. I don't want quantity in content, I want quality in the stuff that I get.

Had they given me something unfinished that I knew would be improved upon as the game went on, I'd be fine with it. But they've consistently been doing the opposite. Content that just looks shoddy and "stage 1"-y. Bugs that are frankly something you'd catch on QA. Systems and design that either no one uses (Fellowships) or were released as a skelleton (Profiles). And designs that just get thrown into the bin the moment they're added.

This wouldn't have happened before, I don't get why we continuously excuse it. And if there are a lot of people who are okay with this, then my compromise is a balance. Keep making new systems, for sure. But don't disregard everything else.

It's fine if it's just you. I'm sure someone out there wants something changed that I personally find trivial. But there is no balance with that, just constantly adding stuff with more and more frustration from the people expecting it.