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

[ZefraSurtr]

1.) Healer problems. You mean what healers specifically wanted but never got because SE did things their own way? Just because you want things your way doesn't mean you are going to get it. That's the cold harsh truth unfortunately for MMO's. I've played healer since 1.0 up until ShB. There was nothing done with healers that I felt the need to portray my feelings about.

2.) Hrothgar and Viera problems. It was known since the beginning that these were "Limited" races. And before these races were even revealed to us Yoshida said he wasn't going to make new races due to manpower/resources. But surprise. Anyways, they were limited for reasons. Player base knew they were limited but still chose to cry about it after they changed.

3.) Horrid job design for 6.1? I don't know. A majority of the player base seems fine with it. Just because you have a thread on the forum with some-hundred upvotes doesn't mean that voices the other hundred thousand to millions players. I feel like it's only a small core group of people that don't like things.

As for the other stuff - things happen. But then they fix them and they are VERY transparent on what they are doing. Which is rare for other companies.

I'm sure it's not the dev's caring anymore. You forget a few things. Pandemic was a factor throughout the work force. CBU3 is working on both FFXVI and FFXIV. They have a strict patch/update schedule. So combine the spread out work force (possibly) with the absurd japanese work culture. And yea.

But I personally don't think FFXIV is going on such a drastic down spiral like you assume.

Please, do not side with a multi billion dollar a year company telling you they do not have the resources to put digital hats on characters. Please. It takes them minutes to make enough for the extra salaries that would require.

[Theodric]

Please, do not side with a multi billion dollar a year company telling you they do not have the resources to put digital hats on characters. Please. It takes them minutes to make enough for the extra salaries that would require.

Honestly, even if we take the problem at face value and accept that it's an issue they can't easily address...

If they wanted to add a bestial race as a playable option then they could have taken five minutes to look at how WoW and ESO handle their equivalent bestial races. In both games, gear is altered around specific features. In ESO, unique hairstyles and helmets are provided to compensate for anything the bestial races miss out on where the more human looking playable races are concerned.