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

[AmpelioB]

If some guy in Japan mailed them knives, or whatever

imagine thinking this is some kind of healthy towards another person even in the realms of imagination.

[Lauront]

Honestly like what someone else said in the thread, it's more than likely just an excuse to ignore certain criticisms.

It wouldn't surprise me if he's actually using it that way.

[Theodric]

imagine thinking this is some kind of healthy towards another person even in the realms of imagination.

Did you read his post in full? He didn't suggest it was 'healthy'.

[AmpelioB]

Did you read his post in full? He didn't suggest it was 'healthy'.

yes I did, he didn't suggest anything he just layed out the idea

[IdowhatIwant]

Lazy? can you please inform me which answer you are talking about by it's full context, just so i know we are talking about the same answer?

When Yoshi P was asked in 3.3, about staying motivated to play the game due to lack of content. Yoshi P essentially said it's good to take breaks and come back when there is content you want to do.
That what people take way out of context, and that is what I consider a lazy answer to question about lack of content.

[Nethereal]

I see our reading comprehension needs some work still.

[IkaraGreydancer]

When Yoshi P was asked in 3.3, about staying motivated to play the game due to lack of content. Yoshi P essentially said it's good to take breaks and come back when there is content you want to do.
That what people take way out of context, and that is what I consider a lazy answer to question about lack of content.

But that'd how they go about running their game. Call it what you will but it seems an accurate answer

[Skiros]

But that'd how they go about running their game. Call it what you will but it seems an accurate answer

An answer that is used like a Swiss knife to dispel one and all criticisms of the game. I'm almost convinced he answered that to intentionally inject this argument into the community for use so that fans can do his job in allaying community concerns for him.

[Thoosa]

No game director of an mmo would tell it’s playerbase to “go play other games” if it had any effect on their profit margin. He must know that there’s a core playerbase (housing, (e)rp, crafting) that remain subbed constantly and these people are keeping the profits up. Imo it’s also the reason they don’t deviate from the predictable content releases, which obviously meet the development budget given to them. E.g, they don’t need to do anything as it’s obvious the playerbase is happy with what it gets.

[Theodric]

Honestly? I like Yoshi-P but salvaging 1.0 into something playable wasn't that impressive a feat and neither was it something accomplished by a single person. Many of the same people who praise him for it have nothing but contempt for the ARR era these days which is to me an admission that actually things weren't all that great after all.

To a large degree, I'd say it's more so the 'Final Fantasy' name that caused many people to give the game a second chance. Coincidentally, many of the other MMO's that are still chugging along these days also lean heavily on player nostalgia. GW2 has GW1 to tap into, ESO has the various Elder Scrolls games to work with and WoW did very well for itself whenever it referenced the Warcraft games.

But, yeah, the whole 'go play other games' never sat well with me because many of us do that already. It doesn't change the fact that when someone is up to date with FFXIV's patch cycle then there's often a lack of things to actually do that aren't just a tedious grind for the sake of a tedious grind. More content like Crystal Conflict that is easy to just jump right into with no setup would be wonderful.