Quote Originally Posted by Kuritzkale View Post
I think this is really the main reason. I remember feeling INSANE when I first got into this game back in stormblood and like... there was no criticism of the game that was easily visible? And people were obsessed with worshipping the lead game dev? That has felt bizarre since day one because like... the game has had stupid stuff in it that entire time, there have been awful decisions made, but it still felt like nobody cared or said anything about it, and just made funny little xd cute :3 compilations of yoshi-p laughing at some joke, or pictures of him with a cat filter over his face, or something.

I do feel like the community is... much more critical of the state the game is currently though, which is nice. Maybe if this keeps up we can get another DEFINITELY NOT FORCED live crying session from yoshi-p that makes the whole community conveniently forgive him.
Curious how long you've been around the forums, because honestly, they've been a cesspool of negativity since forever. Even during some of the most highly-rated expansions like HW, come here? Nothing but bad-mouthing the devs. Heck, even Reddit - a place known for being negative about practically everything under the sun - is positive about FFXIV and EW.

The simple reality is that EW is seen far and away by the playerbase as a fun, enjoyable, successful expansion, and people are overwhelmingly happy about the current state of the game. Thankfully, the devs realize this and give little credence to the attacks and pathetic insults thrown around on the NA forums. Sadly, what happens is the small group of malcontents create an echo chamber here among themselves, and start managing to actually convince themselves that they represent the playerbase instead of the tiniest sliver of the minority that they in truth are.

I mean, just look in this thread at people declaring things as "facts" which aren't by any means, purely personal opinions, and ones in opposition to the opinions widely shared by the general playerbase. It's okay to be dissatisfied with something. But to call opinions as facts and make pathetic, puerile attacks on the dev team doesn't do anything useful.