Yoshi-P: Flippant dismissal of player criticism is a poor look for a lead developer.

[Floortank]

It is this exact dismissive attitude that many players are starting to take umbrage with.

Healer criticism? Go play Ultimate (despite the Ultimates being able to be solo healed)

Glamour Criticism? Instead of fixing a broken system, we just simply made it bigger.
Take what we give you and like it.

I get it. You're stuck with the resources you have and the engine you're working with, but flippantly dismissing player criticisms over a system they find subpar is simply a bad look.

You might wanna take a break from the game for awhile for your own health. If you're down to trying to correct how a grown adult talks you've strongly misunderstood your position as a customer.

[Wyssahtyn]

This is honestly the best option, just after an expansion or two make all the dungeon gear have a craftable (and dyable) alternative. They've done this on a few things (the skallic stuff for example)

Better still would be just guaranteeing people a gear piece in capstone dungeons like they do in leveling dungeons, esp since those craftable/dyeable versions often dye poorly. It's not like the gear from capstone dungeons are ever BiS outside of niche uses anyway.

[Saraide]

That Cashshop isn't selling anything that makes the Game Pay-to-win.
Its just cosmetics and a few optional things. The game itself has PLENTY of rewards you can work and grind for, so its not like the Majority of it is going to the cashshop.

So no, FFXIVs Cash Shop is NOT Anti-Consumer.
If you want Anti-Consumer, go back to Battlefront 2 Before the Overhaul

Why are you downplaying fashion? Some of the most sought after rewards in this game are "just cosmetic".

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Why are you downplaying fashion? Some of the most sought after rewards in this game are "just cosmetic".

....Im confused how Im downplaying fashion, and why Im being called out for it XD
But yeah, true, I ran Paglth'an several times for the Fending Helmet, and Weeping City for the Healer Coat. For Fashion, just for a cosmetic.

[Rezu55]

People like you OP, are the exact reason why some developers like Valve have completely sworn off communicating with their players. Wild, crazy expectations and even more ludicrous misinterpretations of what they actually say. Please get a grip on yourself, you're sounding like a child over things Yoshi never even said.

[Zarkovitch]

I cannot for 1600 or 1200 for glam dresser.

[Shuuli]

It's a simple statement of fact. Nature abhors a vacuum. You are absolutely going to fill all those slots and you will require more.

Even though hoarding is something very specifically basic nature for many gamers, dismissing something on this basis in this case is just defying logic.

I tell you why. There is simply, just more and more content in the game. Not just the ingame new gearsets that you can get, but also, the store is getting continuously expanded. Which means, by basic logic, that you would need more space to store your older item. We are not just talking about full gear sets, but to keep the option to mix and match.

They could fix this issue by changing the system but that would take time and effort and accepting the fact that what they have now is not suitable for a long run. Imagine this game 10 years from now on with the amount of periodical new gearsets we get? You would be able to store, statistically, less and less percent of the potential glam that you could have. (100/10 vs 10000/10 is different percent you see, and when we would reach that phase they would say that "woops, there is a problem here".)

I have my thoughts on why they do not want to change this system and that is that this encourages people to buy more retainers which is more money for them on monthly basis. But retainers are just not solving the issue as most people find it very painstaking to go through 4-5 menues to glam the items from the retainers. We could be able to reach retainers from glam dresser, and this would solve a big part of the issue, and would still keep their money. But they perhaps did not think about this solution or again - just do not care to think about it.

We cannot know for sure why they treat this topic in this way. This is just my theory. I personally do not care what they say, I am happy about the extension, but this was just something logical not something I would bow down and praise them for.

[Shuuli]

You might wanna take a break from the game for awhile for your own health. If you're down to trying to correct how a grown adult talks you've strongly misunderstood your position as a customer.

I worked for many corporations before and need to be in close relationships with mangement because I did ERM. At most corporations it is mandatory to have a "dedicated spokes person" who is chosen to speak for and on behalf of the company. There is a literal agreement that these people must sign that they will approach public audiences in a way that will not tarnish or diminish the reputation and thereof the sales possibilities in any manner. Now, because of his position Yoshi P might have something different to this, but to say that customers cannot influence how a grown up adult (that represents a corporation) is just wrong. IF you work at a bank and you are a manager and you see that one of your colleague approaches customers in a way that will send mixed feelings, you can literally fire them based on that. I worked for a bank as well and this was very common. If you cannot "speak well" -so to speak, - in stressful situation, then you are going to lose customers, therefore profit.

PR is very important for companies and reputation is one of the main risks many companies focus on. Especially in today's world where there is an instant flow of information and bad news usually make bigger headlines than good news.

[Saraide]

....Im confused how Im downplaying fashion, and why Im being called out for it XD
But yeah, true, I ran Paglth'an several times for the Fending Helmet, and Weeping City for the Healer Coat. For Fashion, just for a cosmetic.

Saying a cash shop isnt anti consumer by claiming it's "just cosmetics" is downplaying the importance of cosmetics. You clearly know very well how important fashion is to you. It's a meaningless defense no one even actually believes in, we've just been conditioned to parrot it around for decades.

[Bad_Luck]

He's right though, except it's guaranteed that somebody out there somewhere is already complaining about it.