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

[Sebazy]

I think it just bothers you because you know he is right.

Is he though? I'd say he has a pretty solid track record of being wrong with his comments in this manner.

Warriors being played wrong in early ARR? - Nope, healing a PLD was just significantly more efficient, a rather big deal back when MP was at a premium.

SCHs DPSing whilst WHM did all the healing in late ARR/early HW? - Again, clearly and demonstrably proven incorrect because he couldn't accept that Rouse>Whispering Dawn was a bigger DPS gain than anything Selene bought to the table.

There's plenty more where that came from. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Yoshida is a bad figurehead, quite the opposite in fact. But blindly taking whatever he says as gospel isn't the greatest of ideas. He's no less human than any of us and alas, we all get it wrong from time to time.

[Reap00]

Is he though? I'd say he has a pretty solid track record of being wrong with his comments in this manner.

Warriors being played wrong in early ARR? - Nope, healing a PLD was just significantly more efficient, a rather big deal back when MP was at a premium.

SCHs DPSing whilst WHM did all the healing in late ARR/early HW? - Again, clearly and demonstrably proven incorrect because he couldn't accept that Rouse>Whispering Dawn was a bigger DPS gain than anything Selene bought to the table.

There's plenty more where that came from. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Yoshida is a bad figurehead, quite the opposite in fact. But blindly taking whatever he says as gospel isn't the greatest of ideas. He's no less human than any of us and alas, we all get it wrong from time to time.

You won't find a more passionate lead developer in the industry.

[Sebazy]

You won't find a more passionate lead developer in the industry.

He's certainly up there. IMHO I think a part of the issue is that since he himself is actually pretty competent at his own game, he tends to take a bit of a stubborn stance with his own opinions and as a result, frequently seems to dismiss community views that don't align with his own vision.

It'd be interesting to know how many of his team play at a similar level and how he receives their feedback. Whilst little to go on, Yoshida dismissing his healer 'tester' because he 'got too good' is kind of concerning to me.

Remember people; it's NOT Ok to try and make a joke and pick a little fun at something you know is an inherently inadequate system. But it is OK to call people lazy, stupid, and incompetent, apparently.

I've not seen anyone in this thread trying to suggest that Yoshida's team are lazy or stupid. This thread is already built on a foundation of misconstruing comments, lets not make it even worse thanks?

FFXIV's team are anything but lazy, it's quite the opposite infact. The game has outgrown the team and for whatever reason be it finance, the inability to lure developers out of more lucrative mobile games or simply Yoshida preferring to keep a small team, they are falling short of expectations on a regular basis.

[Kaurhz]

He's certainly up there. IMHO I think a part of the issue is that since he himself is actually pretty competent at his own game, he tends to take a bit of a stubborn stance with his own opinions and as a result, frequently seems to dismiss community views that don't align with his own vision.

It'd be interesting to know how many of his team play at a similar level and how he receives their feedback. Whilst little to go on, Yoshida dismissing his healer 'tester' because he 'got too good' is kind of concerning to me.



I've not seen anyone in this thread trying to suggest that Yoshida's team are lazy or stupid. This thread is already built on a foundation of misconstruing comments, lets not make it even worse thanks?

FFXIV's team are anything but lazy, it's quite the opposite infact. The game has outgrown the team and for whatever reason be it finance, the inability to lure developers out of more lucrative mobile games or simply Yoshida preferring to keep a small team, they are falling short of expectations on a regular basis.

No, you're right but it has been a fairly common occurrence amongst other threads, which is the point.