Do people on these forums only complain endlessly?

[Deveryn]

I don't know what a "tweetingway" is, but I think a big problem in the story itself is that they rely way too much on the lighthearted comedy, and fanservice nowadays. They are known for writing decent stories, with a serious tone, and a lot of that kind of gets in the way when there is so much of it now, in my opinion.

A while back, the FFXIV twitter (EN at least) was "taken over" by Tweetingway for a day. It was a fun / cute interaction with the followers. (It reminded me of when GMs would appear in older MMOs like Everquest 1 and 2.) The game trends pretty much daily, so I don't see it as any sort of marketing gimmick.

[Raoabolic]

A while back, the FFXIV twitter (EN at least) was "taken over" by Tweetingway for a day. It was a fun / cute interaction with the followers. (It reminded me of when GMs would appear in older MMOs like Everquest 1 and 2.) The game trends pretty much daily, so I don't see it as any sort of marketing gimmick.

Funny twitter posts now pass for GM events like the freeport ant raid or when Vox decided to visit the Eyeball camp in the elephant graveyard? NGL, that's really lame in comparison. >< lol

[Deveryn]

Funny twitter posts now pass for GM events like the freeport ant raid or when Vox decided to visit the Eyeball camp in the elephant graveyard? NGL, that's really lame in comparison. >< lol

I said I was reminded. Of course, there's Duty Commenced, which is actually more of an equivalent. (of course, still not the same, I know )

[SturmChurro]

The FF's in general are a variety in this way, though. Take something like FF6, and it was definitely a "serious" tone throughout. On the other hand, FF9 still ultimately told a serious story, but the feel of the entire game was a lot more lighthearted and humorous. FF14 seems to be more of an FF9 approach in that way, and frankly, the fanbase for FF14 far and away loves the fanservice and the feel.

I just think they have taken to relying on it too much nowadays, like I was saying in my post. It's not really that the game has lighthearted comedic moments, or fanservice. It's the amount of it, and when/where it's appropriate to be used.

A while back, the FFXIV twitter (EN at least) was "taken over" by Tweetingway for a day. It was a fun / cute interaction with the followers. (It reminded me of when GMs would appear in older MMOs like Everquest 1 and 2.) The game trends pretty much daily, so I don't see it as any sort of marketing gimmick.

I wish they'd interact with the forum community too.

[Deveryn]

I wish they'd interact with the forum community too.

I wouldn't wish that on them.

[SturmChurro]

I wouldn't wish that on them.

I think a lot of the issues in terms of complaints could especially be alleviated by a well written post or response by a community rep, of course it can also have the opposite effect at times. It's just the fact that the community thinks they are being heard, and even being interacted with.

[Deveryn]

There he goes hijacking the thread as his podium...


As for my last comment, clearly there's a misunderstanding. I can't be bothered to try and clear it up.

[Lauront]

I wouldn't wish that on them.

I wouldn't wish the Twitter community on them but there you go.

[Theodric]

I wouldn't wish that on them.

I'm not sure why? Say what you will about this place but it isn't host to people's extreme fetishes posted for everybody to see or videos of people being brutally murdered. Furthermore the simple fact that people's accounts here are linked between the forum and the game means that harassment doesn't go nearly as far as it does on other platforms. Or shall I tell you about the many times I've seen people harass and stalk people over on Twitter or Reddit for something as innocent as listing a Garlean as their favourite character or saying they don't really care for Hildibrand's particular style of humour?

I think what's interesting is that, more often than not, the very same posters who desperately try to portray this place as entirely unreasonable not only continue to post here despite that apparent view but generally have a post history largely consisting of not so subtle efforts to stifle feedback.

[aveyond-dreams]

I think what's interesting is that, more often than not, the very same posters who desperately try to portray this place as entirely unreasonable not only continue to post here despite that apparent view but generally have a post history largely consisting of not so subtle efforts to stifle feedback.

Generally speaking it seems like there's a handful of people who equate asking for improvements to either be asking too much of the devs (regardless of whatever standard in the mmorpg genre has been established in other games) or in terms of the story that people either didn't pay attention or are simply too serious to appreciate the direction Endwalker took.

Holding a productive conversation is difficult when those individuals appear because it usually goes something like:

"I'd like for Blue Mage to be non-limited"

"Well *I'm* ok with it and so are so many others (source?) so you need to get over that it's not changing"

"I'd like for Viera to have more hairs"

"It takes time and effort to make those hairstyles you shouldn't ask them to overwork themselves"

It's just so exhausting.

Here you go again speaking for "many people"

I loved Elden ring, I got the platinum . I also really liked endwalker.

And I find it hilarious you mention ffx. That game had a ton of silly, cringy moments.

Yeah, at the start when things weren't nearly as intense as they got towards the end when the game us kill our aeons one by one and then killed off the main protagonist. Stop with the false comparisons.