Quote Originally Posted by Striker44 View Post
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.

Quote Originally Posted by Deveryn View Post
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.