What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[aveyond-dreams]

I actually considered it a few years back but my encounters with some of the more unhinged members of this community made me not want to put anything out there that would make me easy to identify in the real world.

That too, given the sort of mean-spirited behavior that FFXIV players engage in outside the forums whenever someone has a (valid) critique of the game, it makes it too much of a risk. FFXIV players seem to regularly interpret things like rightfully calling out characters like Venat's motives or asking for more customization options appropriate for either gender as infractions against their morals - ones that are not shared by the entire playerbase but that doesn't stop them from engaging in all sorts of behavior that would lead to repercussions in real life.

I'd rather switch games than deal with that. So I basically have, back to single player titles while FFXIV figures out what it wants to do with itself while its community carries on as usual. A playerbase whose voice is dominated by such individuals isn't worth that much of my time or effort to save from itself, especially if they're brazen enough to engage in the sort of behavior they've already demonstrated against other people.

Maybe if Yoship hadn't pandered to them not only would the story be in a better state, but there would actually be somewhat of a feeling of "home" left in this game instead of vague hostility for not towing the same line as everyone else. The only solace I have is that the kinds of players people are concerned about seem to have entrenched themselves deeply into FFXIV and seldom play other games, so I don't have to worry about them chasing after me elsewhere.

Diofield Chronicle is already coming out next week. And with it I gain a new world full of the sort of things that brought me to this game in the first place and whose absence now turns me away.