Please don't harass people for ignoring/disliking the story

[Atelier-Bagur]

1. They are already using spaghetti code and an old framework as excuses (lol, nice helms hrothgar.)
2. Are you telling me that the current devs don't treat themselves like rockstars? Btw, check out that new music video that dropped on their youtube channel!
3. Yeah, you should go further. This game has a lot of issues that EA sneaked into WoW like the cash shop and the sudden glut of FOMO injected into the game.

Either way, no point in arguing. I tried when EQ/EQ2 got big and SoE went full EA, I tried when WoW got scooped up by EA, I tried when games becoming a service was becoming a common place, tbh I am tried of trying to save a hobby when the new blood would rather blindly defend companies than use some simple critical thinking to see how a bad idea can ruin an IP. All I can say is, enjoy the game! Your mindset has won the day and all we can do is brace for the future and all it brings~!

1. What I stated was more of a cultural thing due to WoW starting at the right place at the right time. It was bound to decline as more mmos started to follow in its footsteps and over-flooding the market with MMOs. Again, wow was immensely popular because people used the game as more than just what it was. This is why people whom desperately try to capture that "magic" of MMOs is chasing a fool's errand as you cant ever replicate that era. You grew up, people change, standards change.

2. Not with them constantly apologizing and fixing their mess ups and actively communicating with the playerbase via their lodestone posts and Live Letters. This has been something that has been consistent with the team since day one ever since Yoshida came on board. With the Blizzard team, you had people come and go, developers being dismissive of the feedback with their large playerbase etc. You clearly see in their actions and statements that they felt like they could do no wrong. People like to joke that the FFXIV community likes to treat the devs this way, but thats just it, the FFXIV community TREATS them that way, the devs themselves dont.

3. Yes, with how EA actively mistreats their own employees, overpricing the items and services for a paid subscription service (the same services that FFXIV offers are far cheaper than those found in the WoW store). Im not saying that the Mogstation itself is a perfect haven either as a cash shop will always be a cash shop, but if we're going to compare between the two, the WoW store still takes the cake.

[Jeeqbit]

Comparing a video game to a plce of worship LOL, take your pills already.

I could compare a game to absolutely anything. It does not somehow mean I need to take pills. I don't understand.

here let me break it down for you - you go to a place of worhship for 1 main reason, to worship. you play video games for multiple reasons, which arent limited to a story, ffxiv has A LOT of content, that can be enjoyed without the story.

You play video games for multiple reasons because video games have multiple genres. You specifically play FFXIV, an MMORPG, for its specific genre of content, all of which is underpinned by and inspired by a story.

Yes, you can enjoy FFXIV without the story but then you shouldn't try to troll people about the story and then pretend you are the victim of harassment.

[Striker44]

I think I've seen far more meltdowns over people criticising the burger scene than criticism of the burger scene in question at this point.

Nah. I've seen one person have more meltdowns over that burger scene than Amber Heard's lawyer had over the muffins. Everyone else just laughs at that person like they did the lawyer. If you can't tell the difference between being amused and having a meltdown, that's concerning o.O

If you're referring to threads that pretend to be positive but then insert not-so-subtle digs at people critical of various aspects of the game and that is challenged? It's not really a cabal of negativity. Nonetheless, I was specifically addressing comments that try to justify harassing story skippers. I do find it silly if they try comment on the story in spite of skipping it, but equally that ignorance makes it all the easier to shrug it off - much like specious claims about "majorities".

No, I'm referring to threads that actually are positive, but which get certain people immediately jumping in and saying things like "I loved how I did all the content in 2 days and then had nothing else to do there." Also, I find it humorous how you love to question "majorities" but let people acting like the population is plummeting when it's the highest it's ever been just slide by

[Graeham]

It is not the melted down it is the melted cheese. Is making the bad cholesterol. The player making the mistaken that to be bulk must eat the bad food like the cheesie burger from the slice of the life anime write. Is wrong!

Story writers guild is not ignore the story. This is wrong taking. We are write the new story to replace old like the Realm of the Rebirth. Is new world rule by God Meteo and God King Solus and Varis and Scottish Fordola and all player is now the No Shadow Gods. Will be the world with out the cheesieburger and only the clean bulking. Where all the people will do the 100 push up and 100 sit up and 100 squat and run all the single day. Not even magic man will allow being weak I will teach you 12 God Rhadagar Punch Magic.

Trust in us and we shall showing all the way. By making the revolting rebellion forum player can bring the change.

[Thenightvortex]

> "My love will be forever with yours, my dearest children."
> VENAT HATES EVERYONE BUT HERSELF!

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Because that’s how it works: If someone says they love someone, that is 100% the truth with no room for lying or a skewed perception of reality on her part, even when her actions contradict the claims of love.

[Aurikai]

I've never seen someone "bullied" over the story in this game, I'm having a hard time believing this actually exists. At any rate, harassing in game under any form is against TOS, so why not just report them, probably less than 1% of players read forums, so PSA here won't do much.

[SentioftheHoukai]

I almost feel for zodiark, just a pathetic shell that ended up doing nothing. Total letdown. It'd be like Kefka just tripping and falling off the floating Island and dying. womp womp

That would be funny. I can even imagine him laughing on the way down.

Also this is admirable and impressive, for such a blatant baitpost.

That's because your opinion is completely invalidated. You constantly harp about stupid things like the female characters not constantly being damsels in distress and god forbid there's a lite scene where someone is eating a hamburger. Your takes are garbage and its why people don't take you seriously.

Do you think Meteion makes a tasty Nothingburger?

[Knot_D]

Do you think Meteion makes a tasty Nothingburger?

[TheMightyMollusk]

Oh, this thread gained five more pages since I went to bed, wonder what happened.....

....oh, it was just another bout of people talking at aveyond again. Well, there's ten minutes of life I'll never get back.

[hagare]

I think I've seen far more meltdowns over people criticising the burger scene than criticism of the burger scene in question at this point.

meltdown? mock and make fun of is more accurate.