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

[Deveryn]

I dunno about anyone else, but I'm excited to see what an actual novelist has to say. Enough of these basement dwelling wannabes.

[BaconBits]

I dunno about anyone else, but I'm excited to see what an actual novelist has to say. Enough of these basement dwelling wannabes.

You still have not answered my question.

[Deveryn]

You still have not answered my question.

I've moved on from whatever you asked me. Consider doing the same.

[BaconBits]

I've moved on from whatever you asked me. Consider doing the same.

I think not.

[Jojoya]

I dunno about anyone else, but I'm excited to see what an actual novelist has to say. Enough of these basement dwelling wannabes.

Why would that be important to you?

Novels are a different medium. The author has the ability to develop the story and characters at a pace of their choosing, whether it all happens in 100 pages or 10,000. They have the luxury of being able to write it in a week or in a decade (assuming they don't tie themselves to a publisher contract in advance of completing their work).

Writers for games have to work around the game play elements and production deadlines. They don't have the luxury of going into depth for story and character development.

Ultimately the only opinions that matter are those of the end user - the reader or the player. Since not everyone finds the same things entertaining, there's going to be disagreement over how good something was. It's especially true when the reader/player starts taking an obsessive interest in specific characters and the writer creates a story path for the character that runs counter to the interest the reader/player has in the character. Certainly we see more than enough of that around here.

You most definitely implied that the mere act of hating on Shadowbringers was contrarian (since you put emphasis on the expac and not the contrarian comments) but whatever.
I could perfectly see how one could hate Shadowbringers without being merely a contrarian, as it dramatically shift the game's focus from world-driven political story, to a character-driven more intimate story. A lot of people seem to prefer the latter, but I've seen fans of the former being legitimately disappointed by the game's direction. There is very little in the game currently that feels remotely like 2.1-2.5 ARR.

By the same token, the opposite would probably explain the disappointment many had in Stormblood. It was a good expansion but lacked the character development we saw in Heavensward.

Players are looking for different things. What satisfies one won't satisfy another. It's fine for people not to agree.

[Deveryn]

Why would that be important to you?

The importance might be overstated. It's mostly a dig at what passes for story commentary from certain people.