The current state of the "MMORPG" FFXIV is unsustainable. Here's why

[Raven2014]

You load this with speculation. And even if it did come with bugs we'd report them and work it out. God knows it's not like we haven't before. Exceptional times require exceptional attention. The massive population boom was pretty exceptional. I do agree with you things are decided in advance, when its business as usual.

Like I said, spoken like someone who don't understand software development work. The only way your previous post would make sense is if you can go back in time to maybe 2018 and tell Yoshi all the event that transpired in 2022, if his teams didn't adapt, then yeah you have a point. Btw, you can also inform them about COVID and shortage of chip/server in 2021 as well, so they could pre-order all the necessary hardware to full capitalize it as well, instead of having us waiting half a day to log in at the launch of 7.0. So, did you go back in time?

It's always so easy to speak candidly and giving sage advise with the benefit of hindsight, isn't it?

You speak like someone who's been working at a job for 20 years and have grown so complacent that even if the opportunity of a lifetime for your company shows up you couldn't be bothered to lift an extra finger to see if it'll work out.

I speak like someone who actually worked in software-development. And no, I'm not old enough to have 20 years working experience yet. But I worked long enough to understand why there is a reason "content lockdown" is a sacred concept in a development cycle that they taught you in school, and upheld by every good project manager. Almost every time I see a shit shown happen, it's because a team do not give this principal its deserve respect.

No content developer will appreciate a manger one day knock down the door and say "I want you to drop everything you're doing and focusing on making something we never planned for and get it out ASAP!". Sometime, there is something you can not just buy or do.