Zepla about FFXIV Relic and Square Enix not taking any Risks

[hunkygladiator]

I HAVE MY OWN RELATIONSHIP TO FFXIV AND GAMING IN GENERAL AND WILL THEREFORE NOT ENGAGE WITH ZEPLA'S POINTS IN ANY WAY

nobody asked?

[ZephyrMenodora]

TANTRUMS!

I'm sorry I don't need an "influencer" to support or form my own opinions.

It's funny how when an influencer is mindlessly praising the game they're wielded as a bludgeon to dismiss critical feedback and yet when an influencer is expressing concern regarding the state of the game as an actual game suddenly their opinion is treated as irrelevant.

Um, I don't? It's almost as though I'm not one of those people who do this. Again, I make my own opinions and while influencers are entertaining to listen to, I never make decisions based on their opinions. They are just game players with an audience. The only expert on what I enjoy or not, is me.

[hunkygladiator]

I'm sorry I don't need an "influencer" to support or form my own opinions.

Lmao that's literally not the point. Video game content creators are a barometer of the mood of the playerbase. For any video game, the biggest content creators are usually about as lukewarm on any issue as possible. And they're increasingly negative now in EW, which says something about the mood of the playerbase when such a sentiment is acceptable and will not cause them to lose too many subscribers or viewers. Zepla and MrHappy are about as close to a "vanilla lukewarm" streamer as you can get.

It isn't the fact a single streamer is saying this people should be paying heed to. It's the fact this complaint is becoming increasingly common. Whether the people saying it be a minority or not, the fact it's being put to word with growing frequency, and by people from all different demographics within the game's playerbase, is an indicator that it should at least be given due consideration.

This. So much for """minority""" rofl

No, at the end of the day they are still just the barometer of their own opinions.

Copium, for the first time you're finally in the minority. Suck it!!!!

No, Zepla quotes Reddit/Twitter and frames it as her own opinion. If there was a overwhelming positive feedback for the relic on Reddit/Twitter she would praise it.

Which is literally why her opinion is a good barometer because her opinion generally does not offend the majority of the playerbase. She's incredibly safe lol. That means that the relic being atrocious in EW is now the standard, "safe" opinion.

[ZephyrMenodora]

Lmao that's literally not the point. Video game content creators are a barometer of the mood of the playerbase. For any video game, the biggest content creators are usually about as lukewarm on any issue as possible. And they're increasingly negative now in EW.

No, at the end of the day they are still just the barometer of their own opinions.

I NEED A TIME OUT!!!!

[Shinkuno]

No, at the end of the day they are still just the barometer of their own opinions.

The game could have 1000 players and youd still be here crying how everyone not liking something about the game is just a minority and everything is fine.

[ZephyrMenodora]

The game could have 1000 players and youd still be here crying how everyone not liking something about the game is just a minority and everything is fine.

You don't know me very well at all. But thanks for your baseless opinion I guess.

If the game was actually down to 1000 players and being closed, I'd say "oh what a shame." I'm not someone who is delusional.

I do think that these forums are the most negative places to discuss FFXIV out of any community I've seen on the internet, so I do take what is popular here with a grain of salt.

If I personally wanted to be more popular on these forums, I have enough awareness to know that I should join in on the complaining bandwagon.

[Boblawblah]

Video game content creators are a barometer of the mood of the playerbasel

Hmm, I'm not sure about that. You'd have to somehow prove that people that watch video game content creators are representative of the playerbase first. I don't watch FFXIV content creators at all (dungeon guides aside). I'm sure I'm not alone.

[SturmChurro]

This. So much for """minority""" rofl



Copium, for the first time you're finally in the minority.

For sure. Many of us saw the writing on the wall a long time ago, even more in ShB, but it took until Endwalker for people to really start noticing. If things continue, it will only get worse with each further expansion.

[Ransu]

nobody asked?

I agree, nobody asked. Go away, unsubscribe and stop trolling the forums.