Linear, linear, linear

[OdinelStarrei]

Seriously, this is where the non-stop negativity just makes certain people's opinions not worth developers listening to. The point I made is straight-up reality. Apparently your approach is never take any blame for anything, always blame others (even when you're responsible)...

I am not responsible!

I didn't do anything except disagree with design/dungeon/job decisions and support/compliment things I liked! I've always said that fights should not be nerfed, that dungeons should not be in this straight line, or at least have the illusion of being more than just a straight hallway. I didn't insist, nor did I force SE to do dumb things that blow up in their faces later on, like Variants, which they STILL fumbled.

What is your endgame here? Are players who really want additional complexity simultaneously a minority that doesn't matter ergo shouldn't be listened to by developers AND the speed runner people responsible for killing more unique dungeons because Square Enix HAD to acquiesce to popular trends? "The enemy is too weak to acknowledge, but also so strong we need to allocate resources to resist them." We have Trusts now in almost all 4-man dungeon content going forward, players who want to explore HAVE that option without any judgement, and even now, with content like Deep Dungeons, full clears/exploration for silvers is far from uncommon. Yet the linearity, and simplicity continues. Why are WE getting blamed for Square Enix's choices, the ones they have barely ever added any transparency on? I don't appreciate being seen as a scapegoat! "Oh no, the players did what players do in every popular game ever made, no way we could have ever seen this coming, and designed for it accordingly."

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