FFXVI has now officially proven to have taken over Yoshi's time

[IkaraGreydancer]

This is plain reality, but sadly you are going to get many bad-faith forum posters who do nothing but deny reality very soon, telling you why FF16 development has absolutely zero impact on FF14.

Oh of course they'll not say it outright, because even they know that that is near-indefensible. But they'll keep pushing in that direction because that's ultimately what they want everyone to believe, whether it be through tactics like whataboutism (a certain Viera is probably going to bring up WoW again), asking for hard evidence that no player has access to (a certain lala is probably going to do that), trying to devalue your feelings and launch into blaming the players (as they often do... expect comments like "this doesn't actually matter" / "get over it"), or just straight up jumping into attacks like telling you to unsub.

And as usual, expect lots of quotations from the Little Red Book of Yoshi-P as these bad-faith forum posters seek to establish credibility to citing alternative facts by conflating corporate PR mouthpieces with reality, despite the overwhelming evidence that what SE or CBU3 says sometimes does not match what is reality.

Thankfully, the silent majority of players sees the same issue as you do. Pray, disregard the bad-faith forum posters who want you to deny reality as they do.

I mean...your opinion is just as valid/invalid, worthy/worthless as anyone's here (yes including myself) so acting like you're the be all end all right opinion makes no sense.

You can't speak about credibility when you have presented zero facts. I'm not even one who believes XVI hasn't effected XIV in any way but come on man...the grandstanding is not needed. You've just started posting here n already acting holier than thou. There's no need for it. Just be cool

[SorrowsEnd]

Yoshi-p should have stepped down temporarily until he was fully capable of giving his 100% to this game and not what felt like 95% FF16 5% FF14. Let someone else take over the role while just overlooking and giving some input. Whether or not the game would be in a better or worse state is not possible to know but that's my hot take.

[IkaraGreydancer]

Yoshi-p should have stepped down temporarily until he was fully capable of giving his 100% to this game and not what felt like 95% FF16 5% FF14. Let someone else take over the role while just overlooking and giving some input. Whether or not the game would be in a better or worse state is not possible to know but that's my hot take.

I mean if EW is 5% that's a pretty damn good 5%. Though I'd honestly like to know how you got 95% to 5%.

[Iyrnthota]

It just kinda hit me that these threads are textbook "only child just got a younger sibling".

[Shinkuno]

Thankfully, the silent majority of players are having a blast playing the game, having fun, and may not even know these other things exist, let alone find anything meaningful in them. Pray, disregard the bad-faith forum posters who are addicted to the game but so pathetically bitter they can't stand the thought of other people enjoying something.

If Dutyqueues are any indication, the silent majority isnt playing the game. No, having the game open in the background or using it as a second life-esque modding platform doesnt count as "playing the game"

[Stormpeaks]

Thankfully, the silent majority of players are having a blast playing the game, having fun, and may not even know these other things exist, let alone find anything meaningful in them. Pray, disregard the bad-faith forum posters who are addicted to the game but so pathetically bitter they can't stand the thought of other people enjoying something.

Ah the good old "muh majoritah" lmao

Keep coping buddy

[Johners]

Why would they need to do a 14 hour broadcast when the anniversary is very close to NA Fan Fest? Likewise, if we assume 7.0 is going to release next summer which is a reasonable estimate, then there's a clear path of 3 Fan Fests before a final 14 hour broadcast that tightly wraps up the entire pre-release schedule for 7.0.

Also, people need to stop using 16 as a scapegoat for their feelings towards Endwalker and/or 14 in general. Square Enix have established both a development cycle and communication cycle for this game that's very rigid. Love it or loathe it, that cycle is here to stay. People were hyped for Endwalker as the big expansion solely because it completed the initial story arc. It's otherwise just a regular FFXIV expansion like those before it. I can't say they got everything right but they're not going to and it's foolish to think otherwise.

Additionally a lot of people had extra hype for Endwalker because of the WoW exodus during Shadowbringers downtime. The game was arguably its most popular when 6.0 released but it was never going to sustain that. It has seen an increase in regular players that drop in and out based on the content cycle but expecting a doubling in daily logins was never on the cards.

Finally, and this is a matter of opinion, but Endwalker 6.0 was probably the place for many long-term players to stop... especially those of you that are so clearly jaded at the current state of the game and it's general development direction. It's uncanny how some of you are walking down the same path many WoW players did because they refused to quit. There's obvious addicts in the community that would rather complain about the game all the time instead of just playing something else... something like the newly released Final Fantasy XVI

[Kranel_San]

We have always had the 14 hour broadcast around the time of the Anniversary. Now, upon him working on XVi and all the issues XIV has had because of it (Just go back and look at the release of EW among other things and quality and even him saying he took too much on) it's just in our faces. We're not even getting the nice 14 hour broadcast until NEXT YEAR even though our Anniversary event in game will be soon. Come on man.

EDIT: It's not even like, an "Off" year. But literally 10 years and the Expac we wrapped up our starting journey.

I haven't heard of any game directors who work on multiple "Big" projects. Specifically, working on an MMO and another game simultaneously. I know it's possible but it's like playing two big MMOs at the same time, including doing high-end content, which isn't really recommended as the time & effort investment will not be equal to that of only one.

The fact YoshiP did should tell you everything about XIV development. It has become "Structured" in that he doesn't have to be around all the time. We have entered an unofficial maintenance mode in which the majority of the content from up to bottom are structured, and the decision-makers aren't willing to take risks or fully monitor the game but rather are focusing on other projects.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg. To sum it up, we're in a state in which the company and the developers don't care about XIV because there are no risks.

Why develop more content when people are contend with it? Why take 3 months to release a patch rather than 4 or 5 when you can throw an excuse that people would believe easily? Why answer or fear criticism when the white knights are going to flock in numbers to defend the multi-billionaire company? Speaking of game criticism and white knights, do you know that the word "White knight" itself in addition to game criticism is more than enough to have XIV subreddit mods removing your comments or even banning you outright? I have personally experienced that, in addition to having people wishing me all kinds of ill fortune and "Bad Karma" just for saying a game of criticism.

It will take me an article full of wall text to explain more, but suffice it to say. I hope in the near future we can get more good MMOs in the market that could threaten the current dull competition.

[Neoyoshi]

He's just a human being; cut him some slack. Taking on the amount of responsibility that he has can be draining to anyone, at any age; and he is pushing 50. (i mean he is 50). I'm almost 44 and i feel like i need to go into a coma after working a full day, so i can't even imagine what it's like for his energy level.

He also has teams of people underneath him; don't just focus all of your frustrations on one person- spread that frustration out a bit to the whole team(s) of people responsible for managing this stuff.

[CNitsah]

Yeah, anniversary event should happen at anniversary, not 6 month later. If they can't do a 14h livestream, no problem, but do something. Especially after teasing that for so long. It's like their "We cannot let down the player we have" they had in ARR is now gone, at the time where the decision and content made for the last patches cycle are at a high point (highest since I'm here on late stormblood. I often see those kind of remarks on NN, which is new), I would think that not sending another "you are not our priority anymore" sign would be avoided. I feel like the "we will be honest with you and explain you what and why" is also disappearing.