Quote Originally Posted by Lecru View Post
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.