Quote Originally Posted by VelKallor View Post


No one here is ANYONE's "personal influencer".

Actually what we have here, Theodric, is a busy , bustling happy restaurant with loads of happy customers ignoring a tiny band of bitter malcontents standing outside telling them how bad the food is and not to eat it because it doesnt suit THEIR tastes or personal likes.
I was referring to the army of influencers present on social media who shoot down any criticism or concerns no matter how valid that criticism may be. It's happened not only with FFXIV but FFXVI as well. During the marketing phase of the latter, video footage showed regular enemies dying very easily and rarely attacking the player. This was pointed out as a concern, only for the play testers to gloat about how it was a dumb and false concern, that it was just 'haters' speaking out and that there was no merit to the criticism. The game launched and it was decent overall, though those concerns proved absolutely true.

It isn't solely 'malcontents' who speaking out. It's perfectly possible for people to enjoy aspects of the game and invest in it whilst still speaking up through a critical lens especially if it's been changed to accommodate a new target audience. One who seems all too keen to try and drive out anyone who dares to ask for more of what they enjoyed seeing in the game.

I also don't get the impression that these 'malcontents' are as angry or as bitter as is insinuated. It's a forum for a video game at the end of the day and the very same venue where the developers themselves and community representatives request feedback to be posted. Whether they actually read it is another matter altogether.