Thank you to YoshiP and the devs for the Rising

[Avoidy]

What I really dont get is that these same people dump all over the game all the time, complain about "corporate profits" etc..and yet here they are, paying for said game.

You're having a hard time understanding this because you think criticism of the game comes from a place of hate, when really it's just people who love the game and don't want it to get oversimplified, milked, and streamlined to death.

[Jojoya]

Jojoya, do you mind if I co opt your signature?

Completely up to you.

You're having a hard time understanding this because you think criticism of the game comes from a place of hate, when really it's just people who love the game and don't want it to get oversimplified, milked, and streamlined to death.

Too many of the critics aren't expressing any love for the game, though. They're only expressing hate.

I know that has come up before but as I've said before if players only mention what the devs are doing wrong and never mention what they're doing right, they're going to stop paying attention. No one can work effectively if they're stuck in a negative echo chamber.

[Avoidy]

Too many of the critics aren't expressing any love for the game, though. They're only expressing hate.

I know that has come up before but as I've said before if players only mention what the devs are doing wrong and never mention what they're doing right, they're going to stop paying attention. No one can work effectively if they're stuck in a negative echo chamber.

The devs are big boys, they can handle criticism of their product without having a mental breakdown. The fact that we're still here giving them money is demonstrative of the fact that on some level, we still find some joy in the game. The forums are just as much a place for feedback as they are a place for fans to thank the devs; learn to live with it bro.

[Carin-Eri]

The devs are big boys, they can handle criticism without having a mental breakdown. The fact that we're still here giving them money is demonstrative of the fact that on some level, we still find some joy in it.

Probably true, for this game at least. Although the Devs and Community Manager of the game I used to play had very fragile egos and couldn't/wouldn't tolerate any negativity toward their game at all.

Which is probably why the official forum of that game is a ghost-town.

[FenyxRising]

The Devs and Community Manager of the game I used to play had very fragile egos and couldn't/wouldn't tolerate any negativity toward their game at all.

That literally sounds like FF14 based on what Yoshi P complained about recently ?

[Renathras]

The devs are big boys, they can handle criticism of their product without having a mental breakdown. The fact that we're still here giving them money is demonstrative of the fact that on some level, we still find some joy in the game. The forums are just as much a place for feedback as they are a place for fans to thank the devs; learn to live with it bro.

That's a goal post move, though.

The discussion isn't "can the devs take it", it's "are the people being negative offering criticism or just being hateful".