Quote Originally Posted by Zaniel View Post
The thing I hate about these videos/threads/topics is there is just zero relativity from people. Its either perfect or worst game ever released. Have these sorts of people ever played other video games?

I love FF14, I have played LOTS, like LOTS, of other MMOs (which I also loved for different reasons) and I am well aware of its superior and inferior design decisions. It's pretty reasonable to say that for 80% off the people 80% of the design philosophy is really really good. However, even the most stalwart fan should be able to admit some level of non-perfection, the same way the doomers should grow up and admit that the faults are not all encompassing and catastrophic. There will also be a handful for whom the design choices are deal breakers, that's fine, no MMO is the Jesus MMO. However, as a total package seen from 40,000ft there are VERY few MMOs that make as many consistently fun and player conscious design decisions, the 80% good well out-weighs the 20% bad for the significant majority. Does that mean we can't discuss the 20% bad? No, go for it, but be measured and reasonable and not a 12 year old doomer (or an unhinged white knight). But we all know that this forum in particular has a large population (proportionally) of shit stirrers and 12 year old panic-merchants so that ain't likely to happen.

Is the FF14 glam system an inferior design to say WoW or BDO? Sure, obviously without even discussing it. Is it a critical game destroying issue? No, clearly not. I think the Island Sanctuary was a significant waste of resources but I don't hate the fact it's there or begrudge people who like it, I'm not the only person here and 100% of the resources of the game don't need to be devoted purely to stuff I like, if I think like that I have to accept that the people sitting on the Island are right when they say PVP (which I enjoy) is a waste of time.
Does anyone here actually think that 14 is a trash pile that nobody should want to play

If anything our desire to want to play it is why we complain about the lack of content