FFXIV: The TTRPG

[TaleraRistain]

Shame on Theodric for stating his distaste for a new product so honestly, in thread about said product, on a discussion board, and being rather polite and somewhat clinical about it in an effort not to upset certain posters whose titties twist whenever someone so much as utters direct disdain for the game or developers.

He didn't state his distaste for a new product. He didn't comment on the product at all. It's a XIV related product but more than likely no one on the development staff is involved with making it and still he links it back to issues he has with the MMO. And we have yet another thread where he can't stop himself from bringing up Venat. This is how many now?

[MintnHoney]

He didn't state his distaste for a new product. He didn't comment on the product at all.

I believe that, at the very least, the comment of "not at all" in response to the question of "how hyped are you for this product?" qualifies as a comment on the product (make up your mind: do you want precision, or do you want to be vague?). The fact that he decided to explain his stance further is extra icing on that cake, although I guess you're allowed to not accept that as part of his comment on the product.

It's a XIV related product but more than likely no one on the development staff is involved with making it and still he links it back to issues he has with the MMO.

He linked it back to FFXIV, the game, because it is a product about the game. FFXIV TTRP being related to FFXIV is not the mysterious and complicated leap of logic you're making it out to be.

And we have yet another thread where he can't stop himself from bringing up Venat. This is how many now?

I don't exactly keep track of his posts, but I don't honestly remember seeing any threads where his sole purpose is to spread propaganda against or about Venat, or where he's just burning to talk about Venat. That might be because I don't participate in lore discussions, or it may be because he doesn't actually do that.
For your sake, since you may not know how to do it yourself, and also because I haven't done something like this before, and also because you've piqued my interest, I've gone through and looked at his past posts (just the last 20, to see if, other than this post, he really does just constantly gab about Venat). It may surprise you that, other than in this thread, he...
*drumroll*
...has not mentioned Venat even once in those first 20 posts.
Meaning, he's not quite as Venat crazy as that one player was Ancients-crazy (remember that "The Ancients are my people, and YoshiP committed unfair genocide upon them" thread? Good times), and not so prone to talk about Venat as you're making him out to be. In fact, studies suggest that a lack of something in ones behavior means that this something is not actually happening, and some experts would suggest that the perception of such suggests a bias either for or against the topic, behavior, or the person observed.
To that end, I think you're just being extra-crispy sensitive about him because you were recently trying to argue with him.

I think that's just what they provide in the basic starter box. It's a short adventure with a few premade character sheets so beginners can jump in and try it out, sort of like a demo. D&D has similar starter boxes like this. There will also be a separate full rulebook which will provide the complete character/job options.

On one hand, it would be very Squeen if they just decided to avoid developing this any further, and thus we get a single list of jobs, probably at least the ARR Job list, and never see anything more again.
Then again, on the other hand, it wouldn't be too surprising if they did start with just the four jobs and decide to offer supplements that offer additional jobs on a book by book basis as "FFXIV TTRPG expansions." You know, like "here's BARD, and an adventure that features them!"