/r/ffxivdiscussion: YoshiP comments on regrets over making FF14 too stress-free

[OdinelStarrei]

No. I'm not going to believe this. I'm not going to get tricked again. This is the same thing when they say dungeons are going to be "really hard" this expansion or that TOP is going to easier than DSR. I don't even think Yoshida knows how much weight and re-quoting and re-parroted his statements become, so he says things like this flippantly.

Am I to understand that they want to backtrack some of the design decisions I disagree with? Doubtful. What does he even mean by "stress", anyway? Was making it so that every time someone was out of position in every fight that required a modicum of effort instantly destroyed the entire party and any chances of recovery not stressful? Was making some of the hardest and most punishing content the game has ever seen, yet still managing to make it unfun fundamentally through the destruction of several jobs not stressful? I thought we were all aboard on the 24 mans being "too stressful" by nerfing TG Cid, and making this current 24 man a bore. By not actually working on things like a proper ilvl sync so we wouldn't trivialize every piece of content in the game that wasn't released that patch. That's what the "silent majority" wanted, no? That's what is the most "accessible", no?

Square Enix have the finesse of a drunkard. When solutions require a scalpel, they use a sledgehammer. There is no trust from me, and you shouldn't trust a word they say either. Look at the precedent. Stop disappointing yourselves. If they played their own game, understood the feedback that was given, and maybe talked to us without having to translate all of these stupid interviews like a really cursed game of telephone, there would be no need to regret. We would've all been on the same page the whole time, instead of the game being what it is now.

This is another "hope" to add to the pile. "A lot of jobs are going to have new rotations!" "The game is going to bring back more MMO and co-op content!" Really. I'll believe it when I see it, and not a moment sooner. I'm not going to get my "hopes" up again.

[Mosha]

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Nice armour bro.