Here's why I will not support this healer strike.

[Cercie]

That's what I used to think too...

Until I worked with a JP dev in a doujin circle...

You're not wrong. While people do say they like to try new things, it's been proven that the majority will still jump on something that has familiar elements more quickly than something that is vastly different. The hard part is finding a balance between expanding on a familiar concept and adding enough to distinguish it apart.

Without Yoshi P at the helm, FF14 would be in trouble because SE has many issues that have lead it into near financial ruin multiple times. We're just in a position where we have a team of devs that do care and while they may not immediately please everyone. they don't deserve the same treatment as many others in the industry who clearly don't care about their player base.

Any one person who believes they can do a better job should take a moment to realize that if they became a dev they would immediately incite the wrath of people just like them for things they themselves may of not been a part of. But this mob mentality doesn't care about that and it doesn't discriminate between who's at fault and who isn't. It's just become, if you're a dev we're entitled to treat you horribly.

There are many nuances to it which is why anyone who wants a positive outcome should be leading by example. Not dehumanizing them simply to justify their own toxic and entitled attitude. We're better than that.

[MarianneviBrittania]

Without Yoshi P at the helm, FF14 would be in trouble because SE has many issues that have lead it into near financial ruin multiple times.

Jesus Christ. That you're one of the ones who think Yoshi-P and Final Fantasy XIV are single-handedly keeping Square Enix financially afloat essentially blows all of your credibility completely out of the water. I mean, this man just finished helming Final Fantasy XVI for f's sake, and that entry is amongst the myriad reasons why the recent SE financials reported significant deficits lol.

How can anyone expect someone who believes something so blatantly inaccurate to keep adequate hold of any degree of actual facts?

On a slightly more on topick note, while I do not oppose it from an ideologickal perspective nor believe it 'in bad faith' or 'misguided' I sadly do not imagine the Healer Strike is actually gonna accomplish anything. Call me a cynick I guess? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯