Yoshi-P tells PC Gamer that he is "not shocked" by mixed DT reception

[chizLemons]

I'm very disappointed by YoshiP's answers. I actually wish this read as more "PR speech", as in, not being specific about the questions and not giving out excuses, but instead, some of the things he said actually sound like he is completely out of touch with the feedback people have been giving constantly.

I don't ever see anyone, in any social media, complaining about Wuk Lamat's "lack of confidence". I barely even see the "complicated relationship with her parents" in the actual story, let alone in any reaction from players.
The excuse of "oh, of course it was going to be mixed, it came after a long 10-year old story after Endwalker!" sounds like just the excuse Dawntrail defenders give when we say we didn't like how the story is written - and that every single person criticising the story said it DOESN'T MATTER. Now we can be sure this is going to get repeated more and more in the future. "See, even YoshiP said so! Your expectations were off!"
No one was expecting an epic finale like Endwalker, everyone was expecting something low stakes that was at least as decently written as A REALM REBORN. The majority of criticism is about quality of the writing in general, balancing of character's screentime, and yes, pacing, but not in the way he addressed it.

I've been reading the recent interviews coming out of gamescon, and for me the way YoshiP talks about the MSQ (in the very few times he said anything about it), sound...incoherent. Like he didn't play the final version and he is only talking about the early character concepts he had to approve, without going through the actual text.
I understand he wouldn't throw his team under the bus, but at least addressing these concerns indirectly, or not giving excuses that had nothing to do with the actual majority of the feedback, would've sounded better in my opinion.

[Daralii]

Sena, the VA, is actually becoming a real problem and a total Public Relations nightmare with her tweets and attacks on other VAs. The always a victim mentally she continues to throw out isn't doing her any favors. They could easily recast her since she's on contract.

Sena's friends with the new localization lead, so it would likely take something truly disastrous for her to get fired. It certainly seems possible, but it's far from guaranteed.

[CNitsah]

I'm very disappointed by YoshiP's answers. I actually wish this read as more "PR speech", as in, not being specific about the questions and not giving out excuses, but instead, some of the things he said actually sound like he is completely out of touch with the feedback people have been giving constantly.

I don't ever see anyone, in any social media, complaining about Wuk Lamat's "lack of confidence". I barely even see the "complicated relationship with her parents" in the actual story, let alone in any reaction from players.
The excuse of "oh, of course it was going to be mixed, it came after a long 10-year old story after Endwalker!" sounds like just the excuse Dawntrail defenders give when we say we didn't like how the story is written - and that every single person criticising the story said it DOESN'T MATTER. [...]
I understand he wouldn't throw his team under the bus, but at least addressing these concerns indirectly, or not giving excuses that had nothing to do with the actual majority of the feedback, would've sounded better in my opinion.

I'm gonna quote that since I can't like it more than once. PR is supposed to serve as some kind of damage control, reassure us. Here it only feels like the rift between the team and the players is widening.

[IvoryHawk]

Heavensward was the first expansion. If people on copium want to assume the analogy, then a Heavensward quality expansion is right up next.

it was a yolk bbg

[Kacho_Nacho]

I'm also disappointed by Yoshi's answers. They were painfully out of touch. He truly doesn't understand why people dislike Wuk so much or the main story.

I fear Yoshi has been in an ivory tower surrounded by yes-men for so long he doesn't even know what is happening in the game at the player's level. So, all we get is nice, polite PR-talk from him which doesn't answer any of our concerns.

It's tone deaf as hell and doesn't bode well for the future of this expansion.

[Kes13a]

I'm also disappointed by Yoshi's answers. They were painfully out of touch. He truly doesn't understand why people dislike Wuk so much or the main story.

I fear Yoshi has been in an ivory tower surrounded by yes-men for so long he doesn't even know what is happening in the game at the player's level. So, all we get is nice, polite PR-talk from him which doesn't answer any of our concerns.

It's tone deaf as hell and doesn't bode well for the future of this game.

fixed it for you ^^

[ViaDesperare]

Hmmm, we should probably let him know during the LL that #WukLamatMustDie... Because it seems he doesn't seem to get it and is protecting the stupid cat.

[DoomRyder]

Right. I'm not resubbing at the end of this month then. Those content patches better be good for me to even consider returning. If this is how he is interpreting feedback then the results will only get worse.

[lolnotacat]

10,000 hours in MS paint

[KazukoHimura]

All I want is them giving my WoL more focus again.

That's the big thing for me. While it did ease up in the later parts of DT, it felt like all we were doing is just watching a trainwreck while chained to a tree. We couldn't do anything at all. Even in ARR and Stormblood, which are considered two of the weaker storylines, we still were doing things ourselves.

it is not about confident.. Zero wasn't confident and act awkward with people

I didn't like her either, and the only reason Wuk Lamat even has a point over her is because Zero caused me three panic attacks and nearly a fourth, while Wuk Lamat only caused one (TL;DR: had some very abusive friends and left a toxic RP community to come here, both 6.x and 7.0's questionable writing managed to replicate things I fled from.)