Quote Originally Posted by honest_psycho View Post
My brother in Hydelin, you can't be seriously considering giving these people a second chance.
There are so many blatant problems, even with the foundation of the worldbuiling that you cannot explain this away with in-experience.

To be fair, I wasn't really vibing with the stories of the raids you mentioned, and to be honest, it was side-content I didn't care much for.
I bet if I did an actual deep-dive into those stories, I can identifiy a lot of issues, that culminated in the absolute shitshow of Dawntrails MSQ.

So no, no way in hell I will give these people the benefit of the doubt. They need to go.
I don't care what they do, but I don't want them anywhere near the next MSQ.
Okay...then let's follow your line and go from there, and I'm going to go off the assumption that when you say "they need to go" you mean not fired, because the entire context changes based on that small detail.

They get rid of Hiroi and the current writing team, just like a few players have demanded. What then? What's the next step? Well that would be bringing back the Ishiakawa, Oda, and the previous writing team. Well that seems easy eno-wait...What do you mean they don't want to come back and do the MSQ again? Well alright, next plan: replace Hiroi and the current team with ANOTHER new team. That'll-What do you mean there isn't another team that has been trained and is ready?

What then?

Strong-arm Ishiwaka, Oda, and the old writers and give them the ultimatum of "Either you all do the MSQ story again or you're fired? Attempt to make another new team from scratch, throw them right on the MSQ and hope they don't give the same results? Do you go right for the throat and give Yoshi-P the boot for "not being prepared enough for this situation and making things this way?"

I am not trying to push your buttons, or troll you, or insult you, or make any excuses for the current team when I say what I am saying. Your anger and frustration at the current state of the story is understandable. Trust me: Dawntrail was filled with so many holes even Swiss cheese would be concerned for it and I have pointed out how fucking abysmal the story is. I am also sure Ishiwaka, Oda, and the old writers would absolutely come back if asked or if they felt they had no other choice. But while the anger for quite a few people is currently high on what we got, you also have to genuinely consider the possibility that there simply ISN'T a Plan B, or C, or D and onward that they can fall back on currently.

And as for a "second chance": this feels more like their third to me. Hiroi took over with the Endwalker patch quests, at least 6.1/.2 anyway, and I personally hated the Zero story. So to me: Dawntrail's patch MSQ is their third chance. If they fuck this up then three strikes you're out: into the dumpster.