7.1 - More Wuk Lamat

[Keumjo]

Changing the story would have delayed 7.1 and all updates afterwards. It's not logical at all to course correct based on feedback while remaining on schedule. It's not just "the writing" they would have had to fix, it would have been all dialogue in all languages, all scripted scenes that include any animation. Animating entirely new scenes, recording entirely new lines, translating entirely new material, etc.

And while I'm sure some would be perfectly fine with delaying all content because they don't like Wuk (I don't like her either for the record) it would not make sense. Wuk Lamat exists and probably will in the story for a couple updates at the least. The best thing you can do is to hope they see the reaction to her and adjust the future unset/unplanned content accordingly. Temper your expectations that they'll give up on Wuk Lamat before they have to.

[dies_irae]

I was really hoping that at most Wuk Lamat would just stay in her throne room from here on out. From the 7.1 website it looks like she'll be following us around again.

Personally disappointed. I guess the mass feedback about her didn't go very far.

If player numbers stayed stable after DT then SE has learned that they can deliver absolute subpar quality story and gameplay and get away with it. All veteran devs have been assigned to new projects and FF14 is now run by a bunch of recently hired devs / interns that will pump out content according to the "FF14 formula".
They will not care about any feedback as long as the game keeps printing money. I expect them to just invest the bare minimum of effort in FF14 from now on to keep the whales happy while holding the house owners hostage so extra money FF14 makes can finance the next Forspoken.

[MeanDragon]

LMAO Complained about having to wait until November but now you want it to be different so it would take even longer.

You think they would just drop the main NPC of DT after YEARS of planning and making this expansion?

[DiaDeem]

I didn't mind the original version suggesting that I am insane. But only if it comes with Pink Armadillo Monster gif.

In all seriousness though, give em a couple patches. Even the JP audience was rather lukewarm towards Wuk (to put it mildly).

[VerdeLuck]

Changing the story would have delayed 7.1 and all updates afterwards. It's not logical at all to course correct based on feedback while remaining on schedule. It's not just "the writing" they would have had to fix, it would have been all dialogue in all languages, all scripted scenes that include any animation. Animating entirely new scenes, recording entirely new lines, translating entirely new material, etc.

And while I'm sure some would be perfectly fine with delaying all content because they don't like Wuk (I don't like her either for the record) it would not make sense. Wuk Lamat exists and probably will in the story for a couple updates at the least. The best thing you can do is to hope they see the reaction to her and adjust the future unset/unplanned content accordingly. Temper your expectations that they'll give up on Wuk Lamat before they have to.

Why not delay it then? We're getting pretty minimal content for 7.1 and then not getting anything for almost 6 months, just improve the content and delay 2 weeks.
Plus I thought that was supposed to be part of the new more lax patch schedule is that they would be able to react to feedback like this if they weren't on such tight deadlines?

It's amazing how much other live service games are blowing CS3 out of the water in responsiveness to the community. We were supposed to be the "Best community team btw"

[Midare]

Oh great, Poochie did not die on the way back to her home planet...

[AureliusIX]

The vast majority of players hate this character and this type of story. The player numbers reflect this, so let's give them more of the same.
It's honestly a genius idea if the goal is to kill the game.
People saying the story beats were already set in motion and they were unchangeable, I say that they should have foreseen this possible reaction when people didn't like Wuk Lamat and gave feedback back in 6.55 and prepared accordingly. This is the end result of not listening to criticism and only allowing toxic positivity to fester.
These interviews are from after 6.55 and there were already plenty of criticism about the story direction and Wuk Lamat then. This current situation was completely predictable and should have been course corrected for 7.1.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...rail-wuk-lamat
https://www.pcgamesn.com/final-fanta...ew-kate-cwynar

[Voidmage]

Not surprising.
It’s all probably written till 7.3 already with the thought that she would have become a fan favorite in the MSQ.
Honestly I would look more between the lines.
You don’t have her in the artwork and only in one single screenshot.
If they didn’t get or ignored the feedback we would see her in every promo material.

Keep the feedback up but accept it all for now.
The more interesting thing is if they worked on the quest style or if we will see more “talk to Wuk Lamat” because that is something they actually should be able to change on shorter notice.

If player numbers stayed stable after DT then SE has learned that they can deliver absolute subpar quality story and gameplay and get away with it. All veteran devs have been assigned to new projects and FF14 is now run by a bunch of recently hired devs / interns that will pump out content according to the "FF14 formula".
They will not care about any feedback as long as the game keeps printing money. I expect them to just invest the bare minimum of effort in FF14 from now on to keep the whales happy while holding the house owners hostage so extra money FF14 makes can finance the next Forspoken.

I’m all for calling the devs out for subpar work and will also criticize the DT story but stay realistic.
They won’t scrap everything suddenly. That doesn’t mean they didn’t get the feedback or ignore it.
If Wuk Lamat is still the main focus 7.4 upwards then I eat my words but come on now.

[ZephyrMenodora]

In all seriousness though, give em a couple patches. Even the JP audience was rather lukewarm towards Wuk (to put it mildly).

Thank you - that gif always makes my day after waking up to those Wuk images lol.

[ovIm]

Personally disappointed. I guess the mass feedback about her didn't go very far.

Keep your expectations realistic. As much as I disliked the Wuk Lamat centric writing in 7.0, I would assume they can implement changes at 7.3 the earliest, really. Square's development cycle is too long.

Even if every single player in FF14 hated Wuk Lamat, Square would not have been able to course correct that quickly.