Yoshi-P no longer on board of directors

[Red-thunder]

This just means he has more time to focus on FFXIV and other projects he's interested in. Man was spread thinner than Ariana Grande's meal schedule. xD

^ Delusion

[TakoyakiLala]

^ Delusion

I may be delusional, but I know one thing that's real. And that's Y'shtola's feet pics. G'raha provides me the goods and I sell them on the market board for a premium. I'm always on the run, however. As the blind cat girl is a vengeful mistress and while she hasn't caught on to G'raha yet. She has most certainly noticed me. So...would you like some Y'shtola feet pics? :3

[Clockworks]

I may be delusional, but I know one thing that's real. And that's Y'shtola's feet pics. G'raha provides me the goods and I sell them on the market board for a premium. I'm always on the run, however. As the blind cat girl is a vengeful mistress and while she hasn't caught on to G'raha yet. She has most certainly noticed me. So...would you like some Y'shtola feet pics? :3

Jesus the cringe levels

[TakoyakiLala]

Jesus the cringe levels

You could say "its over 9000", but clearly I've surpassed that and have gone further beyond!!! >

Okay, enough with the off topic stuff. More than likely, not much will change with Yoshi-P stepping down from board of directors role besides him being more present in his multiple gaming projects. At least, that's what I hope will happen. As the FFXIV team, as an example needs some hard oversight when it comes to parts of the game. The story being the biggest plight at the moment on most people's minds.

[Red-thunder]

You could say "its over 9000", but clearly I've surpassed that and have gone further beyond!!! >

Okay, enough with the off topic stuff. More than likely, not much will change with Yoshi-P stepping down from board of directors role besides him being more present in his multiple gaming projects. At least, that's what I hope will happen. As the FFXIV team, as an example needs some hard oversight when it comes to parts of the game. The story being the biggest plight at the moment on most people's minds.

He's probably the one who chose to embark on three projects at the same time. You don't see the WoW team working on three games at the same time. But CBU3 is... There really is no hope that he has time to dedicate his attention to FF14, when he *chose* to put less time into FF14.

[Sivante]

He's probably the one who chose to embark on three projects at the same time. You don't see the WoW team working on three games at the same time. But CBU3 is... There really is no hope that he has time to dedicate his attention to FF14, when he *chose* to put less time into FF14.

Normally I'd side with you Red-Thunder, but I have to disagree on this one. In Japanese business culture if someone gently suggests a thing, it's effectively an order. I imagine it went something along the line of "We're worried about FF16. We really need a proven senior on the project to bring the shareholders some reassurance" which is, insofar as that culture goes, effectively an order to Yoshi directly. While we're both unaware of how the situation went down, it's worth noting that Yoshi has asked to step down from the board multiple times and always been denied. This whole situation reads as Yoshi getting what he wanted.

Granted, that doesn't necessarily mean more time for FF14, as Yoshi is planning his retirement route and has a kid he likely wants to spend more time with. I suppose the proof will be in the 8.0 pudding, but alot of damage is going to have been done by that point. I guess we'll see?

[Hallarem]

Were finally reaching "Bobby Kotick left the company, its a completely different company now" levels of copium for Square Enix.

[dspguy]

What does 'Quality Content' entail exactly? More rehashed Savages and Ultimates pieced together with the game's 8 brainrot mechanics no one actually wants to play, with a glowing stick as a reward that has textures worse than a late 90s game on a Pentium 1?

You make a great point - the game has been using similar mechanics for multiple expansions now. And they've been rehashing Savages and Ultimates for a long time.

But another point is... the game has been like this for a long time. And it has continued to be like this. Maybe the game is what it is and people are asking it to be something it is not. It is like being disappointed that a car is not a boat.

[Red-thunder]

Normally I'd side with you Red-Thunder, but I have to disagree on this one. In Japanese business culture if someone gently suggests a thing, it's effectively an order. I imagine it went something along the line of "We're worried about FF16. We really need a proven senior on the project to bring the shareholders some reassurance" which is, insofar as that culture goes, effectively an order to Yoshi directly. While we're both unaware of how the situation went down, it's worth noting that Yoshi has asked to step down from the board multiple times and always been denied. This whole situation reads as Yoshi getting what he wanted.

Granted, that doesn't necessarily mean more time for FF14, as Yoshi is planning his retirement route and has a kid he likely wants to spend more time with. I suppose the proof will be in the 8.0 pudding, but alot of damage is going to have been done by that point. I guess we'll see?

True, but that kind of dynamic isn't going to go away just because his title changed.

[Absurdity]

But another point is... the game has been like this for a long time. And it has continued to be like this. Maybe the game is what it is and people are asking it to be something it is not. It is like being disappointed that a car is not a boat.

It has however not always been like this. It's more like the car got slowly turned into a boat and we're asking it to be more like a car again.