That interview is so full of insane contradictions. In the same interview where he says that nothing much will change, he alludes to making changes that one could consider quite meaningful. On my youtube feed right now, there're videos from XIV content creators praising that interview for bringing new job changes to the game. Then I come here and to other places and people are highlighting the other parts where he says he won't change much at all. If I had a dime for every time I watched Yoshida go out in public and say something that left both sides of the fence coming away with different interpretations of what was said, I'd have like... 7 dimes. Which isn't a lot of dimes, but it's weird that it happens so much.

Frankly, I'm astounded any stock is put in this company's words at all after DT. These guys literally shilled the final cutscene in the MSQ as the hype trailer and gave everyone the false impression that this would be a fun vacation arc. They said the scions would have a schism and got people thinking there'd be a genuine ideological split, but of course that amounted to nothing as well. They implied, ages ago, that SMN's neutering process was to create a foundation for them to build on later, and people accepted that. Then DT came out and they got like, 1 new button lol. They promised a ton of content for DT and then backloaded it so hard that most of the people who bought DT with those promises in mind aren't even subbed anymore. If you're hanging onto this game because of future promises, and not because there's just something in the current game that you're enjoying instead, then you're gullible af that's all I have to say.