Tanaka or Yoshi?

[Akumu]

I can agree with that, I guess. Tanaka probably did screw up, but the degree to which Tanaka screwed up is not really obvious considering that he may have faced obstacles.

I don't know if Yoshi has CEOs breathing down his neck either, but the choices made under his leadership do seem even worse than anything Tanaka put out.

Tanaka put out good ideas with bad implementation. Yoshi puts out bad ideas with mediocre implementation.

I'm not sure 100% sure who i'm for as of now. I'm disappointed about AA but since I don't know how its going to be implemented I can't be too upset yet. I'm holding my decision for when I see what he does with the armory system with the addition of jobs. If he completes it then I will be on Yoshi side. However, if he chooses to go to a WoW "tree" route then I will always have that 'What If" and think Tanaka should have stayed.

The Armory System is the main reason I have faith in this game. If it is destroyed or becomes a clone then I will move on to the next. Tanaka did a great job with the system as it is now but it feels like it's halfway done(like most other features).

[gifthorse]

I'm not sure 100% sure who i'm for as of now. I'm disappointed about AA but since I don't know how its going to be implemented I can't be too upset yet. I'm holding my decision for when I see what he does with the armory system with the addition of jobs. If he completes it then I will be on Yoshi side. However, if he chooses to go to a WoW "tree" route then I will always have that 'What If" and think Tanaka should have stayed.

The Armory System is the main reason I have faith in this game. If it is destroyed or becomes a clone then I will move on to the next. Tanaka did a great job with the system as it is now but it feels like it's halfway done(like most other features).

This "what if" question is the biggest wonder of mine. Even if Yoshi makes a half-decent MMO out of FFXIV by doing what he thinks is salvaging it, I can't help but wonder if Tanaka would have been able to make a better than half-decent MMO just by sticking to the original vision. You know?

[Neptune]

This "what if" question is the biggest wonder of mine. Even if Yoshi makes a half-decent MMO out of FFXIV by doing what he thinks is salvaging it, I can't help but wonder if Tanaka would have been able to make a better than half-decent MMO just by sticking to the original vision. You know?

Yeah I am wondering that too. I know Tanaka would have made a good game eventually.. the only question is was his head stuck in the sand so far that the basic problems we're seeing addressed right now would have gone unaddressed?

I think what I've decided from reading this thread is that Tanaka = vision but bad manager, Yoshida = great manager. I do like the idea of them working together. I wish Tanaka would be in charge of content development or something with Yoshida having the final say in relating that content to gamers.