Yoshida is so chill :D - thank you!

[Ghastly]

I just feel like he doesn't get enough respect and recognition
I just want to thank him

This is a thank you thread and you can talk about what made you respect him. Or what you find funny about him. He's so down to earth

[Diavolo]

I respect anyone that can take the tragedy that was 1.0 and turn it around into this. I didn't expect to get sucked into this game like I have. So a very big thanks from me.

[KingOfAbyss]

^ This.

Kudos for a job well done, you came from a long way. Thank you for entertaining us so successfully with our precious free time ^^

[Deifact]

I respect him for always telling us to look forward to it. It's almost like he really cares.

[Pterois]

i respect his consistency… dude likes to deliver. i compare content released sided by side to swtor since i left at the beginning of the year and it is just down right laughable how little swtor has done compared to the "patches" here.

[Eggnook24]

I know people who rugs through the content like locusts in a wheat field, then complain there's nothing to do. I personally have so much content to complete, and I play 2-3 hours every night. Never played 1.0, but played XI for years. This game is quickly surpassing the other already, and it's not even been a year. Kudos Mr. Yoshida!

[Vahlnir]

Threads like this often get buried but they deserve much more recognition. Yoshida has done an amazing job and I have very few complaints about the game. Nothing is perfect but he brought the game back from the point of no return and it only continues to get better with each patch, and for that he has my thanks.

[Autumnfire]

Kudos to the whole development team. The thing I like most about Yoshida though is that it seems like if someone on the team has a "fun" idea, he lets them implement it. I love all the little entertaining nuggets in this game!

[Sparky]

I agree. I enjoy grinding and have been around long enough in MMORPGs to know what real grinding is. I just hope Yoshi P doesnt give in to all the haters who don't seem to understand that long term content is intended to be long term and not just 6 weeks and done. For me, the fun of the grind is the euphoria of finally hitting my goals after the tedium of many months of monotony. The more I see people complaining, the more I am convinced that Yoshi P has made something that appeals to my preferences.

[Mahri]

Looking at Square-Enix as a whole, I have this to say:

Yoshida and the FFXIV:ARR team are the absolute worldwide MVPs of the entire corporation.

I would say that the rest of the company ought to treat them as royalty...they certainly deserve as much, as they may have very well saved the whole operation. However, knowing of them, they probably don't want to be singled out like that, and would simply prefer respect, forthrightness, and good attitudes, which is precisely what they've shown us as well as the massive IP they've been handed.

Look to what they are doing, listen to what they have to say, and apply their methods and strategies to all other projects, and you'll do good, Square-Enix. Very good.