Tokyo, we have a problem..

[Iriadysa]

Disagree. Every developer wants to work for Valve, I don't think Valve would employ him, their principle is "the gamers are your bosses" so build their games to be fun for the gamer, Yoshi isn't really showing a gamer centric stance, especially when it comes to basic stuff like housing, he is absolutely mistaken which is why they kept quiet about the much desired feature of housing, they knew it would kick up a storm, if you know something you implement is going to annoy the vast majority of your gamers (and isn't about balance or a required feature) you don't put it in, you get a work around, so no, as a director Yoshi has failed.

I don't think you even begin to comprehend his position and the difficulties you'd face.

To put it in meme terms, one does not simply "please all players".

FFXIV has to balance long term design, physical resources, multiple player views that consistently collide between them (have you ever read this forum before?) all this while having a limited schedule of fast release cycles. Handling an RPGMMO isn't even close to handling an offline game or a lobby game and as much as I like Valve (for more reasons than their games. I like their involvement in pushing game development to higher grounds) things are never binary.

The current implementation of personal housing is bad, this is undeniable. If you ask me, it should've been an instanced room and be done with this bullshit. If you wanted a real house, get a FC.

You, however, don't understand the problems that may have led to them taking the current route and as such you cannot understand if he has "failed as a director". A director's job is not only to make right choices, you see; sometimes, it's about making sure you choose the lesser evil.

You see, the best thing a developer can do is listen to its players.

The worst thing a developer can do is do what their players ask for.

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EDIT: If you think I'm white knighting this game, you are wrong. I barely play it and I don't even really like its gameplay that much (I play because a friend really enjoys it, so I'm tagging along for the ride). That, however, doesn't make me incapable of appreciating the work Yoshida and his team has done and keeps doing.