FFXIV Dev, and Yoshida-san. Thank you :)

[KamikazeMan]

I also work in the Infrastructure section.

You know what I have to say?

Don't promise something that you can't deliver on when your Infrastructure isn't able to handle it. Put the money in the Infrastructure to upgrade or don't bother doing it the way you want to do it, and rather, do it so that you can do it with what you have.

Overreaching has repercussions. This is exactly what is happening.

I couldn't agree more. I think it would have been a better idea to just hold off on personal housing til they could deliver something that doesn't feel like some cheap half-assed attempt and upset a lot of players. At the very least they could have given us the heads up in some sort of personal housing preview and let us know it would be limited till 2.4, just to lower the expectations.

[Aegis]

I wasn't aware that "drinking the kool-aid" had been redefined to refer to seeing and acknowledging the good in something despite the problems we have with it.

Yes, but to some it's like considering the Black Death and saying "Well at least there's less pressure on housing now, what what?" Sure there's a good side to the personal housing, but to many it's seen as being dwarfed by the negatives.

[vientown]

Yeah, I totally can't see why this would make people think you childish.

the OP had originally dismissed the claims of people dissatisfied with the state of 'personal' housing, claiming that he 'understands hardware'. i just thought that it was rude of him to remove others' right to frustration by virtue of 'knowing more'. i felt that his tone was patronising and wanted to offer a rebuttal from someone similarly informed, however confrontational my post may have seemed. i find it troubling that so many on this forum would agree to someone saying 'no no, don't be disappointed, i understand more than you and i have verified it acceptable.'

the person who replied to me, however, was not anyone i had paid attention to or started a discussion with prior. his vitriol seemed misguided and genuinely concerning. it's funny that most of the replies to what i have said seem to be judgements on my character or conduct, i'd much rather have a response to my arguments.

though you are right, my phrasing was a little childish.

[Zephyranthes]

ARR is a business. Them not upgrading their hardware, as you're claiming, is failure on their end.

[Souljacker]

claiming that he 'understands hardware'.

I understand hardware, too. I'm a server admin. That's why I can't fathom who YoshiP consulted with that told him this was the *best* way to do it. This is probably the most resource-hungry way to do it, considering the number of wards they are going to have to add. And for what? The occasional RP'er to wander through the wards when bored and say "oh look, another admiral shrine!!!"...

???

A year in the making, and they didn't really *add* anything. They just changed a bit of script so that players could purchase FC houses. Personal housing should have been much better than it is, and at this point the only thing that will save him is an EPIC Golden Saucer.

And I do mean epic. That's the last thing he has left to hold onto. He's going to have to hit that one out of the park.

[vientown]

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WTB terrible latency-issue riddled chocobo racing Mario Kart clone or static bookmaker version. /s

[Meshico]

WTB terrible latency-issue riddled chocobo racing Mario Kart clone or static bookmaker version. /s

It still seems that you haven't read the entire thread. Also it seems you don't understand my thread, and all that jazz. So if you really want to have a real "big boy" conversation, I will gladly have one with you...on another thread, that you create, as for this thread it's about thanking the staff

But really, I will reply and we can have a battle of the witts if you will Let the victor bask in forum glory and the loser...win also?

-Tari

[Yhippa]

We also promise things, and then back them out completely because of bugs that arise, that were not seen until implementation. And we normally don't tell them until the day before, or in most cases the day of (Because we are trying to resolve it, and when you fix one thing, sometimes something else rears its ugly arse head)

That's not shady. Most places I've worked at happen that way because devs are human.

This is like is you being in a sprint and hiding what you're working on from a client or customer. Then you tell them you're going to release the software but will have random features.

Look at Guild Wars 2 news: https://www.guildwars2.com/en/the-ga...feature-packs/. Lots of info about future releases. World of Warcraft: http://us.battle.net/wow/en/warlords-of-draenor/#news. What do you see? Same.

Now go check out the Final Fantasy XIV news page: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/news/.

[mero-ix]

Way too many complaint threads and not enough positivity. I love this game and am very happy with it! No other MMO even comes close to compare to FFXIV for me. And I couldn't care less about personal housing and am very content with our FC's house. Thank you, Yoshi-P, for an excellent gaming experience! *steps on the haters and uses their bodies as a staircase to reach never-ending fabulousness* /unicorns

[Seif]

Yeah thanks for lying and giving us nothing. Unhoused FCs would also like to thank you for taking away their plots.