Who is Optional – A Question of Consumer Value

[Riepah]

They even said that the cash shop isn't going to be P2W at the fan festival.
How much "proof" is needed?

What they said beforehand didn't really end up being "proof" back with the Personal Housing fiasco, now, did it? They just turned around and claimed that we "misinterpreted" what they said, even though their statement was quite clear.
You should take stuff that's said with a grain of salt, they don't always keep their word.

[Jacost]

That would make a good concluding post to the topic, but we'd rather continue to argue this into the ground until we're 6 feet underground, because the forums were made so we can flame each other over the smallest things.

[Jacost]

Past FF's were also all RPGs with a heavy focus on battle and story. I don't know what about them would fool someone into thinking that this is a social-focused game. Nor anything about the advertising, etc. All available clues already pointed to the conclusion you apparently needed word of Yoshi for, so I don't get why you're surprised.

[Meltzeiferion]

I don't know what about them would fool someone into thinking that this is a social-focused game.

It's an MMO, one of the big draws and factors behind an MMO is the social aspect. Even in regards to the raid content and etc, it involves parties because it's a social game. Dungeons, Raids and gear may be the primary 'goals' but those goals are meant to be achieved by coming together in groups, working together and finding common ground so that you can go on to defeat said challenges.

I'm not sure why or how you would miss that a major basis of it being an MMO in the first place is social interaction. :P