to those japanese speakers...

[AnimaAnimus]

The English forums are blowing up...again. But let's face it, the devs seem to listen more to the Japanese playerbase (a language thing I believe),

so how do the Japanese players feel not only about the relic, but about the game and its content and direction in general since 3.0?

[Vejjiegirl]

Here is what a quick Google Translate of the General Discussion got me

[Tayolynn]

So by the looks of it, Japanese players are all hunky-dory over the anima weapons and they love glamouring just as much as I do...

There should be a new sitcom in Japan, "It's Always Sunny in (JP) Eorzea." Also I further assume that FFXIV dev team is definitely ignoring the NA forums and only listen to the JP players.

[Elizasylen]

So by the looks of it, Japanese players are all hunky-dory over the anima weapons and they love glamouring just as much as I do...

There should be a new sitcom in Japan, "It's Always Sunny in (JP) Eorzea." Also I further assume that FFXIV dev team is definitely ignoring the NA forums and only listen to the JP players.

Because you don't know Japanese players, they are used to RNG, they embrace the masochism, i.e. Kancolle, 0% gameplay 100% rng, Gachapon related browser games, F/GO, all RNG as fuck, and they embrace it. They enjoy being screwed over by devs, they think it's fun. Raging from frustration is something they derive enjoyment from.

[KaitlanKela]

Because you don't know Japanese players, they are used to RNG, they embrace the masochism, i.e. Kancolle, 0% gameplay 100% rng, Gachapon related browser games, F/GO, all RNG as fuck, and they embrace it. They enjoy being screwed over by devs, they think it's fun. Raging from frustration is something they derive enjoyment from.

And if you hate RNG and want something 100% skill, effort, practice based, go play a sport. In real life, there is no RNG. In video games, there is. And often in large quantities. The JP players are okay with RNG because they understand this...

[Bourne_Endeavor]

So by the looks of it, Japanese players are all hunky-dory over the anima weapons and they love glamouring just as much as I do...

There should be a new sitcom in Japan, "It's Always Sunny in (JP) Eorzea." Also I further assume that FFXIV dev team is definitely ignoring the NA forums and only listen to the JP players.

To be fair, NA fandoms in general have a tendency to react extremely harshly. Even assuming the devs do read this section. Can anyone blame them for not listening when half the first page has threads essentially calling them idiots? There's a good way to criticise. This isn't it.

[mp-please]

Here is what a quick Google Translate of the General Discussion got me

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/546
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/540

It's under item/quest discussion

[ohmRICE]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/546
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/540

It's under item/quest discussion

To be more specific it looks like this thread is where all the discussion is going on:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/threads/275393

It seems to echo a lot of opinions shared by non-JP players (both positive and negative), but the thread is pretty small. I'm guessing Twitter and LINE are more popular than the OF is on the JP side of things.

[Zumi]

If you look in game most people are fine with relics like myself its the vocal minority that does a lot of nay-saying and doom and gloom posts. There really isn't a problem with relics. I fully expected a grind because it was what they have done previously.

[Kosmos992k]

If you look in game most people are fine with relics like myself its the vocal minority that does a lot of nay-saying and doom and gloom posts. There really isn't a problem with relics. I fully expected a grind because it was what they have done previously.

Indeed, that was the purposeful design of the original relic chain, the point being it was a long grind to allow players not running end-game to have an avenue open to them to obtain a 'good' weapon - albeit through a long, but not difficult, grind. I'm really not sure what the hell people expected. We talk a lot about entitlement on this forum, this is one of the few times when I think it is fair to talk about a group of players having a terrible sense of entitlement.