Quote Originally Posted by Razard View Post
Ah the "Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good" defense. And thanks for proving my point. Denial, not just a river in Egypt.


So the fatigue system wasn't his fault? The market wards or Anima? The rest where technical issues that could be fixed. But these weren't and you cannot convince me that Tanaka was this great misuderstood genius that some people make him out to be.

Every developer has their issues. 1.0 had some yes, it was not a perfect game, feedback was not (and because of the extremely limited time frame probably could not) be incorporated at all. 2.0 had and still has many issues. Housing? What a nightmare that entire debacle is. How about the promise that player housing would be completely separate and far more affordable than FC housing? Mail being restricted to flist only? Can't Flist your alts? Tell's not being able to be sent in dungeons (though they can be its just been disabled for anyone but GM's)? Every game, every producer has faults. People need to stop acting like Tanaka was the one solely at fault for everything. Almost every serious complaint about XIV's 1.0 was that it was rushed and unfinished or issues with server stability which was because of SE's lack of funding and refusal to push back the date for 1.0's release so it could beat cataclysm to launch. Yes some of the systems were probably not the best ideas (looking at you 1.0 MP system) but perhaps if given more than a month to actually implement the vast majority of feedback we left during the 1.0 alpha/beta maybe the game would have been better. However this is not a thread to discuss the differences or what was better or worse in 1.0 but to discuss the issues people are having with the current game. I just get tired of seeing people vilify Tanaka despite all the great work he put into this game and his previous works.