Quote Originally Posted by Ilean View Post


Jesus mog exploiting Christ you really are just like the badger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQE44ojeAso
Gah, browser ate my post.

I'd kick that badger in the mouth if it did that nonsense to me. Closest thing you can do to someone like that on the Internet is to put them on ignore in these forums.

tl;dr of my eaten post: I'm giving Yoshida the benefit of the doubt that they REALLY thought this was "OK". I also will assume that their QA crew probably are more tolerant of grindy content than we are (assuming this is the same QA crew from the alpha/beta days). Like I said in my other post, the world community is here to keep Yoshida and his crew in check and to slap them on the wrist when they make bad game design decisions like this. You know you did something wrong when the JP population complains it's grindy. I have Stockholm syndrome with XIV, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they honestly thought this was okay and pushed this through without thinking.

If they do it again though, THEN I'll start worrying.