Are the developers of XIV out of touch?

[Melichoir]

Personally its

Story>GamePlay>Content>everything else. And Character customization falls into everything else. Its not a big deal for me. Not that I dont want or am opposed to more options for character stuff, but when they say things like "Were limited by a graphics engine" and the like, theyre not giving you bullshit excuses. Adding customization options to the body, face, shading, etc can break a lot of things, or cause a wierd graphical problems or clipping. You cant just tack crap onto the engine and not care what happens. Animations can get warped, Armors may clip weirdly, Lighting may get screwed up, cutscenes may get janked up cause of where the camera may have to track, etc. Theres a lot of things they have to consider and check for when doing those kinds of changes. The customization for characters in this game ISNT bad. Its fairly decent for what you can do. Its not perfect, but its not a terrible dumpster fire.


If theyre going to update the engine and what not, thatll happen MOST LIKELY with an xpac, and one thats probably down the road and not the next one. Updates like those are big, expensive, and time consuming. So youre going to have to just kinda be aiite with what you have now.

[GrumbleBeard]

So youre going to have to just kinda be aiite with what you have now.

You can post the list of priorities, but they are all suffering. It's not like character options are being cut so they can do more with other content because those are also dwindling. People have been aaite with what we have for years, but you can't wait forever.

[Melichoir]

You can post the list of priorities, but they are all suffering. It's not like character options are being cut so they can do more with other content because those are also dwindling. People have been aaite with what we have for years, but you can't wait forever.

Im fine with Story, Gameplay, and Content currently. I dont feel theyre 'suffering'. Are tehy a perfect dream? No. Is the game in teh crapper where the Devs are super out of touch and all these things suck? No, not in my opinion. If you think thats the case, then unsub. If you feel therye not listening, then whyre you giving them your money. Invest it in a game that gives you what you want. But for me, this is fine. I enjoy what I pay for, and I dont have any huge beef with whats in ffxiv.

If they add new stuff, Groovy. Im down for that. If they take away stuff, or I feel the quality is lacking, bummer. Ill just unsub and play another game. Devs know this. So I hardly believe theyre "Out of Touch." Chances are theyre servicing communities that are more likely to play the game, and you might just be an outlier.