Are the developers of XIV out of touch?

[BillyKaplan]

I'll choose to interpret Yoshi P's exasperation as being because a lot of this is stuff he'd love to do, but can't because of SE holding the purse strings.

I think that has a lot to do with it, for sure. More money, more manpower, more resources of any kind would've let him do so much more. He does what he can with what he's given, I fully believe that as well. Which makes me laugh at the reactions to this:

SE is a small indie company, adjust your expectations accordingly.

SE? No. The part that works on XIV? Certainly feels like it sometimes, with all the sub money going away elsewhere.