Did the devs lie to us? Either actually make BLU OP, or unlock it

[Shougun]

Let's consult a dictionary.

Personally I don't believe SE purposefully mislead their audience (did not attempt to lie to us). I do think whatever expectation they had of their audience was off from what people were hoping for though.

I'm still very confused on the statistic Yoshida mentioned in an interview, certainly I could be in a bubble but it really seems to be the opposite of his presented data (in game, reddit, youtube, and the forums). I wouldn't say they lied but unintentionally mislead might be accurate.

I find it very hard to believe that they deliberately lied. . . . Maybe they're out of step with their playerbase and really do think it's a good design. Maybe it's a "cultural difference" and all their playtesters agreed it was a good design. . . but I will assume lack of awareness over actual malice.

I agree with this greatly. I would/will be exceptionally worried about the future of FFXIV if I believed that they did this out any sort of malice or attempt to purposefully mislead... That's a really bad sign.

I find it more likely they weren't in sync, perhaps even internally even. One of my suspicions is this is mostly one person's passion project (with help here and there), so perhaps they've got a very particular design mindset or were given very tight reigns.