Dev team appreciation thread!

[Alucard135]

Not sure where you fantasize the idea we are FFXIV haters but man better if you seek help.

Didn't say you were haters.

But you probably don't know about the deleted posts by some on this thread.

[SerLuke]

I’m thankful for all the hardworking devs we have working on this game, please keep up the good work!

[MrKusakabe]

Here is my personal, monthly "dev team appreciation":



I am the guy that tips the Kebab guy for making the best Döner in town.
I am the guy that smiles to the most grumpy casher on this planet.
I greet the bus driver when I enter the bus.


But seriously, I will not jump on these threads. Every year, I (mathematically) pay 155,88€ (or US$175) per year. That are more than two full-price AAA titles, with all the story, content, engine, sound effects, script FROM SCRATCH.
Here, I do pay this for getting small updates with the vast majority of the needed parts of a video game already in place (read as: They don't need to sit down and get the game engine running - it already does!) AND are paying for every expansion.
And then, there is the "optional"* cash shop.

Sorry, but we are grateful enough by simply enjoying their game. I do. I have a blast. Thinking about being on duty with my Red Mage Lalafell sweetens up my early shift at 6 a.m.

But please stop these threads like this and others like "Yoshi P. does not have an infinity glove". The developers do not read these boards. They are absolutely fine, you don't need to jump into their defense like social justice warriors do. It's a business, we enjoy and thus pay for it A LOT and then we have a perfect relationship.

* There should not be a cash shop. That is like renting a hotel room and locking up the shower with a coin-operated lock. The hotel manager just says "Well, the shower is optional as you have the sink and a washcloth there". Would you think that is reasonable?

I am not here to forbid anyone's opinion, but I feel a bit helpless amongst all these people that jump onto other views on that matter with "R U A GAIM DESIGNERS URSELF?? NO!! THEN UNINSTALL GAIM NOW IF U H8 IT!". I am 28 years "old", and here are people surpassing that a lot. I wonder if all these people behave like that in every establishment, at every fast food restaurant. I really don't think so. I call this hypocrisy.

Oh yeah, maintaining servers and a few support staff does not justify those 13€. Not even remotely.


Sincerely,

[Iscah]

But please stop these threads like this and others like "Yoshi P. does not have an infinity glove". The developers do not read these boards. They are absolutely fine, you don't need to jump into their defense like social justice warriors do. It's a business, we enjoy and thus pay for it A LOT and then we have a perfect relationship.

By the same token, if the developers do not read these boards, can we stop the endless barrage of threads asking (if not demanding) that they add/fix/change/remove whatever that poster is unhappy with?

(And not discuss male Viera and female Hrothgar every day from here to 7.0 when they finally scrape the budget together to do it. Yes I want to see them in the game, but there is an overload point where I'm just tired of hearing about it all the time. I'm at that point, and all the arguments for and against it have been said. There is nothing left but repetition ad nauseum - and if the devs aren't listening here, then it's not achieving anything at all.)

Positive posts feel sadly rare here. The amount of negativity on the forums is simply tiring to sift through.

There should not be a cash shop. That is like renting a hotel room and locking up the shower with a coin-operated lock. The hotel manager just says "Well, the shower is optional as you have the sink and a washcloth there". Would you think that is reasonable?

The cash shop is not a core service. It's not the shower, it's the mini-bar. You don't need anything in it, however nice it might be. If you have a specific craving for whatever is in there, you can weigh up against the price and take it if you decide it's worth it.

There are so many nice costumes and mounts within the game anyway.

Not to say I don't think the cash shop is overpriced - I stare longingly at it often enough, and only very occasionally crack and buy pretty $18 outfits that I'm certain I'll make good use of... but still. Your argument is that it isn't really optional, and I disagree. It would be nice if they lowered the prices and aimed their price structure at more people buying more items, but that has nothing to do with them being required.

[Alucard135]

But seriously, I will not jump on these threads. Every year, I (mathematically) pay 155,88€ (or US$175) per year. That are more than two full-price AAA titles, with all the story, content, engine, sound effects, script FROM SCRATCH.

Here's where I'm going to stop you. You need to change that mentality. The monthly sub you're paying is for the use of the game's service for 30 days. If you think that your use of the service for these 30 days is not worth the monthly amount you pay, then why did you continue to pay for it? It doesn't matter if you paid 100,000$ a year or 10$ a year.

Just to give you a small example, an engineering software called Abaqus, that is used for researching and development, costs hundreds of thousands per year just to lease it (you don't even buy it). That's a lot more than other similar software like the ones you get from Autodesk. But why do some universities pay for it? Because the research they publish and conduct using Abaqus justifies the amount they're paying for it.

So the question for FFXIV's case would be "Is the service you're receiving worth the amount you're paying for it?". If yes, then good. If no, then why are you still paying?

[RokkuEkkusu]

I want to give a big thanks to the devs for making this game. It changed my life and encouraged me to socialize with others from time to time.

I also appreciate the difficulty and rewards of the EX trials, especially Sophia EX. It helped me improve my player skills and and I get to travel in the open world with some cool looking mounts.

I'll do my best to help others and make their experience of FFXIV as decent as possible. At the end of the day, if I can do my part to make a different in someone's life for this game, I'll be satisfied.

[LittleChickenNugget]

Sincerely,

I can tell right now what kind of person Mr. Kusakabe is in real life lmao.

[SerLuke]

. I wonder if all these people behave like that in every establishment, at every fast food restaurant. I really don't think so. I call this hypocrisy.

As a 35 year old adult if I don’t like the food/service at a place I’ll simply go somewhere else and not create drama and make a scene at said establishment where people are enjoying their meals and act like my issue is the end of the world. If people weren’t so melodramatic/hyperbolic and type out walls of text about how this is the worst MMO ever and the dev team sucks and the game is dying whenever they present their issues the forums would be a much better place we actual civil conversation to happen.

And the devs actually do reads these boards and at times Yoshi P replies to threads.

[Sorimachi87]

Nothing else to say here.

Thank. You. Very. Much. For. All. The. Hard. Work. You. Do.

Thank you!

[SenorPatty]

Giving credit where it's due: To the workers who took their personal time to make the 500something head pieces for Hrothgar/Viera: ya did good. Well done.

It's not ass kissing or groveling. I was raised to call what is bad, bad and what is good, good. If, as humans, we cannot even give credit where it's due, then we've failed as a society.