Tanaka was Right!

[Fayt1203]

I wouldn't mind him coming back and introducing some stuff. He had some really good ideas in FFXI (also had bad..but let's just use the good please lol)

I'd love to see his take on longevity for content and gear. Also wouldn't mind to see him design some fights. Doubt that will ever happen though. Afaik he is done.

Fun fact..the JP do not blame Tanaka for 1.0's failure..they blame Nobuaki Komoto, who is actually still on the XIV team and he is the one who makes all the content everyone seems to complain about (relics, eureka, etc..anything with the grind? he makes it, and did in FFXI too) the JP playerbase really, really dislike him. In FFXI he was in charge of an expansion where end game and other content was inaccessible unless you had cleared the previous expansions end game resulting in a lot of people claiming false advertising and unsubbing.

He also made the crafting, desynth systems, etc. He made the Ehcatl putty, if anyone remembers that, which Yoshida did not even know about until the patch went live back then and caused a lot of issues with players due to how grindy it was..iirc.

Anyway you can google him if you want and find out a lot more. It's just puzzling how ONLY Tanaka got the blame and I am sure he has some, of course, but not all, when the truth was that the CEO rushed FFXIV out which is why it had no content and everything was just crap..talking about 1.0 only, not 1.x, along with this Nobuaki Komoto fellow, who JP players blame for the 1.0 mess.

Though Nobuaki still works on FFxiv he not the lead director anymore. there where many factors that 1.0 fail using game engine that was used for FF13 and did struggle on that was never made for mmo but they still used it, then the details were to much(funny how that works flower pots anyone) even high end computer´s that trouble running the game,server structure and many more, the management was just bad on FFxiv side and on the Square side. Tanaka was the Producer at the time and he he took on him self the responsible of the mess..

[Ayuhra]

I mean, he certainly didn't help the game. After all, he thought us having a basic jump function wasn't necessary, and he thought having a minimap would take away the "fun" of exploration and finding out way through the hot mess that was 1.0 Shroud....

I mean not being able to jump was a little annoying but how often do you jump in real life?

Clearly he was just trying to give the game realism!

[xbahax92]

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I mean, the jump function still isn't a thing in XI and it works just fine (as it's designed around not needing to jump). I'm personally a fan of minimaps, but you could easily make the argument that in an MMO forcing people to interact with eachother is a large part of the philosophy of the design - and taking away easy navigation tools means you have to actually talk to people and ask them how to get to X.

e: To be clear though, I'm not saying Tanaka is perfect or anything, he made some really awkward decisions with XI too. But he's definitely not the sole person responsible for 1.0 being garbage, similar to how Yoshi-P isn't the sole person responsible for reviving it in 2.0.

As the leading director he takes the full blame, be it his or his team's fault. Even if he had good ideas and is being scapegoated to hell, he took that position willingly and he should of known that it can be risky.
What I am also wondering is, why he hadn't the guts to redo the game back in 1.0 then. I guess he didnt want to take more risks?

[Gurney]

He was also know for not listening to he dev teams and ignoring the player base. It was his way and that was the only way. WoToG took almost 3 years for it to be finished. When he went to work on 1.0 from 11 there were several changes in 11 that were done to make the game more playable. Now some of the changes took some out of the feeling of accomplishment when finishing a story line. Those who beat CoP before the nerfs know what I mean.

[Verlyn]

As the leading director he takes the full blame, be it his or his team's fault. What I am also wondering is, why he hadn't the guts to redo the game back in 1.0 then. I guess he didnt want to take more risks?

I mean, he didn't have time or budget for much else? FFXIV 1.0 was very much a product of corporate meddling and a release date push.
Sure, it's fine to lay blame on Tanaka for the issues, but people crucify him as The Reason 1.0 Was Hot Garbage when it's just a bit more complicated than that.

[Alistaire]

NIGHTMARE --Yoshi P

[Misutoraru]

Anytime someone says they miss 1.0, just stare at them for a minute and ignore them.

I do miss 1.0 texture, but not the requirement of NASA grade computer to run it.....and I guess that's only thing I prefer in 1.0 over 2.0

[swiss_Momo]

but if 1.0 was so good, then why did it flop so hard that it almost killed the entire FF genre?
Checkmate Tanaka apologists!

[LineageRazor]

He was also know for not listening to he dev teams and ignoring the player base. It was his way and that was the only way.

...why am I suddenly thinking of Blue Mage...?

[Gurney]

...why am I suddenly thinking of Blue Mage...?

SMN also look how long it took to get new avatars, and that was after he left to work on 1.0.