Open Letter to the Devs Regarding Eden's Verse: Reflugence [Spoilers]

[heiligeharmonie]

That seems more like a fixation of your own mindset rather than something that the devs should intervene with. Yes, you made valid points but at the same time. I went into refulgence and the first thing i thought of wasnt a sexualization of Ryne on Shivas body, all i could focus on was staying alive, doing mechanics, and enjoying the gorgeous field they created for the field. The next thing I focused on was the several different lore references that were there.

Like the references to Hydaelyn and how Ryne being the oracle of light altered Shiva’s abilities and mixed it with what we know of the battle between Hydaelyn and Zodiark.

You can’t stop people’s personal thoughts and fantasies but there is one thing very much in your power to do. Ignore it, block it out, don’t go looking for these things that will be out there in the internet. If it disturbs you, as for the fight itself and your feelings, there are two ways to go, continue farming for gear and try to force yourself not to think about it and focus on other aspects of the fight or.. don’t.

To ask the devs to do this is like asking game developers to stop making sonic games because of the lewd communities out there. It shouldn’t limit their creativity because the internet exists.

Your comparison there is a little extreme--asking developers to change part of a boss's design and asking an entire game to not be made would be very different things. Besides that, you're also comparing an under-aged human character to anthropomorphic animals that, as far as I know, are all adults.

I am well aware that you can't actually control people's thoughts and feelings. The point is that when you depict an under-aged character in this way, it can be viewed as an invitation to do so. All content creators need to be mindful of the kind of imagery they put out and how it could be interpreted. If they don't want to change it, then fine, I'll just have to deal with it and produce my art and cosplay in the way that I feel is appropriate and do what I have to to avoid coming across the disgusting things other people make. But I have the means and ability to encourage the devs to be a little more responsible about the kinds of images they're creating themselves, so I'm going to do it.

And I don't mean to imply that I didn't appreciate all the lore tie ins and the arena and the fight design itself--just that there was a noticeable problem that keeps distracting me. I know I'm not the only person that thinks Ryne being portrayed in this way is a problem, just maybe the only one so bothered by it that I'd actually try to tell the devs about it, instead of just complaining about it privately with the people who agree.

[heiligeharmonie]

I can't believe someone willingly typed this out, and confidently posted it on the forums like they were changing the world.

I...love this place.

I mean, if the devs didn't want to know what people think, they wouldn't read any of the posts on the forums other than bug reports or any of the other social platforms FFXIV has accounts on, soooo [shrug]
But let me just tell you, definitely didn't post this with confidence. If I had, it would have been posted three days ago. I totally expected people to respond that I'm too easily offended, making a big deal out of nothing, oh it's just a game, and a bunch of comments that bring absolutely nothing of value to the conversation. That's just the nature of the internet, isn't it?