Hire J.K. Rowling to write

[Arngrim_Greyashe]

*smacks emergency meeting button*
Vote t0rn. They vented.

[SannaR]

The tropes she leans on in her stories aren't too far off from what FFXIV itself embraces.

Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

[Stormfur]

If we're going to hire outside writers for FFXIV, may I suggest Stephen King.

FFXIV needs a good killer clown-alien /s

[Theodric]

Honestly, I don’t want any British or American writers touching this game, and I say that as an American. It would be generic and cliche and completely lack depth. And the characters would become stock.

There's plenty of skilled British and American writers, though. It's not like the writers for FFXIV don't lean on generic and cliche tropes that are lacking in depth. Just look at the utter lack of meaningful, lasting consequences for the protagonists in 5.3 - compared to how ARR and HW had many consequences to deal with and things did not always wrap up in a neat little bow.

Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

She's innocent until proven guilty and Twitter mob outrage is not a court of law no matter what some may seek to bring about.

[Lauront]

Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

Oh dear, here comes out this nonsense. Do you genuinely believe the Japanese writers in this game are all kinds of woke? She is woke herself, just not to the even more transparently stupid degree some of her 'critics' are.

[GrumbleBeard]

Read Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

[RajNish]

Read Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe

Thank you for mentioning this novel cycle. These books are awesome.

[Veis_Alveare]

Maybe the tropes would still be the same, but at least the writers we do have actually do research and not just surface layer of said subject. Let alone not being anywhere near as racist or any of the various other things JK has going against her.

Everyone is racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever the next made up word is according to those people.

[Jennah]

Too late. We already had that quest chain with "elf kid who looks like Harry Potter" and "Inspector who is only interesting when Hildebrand is around."
/glasses

[KDSilver]

Everyone is racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever the next made up word is according to those people.

No.
Thank you.