WoW devs sent a congrats card to the FF14 team

[Puremallace]

Source: https://twitter.com/SarahCotner/stat...65857842163713

Sarah Cotner

I got to sign this card! I don't play too much XIV actively but I loved Shadowbringers and hop on occasionally to see what's new.

The industry is a tight knit place, we would rather celebrate each other's wins than be antagonistic.

So strange I had to go through the WoW forums to learn this and I assume someone over there follows a Blizzard dev who posted this.

It seems that after the FF14 team sent a congratulations card months ago on the successful launch of Shadowlands the Blizzard team decided to reciprocate with their own card.

I like how that Blizzard dev words that Tweet and it is extremely accurate as the communities themselves are fighting like children all the time.

[Haruka_R]

You care way too much about this.

[Puremallace]

You care way too much about this.

I care that it is obvious outside of these forums and some Youtube drama queens normal people still act like humans. It is also FF14 related and I personally think it is pretty cool they made some custom artwork for the FF14 team as a congrats.

[LisSquid]

It's nice to see, and kind of a bucket of cold water on the heated debate within the playerbase. I am often reminded of Yoshi P calling himself a Blizzard fanboy.

Competition is better than rivalry. (It's definitely better for us, the players).

[Vahlnir]

To me that reads like "...Can you share your positivity with us? We suck at that. Let us love you so we don't look like the moustache twirling capitalist villains that we are!" But I'm also a somewhat salty ex WoW player. lol It's a nice gesture, but I have a hard time not seeing Blizzard's angle if there is one. I could be wrong and I hope I am.

[Puremallace]

To me that reads like "...Can you share your positivity with us? We suck at that. Let us love you so we don't look like the moustache twirling capitalist villains that we are!" But I'm also a somewhat salty ex WoW player. lol It's a nice gesture, but I have a hard time not seeing Blizzard's angle if there is one. I could be wrong and I hope I am.

One day I hope we do get this tell all book about what is really happening over there at Blizzard because I guarantee it would explain a lot. It is odd they sent it now and not in 2019 when Shadowbringers actually launched and we are in a content lul. Something is going on and I am not sure.

[Vahlnir]

One day I hope we do get this tell all book about what is really happening over there at Blizzard because I guarantee it would explain a lot. It is odd they sent it now and not in 2019 when Shadowbringers actually launched and we are in a content lul. Something is going on and I am not sure.

Damage control. That is what's going on. lol

[Nezerius]

One day I hope we do get this tell all book about what is really happening over there at Blizzard because I guarantee it would explain a lot. It is odd they sent it now and not in 2019 when Shadowbringers actually launched and we are in a content lul. Something is going on and I am not sure.

That's because they did send it back in 2019, some time after the release of Shadowbringers. Source: https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/02/c...hadowbringers/

Kinda surprised it got brought up at this point in time, despite the fact that it doesn't really have all that much to do with WoW's current decline. When this happened, BfA was still in its pre-Corruptions state, and people didn't hate the game as much as they do now.

[Vahlnir]

That's because they did send it back in 2019, some time after the release of Shadowbringers. Source: https://massivelyop.com/2019/10/02/c...hadowbringers/

Kinda surprised it got brought up at this point in time, despite the fact that it doesn't really have all that much to do with WoW's current decline. When this happened, BfA was still in its pre-Corruptions state, and people didn't hate the game as much as they do now.

Well, that sort of refutes my theory then, though I don't doubt the "gift" was largely for the PR. Like you said though, odd to see it brought up now. Out of curiosity I checked the WoW forums, and sure enough there's a thread talking about it there as well. https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wo...v-team/1004458 Heck, even I had been playing WoW semi regularly at that point all the way up to Shadowlands launch. I wasn't overly thrilled by the state of the game then but little did I know it was the last bit of fun (however small it was) I would have.

[Thaciscokidd]

Yoshi -P has been to Blizzcons. Devs usually keep a good working relationship with each other even if there fanbases are at odds with each other.

They aren't the comics industry.