Mark Kearns reviews FF14 vs current MMO development mentality

[Puremallace]

Source: https://twitter.com/Grummz/status/1414968975704825856

Not sure many of you know who Mark Kearn is but I'll list his bio below.

Twitter BIO
"Chrono Trigger is best game. Yes, I made Blizzard games. Yes, I still make games. Team lead of original WoW, producer on Starcraft, Diablo II, and more."

The guy was the lead on some of the most iconic games in history.

I leave a tip for
@FF_XIV_EN


Follow this and you will 10x your sales and userbase. Take it from the wow guy.

Fix your account website! Take 6 devs and do an EMERGENCY REWRITE.

This is an amazing thread from an extremely informed person on MMO's breaking down the failures of current MMO developers and their focus on treating players like customers instead of respecting them as gamers.

[Sotaris]

People might be to young to know him but that guy is the reason wow, diablo and some other titles got successful.

[Puremallace]

People might be to young to know him but that guy is the reason wow, diablo and some other titles got successful.

I like that his only advice is to redesign the site so people can buy the game faster lol

[Tachion]

People might be to young to know him but that guy is the reason wow, diablo and some other titles got successful.

He was also the head of one of the greatest mismanaging and financial disasters in gaming with Firefall.

[seraf]

I don’t get what’s so hard about making an account anyway. You go to mog click register. Input personal info. Then Input a game code you bought from Amazon or SE directly. Download game and play.

[Puremallace]

I don’t get what’s so hard about making an account anyway. You go to mog click register. Input personal info. Then Input a game code you bought from Amazon or SE directly. Download game and play.

It is the two account thing. You have one user name for this place and another for the MogStation. You then have to use the right one on the launcher after you figure out where to input the code because the item code thing if you put the wrong code there it does not tell you where to put expansion codes lol

A lot of this could be solved with an option on a drop down to just apply the expansion code to your account when you buy it or choose to get it e-mailed if you want to gift the code or something.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It is the two account thing. You have one user name for this place and another for the MogStation. You then have to use the right one on the launcher after you figure out where to input the code because the item code thing if you put the wrong code there it does not tell you where to put expansion codes lol

A lot of this could be solved with an option on a drop down to just apply the expansion code to your account when you buy it or choose to get it e-mailed if you want to gift the code or something.

Uhh, the forums use the same account as your game.

[Y2K21]

I dont know, the last time someone trusted Kern -- he burnt Red 5 Studios to the ground then got voted out as CEO

[Puremallace]

I dont know, the last time someone trusted Kern -- he burnt Red 5 Studios to the ground then got voted out as CEO

Yeah definitely not in his prime anymore but I think people still value his opinion lol

[Y2K21]

Yeah definitely not in his prime anymore but I think people still value his opinion lol

I dont. I think he was good because of Blizzard -- not because of him. Everything outside of Blizz he has done either tanks or is sold out to China (Em8ers)

Case and point: Yuji Naka. Unless you think Balan Wonderworld isnt akin to torture.