Quote Originally Posted by OhNooo View Post
I just think it’s hilarious how every suggestion made about how different elements of the story could’ve been handled gets shot down along with an explanation of game lore which basically boils down to “it couldn’t have happened that way because the devs didn’t write it that way” even if it’s a completely reasonable suggestion. I mean how dare anyone suggest that they didn’t care for an expansion story when the devs worked so hard on it and don’t forget yoshi p saved this game and ffxiv devs actually care about their player base unlike *other* mmos and and covid happened remember????

I just know that if the plot had been completely different people would still be defending it and if you don’t like it you didn’t understand the theme of the story, lack empathy, are possibly a psychopath because you liked a villain, need to go back to wow even though you never played it, are a troll, or never played a jrpg before lmao. It couldn’t possibly be just your opinion cause yoshi p is the game’s savior and he cried on a live letter so everything will get defended no matter what.
It's been a dire problem within this community for years, unfortunately. Not just here, either, but over on Reddit and Twitter as well.

I typically make ample use of the block function when it happens but it does grow exhausting. Worse yet, I know a lot of people who have admitted that they just don't bother engaging with any discussions related to the game altogether in order to avoid the weird personal attacks. Which is understandable, though likely leads to the development team getting a very skewed version of player feedback.