It's curious how some of Endwalker's most ardent defenders feel so threatened at times that they've resorted to saying emotionally manipulative things like this:

Quote Originally Posted by Striker44 View Post
Heck, when Soken revealed he was recovering from cancer back in ShB, a group of 40 musicians put together a tribute for him. When "Close in the Distance" came out for EW, a group of 1000 people submitted voice recordings to create a fan-made version of it. Again - when you have by far the largest number of people playing, you will also likely have the largest # of people doing anything (including complaining or creating "backlash"). In terms of the size of the playerbase? The "backlash" is minuscule. Frankly, I can easily see the next "10-year plan" going off quite well given the current trajectory of the game.
For future reference I would advise permanently putting such individuals on one's ignore list. When the differences between both camps are this irreconcilable there really is no point in entertaining any sort of back and forth. In other words, agree to disagree and end it there.

All they have are passive aggressive attempts to paint those of us who dared to question the story as bad guys or incessant harping on semantics to the point where no meaningful discussion can possibly be had because of their obtuse demands that every other statement be preceded by "in my opinion" or something along those lines.

Do not submit to these people under any circumstances and never change the way you speak to suit their whims.