Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[SpiralMask]

blue mage having never been added at all would be better than it's current incarnation.

viera shouldn't have been forced in for ShB and those animation assets likely were originally for female hrothgar.
the bunnies could easily be held off until whatever expac comes after EW (after presumably having dealt with everything in ivalice/dalmasca being freed)

[whitemoonflower]

An opportunity was missed with YoRHa: Dark Apocalypse.

They could've revealed that the Automata crew was returning to one of the remaining shards, that shard being a vague reference to the future of our world. This would've added a profound implication to the potential fate of the reflections in EW, enhancing XIV's lore meaningfully instead of them just being "here and gone in a haze of obscurity".

[Liam_Harper]

When someone asks for a recommendation on the strongest class, it's ok to actually tell them the numerically strongest class. It won't end the world.

The community is so averse to being seen as "meta slaves", that even when someone clearly states they enjoy the gameplay of multiple classes equally, they will always get spammed with "pick what you enjoy, dps doesn't matter in this game, you'll do worse with a class you don't like" and the question never actually gets answered. It's such a simple question, but taboo to answer it directly.

Another one is that there are far, far more players who obsess over the idea that people use only logs to stroke their ego, than the actual handful who use logs to stroke their ego.

[AziraSyuren]

When someone asks for a recommendation on the strongest class, it's ok to actually tell them the numerically strongest class. It won't end the world.

The community is so averse to being seen as "meta slaves", that even when someone clearly states they enjoy the gameplay of multiple classes equally, they will always get spammed with "pick what you enjoy, dps doesn't matter in this game, you'll do worse with a class you don't like" and the question never actually gets answered. It's such a simple question, but taboo to answer it directly.

Another one is that there are far, far more players who obsess over the idea that people use only logs to stroke their ego, than the actual handful who use logs to stroke their ego.

GOD, THANK YOU

"Just play what you have fun with lol everything is viable if you put in the effort" that's not what they're asking you unhelpful asshole >: (

[Raoabolic]

The writer for the ARR/HW story should have come back to helm Endwalker. I'll say it, I don't mind. The new writer that replaced him has been hit and miss at best.

[Jillian]

The fact that SE charges $5 for event food item furnishings that can be easily ruined is ridiculous. Give us a freaking toggle to turn off usability of the food.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Endwalker should never have happened. Immensely disappointing resolution.

Lets take this even further. FFXIV should never have happened. 2.0 and beyond was a mistake and I rather wish this game crashed and burn at 1.0 than having this timeline where I have to interact and spend my time arguing over the current game with all of you turbo nerds.

[Raoabolic]

Lets take this even further. FFXIV should never have happened. 2.0 and beyond was a mistake and I rather wish this game crashed and burn at 1.0 than having this timeline where I have to interact and spend my time arguing over the current game with all of you turbo nerds.

What do you mean Zenos isn't the best FF villain?!

Oh, here's another hot take. Zenos was such a cardboard cutout of a bad guy it was almost insulting and when they had the chance to do something neat or interesting with the character during EW he instead gets relegated to a deus ex machina during the finale just because the story could not continue without it. Seven hells, he could be replaced with any flying entity and the finale would still work. How dare you remind me how terrible the EW finale was. :/

[Recon1o6]

What do you mean Zenos isn't the best FF villain?!

Oh, here's another hot take. Zenos was such a cardboard cutout of a bad guy it was almost insulting and when they had the chance to do something neat or interesting with the character during EW he instead gets relegated to a deus ex machina during the finale just because the story could not continue without it. Seven hells, he could be replaced with any flying entity and the finale would still work. How dare you remind me how terrible the EW finale was. :/

Arguably the story could continue without zenos appearing deus ex machina. The relief from saving the scions should have been sufficiently strong on the dynamis, and if not that, then the sheer determination to save everything certainly would have.
Alternatively, middy should have come around for the finale using dynamis to wake up and prove to her that even when some wished to die, others would still wish to live in the most dire of circumstances. Plus he'd approve of us forgiving the meteon before the dead ends since its apparently within him to forgive ishgard and omega

[AmpelioB]

Alternatively, middy should have come around for the finale using dynamis to wake up and prove to her that even when some wished to die, others would still wish to live in the most dire of circumstances. Plus he'd approve of us forgiving the meteon before the dead ends since its apparently within him to forgive ishgard and omega

so you want to exchange one deus ex machina with another deus ex machina that specifically catter to you?