Dev Harassment is concerning

[Darthgummibear]

I'm not convinced the death threat even happened.

[HeyMcFly]

You can give feedback/ criticism without being a total nob.

Yes, it's ridiculous that nothing is being done to legitimately fix the situation with housing even though folks have asked for the same specific things repeatedly for years. If there is something specific in the works (not related to the recent lotto situation), it would help folks calm some of the frustration if the dev team was more transparent. Players REALLY want their personal space to decorate & call their own. Something that uniquely speaks to them & is not limited by lack of design function or implementation. When we were told that the Island Sanctuaries would be compared to games like Animal Crossing & Stardew Valley- the 1st thing that comes to mind is Instanced Housing. Not if we can maintain our Chocobo(s) or watch our minions run around. Players instead think of hours upon hours of designing, decorating & being immersed in our own creative space that involves a Home.
I've read that *possibly* Yoshi-P has since realized some of the biggest requests is instanced housing towards Island Sanctuaries & has been working towards it. But we don't really know & have only been told to temper our expectations- but we want to see more- it would help temper expectations if there was more communication on Island Sanctuaries.

Yes it's almost ridiculous that the designers thought adding ugly hairstyles to Hrothgar that removes a key feature on them was acceptable. Then the devs even laughed about the way it looked, like they knew it wasn't good looking but delivered anyways. - Players have waited 2-3 years hoping their feedback mattered.

I get it, I'm on that hill too with the reasonable sounding complaints. I've also worked the designer's end before & being harassed doesn't make them do better. It makes them resent their job & the people who they're meant to design things for.

But also, what feedback are the devs getting & listening to? Currently, it *seems* like they are delivering half of what's been asked for & without actually saying it that it's a done deal- We get this impression due to lack of transparency. And with the way Viera & Hrothgar have been handled it just seems to be the norm.

[Caurcas]

Are the death threats in the room with you right now, op?

[twixelstix]

I am literally scouring through Twitter, Reddit, and these forums to find where there was a single harmful threat. Where? Where is it? Can someone please show me where all these threats are? Because I'm seeing a lot of posts on Twitter from people talking about how 'all these threats of physical violence are unacceptable'.

[MistyMew]

Criticism is needed..it is not harassment. It should never stop or ever be ignored by developers.

Developers are human but also adults and in a very lucrative and competitive industry. They NEED to know where things have gone wrong and why. They do not need coddling.
Many jobs are extremely stressful.

Most players are trying to help the game in their own way.

I guarantee you FFXIV is a business first $$ > employees feelings. (Like 90% of all companies)

** As an RN, I deal with many hurtful "in the moment" emotionally fueled, denial filled and grief struck comments...and some by people that are just plain miserable people.

As an adult, I deal with it, resolve things, and never let it interfere with doing my job. **

I expect the same with this company.

[Silvarer]

I'm not convinced the death threat even happened.

It’s the internet, dude. I can guarantee that someone somewhere has made one over this, regardless of whether you see it with your own eyes or not. I’ve already seen one person who wished that whoever made the lottery coding mistake would get fired so sending death threats is unfortunately not outside the realm of possibility.

[Manofpassion]

I think they should get fired, or at least a good 20 minute telling off where he gets reamed by yoshi-p and sent to the minion modelling mines for at least a year kek. I'm sure whoever made the mistake is not a terrible person personality wise. I might even want to grab a pint with him. But if he makes a mistake of this magnitude, it's not personal when I say he should suffer the repercussions.

If someone in a static doesn't practice his rotation or improve to pull his own weight, he is gonna get replaced with someone who does those things. Its not personal. I would hope yoshi-p has higher standards then statics in game.

[Juyira]

I don't think someone should be fired for what was very likely just a very simple accident, especially in a culture like Japan's where they take shame very seriously.

It's human error. It happens. We all do it at our own jobs sometimes.

[Kyrj]

Jesus christ this idiot OP went off the rails quick

[Corvus_V]

Right? Something like "We are sorry for the distress and frustration this has caused and are doing everything we can to find a solution" would be a much better response.

I dont know which would be less true. The "sorry" part or the "were working on it"