A Note of Encouragement to the Devs, and Thoughts

[KingCrazy]

I was reading some comments that made me sick to my stomach. Seeing people personally insult and attack the real, human beings who are pouring their time and energy into making this game for us really rubbed me the wrong way. As such, I wanted to leave a bit of encouragement.

I'm sure the devs don't check the English forums, but maybe someone in the community management team will at least see this:

To the programmers, artists, community managers, and everyone else who's worked on FF14: Thank you all so much for the the time and effort you've poured into this game. I, along with my friends and family who play this game, greatly appreciate everything the team has done to provide such a great experience for us. The long hours and weekends that you've had to endure for our sake has not gone unnoticed. We understand when problems arise: we're all human. As a software developer and player, I'm very grateful for the transparency the team has provided to the community on recent matters.

We're cheering you guys on. Please keep doing your best!

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Further thoughts below.

Frustration and disappointment are understandable! If you've simply been voicing your dissatisfaction with the situation, that's perfectly fine.

I've been playing this game since 2014, and this was the first time ever that I had a real opportunity to buy a house -- and it was a guarantee, too! But I was met with the big fat "0". It was disappointing, but life goes on!

What I was more concerned with was the reality that a lot of good, hard-working SE employees were having a very rough weekend. I can only imagine what internal finger pointing and arguments have been taking place, and what incredible stress is being put on this team who just wants to make something fun for all of us. The last thing they need is me berating them, accusing them of being "incompetent, lazy developers" and acting like I somehow know more than they do about the situation.

I've seen first hand what it looks like when a company as big as SE has a weekend emergency. I've watched the life drain from the eyes of my own friends as they sat there on call at unholy hours of the morning trying to pinpoint and resolve issues like these.

I will not be reading or replying to any comments.
I really have no care to read what's said in response to this, about me or the devs.

Thank you.