Hubris and not communicating/not listening to a part of their player base is part of what killed FFXIV and brought us this dev team and ARR. At that time we were promised much better. That our new devs would put in actual effort to make the game amazing and accessible. And I will not lie, we got some of that.

But what I see now when one of the devs reacts dramatically to housing questions? Pride. I see pride and I see someone who is refusing to understand their player base. (Hrothgar ears make me see it further but that's for another part of this forum). And I absolutely do not feel we have gotten good communication.

There's a sticky at the top of this forum that is quite old, but very interesting to read in current times. Is Yoshida still grateful for our feedback? Or is he sick of hearing it? Were those promises only for that time or meant to be continuous? Why is the only dev sticky from over a decade ago?

I half wonder if the reason they went so very heavy on FC wards, is because they are aware of the bad press they get about housing. Leaving several FC wards half empty, they can then go "But look, all these houses are still available!"

Frankly I never have trust or hope for corporations, but I cannot elaborate how utterly disappointed I have been in this game since EW. I do not think I would have the wordcount, nor would I be able to take the jumbled mess in my brain and sort them out well enough.