Why not change course?

[Kolsykol]

I don't think anything will change. The reason for this is that I believe there is a fostered culture of conformity within SE. SE is highly resistant to change and highly resistant to looking at anything outside of SE as a possible solution to these issues. When Yoshida was brought in to fix FFXIV, it was because of the dumpster fire that was 1.0. SE was desperate and only under such conditions of duress did they finally look to someone outside of the system. At that point he became an insider and it is my opinion that while he had good ideas on how to fix 1.0, his bag of tricks wasn't as deep as would have been necessary to facilitate a proper revamp of other issues such as the glam system and housing. As an insider, he may very well have become under intense pressure to follow the corporate culture. In short, I don't believe he has it within him anymore to be able to fix these issues and I don't think the company is inclined to deal with anything unless we have another full blown 1.0 debacle again. Only then will they once again seek outside help to fix these issues.

Are we just going to ignore how fundamentally different FFXIV is today than in ARR and how much has actually changed?
Not to mention that people are also complaining about too much change lol.

Plz, Shadowbringers and Endwalker have had an immensely positive reception.
Lets not pretend that the game is falling apart ala 1.0 because the glam and housing have issues.

Thanks for completely misinterpreting my post. No where in it did I say that the game is currently in the state it was in with 1.0. What I DID say was that the game would have to sink to 1.0 levels again for SE to do anything about it. The problem lies with the corporate culture that SE has fostered. Perhaps try reading the post a bit more carefully next time.

You were clearly implying that the game is heading towards a 1.0 disaster which is why I said that you're talking about it like it's '' falling apart ala 1.0 ''.
I didn't say that you were saying that the game is currently in the state it was in 1.0, maybe you should read and post a bit more carefully next time.

[Vercinotrix]

Are we just going to ignore how fundamentally different FFXIV is today than in ARR and how much has actually changed?
Not to mention that people are also complaining about too much change lol.

Plz, Shadowbringers and Endwalker have had an immensely positive reception.
Lets not pretend that the game is falling apart ala 1.0 because the glam and housing have issues.

It's really a weird thing I noticed with the forums that when job changes happen sometimes barely a splash is made, but housing? Oh my god if something goes wrong with housing you'd think this game just imploded and Yoshi executed players on a live letter.

Not to say anything about validity of criticism but man housing light's a fire under people's butts like nothing else around here.

[Eraden]

Are we just going to ignore how fundamentally different FFXIV is today than in ARR and how much has actually changed?
Not to mention that people are also complaining about too much change lol.

Plz, Shadowbringers and Endwalker have had an immensely positive reception.
Lets not pretend that the game is falling apart ala 1.0 because the glam and housing have issues.

Thanks for completely misinterpreting my post. No where in it did I say that the game is currently in the state it was in with 1.0. What I DID say was that the game would have to sink to 1.0 levels again for SE to do anything about it. The problem lies with the corporate culture that SE has fostered. Perhaps try reading the post a bit more carefully next time.

[Raoabolic]

Are we just going to ignore how fundamentally different FFXIV is today than in ARR and how much has actually changed?

Yeah, classes actually felt unique and content was pretty challenging and the content was coming at a much steadier pace. T-Thanks endwalker...

[Eraden]

Are we just going to ignore how fundamentally different FFXIV is today than in ARR and how much has actually changed?
Not to mention that people are also complaining about too much change lol.

Plz, Shadowbringers and Endwalker have had an immensely positive reception.
Lets not pretend that the game is falling apart ala 1.0 because the glam and housing have issues.



You were clearly implying that the game is heading towards a 1.0 disaster which is why I said that you're talking about it like it's '' falling apart ala 1.0 ''.
I didn't say that you were saying that the game is currently in the state it was in 1.0, maybe you should read and post a bit more carefully next time.

Again, you have failed to read the post carefully. I said it would take a 1.0 disaster for the company to deal with matters by seeking outside help. I did not say that the game was actually heading into 1.0 territory. Dear lord, do people not bother to actually read what is written, anymore?