Making yet another post about this because of lazy devs

[Mirhd]

... People have already made the (inaccurate) claim, time and again, that we are "testing" the game for the devs because they "can't be bothered"... when FFXIV has some of the best QA I've seen in an MMO, as serious bugs rarely make it to live. Yes, rarely. The forums' personal bias towards making mountains out of ant hills is not reflective of reality, and even as someone who has never worked in game development, I can still see the difference between good QA and poor QA. People would still complain even if there was a PTR, and you all arguing in favor of a PTR know it.

I also don't care for it on a personal level, as the PTR in WoW ruined any sort of surprise; even if you avoided it yourself, chances are you would see/hear about the new content elsewhere and have it spoiled as a result. Not to mention people demanding unreasonable perfection during runs because "it was on PTR! you should have done it/looked into it!"... Well, excuse me for not wanting to spoil myself, I suppose? I love the dumpster fire runs that happen every time during the first week of a new patch here... everything is new to everyone, and we're all on the same playing field. Hilarity is inevitable.

A bug like the one the OP is complaining about actually would have a high probability of being missed on a PTR as well since it's specific to an interaction with a specific skill on 1 class that is only used in PvP which in itself isn't very widely used by players of the game. The FC mate that told me about it also said it might be specific to the PS4 platform as they've been told by other BRD players on PS5 and PC that they haven't experienced it and they play the game on PS4.

Yeah. It's physically impossible to catch everything (even serious bugs can't always be caught!), and it's honestly amazing that anyone still tries to argue otherwise...

People complaining about the lack of love for Hrothgar (or proper instanced housing...) etc., is fair. The devs are aren't lazy though, good grief. Anytime I see someone slinging that word around, I immediately think said person is simply incapable of seeing anything beyond their own desires... such as the OP. The more and more she/he post, the more I think OP needs to do some serious self reflection, but this is unlikely to ever happen...

... Japanese companies, and software companies in general do not run on "lazy"...

Yeeeeah... there's a reason Japan is known for its work culture... because of how unhealthy it is. I've heard it's been getting better, but for crying out loud... "lazy" is NOT a word I would use to describe the devs here. Tone deaf at times perhaps, but not "lazy".