Current Problem Parallels

[BrokentoothMarch]

Fix'd. Though I guess if you are considering posts like that fact then I really should start watching out. That "blog" has the same setup as a creepypasta site full of stories. I hope they are not real as well! ;A;

Literally who are you? Do you know what GamerEscape is? No? Then don't engage with me. I at least bothered to learn what other resources the game has and won't bother with people who want all the work done for them like you.

[KizuyaKatogami]

Correct me if i’m wrong but isn’t the author of GamerEscape Anonymoose? Aka one of the guys who literally helped write one of the lore books for the game? Also i have to say i love how i give proof after being asked to show it and it’s “omg not that!”

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Literally who are you? Do you know what GamerEscape is? No? Then don't engage with me. I at least bothered to learn what other resources the game has.

Gamerescape hasn't been a good resource for the game... Ever really. There have always been better sites.

And it's a blog post, with no video to go along with it, and a singular person's interpretation of events.

[Raoabolic]

Literally who are you? Do you know what GamerEscape is? No? Then don't engage with me. I at least bothered to learn what other resources the game has.

Literally who are YOU? GamerEscape is a wiki knock off where anyone can edit a page. Surely a page and no citation is enough for those who have an axe to grind though, eh? lol

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Correct me if i’m wrong but isn’t the author of GamerEscape Anonymoose? Aka one of the guys who literally helped write one of the lore books for the game? Also i have to say i love how i give proof after being asked to show it and it’s “omg not that!”

A blog post with no video of a spoken event is not proof.


I could literally post a blog saying the exact opposite of the blog post you linked, written by me. And it would have the same authenticity.

[Adamantini]

snit

Finally someone coherent to talk to.

Yes, I intentionally asked several questions, some even memes, to see how far the "it's bad for you because you didn't read the story" argument would go. My point was to prove that most people cannot talk with facts.

Yes, it's true that there would be no proof, but to say that she wouldn't get at least a few followers is also to deny that nowadays there are people who believe everything they read on the internet.
She had a tracker in Meteion, so I believe in the power of the ancestors to see an iota of sense in what she was saying. If not most, some.
The problem here is that Hermes had already been defeated in combat by us, he was at a disadvantage, and Venat could have called in more dogs and gotten everyone out of there before the wipe. Hyth had a bow, but preferred to wait for Hermes to configure the memory shift system. This story could have ended in Elpis.

It makes sense about what you said about Meteion. Really if she destroyed that one, the others would be left. As for Zoldiark, I really wish they had given more time to this character itself. In the end, we don't even see him in action, it's like he's a shell.
However, it's still weird to say that Hydaelin's plan, if all goes wrong, would be to take us to the moon. Meteion could easily destroy the moon. If not by Dynamis, by brute force. The place was not prepared to receive people, I doubt it would have prepared for an attack of that origin.

What I mean here is that they got the timing wrong. Drama stories, funny points, cute points... this could have been addressed at the beginning of the expansion, and after that, make us pay attention to the catastrophe. There could be "breath" points in urgency (one joke here, one cuteness there), but not too long, as they were made. History has become a nest of ideas, where we start from the point that the world is ending, but eating carrots with rabbits is more important.
You could skip the entire expansion if you wanted, but the only quest that was unmissable was the tataru shop. I know I laughed when endgamers said that not being able to skip this quest was getting in the way of world first, but why was this quest so important for that to happen?
The point here, in a nutshell, is that they didn't know how to dose things. Erase the whole story, and just put the timeline of events, that's what I'm talking about.

Edit: about loose ends, I partially agree. Something punctual and intriguing, it can even be left as a basis for theories, but depending on how it's done, it sounds like not even the writer knew what he was doing.

[Lauront]

You keep leaning on that as a sort of desperate 'gotcha' attempt though it isn't true at all. If people didn't care about the game or enjoy it then they wouldn't bother speaking up. Many of us simply don't care for the creepy cult that shields Yoshi-P from any criticism whatsoever. I mostly play for the sake of my house, friends and PvP. That doesn't mean I loathe the game though.

It's as the OP put it:

As it currently stands, any kind of player unhappiness or wanting to ask the dev team to be held to a higher standard is met by the community with one of a few things:
"If you don't like it then quit"
"I'm happy so I don't care"
"You can't expect the devs to solve this problem"

These kind of responses are what slowly sent WoW into an uncontrolled death spiral.
As issues that needed addressing popped up, the community would take to the forums, and complain and try to get the game to reverse course.

It was met with fierce resistance every single time. Getting told to shut up, or to quit, or to find a new game, etc etc.

We are seeing the exact same thing currently happening right now on FFXIV.

EW has had some absolutely serious mis-steps. But by far and large the community has absolutely demanded that there be zero criticism ever because one time Yoshi-P cried on camera or something.

The fact that there is an entire army waiting to bludgeon even the most honest and valid of complaints and concerns is the telltale sign that FFXIV is entering into it's decline period. Much like WoW did. It's not going to magically be a bad game tomorrow like people think. It's going to be a very slow, very gradual process, where one bad mistake after the other is added. People will try to say something, because they love the game, only to be met by a community who will take every single opportunity to be hostile and will defend every single bad decision like a matter of personal honor.

[JanVanding]

"Go play Ultimate". (To say nothing of the fatshaming and housing reaction and laughing at Hroth etc etc etc.)

That is all. Pay attention to LL's before you develop an opinion. Please and thank you.



Considering how they've been acting, they haven't been listening at all. A very clear message was sent across the world: Do not remove Kaiten.

Kaiten is permanently removed.

Again, why should I bother expressing my problems that will be ignored? Six years of healing being in the dumpster and on fire only to be told to screw off. And it's on me? I'm not gonna do Yoshi's only job. He does literally nothing else anyways, the man has to do SOMETHING.

Fat shaming? When? Where?

"Go play Ultimate" was to those complaining constantly about a lack of challenge while at the same time never doing anything harder than EX. Which honestly? Valid criticism.

Laughing at Hroth? When? Where?

I'd like sources to these two accusations because I can't seen to recall nor find them.

If it's Source: Trust me bro

Then that's not a source at all.

P.S I also main healer, yes I'd like more to do in terms of damage but I wouldn't expect much more than a 1-2-3 combo due to our role being expected to have more situational awareness than most.

As for Kaiten. Yes it was bad call, there's still a chance the change gets reverted, we shall have to wait and see.

[KizuyaKatogami]

A blog post with no video of a spoken event is not proof.


I could literally post a blog saying the exact opposite of the blog post you linked, written by me. And it would have the same authenticity.

Except it wouldn’t. The person i posted is an established coordinator that has been on that site for years. You on the other hand have nothing in comparison. Either way, my point still stands. I raised other points as well that you tried to refute and failed. And you did just as i predicted, even with clear cut proof, you continue to try and argue against it. You’re one of the prime examples of people gatekeeping criticism even when it’s been factually proven time and time again. If you want a video just look up the 2014 cosplay event. I’m not going to go through more work for you only for you to blindly refute it as evidence.

[Raoabolic]

Laughing at Hroth? When? Where?

To be fair, when they busted out the 2b picture it did seem like they were low key funposting. lol

Except it wouldn’t. The person i posted is an established coordinator that has been on that site for years. You on the other hand have nothing in comparison.

...you posted it yourself, didn't you. :^)