The Devs need a much needed thanks!

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

Man the Forums are a miserable place.
....but at least it manages to be entertaining

[xenahawk]

No no thanks. They still can't fix housing yet every single MMO out there has gotten housing right yet this idea seems to escape them. Character customization is lacking and needs a overhaul. UI is outdated and needs improvement. Job balancing is broken and they still can't get it right. The list goes on. Why after all these years they can't fix it?

One word WOW. Right off the top of my head thats an MMO that doesnt have any player housing and seriously this game has a better handle on job balancing then most others out there. There are some differences but thats partly for the sake of having classes feel different. There is already a big outcry from players over they feel the ff team is making the classes feel too similar to each other.

[Xaruko_Nexume]

Despite this last week and the amount of flak that they received, they work extremely hard to bring us a game that is much loved and enjoyed. The amount of hate I have seen this past week because a class can't do 1% more damage is absurd in the slightest, but then again that is only less than 2% of the community most likely complaining. Those that are complaining are the ones that have zero ideal what they are talking about and are only outcrying what their favorite streamer is telling them to outcry.

Again: Thank you Devs for bringing us an amazing game. I know mistakes are made, we are all human and you all do your best to fix it. I look forward to seeing what you bring in 6.25 and 6.3.

Only read the OP so far but I think that will be enough. Im sure everything underneath just devolved into complaints about 1% damage and healers not being able to not heal enough. Game is not perfect, but I agree with your sentiment. The game is amazing and the devs deserve more praise for it.

[IDontPetLalas]

Only read the OP so far but I think that will be enough. Im sure everything underneath just devolved into complaints about 1% damage and healers not being able to not heal enough. Game is not perfect, but I agree with your sentiment. The game is amazing and the devs deserve more praise for it.

I don't disagree with "FFXIV is amazing", in fact in spite of it's fault (of which there are many", I do think that it is - however I have to admit that whenever I see the "devs need more praise" my first reaction is - have you never watched a Live letter? I imagine that if that gets shown to the team it must get one hell of an impact.

I really do think that the FFXIV team gets quite a bit of praise, certainly far, far , far more than any development team than I've seen in my career (yes I also work in sw dvelopment). As a previous poster said- they're professionals, they certainly appreciate and benefit from praise, however praise can have more impact when it's measured.

[ReynTime]

Well Yoshi-P's "Vision" back in ARR and Heavensward wasn't the same as now. And when he first talked about ARR changes during 1.2X he had a very different idea for what the focus and player expression would be for battle content.

So before you Yoshida worshippers continue using "their vision" as a way to say some of us are wrong, well, YOU were the ones who made him NOT stick to their original visions. If you think the game is fantastic now, it wasn't because they were sticking to their vision.. It was because they didn't.

[Atelier-Bagur]

Well Yoshi-P's "Vision" back in ARR and Heavensward wasn't the same as now. And when he first talked about ARR changes during 1.2X he had a very different idea for what the focus and player expression would be for battle content.

So before you Yoshida worshippers continue using "their vision" as a way to say some of us are wrong, well, YOU were the ones who made him NOT stick to their original visions. If you think the game is fantastic now, it wasn't because they were sticking to their vision.. It was because they didn't.

To be fair, nobody forced the devs to change their vision. Although I actually would believe thats the case as it's been a consistent thing for Yoshida to never stick to huge absolutes with many of his statements. But this is how businesses usually are, you adapt to the standards of the gaming audience and a lot has changed from 2012 to 2022 in gaming.

[Raoabolic]

To be fair, nobody forced the devs to change their vision.

*SE walks into the room*
*devs begin sweating*

[Midareyukki]

*SE walks into the room*
*devs begin sweating*

More like "Hoo boy".

[Adamantini]

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despite the beautiful argument, I must warn you not to pay much attention to these "thank the devs, please" posts. It's just people wanting to farm likes.