Random observation

[Saraide]

You don't have to always agree with their opinions, but acknowledge that they're rarely complaining just for the sake of it.

I 100% agree. There is one thing I am certain about aveyond and that is that they very deeply care about the game. You wouldnt involve yourself this much with the forum of a game if you didnt care about it. I just disagree with a lot of their assessments and interpretations.

On a side note, I never felt like the "other person" you're so happy to attack here tries to speak for all of us. They're stating what they are unhappy with and posting what they think would solve it.

That is an impression I get frequently. Rather than try to speak for all, the impression I get is that aveyond tries to speak for all the "real" fans. That all the people who like the game currently lack critical thinking and arent real fans. This post from this thread just reinforces that impression again:

When you push out my voice, I hope that whatever remains of the playerbase is happy with the above individual as their spokesperson.

[Deveryn]

The point is, if you don't like something and never speak up about it, it won't ever change. The people who are active on these forums are people who deeply care for the game and want it to improve.
You don't have to always agree with their opinions, but acknowledge that they're rarely complaining just for the sake of it.

On a side note, I never felt like the "other person" you're so happy to attack here tries to speak for all of us. They're stating what they are unhappy with and posting what they think would solve it.

It's one thing to be unhappy about something. "I don't like x. Please fix x"

These posts are more along the lines "If we don't fix x the playerbase will dwindle to nothing. I know what I'm talking about because I have a high standard of quality and I speak for the people." They even claim to have experienced 1.0 and the game is in a state near to that catastrophe.

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EDIT: Looking over their characters, their focus is clear and limited. It's only adventure and story. That's someone who will never be satisfied as this game is not meant to satisfy just one type of player at any given time.

XIV is a place to try new things. I think they do a decent job of that. I was a die-hard caster for many years and this game got me trying out healing and tanking and I've fallen in love with and gotten good at both. If you're gonna be a stick in the mud, that's fine. Just don't come here belly-aching over the state of the game like your path is the one true path and you're the authority on quality.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

It's one thing to be unhappy about something. "I don't like x. Please fix x"

These posts are more along the lines "If we don't fix x the playerbase will dwindle to nothing. I know what I'm talking about because I have a high standard of quality and I speak for the people." They even claim to have experienced 1.0 and the game is in a state near to that catastrophe.

If aveyond was a true fan he'd have a 2011 forum join date. You're telling me a true fan like him waited until the end of 2021 to join the forums to complain about things that needed to improve to make the game better?


He's just a new player trying to come off as a "true fan" whatever that means.

Apparently this needs a comment stating its satire, and not my actual thoughts on the matter.

[BRVV]

So this topic is about gatekeeping now?

[ReynTime]

Heavensward is XIV's wrath of the lich king so I don't get the Gaius comparison.

I just hope that in 7.0 they borrow from the concept of Dragonflight’s return to form, sans the focus on dragons. A regional scale conflict without ridiculous cosmic powers warring witch each other, and absolutely no anime Meteion nonsense.

Dragonflight didn't even release yet. Nobody knows if it's a return to form.

If aveyond was a true fan he'd have a 2011 forum join date. You're telling me a true fan like him waited until the end of 2021 to join the forums to complain about things that needed to improve to make the game better?


He's just a new player trying to come off as a "true fan" whatever that means.

Congratulations on winning the award for the worst post left in the forums this year.

[Lelila38]

If aveyond was a true fan he'd have a 2011 forum join date. You're telling me a true fan like him waited until the end of 2021 to join the forums to complain about things that needed to improve to make the game better?


He's just a new player trying to come off as a "true fan" whatever that means.

His join date is irrelevant. What you're saying is, new players have no right of an opinion of their own and should not be allowed to voice it either. Implying if you just recently joined a game you cannot be a "true fan". That's gatekeeping in the worst way.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

His join date is irrelevant. What you're saying is, new players have no right of an opinion of their own and should not be allowed to voice it either. Implying if you just recently joined a game you cannot be a "true fan". That's gatekeeping in the worst way.

No, that's what aveyond is saying. That's literally one of his talking points.

I'm just throwing it back at him.

[Lelila38]

No, that's what aveyond is saying. That's literally one of his talking points.

I'm just throwing it back at him.

I don't recall him ever saying new players have no right to voice their opinion.

I'm not always of one mind with his takes either, but he still has every right to voice them.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I don't recall him ever saying new players have no right to voice their opinion.

I'm not always of one mind with his takes either, but he still has every right to voice them.

I've never said he can't voice his opinion. He's certainly tried to silence others though.

This is precisely what I feel has occurred with FFXIV. It is a tragic state of affairs when those of us who mean well are continuously shut down and treated dismissively by these newer "fans" who in any other case would likely not be playing Final Fantasy games at all had this game not catered to them to the extent that did.

Here it is.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Heavensward is XIV's wrath of the lich king so I don't get the Gaius comparison.



Dragonflight didn't even release yet. Nobody knows if it's a return to form.



Congratulations on winning the award for the worst post left in the forums this year.

You missed the satire apparently.