That Which He Does Not Play

[TaleraRistain]

I haven't read through everything on this long thread, but I did see this touched upon. Sometimes in software engineering when you see the nuts and bolts of something and get it working, you don't really want to partake of the finished product. You need a break from it. So it's possible he wants to go to it when he's had a break and can enjoy it like a user and not a developer.

He's also a very busy man. He may just not have time. And there's also the possibility that this isn't content that interests him much, but just because something doesn't personally interest a developer doesn't mean they can't go into the development intending to make it good. I certainly am not personally interested in every single thing I code, but I go into the project intending to code it well and make it something the user will be happy with. If it's not his personal cup of tea, then I would think he relied on others who do enjoy this content for design advice and feedback.

And finally, the idea of the lead developer partaking of what he wants on his personal account and not engaging as much with something that may not be to his interests fits entirely in the way he encourages the players to experience the game and do the content they find the most enjoyable.

[VelKallor]

For those who scoff at my comments on how hard he works, just remember...this is Japan..and its work ethic is..intense.

[Lunalepsy]

Remove the rose-tinted glasses and face reality.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Remove the rose-tinted glasses and face reality.

But they're legendary!

[Saraide]

I dont doubt he works hard, crunch is a industry wide problem aswell. The issue is direction. If you work yourself into a corner (like if you were for example working with ancient tech, say the hollow shell of a previous MMO as foundation) then your hard work might just be wasted. If you get a constant push with unreasonable time frames from greedy execs to only ship minimum viable products your hard work is going to be wasted. If you lack direction, you are wasting the hard work of the people working under you.

[Elucesta]

Tbh, this person has a point. I honestly thing what they've done to Blue Mage is a travesty, Sage is only familiar to the FF by name because it doesn't play how it does in other Final Fantasies. Also, WE NEED a dedicated healer tester or player in that group. I heard that some of them didn't even want to create the healer role quest in Shadowbringers. There needs to be a balance. Yoshi P is great and all, but there are some valid points being made.

[AlyaNimfa]

But they're legendary!

Put that back where you found it, you don’t know where it’s been!

…well we do and that’s why it’s icky. Also I found out today their new race isn’t some meme but is actually a real thing. I’m still loling

[LianaThorne]

I do too. Which is why in the past a lot of my posts have been negative. I was even saying that I would stop playing the game if Endwalker would not be better. It did get better and now I have no problem posting about the things I like too because I finally have more content that I do like. (I also enjoyed the story)

Yet eventhough I have (and will!) complain about something, I am still of the opinion that you should have at least done the content you complain about. OP at least posted in the past that they have not done the Island and got all his information from someone that seemingly did it. Yet he complained all the same as if he has done it. That does not feel right to me.

There is also the case with him that in the past he truly disliked the scions and even created threads about how he would change it and the story and yet when we finally get a new character with Zero he right away creates another thread where he dislikes her..and oh boy what a thread that one was.

So the OP feels like someone that simply cant find joy in this game anymore. Yet continues to pay a sub for seemingly logging in twice a week or something like that and still buys mog station stuff (or is fine with getting it send to him...when I was not happy with the game I forbid my friend from giving me something from the shop because I did not want to support SE even further...I also took weeks or a month long breaks between my subs). So bascially it feels like he is simply here to stir the pot.

Good morning.

To be honest, I wish the Scions were murdered in Endwalker so we could have a fresh start in 6.1 and revisit secondary characters and flesh out their stories more. I also think Endwalker was a step down from Shadowbringers outside of the Elpis section but I also love the scenery so that might have also contributed to my liking of it. 6.1 was forgettable and 6.2 took a step in the right direction but I'm still kinda meh about it because I feel like I can predict what's going to happen already. Does that mean I'm gonna quit the game cause I take issue with the story? No, cause I don't play 14 just for the story. There are other reasons to keep my sub rolling.

Should you play something before criticizing it? Yeah. I'll agree with you there. We should. We're humans though and we tend to decide an opinion of someone or something based off external appearances before internal. Debate with me on that if you want.

The rest of your post is not anything I'll comment on as I don't have opinions about what people do with their money. Not my business nor would I want others having any sort of input on what I do with my own.

[Absimiliard]

To be honest, I wish the Scions were murdered in Endwalker so we could have a fresh start in 6.1 and revisit secondary characters and flesh out their stories more.

I can't for the life of me figure out why all of them survived. I can understand SE not wanting to kill every Scion, since some players do indeed like them quite a bit, but at least one or two of them should probably have stayed dead. I felt all of them being brought back for the final battle (then surviving that final battle, albeit only through the WoL's intervention) really hurt the narrative.

The above aside, given how 6.0's portion of the story ends, it's a bit peculiar we went right back to dealing with some of the Scions instead of revisiting old faces.

[SassyAssassin]

Yeah when I saw that scene with Thancred I was like oh damn the plot thickens…but then another and another……it was super clear they will be brought back so I couldn’t even get emotional each time any scion “died”.