Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
I know what works for me in terms of storytelling, and I was considerably gracious in not eliminating the scions outright and even reusing some of the worst characters in the entire Final Fantasy franchise in better ways, such as Meteion and Hermes. In any case now we have people arguing in defense of the most ridiculous round of beast tribe quests yet, so I can safely say that those with such childish tastes will certainly never align with my own.
What works for you may not work for others, especially if you aim for a player base so large as FF14 currently has. You have to take millions of players into consideration. You WILL have to listen to every single opinions and feedback, and you WILL implement them all accordingly. Otherwise, players will complain that you show how little you care about your player base and the doesn't meet their STANDARD of a decent MMO.

And I assure you that Aveyond Junior will be there at your forum, posting endless threads of complaints, every, single, day.

But you will give whatever players are asking for, riiiiight? "People complain because they care." as you used to say. I'm sure amenable person like you would make a fine story writer, and a good developer in gaming industry