Why do the devs hate MCH so much?

[Midareyukki]

I think its disingenous to say that wasnt always the case. Even back then ever since there were always people questioning his decisions for a lot of the content that was introduced in this game. No one ever said "FFXIV is in the best state atm". You will always have people have glaring issues just due to how much dedication and time the average player plays a game.

It is. I just know full well how much "damned if you do, damned if you don't" this community is.

Things were never "perfect", but there was definitely more tolerance before. Even when everyone thought things were "the best, no other matched it", it didn't mean their decisions didn't have their detractors. The game's ALWAYS had issues, from Raiding design up to Gordias, class design and even content design like Eureka or Bozja. A lot of things were divisive and controversial.

What I am referring however is the progression between that, where even at its worst the community still held the game with some positive outlook, and now where people look at the game with tenuous trepidation or blind positivity.

You'd have to be an outright fool to deny the list of issues since even before Endwalker's early access. Even when things were dodgy, glitchy, patchy or just overall divisive, they weren't appearing so "one after the other".

I just didn't want to say it like this, because I know I need to walk on eggshells here, or I'll offend the crackheads who care too much about defending the dev team at their flaws, and the people who think all that's said is nothing but negativity.

[Atelier-Bagur]

It is. I just know full well how much "damned if you do, damned if you don't" this community is.

Things were never "perfect", but there was definitely more tolerance before. Even when everyone thought things were "the best, no other matched it", it didn't mean their decisions didn't have their detractors. The game's ALWAYS had issues, from Raiding design up to Gordias, class design and even content design like Eureka or Bozja. A lot of things were divisive and controversial.

What I am referring however is the progression between that, where even at its worst the community still held the game with some positive outlook, and now where people look at the game with tenuous trepidation or blind positivity.

You'd have to be an outright fool to deny the list of issues since even before Endwalker's early access. Even when things were dodgy, glitchy, patchy or just overall divisive, they weren't appearing so "one after the other".

I just didn't want to say it like this, because I know I need to walk on eggshells here, or I'll offend the crackheads who care too much about defending the dev team at their flaws, and the people who think all that's said is nothing but negativity.

It really isnt that much of taboo to state such things with this community. You can check forum's history and its always have been these kind of discussions or hot takes.