Quote Originally Posted by RyuDragnier View Post
Counter counterpoint.

EW was being worked on after ShB was released, and the decision to make it 1 expansion instead of 2 fell on Yoshi-P who made the call because he felt it was time to wrap it up. If you recall, they even delayed the release to do their quality check because Yoshi-P himself micromanaged it to the point where they needed more time for the quality check. That doesn't sound like FFXVI development interfering with the development of FFXIV to me. The Pandaemonium raids have been well received, the Ultimates have been well received, the EXs have been well received, the new Alliance Raids have been well received...the only things you can point to having an issue (off the top of my head) is 6.0's story feeling rushed, Criterion's lack of real rewards, the 2nd Manderville relic quest being a repeat of the 1st step, and the 6.1+ story basically being a filler arc.
Wait, ignoring everything else here, have EW's EXs been well received? Brioche Bun and Fire guy sure, but... I haven't heard anything good about EX Trials 1-3 (1 not needing a healer in the party, 2 being solo tankable/solo healeable, and all three just being absolute boring snorefests, for example). Not saying that's fact, just what I've heard so it's interesting to see someone say they've been well received.