Quote Originally Posted by Eorzean_username View Post
Back in 2015-2016, when PvP was at a nadir of participation, literally Naoki Yoshida himself showed up to discuss concerns and respond to threads on the PvP forums, and address various ideas people had for improving the design.

Can you imagine that happening today?

Literally Yoshida interacting directly with concerns on the forums?

Dude has checked out and sailed for brighter seas a long time ago.
I don't think so. He's still the director of FFXIV, and if he truly wanted to he'd leave the position. I don't think he'd hold onto a position he didn't want anymore.