Discuss : is ffxiv in trouble

[Erzaa]

Just because someone is silent does not mean they are taken to agree, there is such things as civil unrest for a reason...

Uhm... no. It is. Civil unrest isn't silence, it's build up to what leads to revolution, war and eventual change. If people in large numbers started unsubscribing, voicing the same complaints amongst themselves as the forums do, that's the equivalent to civil unrest.

I'm not talking about people being silenced through force. Nobody's forcing the playerbase to be silent by using force. They're silent because they don't feel like there's anything to complain about. You're welcome to look up the silence procedure for yourself.

Edit: Plus you can't technically use that argument if people are still posting on the forums their distaste, because it refutes that it truly is "silent". Unless you assume we don't share the opinions of the full majority, then you are bad actor.

I didn't make that argument. I made the argument that listening to the vocal minority over the silent majority could possibly lead to the silent majority becoming vocal, which would be much worse for the company and their profits, and disputing your argument that they should listen to the people voicing their distaste on the forums.

Why listen to what one person in a room wants to do, when the other ten disagree? How's that fair to the other ten people? I mean, the Greeks figured this out millenia ago.