Even our content creators cannot pretend to like the trashy writings of Dawntrail.

[Creampi]

Zepla:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2192405696?t=6h49m14s

[A_moth_called_rose]

We don't claim TERF apologist zepla

[Gaddes]

To be fair, I don't think Zepla's a great example, she seems to enjoy trashing the game for clicks anyway. I'd definitely be more interested in seeing one of the streamers that are usually super into the game, like JesseCox or maybe Llamatodd or someone like that.

[Elissar]

Nah, she is just acting like Asmongold...she learned it. Some seconds later she is literally changing expressions and reading. It's just some kind of "short span over exaggerated drama"

She started doing it in Endwalker and she does it in every game now.

[Xeronia]

To be fair, I don't think Zepla's a great example, she seems to enjoy trashing the game for clicks anyway. I'd definitely be more interested in seeing one of the streamers that are usually super into the game, like JesseCox or maybe Llamatodd or someone like that.

With all due respect she sang the praises of the game for ages in HW, SB, and ShB. She began to change her mind in EW patch content and now DT it seems. It seems a little unfair to write off someone who was formerly perfectly happy about the game to the point she recommenced it to a ton of people and got several players on board just because in her own opinion the game has not kept up with the prior excellence.

[ZavosEsperian]

To be fair, I don't think Zepla's a great example, she seems to enjoy trashing the game for clicks anyway. I'd definitely be more interested in seeing one of the streamers that are usually super into the game, like JesseCox or maybe Llamatodd or someone like that.

Zepla had the largest viewership out of all FFXIV streamers during launch. I know some will argue people didn't to watch during launch for story spoiler reasons, but Zepla elected to level PCT first which was a smart decision. She has also been consistently invited to various media events and is still one of the main faces of the game.

But don't take my word for it, there is a graph for this exact metric:

[Tehmon]

I think Zepla is very vindictive and has definitely fallen to the ragebait trend, but I have no doubt in my mind that she and many other content creators won't be satisfied with the expansion MSQ. But when it comes to actually hearing thoughtful and level-headed critiques and discussion over XIV, Zepla is not one of those content creators by a longshot. I'll leave that to Preach and JesseCox.

[Gaddes]

Zepla had the largest viewership out of all FFXIV streamers during launch. I know some will argue people didn't to watch during launch for story spoiler reasons, but Zepla elected to level PCT first which was a smart decision. She has also been consistently invited to various media events and is still one of the main faces of the game.

But don't take my word for it, there is a graph for this exact metric:

I didn't say she wasn't a big FFXIV streamer, I was saying I would prefer to hear from someone who has generally always been positive towards the game up to now and hadn't gotten onto the profitable hatetrain for FFXIV at some point. With how she spoke about Endwalker, why would it be any kind of powerful new statement to hear her speak negatively on Dawntrail? Now if Jesse or Preach or someone similar have a long conversation of how Dawntrail has de-railed their interest, I will be incredibly interested to hear their thoughts.

[ZavosEsperian]

I didn't say she wasn't a big FFXIV streamer, I was saying I would prefer to hear from someone who has generally always been positive towards the game up to now and hadn't gotten onto the profitable hatetrain for FFXIV at some point. With how she spoke about Endwalker, why would it be any kind of powerful new statement to hear her speak negatively on Dawntrail? Now if Jesse or Preach or someone similar have a long conversation of how Dawntrail has de-railed their interest, I will be incredibly interested to hear their thoughts.

Zepla largely has been positive for a majority of her career, which goes back to Heavensward. It is not an argument to say her opinion is not valuable respective to the game, as she largely became more negative towards it during EW patch content, which received mixed reception.

As for DT, I am sure you have seen the large number of threads here detailing people being upset with the direction of the game. Seeing someone such as Zepla being upset at the game is just evidence to suggest the game is going into a period of regression. If, for any reason, you are unable to come to your own conclusion related to DT without the input of a specific figure, that leads me to believe you are more of a follower, a sheep, than someone with the agency to come up with their own opinions regarding a specific product you presumably enjoy. I pity you if this is the case.

[Gaddes]

If, for any reason, you are unable to come to your own conclusion related to DT without the input of a specific figure, that leads me to believe you are more of a follower, a sheep, than someone with the agency to come up with their own opinions regarding a specific product you presumably enjoy. I pity you if this is the case.

Where have I ever said I need some specific figure to come to my own conclusion about the game? You are so far off the mark it's obnoxious. OP implied that some content creators pretend or exaggerate their interest in the game and that even with DT they cannot pretend to like it. In which case I simply replied that I would very much like to see commentary from someone who might normally be a bit more generous with their feelings on the content than someone who has already made a point of not pretending. How a content creator feels about the game has literally no bearing on how I feel about the content.