Have the devs responded to Dawntrail reception?

[fioravictorine]

Hmm...I mean we'll see in the patch quest of 7.1 to see what their response is to the feedback is

....if it starts with Speak with Wuk Lamat again....

[Basteala]

Garfield will hopefully fade into the background like Lyse(she had 22% of all voiced dialogue and talking to her was the quest objective 147 fucking times), but I'm less optimistic about them fixing the issues with English VA direction. Yoshida said they went with a different recording studio for DT, which likely means a different director, and the VAs said that they weren't even told what scenes they were recording for.

That I didn't know. That's a big problem. Hopefully one that will get remedied in time but good lord.

[AnnRam]

suffice it to say this is the weakest and lowest point for FF14 (besides 1.0); Even with JP players not enjoying the expansion.

have the devs put out a statement or do you think they will at somepoint?

They don't care and won't attempt to revert or make changes because their current target are ERPS/Venues/Modbeast/Mare players etc. Even if the MSQ its worse than 2.0 their Mare players won't quit the game because those people aren't here for the "FFXIV experience".

[Raim]

Yoshida will probably make comments at the first live letter that happens post launch, but don't expect anything major in terms of specifics. He might bring up how people thought the early part of the MSQ needed fewer cutscenes and more action. He is not going to be like "Were gonna fire X, Y and Z and revamp everything."

[Turethir]

Yoshida said they went with a different recording studio for DT, which likely means a different director, and the VAs said that they weren't even told what scenes they were recording for.

Where was this said - this is the first time I've heard this, do you have an article I can read?

[Catwho]

Some of the reactions from streamers has been so funny. Some hated the first half and loved the second half of the story because FF9. (Preach's joy over the character of Otis was so genuine.) Others liked the more relaxed pace of the first half, and then didn't like the second half because it was too fanservice/sci-fi and they felt the tonal shift was too drastic.

I don't know any streamer who hasn't been without critiques. Some of them more fair than others. I think a lot of them genuinely need to take a break from the game, though, and go do other things. The GG team is on summer break and barely dipped their toe into DT - they won't even start playing MSQ in earnest until August.

In non streamer land, the pacing issues seem to be less of a problem for people who took MSQ slowly and stopped to smell the roses, or play other games, or do side content along the way, as the devs intended. Not everyone took time off from work to burn MSQ in 72 hours, after all.

[Reimmi]

The story isnt all that matters- if dawntrail delivers on content it will be fine
Though, the dt writer is getting replaced for sure and hopefully they realize we do NOT want more wuk lmao

[Kaurhz]

I would expect them to only comment on the reception behind Wuk Lamat, rather than the story as a whole.

It is also not just the writers that need supervising in this instance. Multiple people will have had to quality check this, so this is on them as much as it is the writer.

[Fibby]

Let's not forget that the MSQ is not the only iffy thing about DT. We also have the "trust in our aesthetics team" dye channels... So yeah i think SQE should address some concerns.

[Masekase_Hurricane]

Hmm I didnt find the story that bad to be honest. My only gripe with the MSQ is there is less stuff breaking it up be it fighting mobs or instances, so you end of with cs after cs and none of them being on the short size.