Yoshi P - Your next live letter, DT msq and the damage to the brand

[TBerry]

It's a shame. Dawntrail in German and French were great pieces however.

(and most people enjoyed DT so you'd be surprised of what overall feedback reaches the dev's ears compared to what people over here would think)

Huh, I changed from German to Englisch way back when I started ARR because I didn't like it. It had nothing ... fantasy to it, IMO.

[cutestfox]

I dont get all the drama about the story. Read a book or watch a movie if you want "story". Going trough the msq equals a 0,x % of most people playtime, so why even care about it

FFXIV has always been the story MMO. And you don't get why people are upset?
You've been here for a long time, so you know this already. Maybe you're being dishonest?

[Nestama]

So the story is not important in a Final Fantasy game?
We shouldn’t care about it in the MMO that actively advertises its story compared to the competition and had its writer on stage with big applause in the past?
The game that actually sells Encyclopedias and has entire lore channels designed around it?
Wow.

I mean, there are people who were fine with and even loved the expansions story, though. Does their opinion not matter as much as those who did not like/hated the expansions story?

[Eyrilona]

I mean, there are people who were fine with and even loved the expansions story, though. Does their opinion not matter as much as those who did not like/hated the expansions story?

A successful product in a sector where reputation is everything, is not defined by "Some people liked it", it is defined by "Everybody liked it". So no, for the purpose of feedback and media coverage, the opinion of people that liked it does not matter as much as those who hated it, because we are not talking about a sampling of an unbiased population, we are talking about a sampling from the people that paid for and play FFXIV, so these would all be people that already used to like the game as a baseline. If your new expansion is panned by half the player base and liked by the other half, then you didn't score neutral, you just turned half of people that liked your game into people who no longer like your game. That is a huge loss. While the people that still liked it are not suddenly going to buy it twice to show their appreciation or anything, so you make no extra gains on the half that is being positive.

[FemmeFatale]

I dont get all the drama about the story. Read a book or watch a movie if you want "story". Going trough the msq equals a 0,x % of most people playtime, so why even care about it

Buddy I'll do you a favor, consider this my good deed for the day. The next time you start your sentence off with ''I don't get.....'' pause, go and do some research to save yourself from looking like an idiot.

[Ruris]

I dont get all the drama about the story. Read a book or watch a movie if you want "story". Going trough the msq equals a 0,x % of most people playtime, so why even care about it

This is the weirdest post I have ever read on these forums. The most XIV offers is the story. Any other content is done and offered better by other MMOs. The MSQ is XIV's pride and joy.

Utterly bizarre comment.

[TBerry]

Buddy I'll do you a favor, consider this my good deed for the day. The next time you start your sentence off with ''I don't get.....'' pause, go and do some research to save yourself looking like an idiot.

I don't get why you're so convinced everyone must hate that expansion, sweaty.

[Evergrey]

Buddy I'll do you a favor, consider this my good deed for the day. The next time you start your sentence off with ''I don't get.....'' pause, go and do some research to save yourself from looking like an idiot.

I don't get why your quota is one good deed per day.

[Volgia]

A successful product in a sector where reputation is everything, is not defined by "Some people liked it", it is defined by "Everybody liked it".

Oh my god. What a take.

[Eyrilona]

I don't get why your quota is one good deed per day.

Surprisingly, there is actually a regulatory body behind that quota. Boy Scouts bylaws. ;D