You can make everyone happy--- if you actrually try

[Supersnow845]

This is what I saw when I read OP.

There are people who cannot articulate what it is they want. Or if they do say exactly what it is they want, they are describing a completely different game, and I wonder why the hell they're playing XIV and not playing that other game instead.

Other games exist! If XIV doesn't make you happy, you can go play them! If you are burnt out, you can do something different! Stop playing a game that doesn't spark joy!

Your criticisms of XIV can be valid, but as long as you're still playing and throwing your money at SE, they won't change anything.

Is “I want what 14 used to be” wanting a different game because genuinely a return to SB on almost every front except maybe MSQ production value would be an improvement for me. I don’t remember being polled on if I wanted to go in the current direction

[Catwho]

Is “I want what 14 used to be” wanting a different game because genuinely a return to SB on almost every front except maybe MSQ production value would be an improvement for me. I don’t remember being polled on if I wanted to go in the current direction

Your best method of expressing your voice with a company is money. Stop buying their product.

Pokémon Go had a horrible update a few months ago, where they rolled out a graphics update that wasn't ready and most of the gear had been updated using AI (and so was trash.) They unified their skeleton mesh for both male and female avatars, and we joked that they deleted women from the game (it wasn't a joke. They deleted women from the game.)

It was so awful that tons of us just.... stopped playing. I'd been a daily player since 2016. I usually tossed them $20 a month for coins and remote raid passes, because I found gym grinding to be a chore I didn't want to bother with.

And I quit cold turkey.

I wasn't the only one. The backlash against the terrible update was swift and deep. For a lot of players, it was the straw that broke the camel's back.