Criticism

[Kohashi]

If the feedback were actually acknowledged and in a sensible way whilst discussing how it fits into their games direction, and not just telling people if they want compelling gameplay then they should do xyz (because they can't be bothered finding a healthy medium outside of that content), then I doubt many of the players critiquing the game would see many issues in that. However, the vast majority of the feedback has demonstrably fallen onto deaf ears, including that which is well written, discussing the positives, negatives and the impact of it.

When you spend the better part of 6-7 years providing feedback to the game, just to have it ignored, fall on deaf ears, or completely dismissed outright, then yeah, most feedback will eventually turn into anything but criticality, because seemingly they have done anything but suggest they actually care about the feedback (or that it is even being passed on), and as far as community engagement goes... Well, let's not talk about that because the only time we get it, is when we get the "I'm not annoyed at you, I am just disappointed speech" about third party tools.

If they aren't prepared to discuss it themselves, and if they aren't willing to engage with it properly then they should not be telling people to leave feedback on a forum in the first place, because this is what results in what you're seeing on the General Discussion.

But based on how confident you are, I can safely assume that you're a legacy player, and that you have read all of the feedback presented, or do you just sit on a small bunch of threads and pretend this is the only feedback that has ever been presented?

You can leave feedback on the forums, but most of it doesn't qualify as that. It's just venting and throwing tantrums.

Look at how you are even constructing your argument. You have 0 self-reflection, and instead of actually pausing and asking yourself why, in 6-7 years, your feedback fell on deaf ears, you continue to spout your "criticism". Like really?

Take a step back and ask where it went wrong. It cannot possibly be because the "feedback" just comes out as spiteful, toxic waste most of the time, it's not because they don't want to make another exact copy of WoW (even though the base idea came from there), and it cannot be possible be because JP people will never outright tell you no, or that the fact SE has always been resistant to change and the direction they take.

Look at the damn topics on the front page:

Demiatma drop rates are unacceptable
FFXIVHEALERSTRIKE
Machinest Further Nerfed PvE? (this dude cannot even read the damn changes properly yet he is venting)
How disrepectfull
Who else is thinking of cancelling their sub these days?
So you acknowledge atma farm was awful but do it again 12 sec later?

Yeah, my dude, there is 0 hope forums will be taken seriously.