This is sad.

[Molly_Millions]

Sad indeed. This community disgusts me sometimes. Yoshi and team have done a fantastic job. Launch issues are very much to be expected. They've done a good job letting us know what's going on and I, for one, have seen noticeable improvements in the last two days.

[Zargovics]

I work a lot. When im not at work i want to play an hour or two. But i cant because of the restriction. I bought the game like everyone else who allowed to play.

[Raymeo]

These forums are so toxic lately. So much hate directed not just at the devs, but at each other. You can say, "That's cuz we're gamers. This is how we are. Deal with it." all you want, but in the end, no self-respecting human being will willingly subject themselves to prolonged abuse. And that's what's been rampant in the entire gaming community lately -- abuse. In the end it just leads to things like this:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/fez-ii-canceled-6412138

I don't know how Yoshi does it. Props to him, but I'm concerned nonetheless. If things don't change in this community, something's bound to give. I know that if I were in his shoes, I'd have been on a yacht sippin' Mai Tais with Phil Fish by now. If things continue down this road, then our community -- perhaps for the better, at this rate -- will eventually cease to exist.

We and the dev team have one thing in common: our wish to see this game succeed. So for love of the game folks, can't we all just get along?

[Emorelle]

I work a lot. When im not at work i want to play an hour or two. But i cant because of the restriction. I bought the game like everyone else who allowed to play.

And within a few days that will never be an issue. Seriously you are acting like a child stomping their feet in the store. Are you in a race? Are on your death bed?
Multiple times I wasn't able to get on. You know what I did? Spent time cleaning, hanging with my dogs, practicing, and just living. Yoshi does not deserve this kind of shit from anyone. It's opening weekend so DEAL WITH IT

[luxv]

Well I guess I'm the only one who finds it funny that this forum needs someone to direct their bigotry towards so the topic immediately goes to bashing an entire country of people.
Here's an idea: Just stop being assholes all around. I know that's crazy talk; this forum is a toxic cesspool of hate either way.

Also, I never saw many complaints directed at the development team. Most of the anger has been directly towards Square Enix and their current as well as historical ineptitude. The general consensus all around is that it's an excellent game and Yoshi P. and his team did a fantastic job that's being screwed up by the company he works for.

[Artiss2k]

Two things, ARR is not free to play and we don't have shoulder "pads" the size of Behemoth's paw. The majority of the trolls and a$$hats will be gone soon enough. This has been nowhere near the Final Fantasy community that i'm used to, so the only thing I can come up with is that there are a lot of curious mmo players from all types of other games and giving ARR a look-see, and they have brought their bad attitudes with them. Yoshi and dev team don't worry! real fans have your back and we know that you are doing everything in your power to give us the best and most accessible experience that you can!

[Asgardx]

I appreciate all the hard work Yoshi has done. I've complained, like many of you, but I never stopped supporting the game and continued to hope for it to turn out fantastic. I hope, months from now, that the game is still alive and kicking and not losing population like so many other MMO's seem to do. Yoshi has made a great game, and even great games have their faults. Good job Yoshi, you've surprised a lot of people. Continue to do what you're doing.

[Cranch]

While I agree that sending personal insults/threats to the development team is a ridiculous symptom of an even bigger problem in gaming communities in general, I find it ridiculous how many people have taken this relatively new "blame the consumer" stance on launch issues. You will not find this mentality in any other industry. If a company sells a product, that product is expected to work as advertised, otherwise it is perfectly fine to request compensation for the defective product.

I'm sure I'll be called an "entitled arsehole" for saying it, but if expecting a paid product to work properly means I'm entitled, then yes, I'm entitled as hell and I'm happy to be so. And, whether or not, you kind if owe it to those "entitled arsholes" because they're the ones promoting corporate responsibility and owning up to their mistakes. What the gaming community has deemed "entitlement," other industries have deemed "consumerism."

[Koldhara]

although some of the comments in the past few days have been vitrious, mine included, i do not agree with the idea that the anger and frustration people experienced was due to a sense of entitlement. lets get one thing straight. the early access was not a hand out, it was not a freebie, it was a financial transaction. the condition to getting early access was to preorder the game, or have played the game long enough to gain legacy status. NOT entitlement, get that out of you heads.

second thing is that perhaps the way the problems were handled were not dealt with in a manner that might have been agreeable with the NA audience, this is due to a difference in culture not so much that Americans are entitled. perhaps they might be, but in this case its really a minor aspect. This is not a sympathy for the devil type of argument, i am simply trying to be objective, albeit a bit difficult seeing as i also experienced that frustration.

anyone who has bought and played this game and like it on any level can truly see the amount of work that was put into it. one does not put out work like this that does not work hard. Most would agree that Yoshi P and his team did a fantastic job on all levels.

Now, when people are enraged and they need someone to blame, they find the easiest target, this being SE and by extension Yoshi. perhaps that might not be fair but it is how the world works. Everyone does this in any part of the world, perhaps in this case, it was more visible on the NA forums, but I imagine if it had been on the JP servers things might have gone differently, but the frustration would have been visible too.

all in all, this has been a trying time for everyone but once everything is fully in order, we will all look back on it and smile. if any of us is going to play this game, and ultimately pay for it, we will have expressed our interest and gratitude regardless of what has transpired here in the past few days. /2cents.

[Kalam]

Ha! For once its nice to see a supportive community. I don't blame the Dev team, I think they have done a outstanding job. But I wish SE would atleast say they are working to resolve the login issues. The lack of communication is causing the anger.