RcknShdw Wrote:Oh I totally agree and I plan on having so much fun my head will be spinning! But the attitude from "hardcore" gamers is that this system sucks, has already ruined the game, and they've all canceled their preorders *eyeroll* to go back to WoW *even bigger eyeroll*. All because it encourages doing other things in game besides rushing to end game and level cap on one class or getting off your arse and doing something IRL. I see no problem with that especially with MMO addiction becoming very big in the media. Besides like I said, it never really affected me and I found other stuff to do when I became "fatigued" or ran in to Surplus skill.
I also think SE has every right to be pissed about western fansites and media outlets. This game is the product of their sweat, blood, and maybe tears, their child. People are seriously slamming it without proper knowledge and the game isn't even out yet!
Oh well, I totally loved every minute of phase three which means I'll love retail even more
It was arguably a horrible PR move and I can guarantee that he isn't thrilled that his twitter post was caught, translated, and posted up for the western audience to see. It is generally a bad call to go out and insult a good chunk of your user base. They will lose sales because of that. It was a dumb, dumb move and was very poorly worded (I speak japanese and its very rudely written).
Especially since, when you read the article, it is an issue that the Japanese players have expressed confusion about, and have, in fact, defended us and our complaints by saying that SE brought this on themselves when they introduced a new system with no explanation. If they didn't think that people were going to sit and debate online about what this new thing is, it was very poorly planned.
And yes, they are putting their sweat, blood, and tears into this. But it isn't something that they are doing out of the goodness of their heart. They are producing a product that we will pay for and subscribe to. And if we are going to pay money for this, our voice should be heard. If they ignore us, that's when we stop paying. That's why WoW won over FFXI in terms of population.
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