CBU3(Creative Business Unit 3) Is lead by Yoshida or as we call him. Yoshi-p.

It's been ten years since ARR and FFXIV have turned into a small MMO to one of the biggest MMO'S of all time and is also single handley carrying the FF franchise.

Despite this achievement there are many players that are not happy with the game and the ironic part is they tend to say CBU3 doesn't listen...and to me.. they listen too much. The game is the way it is because CBU3 listens to it's community and adds in their feedback. It's very rare game developers do this and it's something we've taken for granted

This game has been shaped based on the community feedback for better or for worse and according to many..it has been for the worse. This community is extremely indecisive and not to insult anybody but it's quite true. We ask for something then turn back around and complain about the thing we asked for.

I'll give examples: Back in ARR-SHB Everybody complained that they didn't like being forced to do old content to get the materials we needed for the relic. If you some reason refuse to believe please take a look about classic relic steps from threads fourm the official forums and I think maybe the main subreddit.

In ARR and HW it was even louder because those steps forced you to become a crafter. If you wasn't a crafter then I hope you had lots of gil to buy the relic materials.

CBU3 listened and made the steps so you can do anything you want. Well as you know a lot of people are upset about this because NOW people suddenly liked being forced to do old content and spamming crystal tower or DR 15 time each taking 40 mins.

Next we move into Ultimates.

People kept asking for ultimates to be even harder because tea wasn't enough, they made DSR and it was the hardest ultimate. People once again asked for a even harder ultimate and now we got top....and now people are angry because now it's TOO hard.

People complained that p5 is too complex of a mechanic and claimed that it's almost mandatory to use add-ons to do it comfortably because the mechanic is too random and requires everybody to use voice chat. Another is top just being too random over all and many adjustments between members.

A case of CBU3 listening which is great but the community is too indecisive.

Another for battle content is the savage tier. People were angry about p8s being tuned too high. CBU3 sent out an apology basically saying they thought people were better at the game now and so they nerfed it. So CBU3 made sure to not adjust p12 so high.... Now in p12 people are now saying the dps check is too laxed and now they want it to be like p8s pre nerf.

While we're on savage, with the changes to the loot system people are happy about it but on the same coin...people were complaining the game doesn't have a lot to do while simultaneously asking to get things faster thus causing you to have nothing to do.... This makes no sense and another big proof we don't know what we want.

Next we move into jobs.

People complained about DoT, saying it's too hectic to upkeep during intense fights. CBU3 listened and slowly started to remove DoT, now people complain that DoTs shouldn't be removed. People asked for more dps tools for healer, CBU3 created an entire job for those people and once again, those people complained about it. Smn was changed/revamped because everybody hated how delay pet commands were , with the change SMN is very successful but you still have people asking for old smn back and all it's jankiness.

We have mnk with people complaining about positionals. CBU3 listened and removed some but now people are upset about it despite asking for the removal. CBU3 removed Dark arts spam based on feedback but now people are upset they removed it and want that gameplay style back because now drk is too much like warrior, while not explaining how they want Dark knight to play as.

Outside jobs We move onto content.

People asked for PotD back since ShB now that we have it people complain about it, saying it's boring even thought it's the thing they wanted. People asked for relaxing farm life content, we got it but now people complain what's the point of it? The same thing is going to happen with exploration content (eureka and bozja). If you don't think after all the things I listed then you're fooling yourself.

People are going to make threads and posts how the content sucks and boring, that we should have gotten something new.

We had V&C created due to people wanting hard 4man content and people barely do that and say it's not worth it. Though Variant Dungeons are actually successful but the savage version of it isn't.

Overall Listening and understanding the community is fine but I think it's time CBU3 needs to put the foot down and stop listening. I notice every time they do the game is for the better and I'm sure many others see it when they create brand new things without our suggestions.

The community is too indecisive and doesn't know what they want. A lot of the times people just piggy back off what their favorite content creators wanted. Lots of people don't even realize they basically just helping them get what they want but that's how it goes being a influencer. The players will destroy the game future.

We take for granted of the amazing team we have creating FFXIV and our only reward for them is to belittle and act like armchair game developers as if we know what goes on behind the scenes. We call them lazy, bully and disrespect CBU3 and it's unfair and unacceptable. If it wasn't for them none of us would be here and this subreddit wouldn't exist. You wouldn't have met the people you're friends with now.

Show Them Respect.

It's honestly time CBU3 just creates the game they want.