The people of Numbani aren’t African Americans. Orisa’s a robot and I can’t say I’d see many Black women finding a robot as the best form of representation.

Can we take a moment to appreciate that Gaben called out FFXIV directly? Although those of us who play, know he’s speaking about Limsa Lominsa specifically.

That’s straight up my dad’s siblings. They were all first generation and now everyone of them except my dad and aunt are against migrants the exact same way they were. Boggles the fucking mind.

Have you heard of the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV?

Oooooooooof.....That’s gold!

Out of all the games out there, this one has easily the most passionate group of developers who actually listen and have fun in mind for its player base. Awful people need to sit the fuck down and shut up.

Always took the Vatican for being in favor of the Genocide run.

I dunno. I’m all about awareness of these shitty humans so their ability to make space in the industry shrinks.

It is absolutely worth it but I also understand completely the hesitation to commit such a lengthy amount of your time to something. Its one of those things where a person is totally justified not investing their time because it requires so much of it but also if you do, you aren’t disappointed by the investment.

Hot take if I ever saw one. That sheer boredom you speak of follows you entirely through to Endwalker where it all wraps up in a nice neat bow. Dunno what RPGs qualify for you but going from regular ass adventurer to a champion of worlds definitely qualifies to me. Like I said, outside of the MMO aspects, the game…

How the heck was Endwalker not mentioned or FFXIV in general? MMO aspects aside, that game is peak RPG.

Yeah, I’ve been super productive while I wait and can’t even complain.

Slowly making my way through it because of this but honestly, I’m not even mad. Living my best life while I wait and this team is determined to give players the best experience they possibly can.

As echoed by a few comments here, I work in the tech industry and getting hardware is absolutely fucked for everyone. Yoshi-P never anticipated everyone would jump ship from WoW and fall in love with his game but he and team did their damnedest to try so it was basically a perfect storm for this congestion.

I’m sorry you’ve been exposed to developers who don’t listen to their players for so long.

I’d argue its all good stuff if its new to a player. Its true the story doesn’t get epic and invested until around the end of ARR at 50 but its important to note that the investment comes with one giant cohesive story from beginning to end. From the first moments rolling into town with the twins to the final moments…

Taking Friday off work. Spending time watching content creator videos while I wait to keep the hype high.

The hypocrisy is a virtue to them.

Star-Lord definitely dies in the comics. Just saying.

A lot of judges don’t even pretend to have an impartial view at this point.