Since someone posted a topic about OC being somewhat disappointing to them I started to read the comments on that thread. And every now and then you see people boast Bozja as something SE should have taken examples of instead.
But instead of accepting that as true, I wanted to do a little trip with the magic of time machine and find posts ~the timeframe of Bozja's release. October 13th 2020. This is by no means accurate due to how forums work, but I took links to all posts that had "Bozja" in that timeframe.
And well, you be the judge;
This is pre-launch topic and general thoughts from people:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...s/427048-Bozja
Here's on launch day thoughts:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...wn-from-mettle
This is the ONLY positive post in the timeframe, which specifically mentions FATE's being well done:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...uare-for-Bozja
5-days after launch, which already shows some "negativity";
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ueue-for-Bozja
Relic specific thoughts seem concerning;
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...elic-questions
Timings of CE's and Castrum;
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...rks-is-painful.
It's a grind fest without enough XP (apparently);
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...zja-EXP-please
And all of these are thoughts within the first few weeks of release. And most likely the more active HOT topics are getting pushed to more recent posts which are harder to find.
And there's SO much more of it.
Here is actually a reddit thread talking about Bozja and mostly the bad parts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...he_bad_mostly/
While not all of the links are what I consider legit complaints, it is ultimately very clear to me that on release not even Bozja was received all that well.
So even if OC took notes of Bozja as a base from where to start from it would still be received poorly by the community enlarge. And the reasons are quite simple, people either look at this type of content with rose tinted glasses, or the content has actually BECOME good with patches they implemented much later.
So people's perspective on Bozja today is much different from what it was on release and when people ask for "more Bozja" they actually mean "More current Bozja".
What do you think, am I wrong in my assessment that all "new content" is always met with a lot of similar critique as the next one? I know people tend to say their own perspectives of the release of Bozja or Eureka, but those are quite subjective things. I myself never got the chance to see either Eureka or Bozja on release, but I'm always trying to look at things with a bit of scepticism, when I see the praise.
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But instead of accepting that as true, I wanted to do a little trip with the magic of time machine and find posts ~the timeframe of Bozja's release. October 13th 2020. This is by no means accurate due to how forums work, but I took links to all posts that had "Bozja" in that timeframe.
And well, you be the judge;
This is pre-launch topic and general thoughts from people:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...s/427048-Bozja
Here's on launch day thoughts:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...wn-from-mettle
This is the ONLY positive post in the timeframe, which specifically mentions FATE's being well done:
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...uare-for-Bozja
5-days after launch, which already shows some "negativity";
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ueue-for-Bozja
Relic specific thoughts seem concerning;
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...elic-questions
Timings of CE's and Castrum;
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...rks-is-painful.
It's a grind fest without enough XP (apparently);
https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...zja-EXP-please
And all of these are thoughts within the first few weeks of release. And most likely the more active HOT topics are getting pushed to more recent posts which are harder to find.
And there's SO much more of it.
Here is actually a reddit thread talking about Bozja and mostly the bad parts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...he_bad_mostly/
While not all of the links are what I consider legit complaints, it is ultimately very clear to me that on release not even Bozja was received all that well.
So even if OC took notes of Bozja as a base from where to start from it would still be received poorly by the community enlarge. And the reasons are quite simple, people either look at this type of content with rose tinted glasses, or the content has actually BECOME good with patches they implemented much later.
So people's perspective on Bozja today is much different from what it was on release and when people ask for "more Bozja" they actually mean "More current Bozja".
What do you think, am I wrong in my assessment that all "new content" is always met with a lot of similar critique as the next one? I know people tend to say their own perspectives of the release of Bozja or Eureka, but those are quite subjective things. I myself never got the chance to see either Eureka or Bozja on release, but I'm always trying to look at things with a bit of scepticism, when I see the praise.
Continue reading...