>>714180180
I genuinely don't believe him
He was on the board, he produced XVI, he's been the producer/director of cash cow fantasy XIV, etc.
He absolutely should have the pull to make XIV good; he's just burnt out
HW and ARR were on shoestring budgets but were more varied and fun than whatever the fuck gets spit out of the combine-a-stand-in-spot-mechanic generator they call current fight design