>>715346482Because he ruined something they liked.
This dickhead just ruined something nobody had a chance to experience first.
Remember that storyfags are a massive audience and probably the biggest reason why XIV got so much attention. Everybody was shilling the free trial which was essentially JUST for the story.
Then Dawntrail comes out and it goes from uneven anime slop and decent drama to what I'd have to present as some of the worst fiction I've ever experienced. It's beyond awful.
And then there's XVI which was just plain hackery. A good setup completely squandered and the whole thing feels like a budget indie title that ran out of money for gameplay with inexplicably incredible production value and graphical quality.