Don't forget to use the dev tags!

Hey everyone,

Hvinire here with an important reminder!

We're wading knee-deep in your comments and feedback on all the "In Development" forum announcements. We certainly appreciate the time you've taken to voice your thoughts on each subject.

I wanted to take a moment though to remind you that we're using a system that allows us to capture your comments efficiently so that we can report all of your feedback to the development staff on a daily basis--a system named "dev tags".

Please be sure to utilize the "dev tag" system when commenting on subjects from the "In Development" forum. While we endeavor to read all your feedback in any form it arrives, the "dev tag" posts help us categorize your thoughts quickly and accurately.

• As the "In Development" forum threads indicate:
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  "To hold a discussion and/or submit feedbacks on [each] topic, please use "dev****" as a tag"

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• Look for your topic of interest in the "In Development" forum here.
• Check for the "dev tag" number, a four (4) digit number. When posting a new thread, put the "dev****" in the "Tags:" field under the post body, replacing the "*" with the correct four (4) digit number.
• Fill in the appropriate title and body text and preview your post to ensure it's accurate. Then post away!
• NOTE: to clarify, the correct use of the "dev tag" system means putting the correct "dev****" in the tag field below the body of your post, not adding it to the title line of your thread.

As updates arrive from the dev team, new tags will be generated for each relevant topic. You can find info on the related update info as well as the tags associated with them by viewing threads in the UPDATES categories subforums: "In Development", "Testing in Progress", and "Version Updates"

Let us know if you have any questions, it can be confusing at first, but we're happy to assist you through this process.

We're looking forward to more feedback from the playing community! Thank you and enjoy the forums!

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Originally Posted by Hvinire

Hey everyone,

Hvinire here with an important reminder!

We're wading knee-deep in your comments and feedback on all the "In Development" forum announcements. We certainly appreciate the time you've taken to voice your thoughts on each subject.

I wanted to take a moment though to remind you that we're using a system that allows us to capture your comments efficiently so that we can report all of your feedback to the development staff on a daily basis--a system named "dev tags".

Please be sure to utilize the "dev tag" system when commenting on subjects from the "In Development" forum. While we endeavor to read all your feedback in any form it arrives, the "dev tag" posts help us categorize your thoughts quickly and accurately.

• As the "In Development" forum threads indicate:
• Look for your topic of interest in the "In Development" forum here.
• Check for the "dev tag" number, a four (4) digit number. When posting a new thread, put the "dev****" in the "Tags:" field under the post body, replacing the "*" with the correct four (4) digit number.
• Fill in the appropriate title and body text and preview your post to assure it's accurate. Then post away!

Let us know if you have any questions, it can be confusing at first, but we're happy to assist you through this process.

We're looking forward to more feedback from the playing community! Thank you and enjoy the forums!

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Can you give an example post so we know what it should look like?

Thankfully your fellow players already have:

• Forum Top > English Forums > DISCUSSION > General Discussion > Dynamis Reborn!
  In this example, the original poster (OP) used the "dev tag" correctly by putting it in the "tag" field when making their post
• Forum Top > English Forums > DISCUSSION > General Discussion > [dev1000] Dynamis Reborn!
  In this example the OP used the "dev tag" correctly by putting it in the "tag" field when making their post, but also put it in the thread title. The latter isn't necessary but doesn't hurt.

Also you don't have to put the title associated with the tag verbatim, feel free to rephrase the title of your thread to a brief description of your viewpoint or thought.

Let me give it a try! I posted an idea earlier in the week that received some positive feedback from some of the player base regarding seal acquisition for +1 Empyrean Armor. I will post it shortly.

Thank you Hvinire for the example! I will put it to good use as soon as possible!

Here is a Very great way to show what they mean!

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/v...evo/Devtag.jpg

Can we make our own threads up or can we only choose from the specified topics made by you???.....Forum Top > English Forums > DISCUSSION > General Discussion > xxxxxxx

I fail to see what specifically makes a DEV tag right to use? What's to keep people from putting a tag on everything they post? What makes my [DEV1000] different from some one elses [DEV1000]? How do I know that I'm supposed to use [DEV1204] on something instead of [DEV1096]?

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Originally Posted by Tsukino_Kaji

I fail to see what specifically makes a DEV tag right to use? What's to keep people from putting a tag on everything they post? What makes my [DEV1000] different from some one elses [DEV1000]? How do I know that I'm supposed to use [DEV1204] on something instead of [DEV1096]?

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The Dev tags are used when you are posting or making a new thread about an already posted Dev topic. So if you wanted to talk about the Dynamis changes you would use Dev1000 in the tags in the post. This is so the Devs can search and see that your post is specifically about the Dynamis changes they are working on.

In all likelihood, Dev/Mods read the entire forum, but some of the threads aren't really important for Dev changes (e.g. all of the XP threads), so it helps them prioritize your responses.

On another note. What's to keep people from abusing them for attention grabbing purposes? I see this as a good way for complainers to look self important.

So here it is agian, teh thread titled "[DEV1003] Adjustments to Empyrean Seal Acquisition." What makes 1003 the right one to use? And if the MODs started it first, wouldn't that mean we can't start anything new?

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Originally Posted by Tsukino_Kaji

On another note. What's to keep people from abusing them for attention grabbing purposes? I see this as a good way for complainers to look self important.

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When the MOD's see that then They will immediately delete the thread as it is not a good thing to have. I have been seeing that the MOD's have been keeping these threads under check rather quickly on things that don't need to be there like if what I quoted in this post as.

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Originally Posted by Tsukino_Kaji

So here it is agian, teh thread titled "[DEV1003] Adjustments to Empyrean Seal Acquisition." What makes 1003 the right one to use? And if the MODs started it first, wouldn't that mean we can't start anything new?

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Lets take this by example...

If DEV1003 talks about Stuff like Empyrean Armor and Seals then it is the right thing.

If DEV1001 was talking about Abyssea but there is about DEV*** that goes into more detail of chages then DEV1001 is not the right Tag.

But If tag DEV1003 was not about Empyrean Armor and Seals and there is only tag DEV1001 about Abyssea then the proper tag would be DEV1001.

Is this easy to understand? I hope it is..

I see a lot of these pop up now. Makes it pretty clear that they do not read the forum, just assume that if you write dev10XX you'll get attention from developers.

They put out a message in the "In development" section of the forums with a dev tag

Then we can make threads here using those tags so they know which pending update we are discussing.

Dear Hvinire,

Please post a list of ALL dev codes and the topic they relate to so we may post our topics "appropriately".

Also, having the ability to for the original poster to go back and edit the topic title so that they might add the dev code subsequently would be nice (as people become more familiar with this forum).

There is a list of all the Dev codes already - in the Updates -> In Development forum. If you want to discuss something they have posted as in development in that forum ( http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/fo...In-Development ) use the code they have provided there. Anything else you might want to discuss as ideas to develop does NOT have a code unless an SE official puts one in there. DO NOT make up codes, use the official ones. Making up a code will not make it official, and will be ignored &/or deleted I'm sure.

I think people just aren't familiar enough with the forum yet.. because it's the same question over and over again lol...

There is a link to the "In Development" section of the forum in the OP.

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Originally Posted by Pixiehawk

There is a list of all the Dev codes already - in the Updates -> In Development forum.

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Guess I must be too dense (being galka and all) but went to the area you indicated and did not see any list of Dev Codes showing what each one covers (ex: 10xx: Dynamis, 10xx: Missions & Quests). Only noticed that the current posts seem to be sequential, is that the goal? From the way the original article is written, I understood that there were numeric tags dealing with specific topics not just plugging a number in front of a topic like you were pulling a tab number when getting in line at some service counter.

How about a suggestion forum or a generic dev tag for suggestions that relate to things that don't have specific tags?

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Originally Posted by Asanarama

How about a suggestion forum or a generic dev tag for suggestions that relate to things that don't have specific tags?

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How about not bumping threads that haven't had a response in 5 months?

Didn't this thread use to be stickied?