Enough is enough

[StingRay104]

I think the general feeling of upset over this game stems from the fact that we still have very little interaction with the dev team. I would welcome an opportunity to discuss certain matters with the dev team. For instance I think that changing twilight scythe is a mistake, and would love to hear their opinion on why it should be changed.

As for the dev team never listens to us aspect, I do feel that way on several issues, but it isn't always the case. Remember DRKs new ability that would decrease tp in exchange for increased damage, kinda like a souleater that eats tp. Well the DRK community hated that idea, and it was changed to scarlet delirium, which the DRK community hated even more as it is almost completely useless. Even at it's highest effect, its effectiveness is very minimal. Yet the dev team still has yet to address the many things wrong with this ability.

Several jobs have been ignored for very long periods of time, for instance SMN. New abilities and avatars, as well as a complete redesign of the job have been asked for since late 2004, and although some things were down SMN is still miles behind. It's been 2 years since the promised new avatars, and still nothing but a fancy video of basic walking.

I think the aspect that aggravates me the most is that there is so much in game that needs to be fixed, such as ws's, and yet all I ever see when I open up the forums is mog house decoration contest, or valentines day event, or how about christmas and new years events, and the stolen cookie chronicles or whatever it is called. Are these things so important that they are the only things we get on a monthly basis? Our funds are paying for these instead of necessary changes that need to be implemented to the game. How about the fact that instead of having direct interaction with the player base, we get silly little contests instead. Personally I don't take part in these things, and it is obvious that I'm not very fond of them, however in the past I tolerated them because we at least got updates of substance. Now we don't even get that much, our updates are at around the same rate as before and about a quarter of the content. I know skeleton crew, priorities are important, I get this but it doesn't change the fact that the user base is unhappy.

I for one have always wondered what it is the GM's do, as every time we ask them to do something they say no. Then when we say things like we can't beat AV for 5 years and what do we get in return......TOO BAD. I want interaction with the devs, I want frequent flow of communication with them, and by frequent I mean 4 times a week not 4 times a year. I want them to understand my thoughts, and I want to understand theirs. If they would just step up to the plate we could make this game so much better together.

Finally I want to say this is probably the 1000th time this request has been made so lets hope this time they will take notice. WE WANT DIRECT COMMUNICATION ON A FREQUENT BASIS WITH THE DEV TEAM SO THAT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THIS GAME EVEN BETTER!!!

[Yinnyth]

I think the general feeling of upset over this game stems from the fact that we still have very little interaction with the dev team. I would welcome an opportunity to discuss certain matters with the dev team. For instance I think that changing twilight scythe is a mistake, and would love to hear their opinion on why it should be changed.

They feel it should be changed because it gives DRK a level of versatility which overshadows other jobs:

With that said, we feel that currently dark knight’s level of variation is much higher than that of other jobs, and since it seems that you share the same understanding we have come to the decision to revamp the stats on Twilight Scythe.

[StingRay104]

They feel it should be changed because it gives DRK a level of versatility which overshadows other jobs:

Which is why I would welcome a chance to debate this point because at this moment, no matter how much -pdt they put on a monster, a handful of dd's will do more damage than a group of mages. This is a problem with the game, the fantasy part of the genre involves powerful magic spells, and most of our spells are inefficient and lackluster.

[Yinnyth]

Which is why I would welcome a chance to debate this point because at this moment, no matter how much -pdt they put on a monster, a handful of dd's will do more damage than a group of mages. This is a problem with the game, the fantasy part of the genre involves powerful magic spells, and most of our spells are inefficient and lackluster.

The devs appear to agree with you on this topic, and they would like to address it by adjusting how well support jobs are capable of buffing magic damage dealers:

When comparing the amount of damage a character deals, elemental magic possesses a higher potential than that of other front-line jobs. However, there is a wide variety of ways to support front-line jobs and not nearly as many ways to support back-line jobs.

Instead of focusing only on adjusting black mage, in addition to our our recently discussed elemental magic changes, we feel it would be better to address the support difference by enabling other jobs to offer more ways to enhance the capabilities of magic users.

[Volkai]

{I} WANT DIRECT COMMUNICATION ON A FREQUENT BASIS WITH THE DEV TEAM

Learn Japanese. Communicate directly with the Dev Team in a language they speak (and read and write) fluently.

If you're dissatisfied with the Community Team's current efforts and unwilling to learn Japanese yourself, either act positively to enhance their capability or hire your own translator to facilitate your no-longer-direct-because-you're-going-through-a-translator communication on a frequent basis with the dev team.