FFXI Players views

[Almantia]

Censorship. {no thanks}

[FrankReynolds]

you speak the truth. what's the old saying, you can't please everyone? story of the forums. I honestly think SE made a mistake making these forums. The idea of a medium for players and SE to converse was certainly a good one but for the most part these have just devolved into a whining trollfest. Even when there is a legitimate gripe it gets put into 100+ threads because noone knows how to use a search feature. Honestly, I hope SE is paying Camate and the gang's psychotherapy bills. Because if their job requires them to read all the duplicative threads then I would say their sanity is in danger of going the way of the Great Auk. As much as I think people can constructively build off eachother's ideas if they have a way to "converse", it looks like the time has come to make a different method where none of us can see the others' posts. Then the devs can put the ideas out there that they want commentary/feedback on and we don't even see the ultimately irrelevant posts on stuff they have no intention of ever addressing.

so, if that seems to draconian a measure then how about a submit feature for new threads that goes to Cam and the moderators but only they can actually start the threads?

I have an easier solution for you.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350...ur-hosts-file/


Those are instructions on how to add http://forum.square-enix.com/ to your host file. Follow them and you will never see anyone bitching on this forum again. You can thank me in gil.

[Apie]

You mean something like this?

That kind of customer service will never exist in FFXI until the game is in serious danger of being shutdown due to everyone leaving (which isn't happening anytime soon.) The only reason FFXIV switched over to "kiss customer ass" mode was because most bailed on it, it didn't maintain the amount of people that FFXI is able to and was failing harder than their worse nightmares. They had no choice but to start caring about what the players wanted or have a numbered FF game flop. FFXI isn't that desperate yet (kinda makes me wish they would get a little desperate so they can start listening to our feedback at some point.)

I mean come on Square, tons of people are taking the time to tell you what you can do to keep customers happy and make the game better, yet you continue to force feed us new content with tons of broken content ignored. I could not care less about the newest expansion, what I do care about playing campaign in the Throne Room again, getting some use out of my countless beastmen seals (make BCNM capless & soloable already, we worked hard for our levels, stop capping them in special battles) and tons of other complaints (like promised summons, making garrisons soloable plus capless, and etc...)

[Secondplanet]

I'd like to propose we take a page out of EVE onlines book to create a council of players that are voted for by the players of each server. This said council could then meet via forums or chat room to discuss player issues. Then voting on said issues they would then report them to SE at set time frames, monthly, quarterly, or whatever fits. I believe this would be a way to help pinpoint issues that are players concerns.

The representatives would be voted on by players of each server to nominate. The nominees would then need to accept the nomination(as some may not wan this job). Then a final vote to decide the final representative based on those that have accepted the nomination.

I know the websites meet every so often but this doesn't seem to be addressing concerns of players based on reading the posts on forums, so another way needs to be implemented.

It may be too late for this but I'm suggesting it anyway as a possible solution to helping SE address players concerns.

Good idea but the idea of playbase voting for someone wouldn't work since most likely the wrong people would get voted (Large elitist group LS's) leading to a very biased view and demands for the game.