[to the devs] and to the forum moderators and commuity reps as well.

[Karbuncle]

I am also paying for bug fixes and periodic content updates.

Technically, no you're not. You're paying to play. you can say "i'm paying them so i can jump up and down and sing a song of lollipops" and it just as true as that quote.

You literally pay for nothing outside of the right to play. If they decided to take your money and blow it on blackjack and hookers they could technically do it.

GG is only trying to explain that the rampant whiny ungrateful behavior on these forums is a bit extreme, because frankly it could be Fu*ktons worse like it was back in the olden days of getting 1-2 interviews a year with vague answers that were completely worthless.

The team is doing a wonderful job answering threads. It could be faster but I'm also pretty sure its not laziness, they probably have a few channels/things to go through to get a response back from the Dev team.

What happens when the game stops updating and bugs never get fixed? People stop paying.

While this is true, The only point GG is trying to make is they aren't obligated to do anything for you. They could stop fixing everything and let the game die right now and they have no obligation to fix the "bugs". They do it because we still play and I'd like to think they care about FFXI, they don't do it because we have to.

I'm not saying they should change everything about the game so that it's in a form I enjoy. But I do expect them to fix shit that's broken/imbalanced.

We all expect bug fixes, So does GreatGuardian, He's just saying they don't have too. They really do not have too. It would kill the game for the most, sure, he's not arguing anything more than "If they wanted to they could drop everything and delete the servers, they owe us nothing"

He's only trying to correct you when you said "I pay for bug fixes", when in fact, you only pay to play the game, If you think you're paying for updates/fixes, you're wrong. Nothing more nothing less. We all want updates, but we realize if they decided they're closing the servers tomorrow, they could.

Oh sure I don't have any beef with the community team, it's more the development team I think needs to be more responsive.

back in 2003~ As Septimus said the best answers we ever got were "We'll take it back to japan with us" and of course we never heard back from it. This forum is such a drastically large step up from what we used to have... They answer as many threads as I'm sure they're allowed. They don't ignore/slack off. If they don't respond to the 20th thread about "x" they probably don't have an answer yet.

I don't think they just ring' a call over to the Dev team and ask them "Hey, Thread about SMNs, whats the plan?". I'm sure it goes through a few channels and sometimes takes a while to get back.

I could be wrong.

I can't speculate on how an individual user will respond to a particular answer, no.

I can for you ! It would be the same as every time someone gets a no to their thread. Raging butthurt, crying, name calling, angry responses to the Rep, etc.

It would be hell and back and people would whine about how much this game sucks/etc. This isn't a shot in the dark either, its more of an educated guess based on previous experiences.

[Bumbeen]

If i'm paying them for a service, yes.

You fool! Don't you realize the community team are HUMAN BEINGS!!!

But seriously, despite the fact that you're wrong as has been pointed out, (And just fyi, only assholes think that if they're paying someone they can therefore be an ass to them) if you feel you're paying SE so the community team will answer any and all of your questions, why don't you stop paying? Seems pretty stupid on your part to continue paying a company when they aren't rendering what you think is a service they promised(they didn't) to provide.

Wow I think I called you a moron 3 times in that paragraph!

[Malamasala]

Can you imagine what would happen if Camate were to walk into one of Mellowy's threads and say "I'm sorry, but the Development team thinks buffing Spirits is flabbergastingly preposterous and would move Summoner into an even more hyper-ambiguous position in the job field and thus will not be making any adjustments to the Spirit system." ?

I'm not sure, what do you imagine would happen? As I see it, the worst thing would be that I'd get angry, and I promise you that being ignored for 10 years have already made me reach hate cap. (I'd have to punch a developer to lower their hate levels, in accordance to FFXI rules).

It is more likely that my faith in SE would increase, from rock bottom that is. Currently I'm forced to be paranoid that everyone I talk to are anti-SMN and do not send my information to SE, but just deletes it. Considering SMN is usually not even on any of the new good items, but on all junk items, I'd almost dare say someone is officially trolling the job. Someone who lost their mother to a Summoner once, I'd assume.

[Jackastheripper]

well, its been done. its derailed. thanks to all the whiners and criers for not letting a complimentary thread go. it's closed.