Player Polls and Feedback after the subscription fee

To whom it may concern;

Due to the forum rules of being unable to post after 30 days of the last login into the XIV game client, this may cause a significant of feedback to be skewed towards one side of the current XIV community.

There are some individuals who are die-hard grind fans and will stop at nothing to implement insane grinds and requirements into the game. There are others who wish for XIV to be significantly more forgiving and accessible to any type of gamer, not just the one with countless hours to spend online. There are also fans who are already satisfied with XIV as it currently is and will start paying, and there are those that are not satisfied and will not pay. There are those that wish XIV was more like World of Warcraft, and there are those who wish XIV was more like XI.

Sadly, it doesn't take a genius to realize what will happen to the feedback after those who do not subscribe cannot post on the forums anymore. The feedback will become greatly skewed from the side of the XIV community that SE really needs the least: those that are already happy with the game.

XIV required a lot of feedback to get to its roadmap for 2.0. This feedback would have never been possible without the people who are fans of the FF series, but did not feel XIV was even close to being a presentable MMO on the market.

So all I ask, is that SE consider the possibility of sending out emails with player polls to people who purchased XIV, or allow non-subscribers who do not have access to the forums some way to give feedback on the game and the updates.

This can be achieved via the following ways:

• Temporarily revoking the forum post restrictions based on the last login date into XIV (until 2.0).
• Sending out player polls to past and present players of XIV.
• Frequently posting player feedback polls that any past or present XIV player can participate in via SEMembers ID and/or XIV login details (that do not require a subscription).

I want XIV to succeed, but I don't want the feedback to be biased towards one group or another.

I am pretty sure your feedback has been considered up until now. The 2.0 plan shows a lot of it. I think if you are not subscribing to the current content, then the feedback towards it wouldn't be as helpful. I agree with the poll though. It is a good idea to let people who aren't playing, but fans have a say in the direction of the game to influence them towards returning.

Polls are a good idea, but if you are not playing the game in its current incarnation there is no way you can give accurate feedback. Those who purchased the game but havent played it in months have never experienced the changes made. Although a good idea this idea is also flawed. It would be like a carmaker polling ppl who purchased a car of their brand in 1990 about the current condition of their cars.

If you want to have a voice about the future of ffxiv you need to be part of its present

Why not simply have a section of questions (if not an entire poll) dedicated to the diehard fans who aren't playing. I know for a fact there are FFXI players who would like input because they plan to switch to 14 after it hits the PS3. They obviously can't answer questions about how the game is presently, but they are the ones who keep asking me about the status of the game...