"We will look into it".

[Rentahamster]

It's a Japanese thing. Culturally, that phrase doesn't really sit well with Westerners as it gives the impression of nonspecificity and ambivalence, but it doesn't sound so bad in Japanese. Just think about it as a general acknowledgement, but it would be nice to have more details, yes.

[WilyKat]

I've said it in a couple other threads. They ought to put up a sticky in the general page with a tally of the players top 10 desired changes, and once a month (in the thread) take all the suggestions and update the list. This way the devs have a way to keep tabs on what we want, and we feel like we are being heard.

Two Issues Tied for #1:

A: We want more community interaction and responses to feedback.
B: We want less community interaction and more time spent producing changes.

...either way- somebody's going to whine (>"<;

[Rentahamster]

Does more community interaction result in less time spent producing changes?

I'm pretty sure they can walk and chew gum at the same time. These are professionals.

[WilyKat]

I don't know, apparently they couldn't beta and work on a game at the same time...

[Peregrine]

This is the drawback of responding too much to people who aren't your equals. They start taking it for granted.
Would you rather them not take questions? I mean to be fair most of the questions the pat look into it answer came for were stupid questions.

How are they supposed to respond to stupid ideas or questions? Make fun of them like I would? They can't do that.

[BlaiseLallaise]

Just once I would love to see one respond with, "Really? You gotta be kidding me." That would be hilarious.

[Fensfield]

Just once I would love to see one respond with, "Really? You gotta be kidding me." That would be hilarious.

Well, they almost did with that motion capture one >.> 'Even stuck in a smiley. And it really was a daft question, especially given in this day and age you get more realism out of a properly scripted motion engine than a 'load one movement set, then break and load another' motion capture setup. ... Although FF XIV does really well covering the breaks, mostly.

[kukurumei]

Let's just say if you can't perform well, you better become a good conversationist.

If you're not good at either...

[zaviermhigo]

I knew answers were gonna be vague, but after that Gathering Q&A, let's just say I have some choice words for them, but I'll just sum up how I feel about them based on what they say most often.

-There are no plans for this. (sdjflksdjflkdsjfds omg thanks)
-We will look into this (proof or it didn't happen)
-We spoke to -name drop- and he said this, which is also totally vague (thanks a lot)

I like it better when the reps just converse with us than when giving us terse vague answers. I don't want to dislike them, because its just their job, maybe they could go back to SE and tell them, we hate their vague answers more than no answers.

[Rinsui]

It's a Japanese thing. Culturally, that phrase doesn't really sit well with Westerners as it gives the impression of nonspecificity and ambivalence, but it doesn't sound so bad in Japanese.

After 9 months of ambiguity, ambiguity tolerance is running dry no matter where you are.