Dev, please confirm MCH buffs before Alexander release?

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No, yeah, I understand. Its just that compared to other MMOs that are western, I feel completely unheard here. I mean is Mr. English Forum Guy going to tell Yoshi P that I hate Triple Triad's new scoring system? Because over in TESO or WoW or something I can guarantee a dev will see something I say, whereas here, not so much.

Not saying my opinion is important or anything, but its still nice to know someone important CAN see stuff.

[LineageRazor]

No, yeah, I understand. Its just that compared to other MMOs that are western, I feel completely unheard here. I mean is Mr. English Forum Guy going to tell Yoshi P that I hate Triple Triad's new scoring system? Because over in TESO or WoW or something I can guarantee a dev will see something I say, whereas here, not so much.

Not saying my opinion is important or anything, but its still nice to know someone important CAN see stuff.

Do you think that even in the JP forums, the devs there are bringing every tidbit directly to Yoshi P's doorstep? Of course not. They have a chain of command, just the same as on this side of the pond.

As for comparing to Western MMOs, I doubt that it's any different. While I don't know who the director of World of Warcraft is, I find it hard to believe that he or she personally addresses every thread on the Blizzard forums either. It might be possible for smaller MMOs with less-active forums, but for large-scale games like WoW or FFXIV it's simply not possible to bring every issue straight to the top.

The forum monitors pick and choose what they pass up the line, both in the English Forums and those of other languages. Sometimes they even tell us that they've done so:

Thanks for the feedback concerning the current method of upgrading the armor and weapons that can be purchased with Allagan tomestones of law.

I have relayed your feedback and suggestions to the development team.

There's likely a lot of stuff that gets reported without actually telling the players, though. The forum monitors likely write up periodic reports regarding the general playerbase climate, concerns the players have, stuff that players particularly liked, that kind of thing. It's speculation on my part, but it makes sense; only a dev could say for certain what their business processes are, and it's likely that they're not allowed to talk too much about those processes.

You are not unheard. But you ARE one voice in a crowd of thousands.