On a scale of 1 to 5-- Do you feel SE listens to their western players? State why.

[Laerune]

I give them a 2 out of 5. If you listen to the Live Letter, may it be the one at E3 or the one that they do at Square Enix HQ or other events, they always respond with: "We do this and that based on the feedback that we have received from the Japanese community" This makes me think that they look at what the Japanese community thinks first. Which is what they did back in FFXI aswell.

Just look at how they released the Maid promotion items, they released it first in Japan 4-5 months earlier then the other regions and they screwed up the EU promotion events. If this was a company that valued all the regions equally, then they would have released the promotion at the same time for each region. The 1# complain that the NA/EU/AU community had was about the ATMA RNG collection method at the end of 2.55, we thought they had listened, but they still brought it back with the Anima Relic questline and even brought it back with the the Yo-Kai event. This gives me the impression that the Western voices do not matter at all.

SE says that they are listening, but honestly, to me it feels our words goes in one ear and out of the other ear.

How can they improve?

1. If there is a promotion going, release it at the same time for all the region, do not make one region feel inferior.
2. Do not add stuff to the game that players dislike. We have expressed dislike for the RNG debacle many times.
3. Fix the stuff that we have requested of you. Just because the Japanese community (Yoshida's word, not mine) are oke with the GC requirement for PvP, does not mean all of us are.
4. Have more discussions with the community, both Diadem and Lord of Vermillion are failures, when you want to add new stuff ask for feedback, throw some ideas and let the players participate.
5. During the BETA there was a ingame poll, release more of those in the game, ask what the players want and what they think of the recently released content.

SE needs to listen to the feedback and not only to the ones from the Japanese community.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

4. Have more discussions with the community, both Diadem and Lord of Vermillion are failures, when you want to add new stuff ask for feedback, throw some ideas and let the players participate.
5. During the BETA there was a ingame poll, release more of those in the game, ask what the players want and what they think of the recently released content.

SE needs to listen to the feedback and not only to the ones from the Japanese community.

I definitely agree with this. It would be nice if they had more discussions with their English speaking player base. As a FFXI veteran, most of the changes were favored from Japanese players, like particularly Beast Master pets ideas where as the polls on the western side wanted a certain pet, they only cared about the Japanese poll despite creating the poll for both groups and we had far more votes. There were many instances like this and it would be nice if they listen to our more bolder ideas. (Essentially I don't want FFXI to be repeated.)

We definitely need to be treated equal, and if there is a language barrier problem, get the translators to do their job because we surely out number Japanese players and deserve our fair share. (Have nothing against Japanese players)

Your idea of a in-game poll to return is also a fantastic idea and it would let people show an opinion without coming to this site and it would allow every region to participate equally.

[Laerune]

I definitely agree with this. It would be nice if they had more discussions with their English speaking player base. As a FFXI veteran, most of the changes were favored from Japanese players, like particularly Beast Master pets ideas where as the polls on the western side wanted a certain pet, they only cared about the Japanese poll despite creating the poll for both groups and we had far more votes. There were many instances like this and it would be nice if they listen to our more bolder ideas. (Essentially I don't want FFXI to be repeated.)

We definitely need to be treated equal, and if there is a language barrier problem, get the translators to do their job because we surely out number Japanese players and deserve our fair share. (Have nothing against Japanese players)

Your idea of a in-game poll to return is also a fantastic idea and it would let people show an opinion without coming to this site and it would allow every region to participate equally.

Thanks for your response.

I think a great start would be to have a dialogue between the developers and the players. An ingame poll is a good way to do this. I like to have AMA type of thing going between the Western players and the developers. If the developers do not understand the language, then they can get a translator, this way we can have a direct discussion about the game and not feel left out.

Right now it feels like FFXI, where the Japanese community opinions -----------------------------------> Western community.

[TroySoFab]

Gonna say somewhere between a 1 and a 2. There have been many requests here on the forums that have fallen on deaf ears. We rarely even get moderator/dev responses in threads anymore.

OF COURSE they do.

All the nerfs we're getting, even in the easiest of easy content? All Western players complaints.

Yeah, probably the only reason why I'd maybe give them a 2.

[MonsutaMan]

It would be nice if they had more discussions with their English speaking player base. As a FFXI veteran, most of the changes were favored from Japanese players, like particularly Beast Master pets ideas where as the polls on the western side wanted a certain pet, they only cared about the Japanese poll despite creating the poll for both groups and we had far more votes.

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/t...l=1#post212722

That thread was epic lol. This seems like the moment Western players really noticed the claimed "Favoritism." They still have not released a Scorpion or Walrus to this day.....LOL.....

I thought the Scorpion won, but the Griffin pet was a legend. BST pre-119 > All jobs in terms of damage, but I digress.

[FinaSel]

3. Fix the stuff that we have requested of you. Just because the Japanese community (Yoshida's word, not mine) are oke with the GC requirement for PvP, does not mean all of us are.

I occasionally read the JP forums too and they are absolutely not OK with the GC requirement for PvP.
There is a thread about how the developers should stop the GC requirement.

It currently has 241 likes.