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

[panderin]

Also they seem to be listening to us especially in unimportant matters like QoL, emotes, cash shop etc. while JP get more attention in things that actually matter.

I completely agree with this, even in the live letters when I listen I cannot believe some of the questions deemed important enough to get asked while others that I know need to be asked aren't b/c of glamour and furnishing questions.

[LalafellDown]

I was in no way hurt by your diatribe or took it to be the truth. I put in a response that was taken down as well. I simply wanted to stay on subject in relation to the video game.

The thing about NA's player base is we are scattered, entitled, we don't know what we want, half of us sure THINK we know what we want but if you gave it to us...I am not so sure a better game that would make or who would benefit. Culturally most American's want to have their cake and eat it to. We are an arrogant culture, a special snowflake culture and that is why we cannot be listened to or trusted. I have a very hard time articulating it in an effective way. If you look at some of the things Yoshi has tried to implement it is in the realm of people working together and communicating....not really a great/easy thing to do in American culture. We PREACH teamwork but it is more about the individual. So culturally we are too different but that is great because overall...I want the JP leading us, call me a sheep...beep beep i'm a sheep I said beep beep i'm a sheep!

how is this related to gaming when attack another culture?

[Kallera]

I'm going to say it's likely 2. They listen, but they listen to stuff that is irrelevant and not exactly necessary.



This... they give you the illusion of asking them, but they ignore the really important questions, such as bug fixes, broken systems (Looking at you, TT tournament) and things that are vital to the game's enjoyment. But they gloss over them, and respond about things like 'Hey why isn't there a wink emote in this game? MUH IMMERSION!" and it's like, yeah, that's great. We have a wink emote now... but we're still sitting here with a bunch of stuff that needs fixing but is being ignored because of things like this...

Yeah, and as those questions continue to fall on deaf ears some get the notion that the questions are possibly doctored even without input, and they may well be with such softballs as "can you show us pictures of thing you have just announced"complete with "teasing pictures snuck out of marketing ,tee hee!".

Not that people don't eat it up, but coupled with not answering the more serious and popular questions makes it look like a dog and pony show. Nationality be damned, no one likes dishonesty.

[panderin]

how is this related to gaming when attack another culture?

Oh Lord, I am an American and I see what happens on these forums all day everyday and guess what I see a LOT of exactly what I described. Quit acting like it doesn't exist. I am still wanting to get back to the topic at hand. You try to do the same.

[Niqote]

I feel like they listen to game data more then player feedback directly.
Which means whoever is the biggest market will be catered for as a priority (Which is to be expected)

But Lightning items are on MogStation and you can buy some primal mounts for 99 tokens, so clearly they are listening and selectively agreeing/providing to some popular feedback.

That being said, there is a natural bias towards the feedback you, yourself as a direct developer can go and read in your downtime/playtime because its in the language you actually speak.

[Kallera]

Oh Lord, I am an American and I see what happens on these forums all day everyday and guess what I see a LOT of exactly what I described. Quit acting like it doesn't exist. I am still wanting to get back to the topic at hand. You try to do the same.

Stop hating on North America then.

[panderin]

Stop hating on North America then.

LOL! This post was about my opinion and I stated it but I will leave it now. Have a good day ^^

[loreleidiangelo]

I think they're listening to feedback, but the NA audience isn't exactly making it easy for them with their multiple topics, click bait titles and "THIS NEEDS IMMEDIATE DEV ATTENTION" histrionics. Also, there are quite a lot of criticisms and suggestions that go contrary to core design concepts and systems in this game, yet people seem to think that if they just shout loudly enough about it the game will go through a massive overhaul.

[LalafellDown]

Oh Lord, I am an American and I see what happens on these forums all day everyday and guess what I see a LOT of exactly what I described. Quit acting like it doesn't exist. I am still wanting to get back to the topic at hand. You try to do the same.

I apologize I didn't know, you must of seen a lot of it so it makes it ok to attack other cultures, I agree. I will follow your example and start hating other cultures too since I've see so much hate. Those poor hating groups in this world must seen some bad things to that caused them to hate... you get a free pass ma'am.

[panderin]

I apologize I didn't know, you must of seen a lot of it so it makes it ok to attack other cultures, I agree. I will follow your example and start hating other cultures too since I've see so much hate. Those poor hating groups in this world must seen some bad things to that caused them to hate... you get a free pass ma'am.

Once again, I am talking about in relation to the video game....I didn't attack, I made observations about why maybe we aren't listened to so much. I am sorry if that upset you so.