FFXIV Needs Player Polls

[van_arn]

I don't see how this would improve anything. Imagine Square asking the forums "Do you think we should add an official parser?"

There would be war for a month. Then, whichever path SE took -- to add or not to add -- half of the community would still be at war, eternally, showing how "back then we were right." "They made a mistake listening to the majority."

Net result would be the same, people bickering over the forums forever. SE already knows where people stand on this particular issue, as well as hundreds of other issues-- so in a sense, they've already done their surveys.

Were they to do an official survey at this point, it would probably be theater.

[Vahlnir]

I don't see how this would improve anything. Imagine Square asking the forums "Do you think we should add an official parser?"

There would be war for a month. Then, whichever path SE took -- to add or not to add -- half of the community would still be at war, eternally, showing how "back then we were right." "They made a mistake listening to the majority."

Net result would be the same, people bickering over the forums forever. SE already knows where people stand on this particular issue, as well as hundreds of other issues-- so in a sense, they've already done their surveys.

Were they to do an official survey at this point, it would probably be theater.

The forums will always be a war zone, but there is some truth to some of the feedback here. It just gets lost in the chaos sometimes. The poll doesn't have to take place here though. Nothing bad could come of a player poll every so often, so I have no idea why you're truly against them no matter where they'd decide to post one.

[van_arn]

The forums will always be a war zone, but there is some truth to some of the feedback here. It just gets lost in the chaos sometimes. The poll doesn't have to take place here though. Nothing bad could come of a player poll every so often, so I have no idea why you're truly against them no matter where they'd decide to post one.

Oh, I'm not against them. I just find them theater-- done only for show, for no real purpose other than to look nice.

Heck, even if they went as far as to post a daily question ingame for a gil reward... well, think of the current state of the uselessness of commendations.

[Vahlnir]

Oh, I'm not against them. I just find them theater-- done only for show, for no real purpose other than to look nice.

Heck, even if they went as far as to post a daily question ingame for a gil reward... well, think of the current state of the uselessness of commendations.

Fair enough. At this point though I'd settle with the illusion that they care.

[van_arn]

Fair enough. At this point though I'd settle with the illusion that they care.

I see you've been around since 2013.

I gesture to Praetorium.

And then I gesture to PVP.

And then I genuflect in the direction of the current state of savage/extreme PF.


Once something's out the door, Square doesn't care what happens to it. As for what Square decides to push out the door, I offer a grand flourish to Eureka.

[Vahlnir]

I see you've been around since 2013.

I gesture to Praetorium.

And then I gesture to PVP.

And then I genuflect in the direction of the current state of savage/extreme PF.


Once something's out the door, Square doesn't care what happens to it. As for what Square decides to push out the door, I offer a grand flourish to Eureka.

[van_arn]

I know. I wish they'd get their act together. 2.0 launch was amazing, but the more time passes and the more I see them fail to keep their "house" in order, the more I think they've lost their touch.

[Thatusernameistaken]

I don't see how this would improve anything. Imagine Square asking the forums "Do you think we should add an official parser?"

There would be war for a month. Then, whichever path SE took -- to add or not to add -- half of the community would still be at war, eternally, showing how "back then we were right." "They made a mistake listening to the majority."

Net result would be the same, people bickering over the forums forever. SE already knows where people stand on this particular issue, as well as hundreds of other issues-- so in a sense, they've already done their surveys.

Were they to do an official survey at this point, it would probably be theater.

Honestly I have to agree with this. Unless the survey was generic (How much do you enjoy X content), asking about specific things like parsers is only going to lead to a community meltdown.