Official 10th Anniversary Survey

[Blossoming]

The question are fucking ridiculous... nothing about the gameplay, what you think about the current state of the game but things like "what's your favourite mount" or "which npc would you like to see in a side story"... If that's the feedback they care about, we're doomed.

Okay I’m glad I’m not the only one who was like what the hell with the questions

[AlexiaD]

Okay I’m glad I’m not the only one who was like what the hell with the questions

Hey other me, you gotta embrace the fact FFXIV is pretty much like second life at this point (actually you shouldnt, but it really is basically second life)

When I saw that survey and the fact the main question on the facebook post was "what is your favorite mount/minion ?" as a SURVEY, I actually laughed out loud because this is really what this game goes down to, instead of asking what type of content people prefer, what area they would love for housing next, maybe some difficulty related questions in regards to content, but nah, what matters with this dev team is what people's favorite minions and mounts are, its pretty pathetic really

And then I get blamed for having absolutely 0 trust in this company and 0 hope that things will eventually get better, when I see this, I can see very well that I am right to not have any hope in regards to the future of this game

[Blossoming]

Hey other me, you gotta embrace the fact FFXIV is pretty much like second life at this point (actually you shouldnt, but it really is basically second life)

When I saw that survey and the fact the main question on the facebook post was "what is your favorite mount/minion ?" as a SURVEY, I actually laughed out loud because this is really what this game goes down to, instead of asking what type of content people prefer, what area they would love for housing next, maybe some difficulty related questions in regards to content, but nah, what matters with this dev team is what people's favorite minions and mounts are, its pretty pathetic really

And then I get blamed for having absolutely 0 trust in this company and 0 hope that things will eventually get better, when I see this, I can see very well that I am right to not have any hope in regards to the future of this game

I was actually hopeful when I heard there was a survey, here I was hoping it was similar to the one we had for 1.0! Then I opened it and quickly reminded why I’ve slowly over time finding myself more and more disappointed with the direction I see the game continuously going. I bring up community based content, more focus on midcore content and people get upset because I’m “gatekeeping” an MMO and the fact it’s heading into a single player visual novel is a good thing and how the game is no longer for me. Just completely deflating lol

[AlexiaD]

I was actually hopeful when I heard there was a survey, here I was hoping it was similar to the one we had for 1.0! Then I opened it and quickly reminded why I’ve slowly over time finding myself more and more disappointed with the direction I see the game continuously going. I bring up community based content, more focus on midcore content and people get upset because I’m “gatekeeping” an MMO and the fact it’s heading into a single player visual novel is a good thing and how the game is no longer for me. Just completely deflating lol

Oh I totally get you, I'm at the point I dont even bother logging in tbh, it's just not worth it sadly, I came from WoW like 2 years or so ago hoping to enjoy FFXIV's content, and all I found was completely boring jobs with 0 identity, raids that are mid at best with savage being a good equal to HC difficulty, and ultimate being mythic raiding difficulty in WoW,problem is that there's barely any ultimates to do, 5 IIRC, and savage just really isnt fun to me at least because of the way jobs are, the 2 minutes meta amongst many other things, this game lacks an identity and uniqueness, it's so bland

And when you see a survey like this, you know very well SE will keep on catering to people that are modding and venue goers or people just afk all the time sitting in Limsa doing absolutely nothing just so they dont feel like they "have to do something" because god forbid they would have ANY reason to log in

This game is doomed, it will keep on going for a few years though, it aint dead, but the population will continue shifting from people doing content to singleplayer users and more modders/venue people, while there will continue to be less and less content pumped out as it's not even needed at this point, even in the case that people complain, they have an actual free defense brigade everywhere on every social media to defend the game's problems, so it doesnt change, and never will.

SE wont kill this game, they make an absolute massive amount of money from it, they have no reasons to want it gone, the community itself will kill it over time.

[Elissar]

When I saw that survey and the fact the main question on the facebook post was "what is your favorite mount/minion ?" as a SURVEY

At the same time, they asked what was your favorite foe/encounter, which character do you like to see in a side content and at the end your description of FFXIV.

I mean...they didn't cover just casuals. You are overreacting.

[ASkellington]

At the same time, they asked what was your favorite foe/encounter, which character do you like to see in a side content and at the end your description of FFXIV.

I mean...they didn't cover just casuals. You are overreacting.

But there are no questions of:

• How do you feel about job/class balance?
• Which expansion did you feel had the most fun raids/dungeons/ultimate?
• What kind of content did you want to see more of?

Or even questions about the newest content we got - Criterion/Variant and Island Sanctuary.

The "favorite foe" question doesn't read to me as "which is the funnest fight" and more as "what is your favorite villain". And as for the job question? Again it doesn't seem to ask what pain points you like about the job, or even ROLE.

So yeah the questionaire does seem to favor the casual side too heavily.

The favorite mount/minion question seems... kind of a stupid one outside of seeing what other kinds of minions would the player base want. IF they are asking for that angle why limit it to mounts/minions and not gear styles, hair styles and clothing styles as well (such as fantasy vs rl, racial/regional gears etc)?

I don't mind these questions but I do mind they refuse to ask the questions I want to answer and give feedback on. This is a perfect chance to do so and it feels wasted.

[Elissar]

And as for the job question? Again it doesn't seem to ask what pain points you like about the job, or even ROLE.

So yeah the questionaire does seem to favor the casual side too heavily.

They always give you the option to express yourself better than just mark your answer. There is something called emotional state analysis, they can easily use your text to understand the reason of your happiness/unhappiness. Also, you can find their intention here:

Depending on the responses we receive, the new side story may feature a character whom already appears in a previous side story or the new Tales under the New Moon series.
Survey answers will serve as a reference for our future endeavors


This survey feels exactly like those questions made by Omega (Venat, Emet or Hermes) or Venat "Has your journey been good?". It's a collection of generic questions, not a combat specific question or combat design question. This is confirmed here:


As part of A Realm Reborn’s 10th Anniversary celebrations[...] Tell us about your main job, what sort of place FFXIV is to you, and other details we would like to hear about your adventures!

They just want to internally compare those results of 10 years later to the previous survey during 1.0. Such complaint makes no sense. It's like asking for an owl to hunt like an eagle. This survey probably was made by marketing department (confirmed by the first two questions) and not from someone that belongs to the main staff.
I would give you the reason if they said "here is an important survey about in-game mechanics, we would like to hear where we can improve" but isn't. Chill.

[ASkellington]

They just want to internally compare those results of 10 years later to the previous survey during 1.0. Such complaint makes no sense. It's like asking for a owl to hunt like an eagle.
I would give you the reason if they said "here is an important survey about in-game mechanics, we would like to hear where we can improve" but isn't. Chill.

You're missing my point. I'm saying that it COULD HAVE BEEN a survey about in-game mechanics or even ASK them alongside these questions and they haven't. In my eyes its a waste.

[AlexiaD]

They always give you the option to express yourself better than just mark your answer. There is something called emotional state analysis, they can easily use your text to understand the reason of your happiness/unhappiness. Also, you can find their intention here:

Depending on the responses we receive, the new side story may feature a character whom already appears in a previous side story or the new Tales under the New Moon series.
Survey answers will serve as a reference for our future endeavors


This survey feels exactly like those questions made by Omega (Venat, Emet or Hermes) or Venat "Has your journey been good?". It's a collection of generic questions, not a combat specific question or combat design question. This is confirmed here:


As part of A Realm Reborn’s 10th Anniversary celebrations[...] Tell us about your main job, what sort of place FFXIV is to you, and other details we would like to hear about your adventures!

They just want to internally compare those results of 10 years later to the previous survey during 1.0. Such complaint makes no sense. It's like asking for an owl to hunt like an eagle. This survey probably was made by marketing department (confirmed by the first two questions) and not from someone that belongs to the main staff.
I would give you the reason if they said "here is an important survey about in-game mechanics, we would like to hear where we can improve" but isn't. Chill.