Quote Originally Posted by S4M4EL View Post
i find it funny when people try to diminish forum feedback as if it shouldn't be considered because "it isn't the majority of the player-base"
Then why have forums in the first place?
People are being vocal about healers since HW and in every expansion the same issues become even more apparent.

Eh? The forums are here for people to talk about whatever they wish to talk about regarding FFXIV. That's the purpose of the forums. But forums aren't given the amount of weight some people assume for a slew of reasons.

Companies/Corporations know that people, especially in western society, are a lot more likely to visit forums to spew something negative than to talk about something positive. People who are enjoying the game are going to spend less time on here and more time playing the actual game. Hell the only reason why I'm here now is because the world's are or maintenance, otherwise I'd be playing. So with that in mind, feedback in forums are going to be evaluated under a very scrutinized lense due to the negative slant it leans towards.

Plus you have the fact that people who like the current state of certain aspects aren't going to regularly visit the forums to champion that current state, they're just going to continue to enjoy current state. It's more along the lines of "I'm enjoying what I'm doing so I'm fine, so as long as those aspects aren't taken away, I'll continue to participate." Again, to use myself for example. One of the criticism presented was a request for higher difficulty, I enjoy the current difficulty, and to be frank I still find certain things a bit too challenging for my taste. So I completely disagree with that notion. Now had Square decided to do a 180 and "increase the threat level.", then I'd be here a lot more expressing my concerns regarding a difficulty spike until the game became unenjoyable for me and I'd quit.

Ultimately people are going to feel how they want to feel. Many in this thread feel tank mitigation should be reduced and the game should be harder, I feel tank mitigation is just fine and the game should actually be a bit easier. But as long as forums represent a miniscule scale of the targeted audience, forum feedback would be weighed in regards to that percentage, especially if it's just reflecting a particular demographic such as English speakers vs Japanese speakers.