My thoughts on the community recently

[Magic-Mal]

Think about it, and rationally come to a conclusion.

[SilkaN]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Is-Embarrasing

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...re-Large-Pulls

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Duty-Roulette

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-is-overpriced.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ld-Of-Happened

[loreleidiangelo]

Yeah, I'd say that if complaint threads are becoming more common than positive threads, there probably is a problem.

Have you ever considered that it might be the game?

(Yes, I'm aware that's too simplistic of a view, but it's important to look at the commonalities of said complaint threads and consider their merit, rather than dismissing them outright.)

[SilkaN]

Yeah, I'd say that if complaint threads are becoming more common than positive threads, there probably is a problem.

That just shows how much people care about this game or rather, how much they are enjoying it.
If everything's fine, there's no need to complain on the forums.
And we don't need a bunch of circlejerk threads whose sole purpose is to repeat how great the game is all the time.

[Ryel]

Feedback takes many shapes and forms, many of which you personally may not agree or feel comfortable with, If you are unable to handle various types of feedback in a forum designed for that purpose perhaps you should heed your own advice and take a break from it.

Additionally as the point was raised earlier, feedback doesn't happen in response to nothing. If the same complaints are seeing a rise in frequency and attention then it is the developer's place to decide whether they have merit or are too negative, last i checked it isn't your sensitivities that keep the game running but rather the collective subscriptions of the many players posting who have a right to voice their own opinions regardless of how you may feel about their tone in doing so.

[Yasuhiro]

I see it as feedback
I'd rather not see this place become a hug box like reddit, although the line is nearly crossed.
I have so many problems with this game but I like it just enough to play it, that and I'm helpless against anything with FF in the title.

[Vamelo]

Posting on another complaining about complaining thread.

[Pintsized]

If you're so frustrated, take a break. Go play another game, and take your mind off things. Breaks are healthy, because they allow us to come back feeling refreshed.

Or, another way to look at it ... take a break and then get punished by the mass of time-consuming grinds that you haven't been keeping up with in your absence so that you're no longer viable in the content you like to play.

[Atoli]

Complaints and requests are always gonna be on the forefront, no matter how good the game is and how friendly the community.
Barely anyone comes to the forum only to say "I'm so happy here! I never need anything new ever again!". People usually come because they have an issue.
The problem is when the requests become only a forefront for spreading toxicity...because to some that's a way to vent or because it's "cool" right now
And tbh, I'm a bit worried that that's the case a little bit too much lately.

I'm pretty sure though that the dev team is aware that players are happy about things even when the players instantly go to complain about the next one as soon as one is fixed.
It wouldn't hurt to see a bit more apprechiation for the work already done from time to time though.
Like, I'm sure it was a big effort to finally fix the problem that you couldn't queue with a chocobo out, but I not once saw anyone go "hey, awesome, thanks!".
Everyone just went "well okay, now that we have that, why is XY not fixed yet?". Same with egi glamours, chinese dress, whatever was a big topic but once we got it we all just took it and went right back to complaining.
Which, again, is fine and absolutely needed in an MMO so it keeps improving, just....a bit more apprechiation would be nice :/

[Sil3ntxR3qui3m]

Complaints and requests are always gonna be on the forefront, no matter how good the game is and how friendly the community.
Barely anyone comes to the forum only to say "I'm so happy here! I never need anything new ever again!". People usually come because they have an issue.

Pretty much this. I used to work at a call center for credit card servicing. People typically don't call just to talk, they call only if they have a problem and want to change the way the company runs a specific service. As much as I think the forums are optimal for showing the best and worst of the community, this right here is the reason why.