Questionnaire on how you run PotD

[SenorPatty]

This is a questionnaire that was in this thread http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ce-of-the-dead but it got buried. I saw some responses that seemed pretty interesting, some of the answers pretty similar to one another.

Briging it out to see if it could get more answers plus killing time while the relocation goes on. Looking forward to them!

Division hm? I'm genuinely curious if the playerbase seems to be so divided, it needs the attention of a dev to fix Potd.

With that in mind, I made this poll. It's not the most overly thought out but I did try to come up with many scenarios as possible. The actual intent being wanting to see what's the overall satisfaction that they playerbase draws from PotD.

Here we go

Edit: All questions asking time spent and/or recurrence imply average.

Part I

-How many times do you do PotD (Floors 51+) in a week and how many floor brackets do yo do?

-Following the above question, how many people do openly speak up about wanting to speedrun and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?

-By that same note, how many people do openly speak up about wanting silver chests and/or explore all rooms and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?

-From a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being extremely satisfied and 1 being extremely unsatisfied, how would you rate your overall weekly completions of floor brackets:

A) 51-60
B) 61-70
C) 71-80
D) 81-90
E) 91-100


Part II

-When no one speaks up, list your main preferred or habitual style of PotD play

*Pure speedrun, kill only what needs to be killed to get passage open, no chests

*Mixed speedrun, killing only what needs to be killed but pick chests if they're in the same room

*Pure chestrun, avoiding most monsters if possible to get all chests, then killing to progress

*Mixed chestrun, going after easy chests if possible but killing things along the way as well

*Whatever mood fits (other. pls describe)


-When someone requests any of the above playstyles, do you comply:

-Every time?
-Sometimes?
-Almost never?
-At a whim?
-If the majority also agrees?
-If the majority does not agree?


-Do you request a preferred style in PotD? If so, how many times a week?
-By that same note, how many times does at least one party member complies with your request in a week?
-Have you ever wanted to kick someone because they did not comply?
-Have you ever actually kicked someone because they did not comply?


Part III

-Do you have a pet peeve in PoTD, aside from what might have been mentioned in the previous parts of the questionnaire? If so, how do you deal with it?

-If you could improve PotD in anyway, pls check the following (multiple answers eligible)
*Exp increase
*Exp decrease
*Monster increase
*Monster decrease
*Increased silver chests
*Decreased silver chests
*Increased aethergear gain rate
*Decreased aethergear gain rate
*Easier progression
*Harder progression
*Other (pls explain)

Here are some already answered questions for references.

For ease of reading (and because I'm too lazy to keep wrapping quote tags around them) I'll be bolding the questions and answer in italics.

Part I

-How many times do you do PotD (Floors 51+) in a week and how many floor brackets do yo do?
In the area of 10 to 15 runs per week, usually just repeating 51-60 unless I'm running with someone who wants to go to 100

-Following the above question, how many people do openly speak up about wanting to speedrun and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
People talking in chat about wanting a speedrun? On average none. People just making a beeline for the portal? Every single run.

-By that same note, how many people do openly speak up about wanting silver chests and/or explore all rooms and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
Again, talking in chat? Usually none. People just splitting off for a moment to peek into siderooms? One every second run on average if I'm not counting myself.

-From a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being extremely satisfied and 1 being extremely unsatisfied, how would you rate your overall weekly completions of floor brackets:

A) 51-60 5
B) 61-70 5
C) 71-80 3
D) 81-90 2
E) 91-100 4


Part II

-When no one speaks up, list your main preferred or habitual style of PotD play
*Mixed chestrun, going after easy chests if possible but killing things along the way as well
I assume this also means peeking into nearby siderooms to check for chests.

-When someone requests any of the above playstyles, do you comply:
-If the majority also agrees?

-Do you request a preferred style in PotD? If so, how many times a week?
Only if there's some sort of obvious conflict in objectives, so usually not.
I'll just occasionally split off from the party to peek into nearby siderooms and grab any silver chests that are easy enough to reach.
-By that same note, how many times does at least one party member complies with your request in a week?
Out of the few times I felt the need to speak up the group went along with it each time save for once.
-Have you ever wanted to kick someone because they did not comply?
Yes, once, and only because "not comply" meant "sabotaging the run trying to wipe the group".
-Have you ever actually kicked someone because they did not comply?
Yes, the same person as above.


Part III

-Do you have a pet peeve in PoTD, aside from what might have been mentioned in the previous parts of the questionnaire? If so, how do you deal with it?
You bet I do. People springing mimics then running away and people crowding chests and/or looting in combat. If it happens, especially if three people decided to crowd the booby trapped chest, I tell them politely that their behaviour is not wise and to please let a single person loot chests after the room has been secured. If they don't listen I'll be extra careful to keep my distance from any chests and only engage with one mob at a time even if there are multiple pulled so I can attempt to salvage the run if things go south and the pack resets.
-If you could improve PotD in anyway, pls check the following (multiple answers eligible)
*Other (pls explain)
I'd really like to be able to get a "Minesweeper" title after triggering a silly amount of mines, does that count?
I'd also love for silver chests to take priority over golden chests when displayed as icons on the map.

Oh, this again. My thoughts have always been 51-60 just expect speedrunning. Most speedrunners stay to those floors. If they're going beyond floor 60, they're doing it wrong, anyways. 61-100 expect to search for chests, for reasons above.



Part I

-How many times do you do PotD (Floors 51+) in a week and how many floor brackets do yo do?

About 8-10 floor brackets (51-60) a night.

-Following the above question, how many people do openly speak up about wanting to speedrun and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?

Almost never. Maybe once a week on floor 51.

-By that same note, how many people do openly speak up about wanting silver chests and/or explore all rooms and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?

Almost never. I've been doing my 8-10 runs a night for almost 2 months now and only had one instance where 2 people spoke up about wanting a chest run. We could not agree on a path, resulting in a kick. But, no one spoke up in the beginning that they wanted it. The chest runners waited until floor 54 to speak up in a hostile manner.

-From a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being extremely satisfied and 1 being extremely unsatisfied, how would you rate your overall weekly completions of floor brackets:

A) 51-60 (5)
B) 61-70 (0)*
C) 71-80 (0)
D) 81-90 (0)
E) 91-100 (0)

*I don't enter floor brackets passed floor 60, as I don't feel like speedrunners belong there. Exp vs. time and all.

Part II

-When no one speaks up, list your main preferred or habitual style of PotD play

*Pure speedrun, kill only what needs to be killed to get passage open, no chests
^ This is my main go to.

*Mixed speedrun, killing only what needs to be killed but pick chests if they're in the same room
^ I will pluck silver chests in the room if anyone in the party is not 99/99.

*Pure chestrun, avoiding most monsters if possible to get all chests, then killing to progress

*Mixed chestrun, going after easy chests if possible but killing things along the way as well

*Whatever mood fits (other. pls describe)


-When someone requests any of the above playstyles, do you comply:

-Every time?
No.
-Sometimes?
Kind of. If they're stealthily checking the extra rooms and bringing a few additional trash mobs back to the passage, I will assist.
-Almost never?
King of. See above.
-At a whim?
See above.
-If the majority also agrees?
Yes, since this happens to be in my favor most of the time.
-If the majority does not agree?
I've never been on the wrong side of the majority, so, no? If I'm ever in that situation, I'd imagine I would sit at the open passage hoping for a kick.


-Do you request a preferred style in PotD? If so, how many times a week?
Never.
-By that same note, how many times does at least one party member complies with your request in a week?
N/A
-Have you ever wanted to kick someone because they did not comply?
Yes.
-Have you ever actually kicked someone because they did not comply?
Yes.

Part III

-Do you have a pet peeve in PoTD, aside from what might have been mentioned in the previous parts of the questionnaire? If so, how do you deal with it?

Players pulling mimics from another room and bringing it to the group. I'll wait until they get Pox before engaging, unless I can safely assume the mimic will die before the cast.

-If you could improve PotD in anyway, pls check the following (multiple answers eligible)
*Exp increase
*Exp decrease
*Monster increase
*Monster decrease
*Increased silver chests
*Decreased silver chests
*Increased aethergear gain rate
*Decreased aethergear gain rate
*Easier progression
*Harder progression
*Other (pls explain)

I like POTD the way it is.

Hilarious posts aside, I saw a neat little survey, so I'mma go take that.

Part I

-How many times do you do PotD (Floors 51+) in a week and how many floor brackets do you do?
Incinsistent; usually once or twice a week, and usually just one bracket if I do. unless my friends wanna run 101+, then we'll knock like 60 floors of that out at once.
I'm at 99/99 aetherpool and got all the loot from potsherds, so I don't really need to go back unless it's for EXP.
-Following the above question, how many people do openly speak up about wanting to speedrun and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
People don't usually speak up at all, but it tends to be implied heavily on 51-60 and then less so as you move further on. Some folks will just sit on the cairn of passage without saying a word.
-By that same note, how many people do openly speak up about wanting silver chests and/or explore all rooms and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
Pretty much no one. If they do, I make an effort to check for chests. No one explores all rooms. If this happens at all, it's generally on floors lower than 50.
-From a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being extremely satisfied and 1 being extremely unsatisfied, how would you rate your overall weekly completions of floor brackets:
Since I tend to do wither 51-60, or shotgun the whole thing, I can't really give an assessment of each set. But I don't have any problems with deep dungeon runs with pugs 90% of the time. I'd say 4 is accurate.


Part II

-When no one speaks up, list your main preferred or habitual style of PotD play

*Mixed speedrun, killing only what needs to be killed but pick chests if they're in the same room
This is my default. And probably what I'll still do regardless, unless the majority of the group is vehement as to otherwise.


-When someone requests any of the above playstyles, do you comply:

-Every time?
-Sometimes?
-Almost never?
-At a whim?
-If the majority also agrees?
-If the majority does not agree?
Usually. It's if the majority agrees, but also if the request is polite and well-articulated. If they call me toxic for not adhering to their whims for instance, they can get the hell out.


-Do you request a preferred style in PotD? If so, how many times a week?
Nah, I usually just go with the flow.
-By that same note, how many times does at least one party member complies with your request in a week?
I generally don't have any, so every time?
-Have you ever wanted to kick someone because they did not comply?
Yes, but generally only when their attitude becomes unsavory as well.
-Have you ever actually kicked someone because they did not comply?
Hell yeah.

Part III

-Do you have a pet peeve in PoTD, aside from what might have been mentioned in the previous parts of the questionnaire? If so, how do you deal with it?
I really wish people would stop pulling mobs off of me when I'm rolling melee. I know, tanks gonna tank, and people wanna focus fire, but if it's just one mob and I'm playing a punchman, just let me handle it. I got it, dude. Hell, I got it for up to like 3 mobs. Unless, y'know, there's nothing else to hit or what have you. Small maps happen.

-If you could improve PotD in anyway, pls check the following (multiple answers eligible)
*Exp increase
*Exp decrease
*Monster increase
*Monster decrease
*Increased silver chests
*Decreased silver chests
*Increased aethergear gain rate
*Decreased aethergear gain rate
*Easier progression
*Harder progression
*Other (pls explain)
I am all for more mobs as to rejoice in the glory of combat, but in terms of progression, I feel like aetherpool is more of a tax than anything, since it's required for 51+ in certain amounts and influences damage taken and done more than I'd like.
If I wanna keep running 101+, I don't really have a chance to grab kinna weapons,
for instance. EXP is fine, it's still best in the game. Progression is fine, if I can do 101+ I can handle 51-100 easy peesy. I'd like to see more special encounters, though, like the dead NPCs and stuff. Those are fun, but just too rare.

...Maybe let me exchange potsherds for crystal sand. That'd be nice.

Kicking someone for telling you the name of an ability when you don't know how to play your class seems pretty rude, honestly.

Either way, matched groups don't exist to carry you. If you want to wander off on your own and waste everyone's time, don't blame them when you're in over your head.


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Part I

-How many times do you do PotD (Floors 51+) in a week and how many floor brackets do yo do?
I don't know. Probably 10 sets or more a week when I'm doing them. I'll probably do 12 sets of floors today and then I'll be done leveling characters, so I'll stop doing PotD until RDM and SAM are a thing.

-Following the above question, how many people do openly speak up about wanting to speedrun and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
I think only one person has ever explicitly asked for one.

-By that same note, how many people do openly speak up about wanting silver chests and/or explore all rooms and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
A few, but usually people just take whatever is conveniently located.

-From a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being extremely satisfied and 1 being extremely unsatisfied, how would you rate your overall weekly completions of floor brackets:

A) 51-60
3
B) 61-70
3
C) 71-80
3
D) 81-90
3
E) 91-100
2

Part II

-When no one speaks up, list your main preferred or habitual style of PotD play

*Pure speedrun, kill only what needs to be killed to get passage open, no chests
Realistically I'll grab some chests, if I feel like it, but I don't even necessarily grab every chest on my way and I outright refuse to touch silvers.

-When someone requests any of the above playstyles, do you comply:

-Sometimes?
It's a matched group, so I do what I want and they can do whatever they want. I may not be thrilled about it, but whatever. I was more helpful before I had run PotD like 150 times and got bored of it.

-Do you request a preferred style in PotD? If so, how many times a week?
No.
-By that same note, how many times does at least one party member complies with your request in a week?
N/A
-Have you ever wanted to kick someone because they did not comply?
Yes.
-Have you ever actually kicked someone because they did not comply?
No, I've only kicked people for being obnoxious.


Part III

-Do you have a pet peeve in PoTD, aside from what might have been mentioned in the previous parts of the questionnaire? If so, how do you deal with it?
People who seem to think we can level past 60. At least I assume that's what they think, given that they constantly pull 600 more mobs than we need. I just complain about them to my friend in Skype and typically do nothing to help them.

-If you could improve PotD in anyway, pls check the following (multiple answers eligible)
*Exp increase
*Monster decrease
*Increased aethergear gain rate
*Easier progression
*Harder progression

PotD is boring and I only care about the rewards when in matched groups, so naturally anything that lowers the amount of effort or increases the rewards is good with me.

[LunaFaye]

There's a reason it got buried or closed/deleted/archived. There's no reason to re open it again.

[SenorPatty]

There's a reason it got buried or closed/deleted/archived. There's no reason to re open it again.

Not in any of the capacities you brought out. Buried as in buried in responses.

[Ama_Hamada]

Be nice if we have a way of copy paste the format of bold etc, I quoted one for that. Also I would ignore that person, they give more negative tone then what is needed.

Part I

-How many times do you do PotD (Floors 51+) in a week and how many floor brackets do yo do?
Really off and on. Reason is I go to simply help friends more often then not. I will have weeks where it is none, then a single day where it is 10 or more. Useally it goes in the format of 2 x 50, 2 x 60, 2 x 70, 2x 80, 2 x 90, 2 x 100, then reset, because how aetherpool gain works.

-Following the above question, how many people do openly speak up about wanting to speedrun and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
None really, I go scout rooms as needed, help as needed. Often my friend will use call out macros if she needs assistance to people know she needs help. She has them to allow people be aware of pathing monsters and letting them know something is following them since observation skills tends to be subpar with randoms. Point in explaining that macro is that is the only thing I see when it comes to talking about what to do. When they are ignored my friend questions them and explained she needed help. Often this ends up being replied to in a toxic manner by speed runners where they are kicked at that point.
-By that same note, how many people do openly speak up about wanting silver chests and/or explore all rooms and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?
None, till there is a conflict with people sitting at the gate doing nothing. I really do not keep track what floors I see this in but I have seen it above 60 though very rarely


-From a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being extremely satisfied and 1 being extremely unsatisfied, how would you rate your overall weekly completions of floor brackets:

A) 51-60 1
B) 61-70 5
C) 71-80 5
D) 81-90 5
E) 91-100 3

91-100 can screw you over with rng sometimes, just annoying to deal with esp when you have 1 tank and 3 healers leading to no damage output. 51-60 is a 1 due to how people act. People do not talk, they expect you do it their way and when this is not followed, leads to chat harassment. MPK over not speedrunning is ridiculous.

Part II

-When no one speaks up, list your main preferred or habitual style of PotD play
I would call it a mixed style, I do not go after every single chest like I seen a rare few do, I will go for chests that are easy to get, even gold ones since they can help get more silvers, but if a room has too much monsters in it I defenly ignore if simply gold, or sac for silvers.

-When someone requests any of the above playstyles, do you comply:
Hard to answer since it is always 2 v 2 for me. However I do not 'comply' to whatever style someone wants if they speak in a hostile manner. Depending on the extent of the hostility I kick them for that reason more then "conflict of play style"

-Do you request a preferred style in PotD? If so, how many times a week?
No, I do not need anything, my friend does not need anything, we just help this other friend to get exp/chests and when we do that, I just follow to help, while they get the 255 weapons because they want to gear all their jobs, and with that objective, it is a bit hard to spread around 270/275 weapons.
-By that same note, how many times does at least one party member complies with your request in a week?
I do not know how to answer this question, as said it is always 2 v 2 and nothing comes out of negotiations. Every time there is a conflict, it is resolved by kicking the speedrunners due to hostility. I may of seen once where in chat someone admitted to defaulting to speedrunning but was willing to do chests, but this was on an 81-90 floor.
-Have you ever wanted to kick someone because they did not comply?
No, all kicks was done out of harassment
-Have you ever actually kicked someone because they did not comply?
Yes, the same situations as above.


Part III

-Do you have a pet peeve in PoTD, aside from what might have been mentioned in the previous parts of the questionnaire? If so, how do you deal with it?
People not using rages correctly, people putting the party at risk due to wiping or other lack in skill problems. I had a VERY CLOSE wipe once because a tank failed to keep hate off me from 3 monsters, because one was on me I could not heal the party effectively. This turned to an almost wipe when someone ran over a mine while in this situation to kill me. lucky someone survived to phoenix down me. They kept blaming the mine for the almost wipe, and not the fact it would been prevented regardless if the tank kept hate. Basically I am explaining my pet peeve here is misplaced blame on traps for near failures that I have to save the day from because of reckless pulling while triggering traps.
-If you could improve PotD in anyway, pls check the following (multiple answers eligible)
*Other (pls explain)
I'd really like to be able to get a "Minesweeper" title after triggering a silly amount of mines, does that count?
I'd also love for silver chests to take priority over golden chests when displayed as icons on the map.

(the above 2 is taken from someone else that I agree with, here is mine):
Change 235 to 15/15( or 10/10?) aetherpool
Change 255 to 30/30 aetherpool
Add 270 (or 265) with needing 60/60 upgrade the 30/30.
235+ weapon is the expected now, not the exception, while 270(or 265) should be a no brainier since at release 240 was the highest weapon, while deep weapon was 235. There should be no issue with getting a 235 with only 15 or even 10/10 givin how PvP works and that gives you a 235 weapon. also reason for the edit making 235 10/10 has to do with the current, 90 total for max, with that change of 10/10 for 235, it be 100/100. However, 45/45 for 255 total might be too easy. But ya, def needs some kind of change like this. I really hope this is in mind of changing the system for SB

[Ferth]

Part I

-How many times do you do PotD (Floors 51+) in a week and how many floor brackets do yo do?

Lately, not at all. When I do run PotD, how I run it depends on what I am trying to get out of it.

If I am starting from 0 on Aether arms/armor then I will run 1-10 solo a few times to get a decent base. This happens very infrequently, but I've gone through it a couple of times on two different characters. These days even from a fresh start I can solo 1-10 in about 20 minutes, and this lets me get a decent amount of upgrades before I rely on strangers to do higher (lower?) floors.

If all I want is exp or tomes I will run through 51-80. There isn't much of a time variance in these floors and the rewards are the same across the board.

-Following the above question, how many people do openly speak up about wanting to speedrun and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?

Personally, I haven't seen anyone be vocal about it. I will see people who will just camp on the exit to the next floor when it becomes active, but I don't think I've seen anyone start a conversation about it.

-By that same note, how many people do openly speak up about wanting silver chests and/or explore all rooms and if so, which floor brackets do you most encounter them in?

I have actually seen this. It's my personal belief that running through the content faster is the best way to make everyone happy but most of the time I don't care what the group decides.

-From a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 being extremely satisfied and 1 being extremely unsatisfied, how would you rate your overall weekly completions of floor brackets:

A) 51-60 3
B) 61-70 3
C) 71-80 3
D) 81-90 3
E) 91-100 3


Part II

-When no one speaks up, list your main preferred or habitual style of PotD play

*Mixed speedrun, killing only what needs to be killed but pick chests if they're in the same room

-When someone requests any of the above playstyles, do you comply:

-If the majority also agrees.

-Do you request a preferred style in PotD? If so, how many times a week?

I don't go out of my way to insist everyone do it my way. I believe that even for the people who want silver chest upgrades the fastest way is to clear each floor as fast as possible and pick up incidental chests on the way, maybe stopping to grab the occasional easy chest in a side-room. But most of the time it's not worth arguing about.

-By that same note, how many times does at least one party member complies with your request in a week?
-Have you ever wanted to kick someone because they did not comply?
-Have you ever actually kicked someone because they did not comply?
N/A

Part III

-Do you have a pet peeve in PoTD, aside from what might have been mentioned in the previous parts of the questionnaire? If so, how do you deal with it?

People who afk for the majority of the content or who afk without saying anything.

-If you could improve PotD in anyway, pls check the following (multiple answers eligible)
*Exp increase
*Exp decrease
*Monster increase
*Monster decrease
*Increased silver chests
*Decreased silver chests
*Increased aethergear gain rate
*Decreased aethergear gain rate
*Easier progression
*Harder progression
*Other (pls explain) X

If they increased the exp I wouldn't complain but I think it's a fair amount already. As far as improving PotD I think the traps should be scrapped entirely and they should add randomized floor clear requirements. Rather than killing mobs until you've met the quota for the next floor to open up I'd like to see some more interesting ways to get the floor to open up. Kill a specific mob, Kill all of a specific type of mob, instead of randomly spawned mobs give us the occasional floor with only one mini-boss type mob. give us stuff to break up the monotony.