I've been playing only this game for quite some time now. Recently I've started an alt because all the classes I have an interest in are leveled on my main. That being said it's occured to me that maybe I should play something else sometimes, one of the games I've enjoyed in the past is ESO.

I went back to the ESO forums to read about things/see if this was more than a spur-of-the-moment impulse.

First things first - dear god those forums function better. You have a PM system, you can @ people by username and there are even staff members who monitor the forums and will respond to questions/direct @s.

But then I saw the thread I'm going to link which pushed me to write this post - class representatives. If you would like to read the post it isn't too long and there isn't much game-specific lingo so even if you've never played ESO I think you'll get the gist of things.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.co...ive-program/p1

In summary they are starting a player feedback program for experienced players to offer balancing advice on a quarterly basis.

My immediate thought was "oh my god, no one could use this more than SE!"

FFXIV has some extremely dedicated players with vast knowledge and understanding of this game which comes from not only time spent but genuine interest. I think if there is any suggestion I can offer SE it is to impliment some sort of similar initiative - the extremely loyal playerbase here could give really helpful feedback and would be more than happy to do so.

We've said time and time again it's clear the dev team doesn't play the game but we do and there are undoubtably people who could give that unique insight that only players can have which seems to be missing from a lot of adjustments/attempts at balancing.