We need a community rep that interacts with the community

[KaivaC]

Since my BLU thread got moved to DPS roles, instead of you know, communication from the mods who moved it, I think at this point, we need a community rep. An actual rep, not someone who pops in every once in a while for an update on the lodestone or to comment on the most heated threads.

I mean an actual community rep capable of giving legitimate feedback from the community to the dev team. Obviously, a lot of the things we talk about in the forums and in reddit don't may not automatically go to the devs, but having someone as a go between us and the devs would be quite beneficial. It seems to me that the devs simply do not understand many of the complaints that players have had throughout this expansion, whether it's due to being lost in translation, or they really are tonr deaf, i dunno, but something should change.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

They use to do that. I think after a few years they gave up due to the amount of negativity everything they do gets.

Or maybe the lack of Camate is to attribute to this as well.

[Vnolan]

No, they made the right decision. More than enough BLU threads already where you can post an opinion.

[KaivaC]

No, they made the right decision. More than enough BLU threads already where you can post an opinion.

While BLU is part of it, this isn't the only reason why I think we'd be a rep. There are plenty of other things in this expansion, as I alluded to, that seem to fall on deaf ears. We really only see mods when they choose to come in and announce that they're locking a thread or want posters to tone down a particular rhetoric. Maybe SE doesn't want a community rep, which is their decision to make.

A dumb decision, in my opinion, but a decision nonetheless. It's not like the rep would have to field every complaint either. They'd just have to know which ones are worth actually taking seriously.

[ChaseNetwork]

I think they introduced a couple people as NA Community Reps during the last Fan Fest, but I'm pretty sure they only exist for events.

[JunseiKei]

No, we don't. I wouldn't ever subject someone to some of the utter BS that is found on these forums and be the face to take that abuse from unruly users.

Also, we do have community reps. They've wisely hidden away.

[Endeleon]

I don't think we should. Those positions are always abusive and I imagine incredibly mentally taxing for the person. All for what? There's nothing really wrong with the game. I don't really want some punching bag every single whiner can lead a campaign at.

[KaivaC]

No, we don't. I wouldn't ever subject someone to some of the utter BS that is found on these forums and be the face to take that abuse from unruly users.

Also, we do have community reps. They've wisely hidden away.

So we do have them. Okay, that's good then. That leads me to my next question, which is: are they allowed to bring direct feedback to the devs? Doesn't seem like it to me, but I'm open to having my mind changed on that. I have to reiterate, because I know how these forums tend to go, I am not suggesting that each and every little issue should be addressed and forwarded. That would be next to impossible because anything and everything in this game can become a subject of annoyance to somebody. But at the very least, feedback on something that a huge chunk of the community has an issue about: surely that could at least warrant being forwarded to the devs.

Or maybe that does happen anyway and the feedback is either ignored, doesn't make it to the dev team, or is misinterpreted?

[SturmChurro]

I don't think we should. Those positions are always abusive and I imagine incredibly mentally taxing for the person. All for what? There's nothing really wrong with the game. I don't really want some punching bag every single whiner can lead a campaign at.

They would be getting paid for it, not like they would be being "subjected" to it. "One bad apple spoils the bunch?", there could still be some good from having a community rep.

[Cidel]

So we do have them. Okay, that's good then. That leads me to my next question, which is: are they allowed to bring direct feedback to the devs? Doesn't seem like it to me, but I'm open to having my mind changed on that. I have to reiterate, because I know how these forums tend to go, I am not suggesting that each and every little issue should be addressed and forwarded. That would be next to impossible because anything and everything in this game can become a subject of annoyance to somebody. But at the very least, feedback on something that a huge chunk of the community has an issue about: surely that could at least warrant being forwarded to the devs.

Or maybe that does happen anyway and the feedback is either ignored, doesn't make it to the dev team, or is misinterpreted?

They in all likelihood do relay (sensible) feedback with a lot of player-backing. They just don't usually tell us that they do.

I still remember when there was a lot of debate on whether or not the HW primal mounts could (or should) be traded-in for with all the excess totems we were getting. There was no official word from anyone on whether or not it would be a thing until not long after, the next patch (or was it a hotfix?...)came and "surprise! 99 totems for Bismark and Ravana mounts!"