Can we please see more engagement and activity from our community representatives?

[Theodric]

Honestly, I could get behind something like this on a general level. It'd be nice to have something outside of the occasional Twitch sessions. But then if I had to speak candidly, this is the last place I'd like to be as a community rep, personally.

I'd be curious to know why, especially in the context of the community representatives actively engaging with the Twitter community which is not only prone to zero moderation but explicit NSFW material being posted in response to any ongoing discussion, active death threats and active harassment over incredibly petty issues such as liking or disliking the 'wrong' characters.

This place isn't particularly hostile on any front and whenever anyone does step over a red line they're usually dealt with. It's also under the complete control of Square Enix, allowing them to do what is needed to make the platform more agreeable to those they pay to engage with the community they're meant to be representing...

...and as others have pointed out, the other language regions have community representatives who are doing as much.

[Lauront]

I'd be curious to know why, especially in the context of the community representatives actively engaging with the Twitter community which is not only prone to zero moderation but explicit NSFW material being posted in response to any ongoing discussion, active death threats and active harassment over incredibly petty issues such as liking or disliking the 'wrong' characters.

Reddit is much the same. The only reason it often (but not always) doesn't show up is because their mods actually do prune it, but it can get far more aggressive than anything I've seen on this forum, including stalking and death threats, which has happened to people I know on there. This is by far the most civil discussion platform for the game, by a mile.

[KayRadley]

Better still: just scrap these damn forums. The devs don't even pay attention to it anymore, they pay attention to the FFXIV subreddit. At this point, these forums are just a resource sink.

[Curisu]

Well, the community representative on the German Forum is sometimes writing in off topic with us.

They probably don't engage in anything here because the most and biggest discussion's are in a bait/troll thread or became somewhat toxic after 2-3 sides.

Also, if they would write anything in a thread about a certain matter, then people take this as a confirmation and demand the discussed changes.

They watch these forum's, they just don't want to interact with it.

[KizuyaKatogami]

wholeheartedly agree with all of this!

[HisShadowX]

I've been contemplating posting this for a while now. More than once I've written up something along these lines only to avoid posting it in the hope that things, in time, might just improve on their own. As it stands, though, they have not.

I've been posting on this forum for years. I enjoy the game for the most part and as a consequence of that enjoyment I like engaging with the community that has formed here - and I've made a few good friends in the process. So, with all that said allow me to get to the core of the matter.

Where are our community representatives?

From time to time, we see a thread made where a community representative introduces themselves. They're usually given a warm welcome but it's very rare to see them post again afterwards.

More recently - and without naming names - this forum has been plagued with subtly worded bait threads and thread 'necromancy' designed to frustrate and irritate the forum community.

This would likely be more apparent if the community representatives assigned to the English language portion of the forum spent more time here and less time on Twitter.

I do not want to come across as mean. I'd like to think that the community representatives are keeping tabs on things here. Perhaps their hands are simply tied for whatever reason. So I, on behalf of the forum community, humbly request that feedback is passed along to the development team in the vein of allowing the community representatives to have more freedom in regards to how and when they can post.

I could link other examples of constructive threads that I would argue deserve attention from community representatives, but I'll keep it to just one example for now.

Again, I am not writing this with the intention of shaming our community representatives. This is just a humble request to be as visible and active here as you are on Twitter.

I would rather you people get your own English forums because what you people consider constructive varies from region to region. By the way, thank you for having your account on your own servers.

Perhaps if you people had your own wall garden of liked minded people you will not have to deal with the folks from NA. Then you all can do what you all did during the French revolution and find a problem as you people do and attack your own because there must always be a problem.

[EagleDynamics]

I've been contemplating posting this for a while now. More than once I've written up something along these lines only to avoid posting it in the hope that things, in time, might just improve on their own. As it stands, though, they have not.

I've been posting on this forum for years. I enjoy the game for the most part and as a consequence of that enjoyment I like engaging with the community that has formed here - and I've made a few good friends in the process. So, with all that said allow me to get to the core of the matter.

Where are our community representatives?

From time to time, we see a thread made where a community representative introduces themselves. They're usually given a warm welcome but it's very rare to see them post again afterwards.

More recently - and without naming names - this forum has been plagued with subtly worded bait threads and thread 'necromancy' designed to frustrate and irritate the forum community.

This would likely be more apparent if the community representatives assigned to the English language portion of the forum spent more time here and less time on Twitter.

I do not want to come across as mean. I'd like to think that the community representatives are keeping tabs on things here. Perhaps their hands are simply tied for whatever reason. So I, on behalf of the forum community, humbly request that feedback is passed along to the development team in the vein of allowing the community representatives to have more freedom in regards to how and when they can post.

Even a simple comment on a constructive suggestion thread can do a world of good in regards to making people here feel as though their feedback is taken into account. To use an example, there's a pretty major concern from European players such as myself, as seen here:

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...ver-getting-it

This is the sort of thread I would expect to get more attention and an urgent response. It isn't an unreasonable request, after all - and if players are going to miss out on a mount altogether just because they aren't in the North American or Japanese region then it would be beneficial to know why.

I could link other examples of constructive threads that I would argue deserve attention from community representatives, but I'll keep it to just one example for now.

Again, I am not writing this with the intention of shaming our community representatives. This is just a humble request to be as visible and active here as you are on Twitter.

that sucks that the official forums are like this. id expect more from a game as big as ffxiv.

[EagleDynamics]

on the flip side i dont see more community representatives in comparable mmo games so i guess square enix is par for the course.

[Skiros]

on the flip side i dont see more community representatives in comparable mmo games so i guess square enix is par for the course.

Lost Ark has far more community engagement.

[EagleDynamics]

Lost Ark has far more community engagement.

thats good. lost arks a good game but something about its combat felt lacking. maybe it was the class that i picked (gunlancer). ill give it another try in the future.