Peti- ...Request: Allow welcome back members to post in the forums.

[Gramul]

I would love to hear an official response if possible.

The event's only 3 days away, and we could be missing an important opportunity.

[bobbygunz]

lol... S.E. please quarantine these unworthy "Welcome Back" members.

[Nabiri]

I'd rather not. If you're not paying for it, you have no voice.

But you see.. they might have valuable input that SE could use. Coming back to the game from being away for a while, they may have a whole different perspective than us. They could be helpful to SE!
It doesn't have to be an "us vs. them" issue.

I am for them having a section of the forums to themselves that we cannot post in, (If we could I feel they'd often be trolled. >.>), and I would be curious myself to see what they have to say.

[JouriStarz]

There is no point in having seperate forums for them simply because we are all playing the same game. I don't get why people think that since they are paying their opinion counts for more. This promotion isn't about us its about them anyway their voice should be heard just as much as ours should. The people who decide to keep playing will be a part of the community anyway so what's the point in keeping them seperated? I just think its stupid to think "I've been playing since beta so I'm more entitled than you". And to the whole worry about the trolling and unnessecary arguments it happens anyway on any forum on the internet if you don't like it then don't read or respond to it that's just how the internet works I'm surprised people don't see that already.

I'm just saying if you want this game to succeed then the more players the better chance of that happening. If our views and opinions should be taken into consideration to help satisfy our playing expierence then so should the views and opinions of the people taking advantage of the campaign. In fact letting them have access to the forums would be the better solution because they can discuss their issues with people who have been playing this whole time. There is no reason the cut them off just because some people feel entitled. No matter what the devs do with the game there will always be someone who disagrees you can't make everyone happy.

[Hyrist]

There is no point in having seperate forums for them simply because we are all playing the same game.

I disagree.

This is a unique opportunity to pull aside a fresh returning perspective without cuttering it up with people who've experienced acclimation to the game already.

Ignore every other debate. The sort of feedback they could give back may or may not be different, and the developers should seize the opportunity to have an uninterrupted channel of feedback for them, just as paid players have an uninterrupted feedback channel in the official boards as they stand now.

This isn't so much about segregating the players as organizing the data - not matter what everyone else says.

If and when the feedback and climate seems similar then I see no worries in merging these two said forums. But for for this event? Keep it separate - seeing the feedback objectively should be enlightening at best, amusing at worst. Either way, it's a learning experience I don't think we should skip out on.

[Gramul]

NOTHING!
THEY GET NOTHING!

[Lum]

I approve. They DO need a voice. If FXIV will ever grow past what we have now, everyone should have an opinion and ideas for how to improve upon it. Not everyone thinks the same and thats not a bad thing. We all want FF to be great, lets make that happen and give welcome back players a chance to tell us what they like and how to improve their experience with the game.

I support this, give them their own forum love to. Make it happen!!