Do devs post on the English forum?

[hynaku]

Nope they only listen to the japanese player base. Even when there might be japanese players on NA and EU servers.

[Hurlstone]

Yeah... whilst I do think we should get more Mods, I cannot blame the Devs for advoiding this place haha.

Wait, you were a Roe under the mask all this time?

I mean, I guess I just never really thought about it, but it still seems weird for some reason.

Random note, its the same with real Moggles too... do not ask how I found out, I still have nightmares...

[Soge01]

Koji Fox should post here just to share FFXIV memes.

[Deveryn]

Nope they only listen to the japanese player base. Even when there might be japanese players on NA and EU servers.

They do look at what the english speakers have to say and Yoshi has even asked content creators to look at providing some translation to help things along. He's also asked that people remember these are humans just doing their jobs, so it's better to be polite than belligerent. As the old saying goes, you get more flies with honey. Sadly, people have trouble coming together and actually putting cohesive thoughts together for the devs to see. The west only knows how to bicker and lie.

[Cach]

Nope they only listen to the japanese player base.

This pretty much.
I don't care if a dev posts directly here or not but it would be nice to get some transparency on how the feedback between Japan and western territories works (because it must exist... right?)

[Midareyukki]

This pretty much.
I don't care if a dev posts directly here or not but it would be nice to get some transparency on how the feedback between Japan and western territories works (because it must exist... right?)

I mean, supposedly, the reason Reaper exists is because Western fans wanted a scythe job. Yoshida's reveal for Reaper had him go kind of awkwardly around the subject like "did we do it right? Because the Japanese people didn't really mention this". But that's "supposedly", and I don't personally know if Japan's playerbase contributed.

But quite a lot of things are mentioned in the western forums that they should at least pay attention to a bit. Especially if it's feedback they want. I don't think we outnumber the JP playerbase itself, but considering we're meant to be the "global" community, lack of transparency doesn't shine a good light on them and their product.

[Arzalis]

My assumption is there is more of an issue with how feedback is aggregated for the global community side. I always get the feeling the folks who collect and compile feedback here just aren't telling the dev team the things they need to hear.

Kind of falls in line with the non-existent moderation that goes on here too imo.

I think basically nobody in SE North America (or wherever) reads anything here, so it never gets to the people who can do anything about it. If you look at some of YoshiP's interactions with the EU and NA playerbase at the older in-person fanfests, it's really obvious some things that were talked about all the time here just never made it to the devs for some reason.

[Raoabolic]

My assumption is there is more of an issue with how feedback is aggregated for the global community side. I always get the feeling the folks who collect and compile feedback here just aren't telling the dev team the things they need to hear.

Kind of falls in line with the non-existent moderation that goes on here too imo.

I think basically nobody in SE North America (or wherever) reads anything here, so it never gets to the people who can do anything about it. If you look at some of YoshiP's interactions with the EU and NA playerbase at the older in-person fanfests, it's really obvious some things that were talked about all the time here just never made it to the devs for some reason.

Considering NA side thinks this is much preferred to this, it's not that hard to assume that's exactly what's going on. I pray we don't devolve into a Nintendo Treehouse situation. At the very least, if it is then the fallout will be pretty funny. lol

[DragonFlyy]

It's sad to see the community begging the devs to post
Back in the day, devs used to post often and had a respectful behavior towards their clients

Now we pay to be ignored or despised, I don't forget Yoshi's remark that he was disappointed by the behavior of some players, he thinks we are children, it's just shocking

But no one says anything and worse some people love it so in a way you are right Doc.

Devs never posted on the forums. Community managers did. They got bullied and attacked anytime something was posted that the community disagreed with, so they don't post here anymore. Don't blame them either, the forum community as a whole are trolls.

[Knot_D]

Kupo <3 honestly can you blame them kupo? lol

WHO ATE THE MOOGLE?!