Where are the NA Community Devs? :(

[TAS]

The title says it all.

I've been a FFXIV player from the very 1.0 beginning and one thing that I've noticed more so over the last couple years is that our Community Devs have become less and less vocal on the forums.

Back in the day It felt like they had such a strong presence whenever I logged on the forums. So much so, that most of the community back then could probably name the Devs just by looking at their avatar alone.

I remember Devs like Bayohne, Camate, Okipuit, Zhexos would frequently chime in: from responding to Hot topics discussions, live Q and A translations that Yoshi P would do during Live Letters, small QoL suggestions/feedback, or even just to give tongue and cheek replies to miscellaneous banter.

As the years went on some of these Devs have either been tasked with new roles or have moved on to other opportunities, but they've left such a strong impression, in my memory at least.

I know we still have some NA Community Devs that float around once in a blue moon. It would just be nice to see them chime in more...

[Saraide]

Community reps dont get paid enough to engage with this part of the forum. Mods dont get paid enough to do so either. We're on our own now.

[Godzillaxpowerrangers]

Sadly they have gone the way of the dodo. Now it's the wild west up in here.

[TAS]

Community reps dont get paid enough to engage with this part of the forum. Mods dont get paid enough to do so either. We're on our own now.

I don't know... Camate, do you agree with this?

[Sove92]

I don't know... Camate, do you agree with this?

Camate left SE 6 years ago, I'm afraid. He was pretty much the only one who posted frequently here.

[Rehayem]

Let's hope this isn't a sign what's to come, what generally happens to mmorpgs in the western market.

[Axxion]

Camate left SE 6 years ago, I'm afraid. He was pretty much the only one who posted frequently here.

sadly yeah. miss them

[Jeeqbit]

There are the developers (all the way in Japan, mostly speaking just Japanese) and then there are Community teams, GMs and translators for each region located in different countries. They are still there and handle social media, blogs, twitch streams, the lodestone, live letters, promotional campaigns, gather feedback and things like that. There was this https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/blog/003178.html

They do post here if it's useful such as Live Letter summaries or lodestone posts. It seems to mostly be localization or GMs that interact in any other way. Do I need to say why? It's because the majority of the community isn't here. They are on twitter and in the game, so why wouldn't they focus their efforts there?

And they do. There are regular stream events, competitions and campaigns and they are announced in the game and on twitter when they are starting. Reality just hit them that the forums should be their lowest priority given how small a percentage of the community use them.

[Laerune]

We have community devs?

[Stormpeaks]

I'm sorry who ? Never seen them