Square obviously not listening to feedback

[Tsurayu]

Note also the unsubstantiated assumption that the people playing without posting are happy, rather than perhaps being bored with the game but not caring enough or cognizant enough of the reasons to speak up about it.

Most unhappy people just put up with it until they can't anymore and then take off. Any company as big as Square should know this, because if 'I'm quitting FF14' ever picks up momentum then the network effects will kill the game.

I find quite the opposite to be true.

Most people who are pleased, or otherwise indifferent, with something rarely feel the need to leave feedback. It's almost exclusively the domain of people who have a bone to pick - that's not an exclusive concept to this game. It's unhappy people who feel the need to shout from the rooftops while those who are enjoying or just coasting along that often remain quiet.

I wish the people who say and threaten they are going to quit actually do. And I don't even mean that in a malicious way, not entirely anyway. If the game makes someone that damn miserable then just quit. "B.. but I love this game." Do you? I don't frequent these forums regularly, and yet the times I do I've become quite accustomed to seeing some of the same names crop up regularly moaning and groaning about this or that. And it's like "Why are you still here?" If you really think Square Enix is so deaf to your pleas then go enjoy another game and stop letting yourself be so miserable and find something else to enjoy. Not only are you ruining it for yourself, your attitude ruins it for others.

[xbahax92]

I find quite the opposite to be true.

Most people who are pleased, or otherwise indifferent, with something rarely feel the need to leave feedback. It's almost exclusively the domain of people who have a bone to pick - that's not an exclusive concept to this game. It's unhappy people who feel the need to shout from the rooftops while those who are enjoying or just coasting along that often remain quiet.

I don't think, it's fair to take any "majority/minority" argument for anyone. Various people visit the forums to complain about various issues. The interesting thing however, it's much easier to channel an opinion about serious issues, when they resonate with other forum users. And not to forget, people complain on various platforms, not only the forums.

It's partly thanks to YoshiP, that people actually use the forums and leave feedback. Whenever he does an official announcement, people seem to calm down (at least the thread activities go down). He asks us to provide feedback and here we are.

[vetch]

"Why are you still here?" If you really think Square Enix is so deaf to your pleas then go enjoy another game and stop letting yourself be so miserable and find something else to enjoy. Not only are you ruining it for yourself, your attitude ruins it for others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect

If you think I should give up one of my social circles just because the gameplay's going downhill then you don't understand, well, anything. Excuse me if I don't care that my attitude is ruining the forums for someone who thinks "just abandon your friend group" is a reasonable course of action.