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[Argantaelle]

Granted, I haven't played every other MMO or social game on the market, so I'm not aware of what the average practices are...

Unfortunately, this kind of silence is typical for large MMOs: surveys are very rare, and it's possible to miss them completely. I received only one survey in WoW (it was about the launch of WoW Classic when Blizzard was testing the waters) and no surveys whatsoever for GW2, SW:TOR, Rift, BnS, Aion, and other numerous Western or Korean MMOs I've played over the years. Even though I stopped playing many of them, I always keep an eye on a selected few, so my memories are more or less relevant.

I know, though, that GW2 might have some kind of hidden surveys when you have to sign an NDA to continue, but it might be just rumours. SW:TOR launched a survey about a year ago when they transitioned from Bioware to Broadsword, but I wasn't among the subscribers, so I didn't receive it.

On the other hand, GW2, SW:TOR, and ESO community managers and devs are quite active on forums or even on "official" subreddits and often give feedback or interesting insights. For example, ESO started a survey two or three weeks ago to collect feedback about disconnects and latency (the problems plaguing the game since the very beginning) and opened a fascinating thread on official forums asking players to share their pain points about the game (the ESO game director posted a comment in this thread, something like "We are listening and are going to do this and that to improve").

So, according to my experience, the lack of surveys is typical for large P2P or B2P MMOs, but the state of forums is not.

P.S. I did receive the one and only FFXIV survey with more or less serious questions (what you like about the game, what you value the most, what you would like to see improved, what features you think are missing from the game, etc.). This survey was held about 4 years ago (late Shadowbringers, if I remember correctly).