Forum idea

[Neogohan1]

Hey so I was thinking, it might be good especially with the amount of ideas and development flowing through these forums that we could get a button for "Agree" and "Disagree" similar to facebook/youtube's like/dislike style on forum posts. This is just so that when someone posts an idea for development in the forums, a dev could read the first post and see whether a lot of people disagree, agree, or are split 50-50. So for ideas that generate LOTS of "Agrees" might help dev's identify the main points of concern or interest to the majority of players.
Also means they get some good feedback without having to read through the 100 posts, some of which being trolls.

This is an example of one of the posts that would benefit from this:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Flag-Petition

-Agree if you agree (obviously)
-Lemme know why if you -Disagree too just so I can get some feedback about it.

[PeppinoTuna]

They should read every post in a 100 post thread instead of a poll stating yay/nay.

Trolls are in every forum for any MMORPG and almost every non-mmo online forum. There is no escaping them. It isn't hard to skip past a troll's post.

Scroll button.

All I'm trying to say is between the troll posts there could be a post made of gold, so I'll encourage them to read the entire thread. At least until people can start rating up/down specific posts. Then you'll be able to skip troll posts. "Flag as spam" = hide, like on Youtube or something. lol...

[Fieros]

"Agree" and "Disagree"

I would like to see something like this added to the forums. As I pointed out in a previous suggestion thread, there is already a rating system in place. It remains hidden unless you copy/paste a few lines of topic titles.

This is what it looks like:

Sticky: Feedback and Suggestions on the Game
Replies: 0
Views: 1,111
Rating0 / 5
Sticky: Welcome to Forum: Feedback & Suggestions!
Replies: 0
Views: 213
Rating0 / 5

[Budi]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-Rating-System
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-and-or-Voting
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...m-Karma-System

A discussion about the topic including improvements and suggestions is more usefull to the dev/producer than a poll which tells them that 100 people like the idea and 7 don't.

As the devs said. They will look at the topics who have good and a lot of discussions.

I know from other game forums, that saying "I agree" or "T-Up"-ing suggestions doesn't matter for the dev team. They want to see a good well thought out suggestion that makes them think about it.

The "I agree" posts are same as spam - they won't make the idea better nor help the dev team in ANY way.

Instead of adding a pointless feature which will reduce the amount of constructive comments, they should be more strict about the spam posts.
If they want to know how many people want to see X in the game, they will make a poll and ask about it. The forum should help them by expressing your opinion about the game and the experience you have and you are not going to help them by saying "I agree."

The example you chose is terrible. It's exactly what it should not be used for. A Petition? No, no no. State why you don't like it! Even if you repeat the posts of someone else. Tell them about your experience with the problem and dont only say "I aggre, remove it!" Also you just said yourself that you only need a comment for disagrees, why is that?

You can use this thread as a better example. What if I just posted "I disagree"? Would you think about your suggestion again? would you think about the consequences of this feature? I rarely see any cons on suggestions...