Communication from SqEx needs to change

[MetaBoi]

We're not talking about rewards and special items here, we're talking about listening to player feedback and responding to it. I don't need another mount/minion/earring, i need communication and i need change.

This! I think that if players are shown some more behind the scenes or WiP stuff in early stages they give the much important feedback earlier. Like, they can talk about some of the new abilities they're currently thinking of. What do they try to achieve with certain changes, what has worked, what has not etc. It would go a long way to start building trust again.

[Themarvin]

This! I think that if players are shown some more behind the scenes or WiP stuff in early stages they give the much important feedback earlier. Like, they can talk about some of the new abilities they're currently thinking of. What do they try to achieve with certain changes, what has worked, what has not etc. It would go a long way to start building trust again.

It has everything to do with communication, or you would not have this trainwreck of a DT expansion and the content in it, only favoring the top 1% Elite.

[Altina_Orion]

It has everything to do with communication, or you would not have this trainwreck of a DT expansion and the content in it, only favoring the top 1% Elite.

Your "Top 1% shtick" is annoying and incorrect. It's estimated that 10%-25% of players engage with raiding in some form, so just because you are in the bottom 1% doesn't mean you have to project your skill on to everyone.

[Vazdan]

Yoshi P still does walkthroughs with the community streams but lately seems its only been locked to JP servers and not EU or NA. He confirmed he watches twitch streams for ultimate and savages and sometimes PvP, but beyond that, actually interacting with western streamers and content creators like Zepla and Meoni who advocate for better casual gameplay, so far I've seen no indication that he has done so.

...most of the viewers of the LLs he does are English speaking, and the western crowd has been asking for a translator for the LLs for a long time now. He has to know this, but is either incapable of making that happen, or he simply doesn't care. Why then should he be bothered to watch western content creators when clearly the western community doesn't matter? If SE's (or Yoshi's) goal is to alienate everyone except the Japanese who play the game, he/they sure are doing a good job.

[Jeeqbit]

Yoshi P still does walkthroughs with the community streams

It's not just streams; a lot of SE employees watch YouTube generally including from Japan.

actually interacting with western streamers and content creators like Zepla and Meoni who advocate for better casual gameplay, so far I've seen no indication that he has done so.

The only interaction clearly seems to be to send marketing material and things like that. There is interaction at Fanfests or if they interview him though, which is common during the media tour. Pretty sure Meoni has interviewed him a bunch of times and often gets in a few interesting questions.

most of the viewers of the LLs he does are English speaking

Are you certain of that and have some clear data on it? I always see the chats flooded with Japanese chatters, with English struggling to argue between it.

the western crowd has been asking for a translator for the LLs for a long time now

It would be ideal if it happened during the LL, but I should point out in case anyone is unaware, that they do a delayed translation of LLs and that the key slides are translated: https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/forums/644

[Hallarem]

I did some careful maths a while ago that showed it was over 30% outside Japan and over 50% in Japan. This remained similar whether as a percentage of people that cleared normal raids, or as a percentage of people who simply reached level 100, and were active. It was even similar trying to do it via collect websites - you just have to get the raw number of players with savage rewards (or achievements) and get that as a percentage of the raw numbers with normal rewards (or achievements). And that's just who cleared the entire tier sometime within the ~8 months of the tier, not who engaged with it and cleared just M1S or M5S or just Extremes, which is likely even higher. The lowest clear rate I saw in the last tier was 11% on Kraken.

If we're objective, it's not for 1% of players. But that doesn't mean the non-raid content shouldn't be good, both for players that don't want to be doing raids that involve too much coordination or static building, and for between raiding where you might want to relax and do things like CEs in OC that don't require that degree of coordination.

After playing on a private WoW classic server for a while. (And WoW since actual vanilla) This happens in "retail"classic too mind you. The open world and questing is layered and hard enough / rewards different playstyles and classplay. That organic groups form up and connections. Its not a soulless exel party finder.

Example. I had to kill an elite mob for a 8% drop. Couldnt solo. Met another guy who was in the same area. Teamed up for half an hour to get the questdrop. While using our unique class abilities to take down the elites. Fear CC, slows, heals etc. And talking in party chat. Ffxiv NEEDS better open world grinding and questing. Not just fates and hunts

[Jeeqbit]

Example. I had to kill an elite mob for a 8% drop. Couldnt solo. Met another guy who was in the same area. Teamed up for half an hour to get the questdrop. While using our unique class abilities to take down the elites. Fear CC, slows, heals etc. And talking in party chat. Ffxiv NEEDS better open world grinding and questing.

Pretty much all other MMOs that focus on the ground involved that tbh. It was like that in SWTOR as well given it started off copy+pasting WoW in a much closer way than FFXIV.

Not just fates and hunts

Don't get me wrong, there are sprouts that die to FATEs a lot believe it or not since they are new. But it's like how do you know where that is happening and what's the incentive to help?

Although I love the hunt system, one thing I wish was better was B ranks. They just sit there and auto attack. Even the non-gamer partner of an FFXIV player would find that incredibly boring. How do they make these really aesthetically cool hunt battles in FF16 then make B ranks autoattack in this?

Dangerous areas and elite mobs would be nice, but it seems SE only does this in field operations. What is a bit odd is that in OC you can hug most enemies and they still don't see/attack you. They don't seem to have big bosses like in Bozja, or deadly locations like Bozja and Eureka had. One of the entire reasons I loved Eureka so much was it had that sort of situation where you might want some help to fight tough enemies, or could rise to the solo or Metal Gear Solid-esk challenge.

[Hallarem]

Pretty much all other MMOs that focus on the ground involved that tbh. It was like that in SWTOR as well given it started off copy+pasting WoW in a much closer way than FFXIV.
Don't get me wrong, there are sprouts that die to FATEs a lot believe it or not since they are new. But it's like how do you know where that is happening and what's the incentive to help?

Although I love the hunt system, one thing I wish was better was B ranks. They just sit there and auto attack. Even the non-gamer partner of an FFXIV player would find that incredibly boring. How do they make these really aesthetically cool hunt battles in FF16 then make B ranks autoattack in this?

Dangerous areas and elite mobs would be nice, but it seems SE only does this in field operations. What is a bit odd is that in OC you can hug most enemies and they still don't see/attack you. They don't seem to have big bosses like in Bozja, or deadly locations like Bozja and Eureka had. One of the entire reasons I loved Eureka so much was it had that sort of situation where you might want some help to fight tough enemies, or could rise to the solo or Metal Gear Solid-esk challenge.

Glad to know I wasnt the only one who noticed the weird aggro grace the mobs were giving you. I had mobs 10 levels above me totally ignore me practically dancing in front of them.

[klu]

Yeah no, they're not going to do that.

[Altina_Orion]

Sure, there are three possible responses to the "resources" claim in the LL.

1. Shrug.

2. Demand SE allocates more resources.

3. Unsubscribe.

My guess is 3 has a better chance of causing improvements than 2, but even if I'm wrong, at least I don't feel I'm being scammed.

You're probably right but I still love them game and love the people I play with I don't know if I'll ever be ready for 3.