Marriage feedback [inofficial Poll]

[odintius]

this thread is still alive? I thought the newest fad is to talk about F2P?

Nope people want to keep it alive guess i help in that fell for the troll poster from last night i guess im done now with useless thread now cheer.

[Kallivis]

To add to my last post before someone comes in and takes what I said completely wrong, I want to add some more perspective to the situation.

There are not many people in the XIV community compared to other communities.

There are far fewer people involved in the XIV forums.

The snapshot of the forums' opinions with this thread show an overwhelming majority in favour of same-sex marriage. This game's direct competition supports and includes same sex marriage.

When game news sites start getting a hold of this sort of information and things like "Square Enix decided not to include same-sex marriage into A Realm Reborn", that shitstorm is going to escalate just like it did for other companies. Square Enix does not need a shitstorm. I completely agree that they need to focus on making this a good game and this is a silly thing to hurt the game BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IT WILL. It was a poor choice for Yoshida to give the answer he did regarding that question and PR should of pressed about it a bit more, but what can you do now that it's done.

I'm sure ARR will be great and I have faith in it but in this day and age, regardless of how much people want to ignore it, politics are just gonna get involved in games like these. They're not just games. They're social communities, and so long as society as a whole is generally flowing down one direction, the games must generally conform to those flows. Sad but true.

[Reika]

And once again, he should have just added in marriage with SSM and just said 'Players can marry each other now' and been done with it. He wouldn't even need 'feedback', it would just be there. I don't even think they plan to have it 'GM style', and I hope not because it will be all so much more easier for them to just 'put it in' that way.






....... btw, there was some 'suggestion' thar.

[SkyeWindbinder]

Yoshida should be able to make the game however he damn well chooses. If he wants to add SSM, he should be able to. If he doesn't, he should be able to refuse. And if it's added and people have a problem with it, they can go play nother game. Same thing if it's not added. Don't like it? Go play something else. I'm sure FFXIV will make a crapton of money either way.

[AmyNeudaiz]

Yoshida should be able to make the game however he damn well chooses. If he wants to add SSM, he should be able to. If he doesn't, he should be able to refuse. And if it's added and people have a problem with it, they can go play nother game. Same thing if it's not added. Don't like it? Go play something else. I'm sure FFXIV will make a crapton of money either way.

I think the amount of people who would leave over this on either side of the camp is borderline non-existent. Most of this thread is based on the general disappointment on their choice to keep it opposite gender only or others stating they prefer it the way Yoshi-P has is planned to be. Almost nowhere are threats that people will quit.

As for the bolded, this is actually not the case. The player base is very involved in the development of the game and this is no exception, he even asked for our opinion.

[SkyeWindbinder]

I think the amount of people who would leave over this on either side of the camp is borderline non-existent. Most of this thread is based on the general disappointment on their choice to keep it opposite gender only or others stating they prefer it the way Yoshi-P has is planned to be. Almost nowhere are threats that people will quit.

As for the bolded, this is actually not the case. The player base is very involved in the development of the game and this is no exception, he even asked for our opinion.

I never said there were threats that people would quit, I simply stated my opinion on the subject, that people who didn't like which decision was made could easily go play another game, or grin and bear it.

And yes, the playerbase is important, and of course their opinion is welcome. But my point was that in the end Yoshi would be the one to make the decision he so chooses for the game.

[AmyNeudaiz]

I never said there were threats that people would quit, I simply stated my opinion on the subject, that people who didn't like which decision was made could easily go play another game, or grin and bear it.

And yes, the playerbase is important, and of course their opinion is welcome. But my point was that in the end Yoshi would be the one to make the decision he so chooses for the game.

I'm saying that no one is really gonna leave over this so your "go play another game" attitude is a little off.

And his wording on this particular matter made it pretty clear he wants it to be up to us.

[SkyeWindbinder]

I'm saying that no one is really gonna leave over this so your "go play another game" attitude is a little off.

And his wording on this particular matter made it pretty clear he wants it to be up to us.

Not really that much "off" considering some of the posts I've read.

And his wording tells me that he values our opinions a lot, yet the ultimate decision will be his.

[Reika]

What are either of you doing here then?

oh wait.... trolling.

[Jinrya-Geki]

I wouldhope that one thing that could be availbile for people who are married to have a new ability. Like having a couple together in a party gives them a slightly larger boost similar to Comradery.

Also a "Reckless Abandon" ability where if one of the spouses falls, you could use the buff increase all you damage dealing abilities by 20 to 30%, but take more damage as well.