FINAL FANTASY XIV Players’ Poll the Third (03/12/2012)

[Gokulo]

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The third edition of the FINAL FANTASY XIV Players’ Poll has begun! Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to make your voice heard as we continue moving towards Version 2.0. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated, and will help us to bring you a better FINAL FANTASY XIV.

Take part in the poll

[Sephiroth]

Anyone able to post the questions?

I can't login at work and I'm not going to be back at home until tomorrow evening.

[Corrderio]

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General Gameplay
Q1. Which disciplines do you employ most frequently? *
Discipline of War/Magic classes only
Discipline of the Land classes only
Discipline of the Hand classes only
Discipline of War/Magic & Discipline of the Land classes
Discipline of War/Magic & Discipline of the Hand classes
Discipline of the Land & Discipline of the Hand classes
I play all the classes!


Q2. How often do you play FINAL FANTASY XIV? *
About 1–2 hours per day.
About 2–4 hours per day.
Over 4 hours per day.
About once every 2–3 days.
About once every 3–5 days.
About once per week.
Only right after new patches are released.


Q3. Do you think the pace of leveling up Disciplines of War and Magic classes is appropriate? (When not power leveling, mind you.) *
I think it's just about right.
I think it's too fast.
I think it's too slow.
I think something other than the above three options.


Q4. If you selected the fourth option to Q3 above, "something other," please elaborate. (500 characters or less)


Q5. What do you like most about the current version of FINAL FANTASY XIV? (Multiple answers allowed) *
The quality of characters
The world, lore, etc
The story
Battle System
Synthesis
Gathering
Battle
Grand Companies
Linkshell communities
The promise of version 2.0
Other stuff


Q6. What would you like to see added to the game? (Up to 2 answers allowed) *
Battle content (primal fights, instanced raids, etc.)
Disciple of the Hand content (including improvements to the current synthesis system)
Disciple of the Land content (including improvements to the current gathering system)
Improvements to the user interface
Additions to the main scenario
Additional quests


Battle System and Combat Classes
Q1. What type of jobs/classes would you most like to see added? (Up to 2 answers allowed) *
An assassin-type class that uses lethal and stealthy attacks. (ex. Ninja, Thief, etc.)
One that controls and fights alongside a pet or avatar. (ex. Summoner, Puppetmaster, etc.)
A new type of magic-user that uses enfeebling magic and close-range attacks. (ex. Red Mage, etc.)
A new type of fighter that uses enfeebling attacks and inflicts special damage. (ex. Dark Knight, etc.)
An original class unlike any of those described above. (ex. Musketeer, Arithmetician, etc.)


Q2. What do you think about the combo system that was released in version 1.20? *
It's great.
It's good.
I'm looking forward to new actions and combos (including job actions).
Meh, it could be better.
It's terrible.

Q3. If you selected the fourth or fifth option to Q2 above, please elaborate. (500 characters or less)

Synthesis
Q1. Do you have a Discipline of the Hand class at level 40 or higher? *
Yes.
No.
I have no interest in synthesis.

Q2. What bothers you most about the current synthesis system? (Up to 3 answers allowed) *
The process is complicated and too much of a hassle.
The process is too difficult to understand.
Synthesis abilities don't seem to have much impact.
Recipes are complicated and too much of a hassle.
There aren't enough recipes.
It's too hard to level up.
I want to make more powerful items.
I want to make items exclusive to Disciples of the Hand.
I want to make items exclusive to Disciples of the Land.
There isn't enough game content for Disciples of the Hand.

Q3. Right now, only the class used to craft an item can repair that item. What do you think of this? *
I think it's fine as is.
I think any crafting class should be able to repair anything.

Q4. Right now, only the class used to craft an item can affix materia to it. What do you think of this? *
I think it's fine as is.
I think any crafting class should be able to affix materia to anything.

Gathering
Q1. Do you have a Discipline of the Land class at level 40 or higher? *
Yes.
No.
I have no interest in gathering.

Q2. What bothers you most about the current gathering system? (Up to 3 answers allowed) *
The process is complicated and too much of a hassle.
The process is too difficult to understand.
Gathering abilities don't seem to have much impact.
There aren't enough materials to gather.
There aren't enough gathering locations.
I don't have enough time to gather.
It's too hard to level up.
Enemies cause too much trouble, even when using Stealth.
There isn't enough game content for Disciples of the Land.

The Lodestone and Official Forums
Q1. Do you read player blogs on the Lodestone? *
Every day.
Sometimes.
Never.

Q2. Do you keep a blog on the Lodestone? *
Yes, I often make posts.
Yes, but I rarely make posts.
No, I stopped posting.
No, I never felt compelled to.

Q3. Do you view the official forums? *
Every day.
Sometimes.
Never.

Q4. Do you post on the official forums? *
Yes, often.
Yes, but only rarely.
No, never.

Q5. Please share with us your opinions of the Lodestone and the official forums. (500 characters or less)

Relaunch (Version 2.0)
Q1. What are your greatest expectations for the game's relaunch with version 2.0? (Up to 3 answers allowed) *
The new graphics engine.
New maps and level design.
The new user interface.
Systems of communication such as mail and in-game post.
Community systems such as Free Companies and linkshells.
The housing system.
New dungeons and battle content.
Large-scale battle content.
Continuation of the main scenario.
New quests.
New classes and jobs.
PvP content.

Q2. What type of race or clan would you most like to see added in the future? *
Reptilian beastmen (ex. lizardmen, draconians, etc.)
Mammalian beastmen (ex. wolfmen, gnolls, etc.)
Reptilian demi-beastmen (ex. a race with demonic features such as horns, etc.)
Mammalian demi-beastmen (ex. a rabbit-eared race such as the Viera from FFXII, etc.)
More clans for existing races (ex. greater variation in physical build and appearance)
Races of mixed heritage (ex. Elezen-Hyur, Mi’qote-Lalafell, etc.)

Q3. Please share with us your opinions of the current version of FINAL FANTASY XIV and version 2.0. (500 characters or less)

Glad there's a question about the combo system. I doubt it'll get the results I want, but I hope most people think it's terrible or could be better.

[Skai]

Interracial in my Final Fantasy? Some galkas in my tarutarus?

[Kurokikaze]

Yeah I voted for mixed. Also, 500 characters not enough for what I wanted to say. ; ;

[Aratharn]

Mixed race.

Want to see a Galka/taru combo.

[Karinastar]

Honestly, the examples they gave for mixed race would probably look pretty good. Lilisette was pretty hot, and I could see a Taru/Mithra combo looking something like an Elin from Tera. >_>

What did you guys answer for the new classes question? I chose THF/NIN and RDM, I think those would both fill niches. I guess a pet job would be cool, but I worry about how well they'd balance that.

[Corrderio]

I answered Musketeer. Been waiting for that to come out since I got the game >_>

[Elcura]

Pet job (fuck Summoner, but I want Puppetmaster) and Mage (RDM).

I choose mixed race too, it always seemed weird that they would portray interracial relationships in-game (in XI as well) but you never really saw any of the results. I think mixed raced is way more interesting than any of the other options and would add a degree of...realism? I guess, rather than shoehorning in more races.

[Alkar]

I voted for Summoner and Red Mage. This game absolutely needs more mages and pet classes before even thinking of new melees.
Also voted for more Viera style races, been wanting to see those for a long time and Mithras aren't enough.

[solracht]

Am I the only one who thinks it's too soon for some of these questions? Patch 1.21 changed the crafting system significantly and increased the gathering and leveling speed quite a bit, yet half of the questions were related to these systems.

Can't help but feel like some people will regret their answers in a week or two after actually seeing the changes.

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That said, picked summoner and red mage like the poster above. I loved THF and DRK and personally I'd enjoy those next, but we really don't need more melee DDs in the game right now. The fact that arcanist wasn't listed but musketeer was gives me hope that arcanist is coming next no matter what (alongside one of these options). Maybe I'm looking into it too much however.

Also, draconians. You have no soul if you don't want more Ishgard storyline/content after doing the DRG quests!

[miokomioko]

Classes need more variety, hands down, so I hope enough people said pet class (Summoner/Puppetmaster) and different class (Musketeer/Arithmatician). However, I can pretty much assume that every dope from the official forums is simply getting a boner over Ninja/Thief or putting on a red chapeau with a white feather.

[Corrderio]

True, I agree mages/ranged classes should be on the priority list since we got enough melee ATM. However I hope they work more on current jobs/classes before then to help make them more unique.

[Kurp]

I chose the pet class and new classes. Fuck melee red mages (maybe they could make it work, but eh) and the game certainly doesn't need THF or DRK type classes now.

I'm not really sure what to do about the combo system. It's at least more involved than what XI has devolved into. I chose the 'meh, could be better' option.

I picked UI, engine, graphics wherever applicable. The laggy interface needs to be fixed as a priority, maybe that is 2.0, but I felt I had to emphasize that.

[vadre]

I picked a pet class myself, I'd like another attempt at puppetmaster in this game, perhaps sticking to just 1 party role rather than the weird mix that FFXI had.

I went for Mammalian races being as I'd be interested in seeing some more varied races that don't conform to the pretty boring human +/- 1 feature set of races that we have now.

[Aito]

I'd rather play a Qiqirn than a Viera.

[Eagleheart]

I'd like for moogles to be playable personally. >> Picked battle content, main scenario, new classes/jobs, also wanted to tack on new quests, but yeah.

And I picked Red Mage and Dark Knight. Gimme my damn greatsword already. <_< Like the one in the opening movie.

[Izzy]

If I could ever pick a Mithra/Taru hybrid to control, I would literally never play another game ever.

[Eagleheart]

I am currently paying for two accounts - an alt who became goldsmithing-only once I realized that there was no way in hell I was going to be able to dualbox XIV, as I did with XI. (>.>) Should I abuse my power and take the poll twice?

[Blasta]

Uhh anyone getting an error after entering your password (while its trying to load the poll page?)

EDIT: nvm now it works