Handout for Square Enix

[Lordwafik]

What are the green markers in the /map for? They seem to serve little to no use <.<;

That's a question I'd like answered <.<;

On the rare occasion that a NPC marks your map, they use a green marker.

However, NPC's are not helpful in this game, the only NPC that marks your map is when you start the game, and you have to collect an adventurer's coupon.

[Gasgul]

I'm sorry if its not too late i'd like to add this question

Will they continue to ignore hardware limitations in the game for future additions?

from the last interview the Dev's gave us a "haha, get a better pc" which was quite insulting, ive played this game on both old and new, believe me, there is only so much a processor can do.

the game invironment begins to fail at 50+ppl,

if you cant fix it, then stop introducing content that causes these gatherings,

[bercus]

Ok i got a fucking problem now.... I have too many questions, all are important imo.

14 for the Interview itself. 12 that you guys want to know, 2 I want to know.

7 questions I weeded out and ask when I got time left, what I doubt.

and 11 questions that are not that long, that I can prolly ask by talking with em and the FF XI place at the Convention.

I doubt I have time to ask those 32 questions in 30 minutes >.<, and I also don't think it would be good to post the questions here in public befor the Interview.

Who will be at the Tokyo Games Show? Iam sure they will be there and maybe someone at the TGS can include some questions there haha ^^. I can give you any needed contact Informations when someone goes there. Since I want to have all 32 questions answered >.< If not i spam them via Email :D.

[Starr]

If you post all this you're wasting your time, they know you're still gonna play if they change it or not so why would they bother spending time/money changing it? I'm pretty sure they don't care whether you enjoy the game or not anymore.

[Hawky]

The notorious monsters King Behemoth, Aspidechelone, and Nidhogg are still being claimed and quickly defeated the instant they appear because while they are not very challenging fights they offer what is still some of the best armor in the game.

Fafnir, the lower-difficulty version of Nidhogg, drops what most players agree is the most powerful sword in the game, despite the fact that a single party of well-prepared adventurers could defeat it.

Would rather see them become instanced somehow. Fuck competing for claim HNM's so far have been mostly in JP times anyways, would be nicer if people can decide on their own when their ls does it as an event instead of just waiting till it actually goes back into a decent time.

[bercus]

If you post all this you're wasting your time, they know you're still gonna play if they change it or not so why would they bother spending time/money changing it? I'm pretty sure they don't care whether you enjoy the game or not anymore.

Well I already play less cause of many things that are happening or not beeing changed. I know many of my friends quit cause of a lot of things I will mention in the Interview.

So no, I wont keep playing if this game does not keep me entertained.
Also Iam sure they will spend time in changing stuff, or do you think
they will fire everyone now of their Dev Team ect?

They just released a new Expansion. If they want to release another one in 1 year or so, they need to keep us playing. And that wont happen for sure, if everything stays like it is.

Iam a big fan of the Phantasy Star series, and Iam sure many will have it easier to quit if everything stays like it is. Iam sure they are aware of losing people to WoW and I doubt they wanna lose more. (^^)/

[Machazareel]

I can't stress how much I love the idea of being able to change race <_<

[Kyreth]

Copy-pasted forum complaints on a sheet of paper are a guaranteed failure.

Things like "let us change race lol" are equally lame. Edit it down to concise and reasonable statements that aren't repeated a dozen times, remove the profanity, and then crumple the entire thing into a ball and chuck it at Sage Sundi's head. Preferrably wrapped around a brick for better impact. (A Nerf brick, they don't need any (more) blows to the head with a heavy object.)

Anyone imagine all the other "l33t" LS forums doing the exact same thing as we speak? Gawd, the signal-to-noise ratio will be horrible.

Edited cause bad spelling is a crime and we should all be shot for it.

[Coephoros]

Don't edit anything out, don't delete repetitious entries. That's the whole fucking point - dozens and dozens of people have been begging for the SAME changes month after month, subitting suggestions and emails and burning up the fan forums. The handout should encapsulate that.

[Norelco]

Don't edit anything out, don't delete repetitious entries. That's the whole fucking point - dozens and dozens of people have been begging for the SAME changes month after month, subitting suggestions and emails and burning up the fan forums. The handout should encapsulate that.

I would at the very LEAST edit it for correct grammar and spelling. We're less likely to be taken seriously if we hand them something that is poorly written or articulated.

[Lordwafik]

Don't edit anything out, don't delete repetitious entries. That's the whole fucking point - dozens and dozens of people have been begging for the SAME changes month after month, subitting suggestions and emails and burning up the fan forums. The handout should encapsulate that.

I would at the very LEAST edit it for correct grammar and spelling. We're less likely to be taken seriously if we hand them something that is poorly written or articulated.

They take things from allakhazam though.

[Norelco]

They take things from allakhazam though.

Touchè.

[Coephoros]

You're not trying to show them how articulate and refined their playerbase is. Deleting profanity is probably a good idea, but the other other changes I'd suggest would be deleting duplicates (same person same text, not just the same expressions). The point is to say "Hey, we've got hundreds of users from every single server and this is what they're all saying..." SE can put 2 and 2 together. They're not going to be looking for dangling participles and prepositions at the ends of sentences, and it's not going to weaken your case.

[Norelco]

You're not trying to show them how articulate and refined their playerbase is. Deleting profanity is probably a good idea, but the other other changes I'd suggest would be deleting duplicates (same person same text, not just the same expressions). The point is to say "Hey, we've got hundreds of users from every single server and this is what they're all saying..." SE can put 2 and 2 together. They're not going to be looking for dangling participles and prepositions at the ends of sentences, and it's not going to weaken your case.

Then if that's the case, maybe the handout should include the player's name(if they wanted it published), length of membership, and server of origin. This will hammer home the idea that these are genuine questions being asked by real players across various servers who have been playing long enough to know the game's intricacies.

Example:

The new HNM hydra, was a very fun battle, but little to no reward, the same for the 3 beastman kings. Why do you put such amazing fights for no reward? The armor that drops off hydra is horrible, the latent effects are too severe for the benefits. Lordwafik - Asura server - Member since 2002

[Coephoros]

That would be an excellent addition.

[Janice]

The new HNM hydra, was a very fun battle, but little to no reward, the same for the 3 beastman kings. Why do you put such amazing fights for no reward? The armor that drops off hydra is horrible, the latent effects are too severe for the benefits. Lordwafik - Asura server - Member since 2002

SE: Wow, this guy has been playing for 4 years. Who gives a shit what he has to say, he won't quit.

[Coephoros]

SE: Wow, this guy has been playing for 4 years. Who gives a shit what he has to say, he won't quit.

Someone with a Brain at SE: Wow, this guy has given us 4 years of revenue. That means that he'll give us another 4 years of revenue if we can keep his interest and address his points.

[Norelco]

SE: Wow, this guy has been playing for 4 years. Who gives a shit what he has to say, he won't quit.

SE: Wow, this guy has been playing for 4 years. He probably knows a good deal about the game and we value his input. Maybe we should look into this.

[Kyreth]

That's because Alla is on their list of special sites.

By special, we mean Special Olympics. But they do get preferential treatment as a "premium" site, thus there's an S-E guy stirring the crap for player feedback.

If anyone hates their job at that company, it's got to be him.

[Janice]

SE: Wow, this guy has been playing for 4 years. Who gives a shit what he has to say, he won't quit.

Someone with a Brain at SE: Wow, this guy has given us 4 years of revenue. That means that he'll give us another 4 years of revenue if we can keep his interest and address his points.

SE: Or we can please the 1000+ people who will probably quit in a year by adding chocobos to squeeze a few more months out of them.

Easier to please the noob masses than to please the small group that has done everything (more profitable too). And that's exactly why SE values opinions of places like allakhazam.