Interview with Directors of CoP and ToAU

[shukuffxi]

- So you do, after all, take user reactions into account and incorporate them into adjustments?
Komoto: Yes, we do. It wouldn’t make sense not to. That back and forth with the users is important, I think.

Does SE have a clue what "back and forth" means in this regard? Seriously, there can not be a company out there nearly as horrendous as SE is with it's "back and forth" with it's user base.

I believe it's become clearly evident that SE reads the forums, sadly they pick and chose what to do as in "Let's fix this small glitch" but ignore fixing any major issues that players talk about.

I'm pretty anti-WoW, but SE could learn a lot from Blizzard in this regard.

[Lordwafik]

Believe me, Dragoon doesnt catch that bus no more, We ride in style these days

As someone who has told their salvage monk "Stop coming MNK, come DRG from now", believe me I know ;p

[BRP]

Does SE have a clue what "back and forth" means in this regard? Seriously, there can not be a company out there nearly as horrendous as SE is with it's "back and forth" with it's user base.

I believe it's become clearly evident that SE reads the forums, sadly they pick and chose what to do as in "Let's fix this small glitch" but ignore fixing any major issues that players talk about.

I'm pretty anti-WoW, but SE could learn a lot from Blizzard in this regard.

Yes, SE should nerf and buff the fuck out of classes every update because they listen to their official forums too much.

I think instance focused endgame, easier exp gain, and a lack of nerfs shows SE isn't covering their ears, at least not anymore. At some point companies can learn to listen too much and that messes games up. I don't want to play the fanbase's game, I want to play the game.

[Sho]

Believe me, Dragoon doesnt catch that bus no more, We ride in style these days

Damn right, lol.

[Cow_k]

Your siggie makes me weep for the future of Mumor... That is all... I shan't bring it up again =/

[Riel]

I've actually had a ton of fun and got some decent xp meriting with setups like BSTx3 SMN PUP COR

It's just a pain to find people who don't suck and then talk them out of meriting on another job lol

[shukuffxi]

Yes, SE should nerf and buff the fuck out of classes every update because they listen to their official forums too much.

I think instance focused endgame, easier exp gain, and a lack of nerfs shows SE isn't covering their ears, at least not anymore. At some point companies can learn to listen too much and that messes games up. I don't want to play the fanbase's game, I want to play the game.

I don't know where I advocated nerfing or buffing the fuck out of classes every update. I didn't say they should become retarded, drooling morons more. What I would like is a real type of back and forth, like other MMO companies are smart enough to have. Something where people can chime in intelligently. I'd rather they have their own forums, where devs post occasionally, look at what people say, than view a "Dragoonz 4 life" blog.

I'd like to have valid issues/concerns met, or at least discussed occasionally, instead of small glitches getting fixed that generally aren't that big of an issue. Not that glitches shouldn't get fixed, but there are plenty of other things that could use some fixing, that aren't glitches.

[BRP]

people can chime in intelligently

official forums

What imaginary MMOs are we talking about here?

Valid issues and concerns are met frequently enough that you can align that they are listening to the playbase's words through some medium. They are discussed occasionally too(RMT reports and the random "Oh hey, about those blah blahs" news updates). The biggest difference here is the actual words from devs come from interviews which tend to be mostly fluff anyway(similar to dev posts).

And in the end you don't want dev communication. You want devs listening to players' demands. And that is not always a good thing. That's not back and forth, that's putting the moron on the soapbox.

[Arthars]

moar galkas and samurai thingys

obviously SE loves their culture more than the other jobs

AND DID ANYONE NOTICE THE COP DEVELOPER LOOKS LIKE A FLAN?!?!?!?!?

[Antithesis]

This is what SE needs to do:

1.) Hire Elmer

2.) Hire Taj and the Windower team

3.) Fix the Cure lock thing that the never fixed.

[Arthars]

4. make ffxi forum's official link to bg

5. pay for bg server since then to overcome traffic problems during patch

6. send 1 LS from any server with about 5-10 KC to test every new HNM on test server they created at every patch/expansion. 1 Year free service if any "bugs" found.

[BRP]

2.) Hire Cliff and the Windower team

fixed

[shukuffxi]

I guess the best result then would be to just hope they fix things in a timely manner, without any type of direct input, since they've done so well on that account. Who wants actual communication.

[Aksannyi]

3.) Fix the Cure lock thing that the never fixed.

And by "Cure," you mean, "every single spell that is ever cast on anyone EVER," right?

[Kerberoz]

More of a circle-jerk than an interview. Sad to see that they think making the game easier is a good thing, and seem to care more about getting their feelings hurt than pleasing their customers.

And by "Cure," you mean, "every single spell that is ever cast on anyone EVER," right?

And by "spell," you mean "nearly every single animation," right?

[Charismatic]

And by "spell," you mean "nearly every single animation," right?

And by "nearly every single animation" you mean... wait, fuck.

[Aksannyi]

And by "spell," you mean "nearly every single animation," right?

Touché.

[Malacite]

While they're at it, how about not having to wait for the fucking casting bar to hit 100% before casting another spell when the spell I was just casting fired off @ 80% or less. That shit gets me killed on BLM solo ><;

[BardonGaruda]

Nice job Elmer.

I love the bit where they say they were surprised they were able to make level sync work.

[Septimus]

As I remember back to doing CoP missions for Septimus, I am filled with a rage that promises to spill forth from me like the solar winds from our Sun when people talk about those missions with anything less than muted contempt. I was in Sea on the day it was available. I beat Promathia the day the BC was available. I fought Jailers the day they were put in the game. People who enjoyed any of that before it was nerfed needs to find their way to the LURE or some other leather bar and find themselves a burly man in leather to take care of their masochistic tendencies so we don't have to deal with them in game.

As always, great work Elmer, have my babies. But I am sick of people reminiscing about the good old days when the good old days were really, really bad.