Community Feedback/Suggestions Part I

[chacusha]

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK PART I
(ff_classchange & ff_land)

Here's how this is going to work:

- There's going to be two phases to this whole community feedback process. During the first phase, I'll have you fill out general polls asking you to rate various aspects of the comm and make suggestions. During the second phase, I will collect all reasonable/feasible ideas that were suggested and put them to a vote.

- This series of posts are part of the first phase. The polls here are to help give me a general idea of how the comm is going, but mostly they're here to to jog your memory on various aspects of the comm that might need improvement. You're encouraged to make suggestions in the comments as you think of them and to respond to other people's suggestions.

- Comments are unscreened. However, anonymous commenting is allowed in case you're uncomfortable voicing your opinions with your name attached.

- Not all suggestions will go on to be voted on in the second phase. Some suggestions will be rejected without vote and some suggestions will be accepted without vote, at mod discretion.

- The mods have already put some thought into community improvement. Here's a list of things we've come up with so far:

Suggestions that will be voted on in Phase 2:

• [GENERAL] Add Vagrant Story to the list of accepted FF games
• [GENERAL] Add original Kingdom Hearts characters (e.g. Sora, Terra, Organization XIII, etc.) to the list of accepted FF games
• [GENERAL] Use (different) alliances again in Game 2, or switch to individual teams

Suggestions that will be implemented without vote:

• [GENERAL] Track & reward member participation with a fanworks incentive system
• [FANWORKS] Allow people to set up "shops" as part of the above
• [FANWORKS] Rework the moogle_workshop fanart scale
• [SORTING] Remove the leader/supporter dichotomy from the app as it's made redundant by question 4

If you have concerns that would be fixed by any of the above, you do not have to mention them here.


- All suggestions (here and in the comments) are open to debate, so if you want to make an argument for or against an idea, you are encouraged to do so.

Onto the polls!


[Poll #1737741]


Polls/suggestion box will be open until Saturday May 21
If you need to change your vote, click on the "Poll #______" link at the top of the poll, then [ Fill out Poll ], then change your answers and resubmit.

Comments

[virago-queen.livejournal.com]

Have to agree with Z on the unbalanced nature of the teams. I think that Dragoons could be easily merged into Soldiers, to the benefit of everyone there. Monks also pose the problem of not being differentiated enough. Personally, if it comes down to a major overhaul of the system (which I don't see happening) I would cut the classes down to the four "core" FF classes - White Mage, Black Mage, Soldier, and Thief. Re-establish the Soldier class with a mixture of Soldier and Dragoon traits, and resort all the Monks into other classes (I know there were quite a few who had White Mage leanings, and the WMs could benefit from an infusion of Monk-style awesomeness). Not ideal, and obviously a huge undertaking, but just my two cents. =/

firaga_casters is typically pretty quiet, but we've been brainstorming some ideas, so hopefully that'll change soon. It seems like this is sort of a comm-wide team comm problem, though.

MWS does seem a touch overpowered, but I think that's just because of the INCREDIBLE prolific nature of our resident fic-goddess, Z (*bows*), and hillian and haryan's crazy icon posts. The other teams just don't have anyone that awesome posting. I think the current wordcount fic system works, but I might suggest an overhaul for shorter works, like poetry or drabbles. Maybe make all fanworks have a minimum point worth, like 10 or something? I know my husband, zydoxis, was kinda put off by the wordcount system when he posted those two extra limericks, since he'd only be getting like 5 points for the pair.

The alliances were fun, and I think having them next game would be beneficial, since there's such a gap between the three top teams and the three bottom ones. I'm just sad that the Black Mages probably won't get to team up with the Monks or Thieves. There are some awesome people over there that I'd love to work with! And I would definitely make comm-linking required next time. I think the Mage team suffered a bit for being the only unlinked alliance.

And I would just like to say that this place? Awesome. ^_^ I'm so happy to be a part of such a fantastic community! You're the best, chacusha. *bows*

[chacusha]

I think the current wordcount fic system works, but I might suggest an overhaul for shorter works, like poetry or drabbles. Maybe make all fanworks have a minimum point worth, like 10 or something? I know my husband, [info]zydoxis, was kinda put off by the wordcount system when he posted those two extra limericks, since he'd only be getting like 5 points for the pair.

sunflower_mynah suggested the same thing to me at the beginning of the game... and I didn't listen to her. orz But yeah, now I agree -- it sounds like having a separate poetry scale and some kind of boost for short fics would be a good idea.

And I would definitely make comm-linking required next time. I think the Mage team suffered a bit for being the only unlinked alliance.

Yeah, it was hard to predict how the comm-linking would turn out. Now we have a better idea!

And thanks! :D

[zerrat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I could see soldiers and dragoons merging (perhaps calling this class the 'warrior' class) without major hiccoughs. Thing is, it should be up to the members of those classes.

The Monk class members doing reapps... I myself would be fine with this scenario, though I cannot speak for the other members of this class.

As for drabble/shortfic/poetry ratings, they definitely need more weight. I'd even say true drabbles and poems get 20 points as a base, and shortfic (500-1000) getting minimum point earnings too, because length is no indication of the effort put into the piece. Just because I can write 2000 words in the time it takes another to write and refine a drabble shouldn't mean my stuff is worth more just by virtue of wordcount.

So true drabbles/poems etc should get a better weighting.

[virago-queen.livejournal.com]

Thing is, it should be up to the members of those classes.

Yeah, definitely. If they want to stay separate, that's totally fine.

Resorting the Monks is an extreme measure and obviously it'd pretty much have to be a unanimous thing in your team. I'm just brainstorming ideas. ^_^

Just because I can write 2000 words in the time it takes another to write and refine a drabble shouldn't mean my stuff is worth more just by virtue of wordcount.

Then again, your writing talents are fantastic even if they are to the detriment of my team and should continue to be rewarded highly! ^^

[the-404-error.livejournal.com]

firaga_casters is typically pretty quiet, but we've been brainstorming some ideas, so hopefully that'll change soon. It seems like this is sort of a comm-wide team comm problem, though.

Interestingly, I went through all of the team comms, and we have the highest number of "comments received," so we could be interpreted as the least quiet despite not being merged with anyone else. Even when disregarding the 70+ comment tarot post, we're still second behind the monks. D: Poor team comms.

[arivess.livejournal.com]

Haha, thiefie comm is quiet. ;_; We only have like... intro posts, 2-3 brainstorming posts, and reminders.

[the-404-error.livejournal.com]

If it helps, quite a few of the comments come from these "What did you play/read/watch this week?" posts I started as a desperate shot for more activity. Typically, only the same few people comment on them, but it does sometimes help everyone flail over other fandoms we discovered we had in common. You could try something similar if it continues to be quiet?

[arivess.livejournal.com]

XD I'll try.