TheBravery.9615 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I think Arenanet needs to do more market research. Improve on areas that have kept players in the game, and work on areas where players express a need for improvement. The research could provide Arenanet on the direction they should go as a company to provide a product that fits/grows their audience.However I haven't seen any kind of polling done from Arenanet so here's an unofficial one.Please vote one option and use template belowGeneral:What do you enjoy about this game?PVEWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?What do you dislike about this mode?What would you like to see more of in this mode?WvWWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?What do you dislike about this mode?What would you like to see more of in this mode?PVPWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?What do you dislike about this mode?What would you like to see more of in this mode? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddoctor.2738 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 They do market research using their own statistics that they get from the game.I'm not sure a forum poll can provide accurate data of what the real audience actually wants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danikat.8537 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Anet don't need to send out surveys to find out things like where players spend their time in-game, because they already have that data. Almost everything we do in GW2 is recorded, at least temporarily, and Anet can use that data to build up 'heat maps' showing where players spend the most time, or extract stats like which professions/races/skills are most and least used, which mounts players prefer and all kinds of other things. (One of their infographics even included the most and least deadly enemies - the ones which killed the most players for each time they were defeated and the one which was killed the most times for each player they killed.)There is of course a danger in trying to draw qualitative conclusions like "What do players enjoy?" from quantitative data like where we spend most of our time, because the things which take the longest may not be the things we most enjoy doing, but that's where things like feedback posted on this forum comes in - for example they got the message pretty quickly that players were not enjoying the time gating on the skyscale collection and changed how it worked to make it less restrictive.And getting that data from a survey isn't as easy as you'd think either because if you make the questions too vague all the answers will be different and there will be no consistency to draw conclusions from but if they're too specific a lot of people will ignore them or answer ones which are actually irrelevant and then fill any comments fields or free text boxes with what they actually want to tell you. Creating good surveys and analysing the data correctly is a whole specialism in it's own right.I'm sure Anet would do that if they thought it was necessary. I know they used to send a survey to anyone who hadn't logged in for a while because I got it for my second account after I forgot the password. I'm not sure if they still do that (or if they send out surveys for other groups of players which don't include me) but clearly they are willing to use those tools when they need to. They've also done things like asked WvW guilds to test new WvW maps, or asked raid guilds to test new raids when they think it's relevant.So basically they already have a huge amount of data on us (this wasn't about GW2 specifically but I once saw it summarised as "MMO developers have the worlds Google and Facebook wish they had") and are willing and able to gather more when they need it, using the method/s they think are most appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inculpatus cedo.9234 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 ArenaNet recently sent a survey out to a portion of the playerbase asking for feedback on certain recent released content. Thus, they are researching the market, just not the entire market, in many different ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrimm.5624 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 @TheBravery.9615 said:I think Arenanet needs to do more market research. Improve on areas that have kept players in the game, and work on areas where players express a need for improvement. The research could provide Arenanet on the direction they should go as a company to provide a product that fits/grows their audience.However I haven't seen any kind of polling done from Arenanet so here's an unofficial one.Please vote one option and use template belowGeneral:What do you enjoy about this game?PVEWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?What do you dislike about this mode?What would you like to see more of in this mode?WvWWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?What do you dislike about this mode?What would you like to see more of in this mode?PVPWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?What do you dislike about this mode?What would you like to see more of in this mode?I think your results will be impacted to some degree since you made this a public versus private poll. Just a recommendation in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kharmin.7683 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 @TheGrimm.5624 said:I think your results will be impacted to some degree since you made this a public versus private poll. Just a recommendation in the future.Plus the fact that the forums represent a very small sub-set of the player base. Bias would be inherent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBravery.9615 Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 Well I guess I'll bite my own baitGeneral:What do you enjoy about this game?The unique blend of dynamic action and rpg elements, the wvw mode.PVEWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?I dislike this game mode. maybe less than 5% of time time ingame is spent on PvEWhat do you dislike about this mode?Poor AI, lack of meaningful multiplayer cooperation in an MMORPG. Exists as a dps-fest.What would you like to see more of in this mode?Enhanced AI or combat mechanics to the same extent seen in WvW/PvP, condition bombs, reflects, stealth, boons, strips, etc. Open world player killingWvWWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?Highlights and utilizes the best of GW2's combat mechanics.What do you dislike about this mode?"PPT", "Karma Trains", and "Ninja-ing" objectives without a fight. PvE.What would you like to see more of in this mode?More map variety, more ways to kill enemy players. Rework of the wvw ability system. More emphasis on player vs player than player vs environment.PVPWhat do you enjoy about this mode? / Why do you enjoy this mode?Highlights and utilizes best of GW2's combat mechanics.What do you dislike about this mode?Profession balance is more relevant here and game is far from being balanced. Focuses largely on capping points instead of being a deathmatch. Match riggers ruin experience.What would you like to see more of in this mode?20 v 20 or 30 v 30 death match / an actual guild wars mode. Heavier penalties for afkers and riggers. More focus on game balance, higher frequency and quality of balance patches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acheron.4731 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I like the visible (to us) data this poll provides.I, like many others in wvw, have lost interest.What I enjoy about the mode?Massive pvp environment...2 or 3 big grps coming together and fighting til the last manWhat I dislike?lack of attention, lack of updates, rarely shaken-up What would I like to see more?more weekly events, more conversations with the devs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josiah.2967 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I can't say what...but I can say they do send out surverys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobx.1758 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 @maddoctor.2738 said:They do market research using their own statistics that they get from the game.I'm not sure a forum poll can provide accurate data of what the real audience actually wants.+@kharmin.7683 said:@TheGrimm.5624 said:I think your results will be impacted to some degree since you made this a public versus private poll. Just a recommendation in the future.Plus the fact that the forums represent a very small sub-set of the player base. Bias would be inherent.True, it seems a bit naive to think that a forum poll like this would bring any meaningful/reliable results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poormany.4507 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Another GW2 is dying thread (but in poll form!) since it already assumes Anet doesn't do their own market research/maintain statistics to begin with.This poll is going to be biased and unreliable due to having too small a sample, since it doesn't include a lot of players who don't regularly visit the forums and ftp players (many of whom would likely vote for the first two options). More veteran players, including myself, are probably going to pick the 3rd choice since they are more likely to have finished most of the non-grinding content, but also most likely comprise more of the active forum population. Thus, you have a poll that is more biased towards the third (GW2 is dying) choice.Let Anet do their own, more objective, market research as they have been doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindcircus.1506 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 @TheBravery.9615 said:I think Arenanet needs to do more market research.And I think you need to do more research about exactly what market research is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueJin.4127 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 The increased aggro range of PoF and later, incomprehensible visual clutter, and unhealthy bright flashing effects ruin the game for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.5684 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 I am pretty sure Anet does market research. Is it enough? Dunno. Hard to gauge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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