[SURVEY] General Community Opinion!

(Faraleth) #1

Pretty self-explanatory! I’ve been trawling various forums (Nexon/Splash Damage/Steam) and Reddit over the past week, gathering a bunch of information and data on people’s opinions, and I have made this short survey to narrow everything down.

Included in this survey is a lot of frequently asked questions and raised issues that a lot of people in the community feel need addressing/solving, so I thought it might be a nice idea to get everyone’s opinion and send this in to the lovely folks at Splash Damage, to see what they think! - Heck, they might ignore it, or find it inconclusive, but I feel it’s worth a shot!

This survey should take no longer than 5-10 minutes maximum to complete!

Link to the survey: http://goo.gl/forms/cBu37Zd4Ce

Sadly you will have to log into a Google account in order to complete this survey, although I figured it wouldn’t be too much of a problem, because I imagine a lot of people have an account already. This is done to help prevent people completing the survey multiple times and throwing the data off. - There is no point looking at inaccurate data!

Hopefully this is something worth doing, but regardless, it might be interesting to see what the community as a whole thinks of some of the issues within. Raw data is always easier to analyse than 100+ forum responses detailing slightly different things… :3

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(1AGRESSOR) #2

great idea and gj

i started to fill in till i was left with no choice so i gave up

like choose multiple options on single question
and i have no opinion answer

i could not choose any of those ^^^

(Daergar) #3

Pity the multiple choice fail because I can only tick one box. Other than that, pertinent questions.

(Faraleth) #4

@Daergar I changed it now D:

I’ve also unlocked it so that people can’t change their responses for a little while, due to the initial error. I will lock it again in 24 hours. :slight_smile:

(cornJester) #5

Took the survey. Interesting that people still find Arty underpowered, I think he’s in a good state.

(Lumi) #6

@Faraleth

Are you by any chance Portuguese? Because on the sixth question you wrote other as “outro”, which is other in Portuguese…

(bontsa) #7

Why oh why certain questions, with more possible opinions than your local whacko has side-personalities and prescription medications, are required and/or have tad too black’n’white answer options? There should be option to simply leave something unanswered, because one is giving false information if none of the options cater to their opinion.

I see you wanted to have certain things properly addressed instead of inaudible murmur, but there should then at least be “Other, please spesify?” option. E.g. for insta-gib and comp-mission issue. I for one am really intrigued by suggested “charge-up” function for sniper-rifles in order to perform an insta-gib, which will technically not fall into any of categories you’re offering in the survey. I see why you cannot offer every idea thrown here and there, just thinking there should be room to express more complex opinion.

Kudos for effort and idea, answered despite my cringe here.

(Faraleth) #8

[quote=“Lumi;95571”]@Faraleth

Are you by any chance Portuguese? Because on the sixth question you wrote other as “outro”, which is other in Portuguese…[/quote]

@Lumi that is a form pre-set “other” box :wink: Checked it over, and it’s likely set to read whatever your local language is. :3 Not Portuguese I am afraid ^.^

(Lumi) #9

Yeah, just noticed that my google is set to Portuguese and that’s why. Was kinda surprised when all the answers were in English but that one. Now I feel stupid…

(Lumi) #10

BTW, how cool is the new proposed game mode of base defence?

I can already imagine, exploding generators to open doors and repairing automatic turrets, etc. Kinda like a Planetside 2 offense on a base! Would be awesome!

(gg2ez) #11

Cool survey! Base defense sounds awesome!

(Demolama) #12

While a good idea. Other or no opinion needs to be an option for every question

(Supa) #13

Awesome job putting these questions into one survey, thanks Faraleth!

(Someordinaryguy) #14

@Faraleth http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/t_article_image/pnznkqgsrgw4tx0qdpxr.jpg
Will you post the results here after survey ends ?

And according to survey numbers RedEye and Phantom are the most underpowered mercs, let’s hope devs will get the idea :wink: .

(Maverix) #15

I filled out the survey. When do I get my free iPad? :smiley:

(positiveAnniversary) #16

The first question about the trade-in system… no option for the loadout not being random when you trade in… very clever, considering thats the thing most people hate about the system (at least from what i’ve seen on the forums.)

(HoopleDoople) #17

I did the survey, but there are two really important points I want to make that I couldn’t include on the survey.

  1. Competitive mode should flat out be REMOVED until improvements are made.

Competitive is currently a cesspool of stomps and toxicity. I’ve seen numerous players quit DB for good while I was in a match. Sure, no one would have to play it if there wasn’t the missions, but those who foolishly ventured into a match would have an even worse experience with the player pool decimated.

I would love for competitive mode to come back once the following issues are fixed:

  • Matchmaking seems entirely incapable of creating balanced teams
  • Grouped players aren’t properly accounted for and make team balance even worse
  • One AFK or leaver ruins the match
  • “Leaving without penalty” still penalizes you because you get no xp/credits/case/mission completion
  • The match lasts way too long when it is a clear stomp
  • The chat between the two teams is almost always toxic (and should probably be disabled)
  1. Missions should never require wins, merely matches.

There’s already a huge problem with players quickly abandoning any losing effort they join, because it is inefficient for experience and mission progress. But at least you CAN get experience and mission progress on a losing team. Unless of course you’re trying for a win in which case a loss is a waste.

(K1X455) #18

Don’t show it to riptide

(Mr-Penguin) #19

Kira? Underpowered? scoffs I’ve decimated entire teams with that laser.

(Yes) #20

Yeah, what the fuck. Kira is so easy for how good she is, my first game as her I got two full team wipes with that beam.