About posting improvement suggestions

So https://eu.battle.net/support/en/article/21518 states that players are able to post improvement suggestion about the game either through forums or ingame tool.
Where in internal forums can we post these suggestions?

And on related note; do Devs see the improvement suggestion once they are picked by a middle hand or do Devs/one of the Devs themselves actually go through these suggestions?

You can post suggestions in a relevant forum, for example if you if you think that Night Elves should have mohawks you could post it in the Lore forums or if you think Hunters could get a nerf the Hunter forum’s the way to go.

Good and constructive feedback will be collected by the forum team, which will be collated for the Developers and other relevant teams like the balance/PVP team.

I see, thou I’ve suggestion ideas that cover various elements of the game; some systems are already implemented but could be repurposed for further relevancy and others have not been implemented yet.
Where could I post about these?

Are ingame tool’s feedback also directed to forum team or someone else in WoW team?

Hi Aldoreth!

So the forums are indeed a great spot, usually in general discussion, but the optimal way is to use the in-game Suggestion feature, as that goes directly to the Developers. :slight_smile:

There’s a guide on suggestions here:

Yours,

Arythwinn

Hey Arythwinn,

Sure, I tried it, but 500 char limits was too little for feedback I wanted to give.
Any suggestions what would be most optimal approach?

Suggestions is not for feedback, but for, well, suggestions, not a 10,000 character blog on improving the game.

I suggest the acronym KISS fits for them.

Lmao you might want to check definitions of some words you use before you post.
The more detailed a feedback is the better. And detailed feedbacks tend to be long.
Even ā€˜keeping it stupid simple’ doesn’t always fit in 500 characters.

But the devs limit it deliberately. Think of the millions of players and how many suggestions/feedback they get. All they want is a brief outline of what you’re suggesting. If it’s something they feel they could implement that fits in with their plans for the game, they will work out the how and the when because they’re the developers and that’s their job.

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I know and it’s reasonable.
I’m not expecting devs to fully implement my suggestions, but to apply the ideas as they see to fit the best for their organisation & schedules.
Regardless, I consider ā€œwiderā€ picture to be important since the suggestions are inherently linking to each other and the total picture of gameplay.

That’s the point, it’s not for feedback, it’s for suggestions. Ingame does it say Feedback/Suggestions? No, it says Submit Suggestion.

As for the length, they don’t want a 10,000 word essay on the merits of a certain corruption against others, they want something short and to the point.

And you think they don’t already know or haven’t already discussed it at length? I doubt they haven’t thought of everything that player would come up with and on the remotest chance a player does, don’t you think they know more about the game and the impact it may have than an outsider?

I see you have no understanding about the words you spouse.
If I give a suggestion related to an already existing game system, how is it not feedback?

Don’t know where you got an idea that I’ve an 10k word essay of different types of corruptions when I haven’t even mentioned anything about the improvements.
My improvement suggestions on other hand are short, and there are many of them. Hence why the feedback would be long.

What is this ā€œitā€ you’re referring to? Your 10k essay about corruptions?

I’m not the game director, so why would I expect to know better?
You see child, I do expect them to have an organised production of their ideas & schedules for their publishing. Now I don’t know what they are, so considering what I’m aware of, I’d like to propose some improvement suggestions.
I’d hope some comment on the ideas, but I’m not expecting any dialogue (they one could hope) nor an explanation to me what is on the schedule instead.

I have a complete understanding and it seems like you can’t tell the difference between feedback and a suggestion. For instance I know the difference between spout and spouse.

It’s an example, don’t be a pedant.

Whatever your feedback is about of course. I’ve made suggestions in the past and guess what, I don’t ramble on and can do it easily in 300 characters.

How dare you call me a child, do you always demean people like this? I can see it now in your head, ā€œthis person disagrees with me or knows the correct way to do something so I will make them seem childish while dismissing themā€

Blizzard never comment on ideas, especially on the EU forums, where no Dev treads.

And yet you cannot understand how the two terms are connected to each other, lmao.

Ah yes, a feedback suggestion about one specific issue you had.
Delightful, but I’ve got more suggestions than that.

Why would I dismiss someone if I would consider them doing something correctly? lmao

hence why I’d like to know how to reach them, since I can’t post on US forums with an EU account either.

Make a US trial account, level to 10 then you can post. You only need a subscription in any region to post there.

I’ve had more than one issue, but that’s more about Bugs than suggestions, of which I have made quite a few different types.

Then make each one separately.

They are not connected, feedback is a critique of something and a suggestion is asking for something to be changed or added. That’s not the same thing at all.

Neat info, but 500 character limit is still a problem.

So your example isn’t really applicable in my situation.

Feedback is not a synonym for ā€˜critique’/ā€˜criticism’ nor is suggestion a synonym for ā€˜request’, lmao.
I’ll give you a suggestive feedback to grab a book to improve your term knowledge.

Why? It’s more than enough for any suggestion.

Feedback: information about reactions to a product
Suggestion: an idea or plan put forward for consideration

So obvious to anyone really, they are not the same

So you agree they are different, as you needed to use both words to describe what you are doing. Got you 100% with that one.

Feedback: that would be you need to understand.
Suggestion: get a book to improve your understanding.

It’s enough for demands, not constructive suggestions.

Bravo. Now, why can’t a suggestion be information, contain information or be informative?

A constructive suggestion does not need to be verbose, which is why there is a limit on the suggestion box.

You don’t really need that much information or to be informative, and if Blizzard consider your suggestion they will have their own information.

If Blizzard wanted people to ramble on they would have made the box unlimited characters. They just want the idea not a load of babble on how someone thinks it should work as well.

It doesn’t need to verbose indeed, yet my issue isn’t solved by cramming my suggestions into 500 characters and posting them repeatedly into ingame suggestion tool box when the points & benefits get scattered into masses of feedback.

Thank you for conceiving the point.
Constructive suggestions are rich in information & informative. Otherwise you get loads of verbose rambling.

And?

Devs want ideas that are suggestive feedback by their nature, not rambling, incohesive one liners about why WoW / a system in WoW sucks.
Don’t know why constructive & suggestive feedback is a problem for you thou.
I only want a solution to communicate my feedback to Devs through better means than forum posts or 500 char limited feedback box.

I covered that, one in each 500 letters. You seem to have completely missed that, I’ll link it for you.

Ergo, they won’t your extra info.

It’s not a problem, you only need to make the suggestion, blizzard have no forums or ingame option to give feedback.

There isn’t one and if Blizzard wanted that they would have made a place for you to do it.

Also I’d bet real money that whatever you want to let them know has already been raised as a suggestion.