What Questions Should the Survey ask but didn't?

[Kerney]

I filled out the survey that Tanya and co put together on what we liked and disliked, what kind of characters you played etc.

My question is what questions do you wish they had asked or asked differently?

Questions they should have asked IMHO:

How do you feel about the inclusion of subsystems, like mass combat rules, overland travel, etc?

If you were to add or subtract a faction, what would it be?

Asked Differently-

What was your favorite season?

I named season three just because of the quality of adventures, things like Godsmarket, Tempel of Emypemeral Enlightenment, Haunting of Hinojai, Frostfur Captives are all classics.

But it came down to that being the best written season with the right combination of meta plot and individual adventure focus.

[Angel Hunter D]

Yeah, the survey was a good start by it avoided most of the important questions.

[John Compton]

There's a lot of good data coming out of the survey, and we've certainly learned a considerable amount—both in terms of your responses and in terms of how we could improve these surveys in the future. That this process has so far proven fruitful is promising, so there's a good chance that we'll issue one or more additional surveys in the future.

[Kalindlara]

I hope it's still up for a little while longer. I haven't found the time yet.

[bdk86]

John Compton wrote:

There's a lot of good data coming out of the survey, and we've certainly learned a considerable amount—both in terms of your responses and in terms of how we could improve these surveys in the future. That this process has so far proven fruitful is promising, so there's a good chance that we'll issue one or more additional surveys in the future.

So, I'm going to be a social science nerd here and I know this is likely a "no" due to the nature of marketing data...

...but what are the chances we'll ever see open access to the raw dataset? Especially the real world regions, character class/level, and faction. I'm super curious to poke at it for trends. Same for which kinds of PCs actually did a retirement arc.

[John Compton]

bdk86 wrote:

John Compton wrote:

There's a lot of good data coming out of the survey, and we've certainly learned a considerable amount—both in terms of your responses and in terms of how we could improve these surveys in the future. That this process has so far proven fruitful is promising, so there's a good chance that we'll issue one or more additional surveys in the future.

So, I'm going to be a social science nerd here and I know this is likely a "no" due to the nature of marketing data...

...but what are the chances we'll ever see open access to the raw dataset? Especially the real world regions, character class/level, and faction. I'm super curious to poke at it for trends. Same for which kinds of PCs actually did a retirement arc.

I don't have an answer as to how much of the data we'll publish online and when, though there are certain slices that could make for a really engaging blog down the road. I anticipate the survey's stakeholders will gather shortly after it closes to pore through the responses and look for trends, at which point we'll likely make decisions about what's getting shared.

At this time, though, it's too early for me to make promises—especially ones that aren't mine to make.

[Terminalmancer]

Watch out for p-hacking! :)

It would also be interesting to know what sorts of questions you were planning to ask the data once you finish collecting it.