Flight Rising Discussion

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Hello again, everyone! You might remember me as 'that one crazy user who kept making poll after poll about the eyes'. I'm back, and now that scattersights have been around for a bit see: almost a week after they've been retired I'd like to do another poll to reflect how scattersights are settling into the community.

I've done my best to build this as cleanly as possible, but I anticipate a lot of changes for the next poll I do. I apologize for questions which are hard to understand or a bit too complex.

Any information gathered from this poll will be used to update my Eye Changes and Suggestions Thread, which you can find a link to in my signature, to reflect the attitude of the community now that the update has passed and had some time to settle in.

Thank you for your help!

Catradora

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-RESULTS-
from 218 responses. Please note that these stats are unofficial, and that information from this poll is likely to have significant bias.
Q1: Which Flight are you in?
Light - 19.4%
Ice - 12.4%
Wind - 10.6%
Lightning - 10.1%
Nature - 9.7%
Arcane - 8.8%
Plague - 8.3%
Shadow - 6.9%
Earth - 6%
Water - 4.6%
Fire - 3.2%

Q2: What, for you, is the biggest draw of FR?

Dragon Projects - 55.5%
Breeding/Hatcheries, The Community/Forums - 30.3%
Art/Skins/Accents - 28%
Coliseum - 25.7%
I'm not quite sure why I play - 20.2%
All of this - 13.8%
Lore - 15 votes (~6.9%)
Roleplay - 1.4%

Other mentioned subjects:
Apparel/Customization
Festivals/Events
Collecting (Familiars, etc)

Q3: How do you feel about the eye types?
I think it was executed badly but like the idea - 38.5%
I like it - 21.6%
I love it - 17%
I love some, hate some - 14.2%
I'm indifferent - 6%
I dislike it - ~0.5%

There were no votes for 'I hate it' and most expressed the fact that they like it, but that it needs improvement/was more enjoyable after the event.

Q4: Which Eye Type(s) are your favourite?

Depends on the dragon - 58.7%
Primal - 50.5%
Rare - 42.2%
Unusual - 30.7%
Glowing - 26.1%
Faceted - 25.7%
Original - 25.2%
Multi-gaze - 24.3%
Uncommon - 20.2%
Common - 17%
All of them - 5%
Don't know yet - 4.1%
I haven't really thought about it - 2.8%
None of them - 0.5%

Q5: If you answered 'Primal', which Primals are your favourite?
Fire - 59.9%
Shadow - 53.3%
Lightning - 52.6%
Arcane - 50.7%
Wind - 46.1%
Ice - 39.5%
Nature - 25.7%
Plague, Light - 20.4%
Earth - 11.8%
Water - 8.6%

Q6: Which eye type(s) are your least favourite?
Depends on the dragon - 39.4%
Multi-gaze - 38.5%
Primal - 26.6%
Faceted - 14.2%
Glowing - 11.9%
Common - 10.6%
None of them - 10.1%
Uncommon - 7.8%
Don't know yet - 6%
I haven't really thought about it - 5.5%
Unusual - 4.1%
Rare - 2.8%
Original - 2.3%


Q7: If you answered Primal, which Primals are your least favourite?

Plague - 62.8%
Light - 49.6%
Water - 45.5%
Earth - 43.8%
Shadow - 23.1%
Nature - 16.5%
Ice - 11.6%
Wind - 6.6%
Arcane - 5%
Fire - 3.3%
Lightning - 2.5%

Q8: What do you like most about the eye update?
New tints - 46.3%
Exciting hatchers - 44.5%
The familiar - 41.3%
New 'shapes' (Primal, Multigaze, etc) - 33.9%
Everything! - 22.5%
I can't think of something I like - 1.4%

Other users commented they liked the part where they made lots of money on scattersights. (I... don't really know what to say to that, other than, 'good for you!')

Q9: What is your least favourite part about this update?
I can't get the eyes I want due to low odds - 47.2%
I can't revert to common - 34.4%
I think light primal was slighted/done badly - 32.6%
The eye colour has screwed with my dragons - 28.4%
I can't get the pre-update eyes back - 25.7%
I feel insulted/upset because the eyes were changed without warning - 22.5%
I don't like the random aspect - 21.1%
I have no issues with this update - 13.8%
I'm sensitive to body horror from a Primal eye type - 8.3%
I'm sensitive to body horror from Multigaze - 6%
I'm sensitive to body horror from an eye type not listed here - 0.5%

Other users expressed that they were upset about the scattersight retiring and the community backlash.


MORE TO COME SOON

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FAQ

Why does this not include much on the community reaction?

I agree that the community reaction was surprisingly chaotic for the FR community (at least, the community I've encountered). However, I also don't see how the FR Team could 'solve' this. People will be people, and there will be negative reactions. It's not in their power to force FR Users to be nice and happy all the time. Since this poll is designed to provide me with information to use in a 'changes and suggestions' thread, and there is no change I can think of which would solve such a problem, I didn't include it in the poll.

If you have a suggestion which could solve this issue, I will be more than willing to debate it with you, and I will absolutely take your thoughts into consideration.

This poll is biased towards people who didn't like it!

Yes, I'm aware - that's just my personal opinion bleeding through, but I'll add some further explanation.

As stated before, this poll is specifically designed to identify the changes and suggestions the community wants. If there was nothing the community felt wrong, then there would be nothing to suggest, and this poll wouldn't exist. With that said, I've done my best to give people who genuinely loved everything this update had to offer an out, allowing them to skip questions, state that they liked it, etc. I appreciate their input, and with every poll I've made I've gotten closer to the true neutral I'm aiming for. Nonetheless, I'm happy people bring this to my attention, and would love to hear which parts you felt were biased so I can change them in the next poll. ^^