The Big Attila Survey - BETA and suggestions

[Fredrin]

Hello all,

With the new game out for a couple of weeks, now seems a good time to put out a community survey to see what everyone thinks about it. So here is a beta of the survey for you to have a look at:

The Big Attila Beta Survey

If you have any ideas about how it could be more balanced or any suggestions for questions/answers that you don't see in there, now's the time to say!

This is also a shout out to anyone who would like to help push the finished survey out to as many TW fans as possible, through forums etc Please PM me if you can

NB - Results for the beta will not be counted towards the final result. You can browse to the next page without filling in each answer using the "next page" button.


Here is a list of the different sections, so far:

1) About you - Age, playing habits, games owned etc

2) For Non-Owners of Attila - A few questions aimed at people who haven't bought, asking why they didn't and if/when they will

3) Questions about Attila - Covering overall score, popularity of features content and comparison to Rome 2

4) Attila and CA - Asking what impact Attila's release has had on people's of the developers

5) Regarding DLC and patches - pretty much what it says on the tin

6) About the survey - Questions about how happy they were with the survey and if they'd like to see CA do an official version

7) Looking Ahead - Asking about Warhammer and giving a choice of favourite future title

[JoeSaunders]

I think question 17 doesn't have any way of rating post-patch rome 2 out of 10?

[Butan]

Done.

Question 17 bugged as reported by JoeSaunders.

[r3dshift]

Seeing as this is a beta survey, shouldn't we wait for a final version instead...?

[Fredrin]

Cheers mates, question 17 fixed.

Seeing as this is a beta survey, shouldn't we wait for a final version instead...?

You can wait if you want to. The responses from this won't count towards the final survey results. It's more a chance for people who would like something added/changed to chip in. As well as pick up on things like Q. 17.

Worth noting as well that I have disabled measures that prevent people from submitting duplicate responses. This will be turned back on for the final version.

[MasterBigAb]

Good survey

I think question 17 doesn't have any way of rating post-patch rome 2 out of 10?

Yes, needs fixing.

[Sheridan]

Thanks for putting this together, +Rep

[Kahvipannu]

Done, nice survey.

+1

[Yoke]

nice survey id love to see the results after hundreds do it(if they do)

[r3dshift]

I see, Tiberius. I'll wait for the final version, but great job on your part regardless.

[WelshDragon]

Nice survey... until it asked me to sign up at the end, that always annoys me for some reason.

[Butan]

Nice survey... until it asked me to sign up at the end, that always annoys me for some reason.

Hmmm.. I actually just ignored that page, I hope my vote was still accounted for.

[Fredrin]

Hmmm.. I actually just ignored that page, I hope my vote was still accounted for.

Yeah, sorry about that annoying completion page - a drawback of using free surveying software, I'm afraid. Don't worry though; the votes are coming in! Really interesting to see how the community is literally split in two over the upcoming Warhammer game.

I like it. My first instinct is its too early. I dont feel capable of answering some of those gameplay questions yet.

Id like some questions about cas dlc policy. I am on my phone right now so my ideas are crude but here goes:

Eg
What is your opinion of day1 amd pre release dlc?
. Do you think factions should be major dlc packages- attila base game has 9 playable factions. Dlc already has 6. Whats your opinion on this?
. Do you think dlc should be a small aspect of a game as it was in pre rome tw releases or a large aspect as it is currently. ?
How happy are you with cas current dlc policy including pricing, content and amount?

Thanks for the feedback. Maybe you're right about it being a bit too soon - a week or two from now should give people enough time to get to grips with the new mechanics.

As you suggest, I'll drop in a section about DLC content and policy and also a question or two about the perrenial gate/torch/siege/axe issue.

[Greasy Dave]

I like it. My first instinct is its too early. I dont feel capable of answering some of those gameplay questions yet.

Id like some questions about cas dlc policy. I am on my phone right now so my ideas are crude but here goes:

Eg
What is your opinion of day1 amd pre release dlc?
. Do you think factions should be major dlc packages- attila base game has 9 playable factions. Dlc already has 6. Whats your opinion on this?
. Do you think dlc should be a small aspect of a game as it was in pre rome tw releases or a large aspect as it is currently. ?
How happy are you with cas current dlc policy including pricing, content and amount?

Oh yes
And another question... about gate hacking.

I am still on my phone so i cant think of a completely neutral way of phrasing the question but something like:
How satisfied are you with the gate hacking mechanic?
Do you think during sieges that a player or ai who loses its siege equipment should have no other option than withdrawing or do you like that the sieging army currently has a last ditch ability to hack or torch the gates?

[Greasy Dave]

Thanks for the feedback. Maybe you're right about it being a bit too soon - a week or two from now should give people enough time to get to grips with the new mechanics.

As you suggest, I'll drop in a section about DLC content and policy and also a question or two about the perrenial gate/torch/siege/axe issue.

Thanks mate.

I'm curious to see the spread of views on both issues. I know where I stand on both. But I'm curious if I'm in the minority or not.

@PumpkinBread.

You can be a cynic about these surveys...CA have never made any mention that they look at them. On the other hand, lasts year's Rome 2 survey highlighted several features as being poor, problematic, needing work, like the political system or missing like the family tree.

And what do you know, Attila has.. a family tree,...and a more in depth political system.

The Rome 2 survey may have had nothing to do with this.......on the other hand if we don't tell them what we want, what we like, and what we don't like, you can be sure that CA will never ask us.

[Totalheadache]

+1 Done.

[PumpkinBread]

Completed though I personally believe these surveys are the metacritic of CA. Fanboys and girls people score high, whiney babies and their followers score low.

[Kanaric]

I wish I could explain my choices. Like I like the unit upgrade system but I don't like the fact that it sometimes erases useful units from production but saying I dislike it because of that is kind of misleading. Also I would like a China total war but only if it were Three Kingdoms period.

Also I hate the fact that this wasn't an expansion and so Rome 2 is a wasted game now. No point going back to it because it lacks these features like the family tree that I require from this.

[Jin-]

Made it, but uncertain if it was completed after i got some add page.

[maexim]

You should ad a part with what we want to put in Attila like other features, etc...