Preliminary results are in!
2015 Survey Results
"Mr. Wes, tear down this wall!"
37 SARPers responded to the poll so far.
65% were against limiting RP to the existing starmap. In fact, people really want the map expanded! 73% said want the map expanded. Only 5% didn't. This was the most agreed-upon part of the survey. 70% want to both expand the map's borders and allow separate star clusters.
Support for rescaling the map was much less than expanding it.
43% said to rescale, and 41% said not to rescale. Opinions on how to rescale varied widely:
When it camp to expanding the map's borders vs. rescaling the distances between known stars, expansion was strongly favored (81% combined) and support for rescaling was weak (46% combined). Specifically, expansion-only came out on top:
The "Instant stars" proposal, where stars aren't added to the map until GMs put them there, was narrowly favored by 51%.
Factions and Metaplot
49% of you think we do not have too many factions and 30% say we have just enough. 19% said we had too many.
In regards to halting approval on new playable factions for a year, the vote was split 51% in favor and 49% against.
46% want to see a new metaplot event, 36% are unsure, and 16% don't want one.
Will the Misshu return in YE 37? 43% weren't sure about this idea, 30% said yes, and 24% said no. With regards to a revamp of them, 39% were unsure, 32% said no, and 27% said yes.
70% of members are against instant adult access for $1. It's a shame, this would have saved me work and made some change for the site!
Xenforo: 32% of members like XenForo better,27% said it was about the same, and 11% (4 dudes) said it was worse. 30% were not sure or never tried the old phpBB forums. 68% of members said we now have enough themes for XenForo, although there was some minor support for additional dark (22%) and light (11%) themes.
Preliminary Conclusions
Based on the survey of SARPers, it looks like:
A lot of you also wrote suggestions. Thank you for those! The staff and I will be going through them soon to see what we can do.
2015 Survey Results
"Mr. Wes, tear down this wall!"
37 SARPers responded to the poll so far.
65% were against limiting RP to the existing starmap. In fact, people really want the map expanded! 73% said want the map expanded. Only 5% didn't. This was the most agreed-upon part of the survey. 70% want to both expand the map's borders and allow separate star clusters.
Support for rescaling the map was much less than expanding it.
43% said to rescale, and 41% said not to rescale. Opinions on how to rescale varied widely:
- Double them 24%
- Triple them 5%
- 5 times 5%
- 10 times 19%
- Other 32%
When it camp to expanding the map's borders vs. rescaling the distances between known stars, expansion was strongly favored (81% combined) and support for rescaling was weak (46% combined). Specifically, expansion-only came out on top:
- 46% Expansion only
- 35% Both
- 11% Rescaling only
- 8% Neither
The "Instant stars" proposal, where stars aren't added to the map until GMs put them there, was narrowly favored by 51%.
Factions and Metaplot
49% of you think we do not have too many factions and 30% say we have just enough. 19% said we had too many.
In regards to halting approval on new playable factions for a year, the vote was split 51% in favor and 49% against.
46% want to see a new metaplot event, 36% are unsure, and 16% don't want one.
Will the Misshu return in YE 37? 43% weren't sure about this idea, 30% said yes, and 24% said no. With regards to a revamp of them, 39% were unsure, 32% said no, and 27% said yes.
70% of members are against instant adult access for $1. It's a shame, this would have saved me work and made some change for the site!
Xenforo: 32% of members like XenForo better,27% said it was about the same, and 11% (4 dudes) said it was worse. 30% were not sure or never tried the old phpBB forums. 68% of members said we now have enough themes for XenForo, although there was some minor support for additional dark (22%) and light (11%) themes.
Preliminary Conclusions
Based on the survey of SARPers, it looks like:
- RP will not be limited to the existing space map! No more running along the invisible zone wall, MMORPG-style.
- You'll be able to submit new map extensions and off-map clusters as needed/desired.
- I also hope to make a new, free "expansion pack" for Star Army with a new sector to the South.
- Distances between systems on the main map will stay the same as they've always been.
- We're keeping Xenforo but will not purchase more new themes.
A lot of you also wrote suggestions. Thank you for those! The staff and I will be going through them soon to see what we can do.