Taken. I was wondering if you were going to bring the suveys back. I was tempted to say that I was Hortz I wonder how many people will say that. Considering he had like 20 aliases...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that. There are some changes that I'm rather disappointed about (the switch to turn-based combat) but their are other changes that I'm glad they made (resource/city building mechanics).

Done, could have been set out abit better and offer some more choices in some questions but overall it was cool.

Done

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done..

I am going to have to hand-type most of the results as I did a terrible job on formatting this time around.

1. On a scale of 1 to 10, what are your expectations for the Day 0 release of Elemental?

1 - Abysmal           1 vote

2 - Very Bad          2 votes

3 - Poor                 4 votes

4 - Uninspired         8 votes

5 - OK                    9 votes

6 - fun                   25 votes

7 - very good          24 votes

8 - excellent            28 votes

9 - children named "Frogboy"    9 votes

10 - Best game release ever    3 votes

2. Rate your expectations for the various upcoming releases of Elemental

Note the almost 20% jump in people who thought it would be the best game ever between the 6 month and 2 year version. People expect a rough launch but also expect big improvements in 30 days.

3. How different from the last public beta do you expect the game to be?

Unrecognizable       9 votes

Vastly different       32 votes

Quite a bit different 38 votes

A little different       26 votes

Tweaks only            5 votes

4. How long were you involved in the beta?

From the beginning  44 votes

6 months or more   15 votes

3 months or more   13 votes

Less than 3 months 21 votes

I did not beta test   6 votes

5. How would you rate the beta experience overall?

It sucked             10 votes

Best & Worst of times      56 votes

It rocked!              29 votes

6. How would you rate Stardock's responsiveness to beta tester/fan concerns? Choose all that apply

Perfect!		15.2%	15
Example to the industry!		56.6%	56
Very good!		29.3%	29
Good		15.2%	15
Not so good		5.1%	5
Poor		1.0%	1
My forum username is/was Hortz		1.0%	1

7. Think back to when you first heard about Elemental. Compare that early impression with your current impression and the direction that development has taken.
	answered question		98
	skipped question		-27
		Response Percent	Response Count
My current impression is similar to my inital impression		33.7%	33
They are vastly different but I am excited by the changes		27.6%	27
They are vastly different and I am disappointed		19.4%	19
I am not sure what to expect.		19.4%	19

8. What are your purchasing plans regarding Elemental?
	answered question		99
	skipped question		-28
		Response Percent	Response Count
I preordered standard version.		55.6%	55
I preordered the Limited Edition.		37.4%	37
I will purchase standard version from Impulse after release.		3.0%	3
I will purchase standard edition from retail outlet.		1.0%	1
I will purchase Limited Edition from retail outlet.		1.0%	1
I am waiting for reviews before deciding if I will buy.		1.0%	1
I will buy in February, when it is REALLY done.		1.0%	1
I will not buy.		0.0%	0

Thanks for participating!!!

Yep, pretty close to what I expected as well.

Yep.

Hmmm question 8 does indeed indicate that. I do not know why it generated the weird negative numbers on the skipped questions.

As far as the Survey Monkey account, I am a cheapskate, but the truth is, out of 11 surveys, only 4 of them hit the maximum 100 - ever. Obviously, this one maxxed out quick I am guessing because we have a lot more forum members/lurkers now.

Yes I will probably do at least a small survey post release and post 30 day release to test the waters how everyone is liking EWOM.

I think that means that most of us are more realistic. There's some wiggle room between mediocre and better than average more or less based on personal interpretations of that that means in context of features (for some, tactical combat is more important, others want crafted items, others want more stuff with seas). But it basically says that people don't expect a completely new game from beta 4 since the features are set, and are just going to get polished and refined - but at the same time expect the game to grow after the goals for release are met and SD can actually expand the game.

Yeah, something like that. But I take it to mean that people expect a mediocre game at release and a good game six months later. That seems to be related to the polish phase that comes in game development after all the systems are built and put together not happening until after release in the case of Elemental. I mean, they were still redoing parts of the UI and hooking up core stuff to tactical combat just recently. Out of curiousity I asked a buddy at Bethesda if they'd ever be working on stuff like that this close to release, and his response was "only if we found an earth shattering bug."

I didn't get to take the survey, but I tend to agree with that part of the results. The game will be so much better a few months after release because the last part of making a good game (polish, balance, and refinement) simply hasn't been done yet.