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https://www.warhammer-community.com/2017/12/17/big-community-survey-thanks-taking-part/

According to this post they had planned to talk about the results in January but they've been hush-hush on the outcome as far as I know.

Wild speculation as to why? Too many people asking for SoBs and WHFB and they'd have to admit they don't want to? They don't want to approach pricing issues?

Conspiracy theory away!

If they weren't prepared for the response they got picking through the data is going to take a lot longer than anticipated, let alone figuring out how to respond to that many free form fields.

Going to guess it was originally intended to be a 1 intern job, or part time screw around for a full timer. No idea what it's turned into.

They'll also likely only do highlights of it after the big meeting discussing what it brings up.

It'll be commercially sensitive as the raw information anyway.

 Sim-Life wrote:
Wild speculation as to why?

GW lie about stuff.


They likely pulled January out of thin air without consideration of whether it was practical or advisable, and now assume (likely correctly) that most people have forgotten about it.

Can imagine the results are hard to talk about if they are not what you expected.

A few good months doesn't erase all those bad years. People are still sore and they have a right to feel that way. GW wanted to hear from people now they have to listen.

Unlikely to be a case of being hush-hush, more likely "holy drokk, we underestimated how much work this would be."

That and/or corporate management threw another priority at them and it's on the back burner.

YeOldSaltPotato wrote:
If they weren't prepared for the response they got picking through the data is going to take a lot longer than anticipated, let alone figuring out how to respond to that many free form fields.

Going to guess it was originally intended to be a 1 intern job, or part time screw around for a full timer. No idea what it's turned into.

While it's tempting to believe they're sitting in GWHQ with big mopey sadfaces because so many people wrote in asking for WHF back and don't know how to respond, the reality is probably closer to SaltPotato's suggestion - they got more data than they were expecting, and assuming they didn't just file the whole thing directly under B-for-bin getting it all properly spun by the marketing/comms people to present to us plebs likely isn't a priority.

Yeah, I am guessing they got a lot more feedback than they expected and/or totally underestimated the time it takes to go through all this. Last semester in Uni, some groups did a survey rather than some interviews and that took a looooot more time than anyone of them thought it would.
Also, I just can't see them ignoring the results, whether they like them or not. This is a whole lot of data invaluable for future endeavours. Sure, some things will most probably not be granted (WHFB/price changes), but I am guessing there will be some nice ideas for new stuff. I just hope they do screen all that juicy data properly.

I'd say there's two aspects too it,.

1) They might well have way too much data to handle and the january date was only an estimation that has proven too short a time scale to sift through it in a proper manner

2) They might want to mix the release of the info with other information releases. Ergo a publication of the results is ultimately nothing unless GW has plans in motion to act upon them - or at least one or two ideas (it would be impossible to expect them to do everything or even the most popular thing by numbers).
So it could be that they want to reach a point where they can say
"Lots of you asked for Squats so we fitted them in and here's a preview of what is to come in 6 months time"
Or some such similar reply.

If it's that desperate to be known, someone could ask on the facebook page about it.

I asked on FB some time ago and did not get any answer at all.

Can the misleading title of this thread be edited to reflect that the results are NOT IN as of yet.

Yes, that can in fact be done!

 Overread wrote:

So it could be that they want to reach a point where they can say
"Lots of you asked for Squats so we fitted them in and here's a preview of what is to come in 6 months time"
Or some such similar reply.

a boy can dream, can't he? I'd probably have a heart attack if this were to be true.

anyway, they probably didn't expect the sheer number of responses and it's taking a fair amount of time longer than they expected. collating all that data and quantifying it is a large undertaking.

hopefully they'll release at least some of the info to the masses.

Many thanks for the title fixing.

And I'd rather they'd take their time sifting through the data then rush it, or simply thank us and not say anything more on the matter.

The same is happening with the Warhammer Cafe name suggestions right now, IIRC it was supposed to be unveiled last week, but still no answer on that as well, they're taking their time and going through things with care.

 BrookM wrote:
The same is happening with the Warhammer Cafe name suggestions right now, IIRC it was supposed to be unveiled last week, but still no answer on that as well, they're taking their time and going through things with care.

Or maybe they are sitting on the pile of results debating which entries need to be trashed before the conclusions from the rest is published. Remember Boaty McBoatface?

 Irbis wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
The same is happening with the Warhammer Cafe name suggestions right now, IIRC it was supposed to be unveiled last week, but still no answer on that as well, they're taking their time and going through things with care.

Or maybe they are sitting on the pile of results debating which entries need to be trashed before the conclusions from the rest is published. Remember Boaty McBoatface?

At least the legend lives on in one of the submersibles.

Given that this survey is basically impossible to evaluate by machine as there were several "enter what you want" windows it means that someone has to read that stuff. And 100K of them is a crapton of work.

it was supposed to be unveiled last week

The HQ was closed for 1 1/2 days last week due to the weather, it was deemed to dangerous for staff and customers to get there. Probably a problem with black ice due to temperature shifting around zero degrees celsius.

XuQishi wrote:

The HQ was closed for 1 1/2 days last week due to the weather, it was deemed to dangerous for staff and customers to get there. Probably a problem with black ice due to temperature shifting around zero degrees celsius.

Aye and many times its not just the conditions in the morning but also the evening as well. If staff are going to risk it both ends of the day its often not worth it; esp if they are likely to arrive late and then also want to leave early (ice and snow are bad and no one wants to be diving in the dark or twilight as well as all that - esp given heavy cloud cover makes the daylight end all the sooner).

Like most companies it will probably take them a few days this week to catch everything up that's been missed.

I suspect they got more data than anticipated and have been sifting through it.

If they wanted to lie they could have pre-prepared an article for January stating anything they wanted. "You guys just keep asking for power armour, so here you go! "

There were probably quite a few ruined results that need to be sorted through. I suspect there were a fair few gripes/moans that need to be assessed.

They'll deliver something as and when they want to and if it is useful. For now I'd rather have codex releases, faction foci and the March FAQ.

Open Fields make it a lot harder. When I saw those, I fgured it was a rookie mistake.

I won't be surprised if they release the results along with the next big FAQ update in a few weeks. if not then then by the time the next come comes due.