Topic: Reality check - Features & Balance
Can the features and ideas and balance sections be removed? There’s been years of good ideas there and really you guys are not in a position to implement any of it. I think it could be redone to make communication better with the few players left as well as make us feel like we have a stake in decisions. Right now it’s just noise that even if you wanted to implement you would struggle too.
What I suggest is instead having three sections with whatever headings make sense to you that concern the next 60 days of development, the next six months and the next twelve months. You would make these sections unable to be posted in and they would contain posts with a brief outline of areas you are working on. We would then be able to post feedback, ideas and wishes in relation to that feature. As it progresses down the pipeline the post moves from the year to six months to near future and then finally to the test server section. By that time it’s got a good amount of detail in the post, people know exactly what’s coming and we have something real to test. Expectations have already been set so your playerbase doesn’t get annoyed or surprised. Communication has been consistent and so your playerbase feels connected. People from outside the game can get an idea of what’s coming and so can see the games overall vision making it more attractive to play. It also gives you a reason to keep logging in as your aware of X change around the corner.