This is my next instalment in beta related pet peeves. I realize I'm preaching for the choir but you can all nod and agree to my sage-like comments that never reach the ears of people who actually might be influenced by them. Most of those people would tell me to shove my thoughts into a place where the sun does not shine anyway - most likely after stating tl;dr. :)
Anyhow here's the thing:
You are a developer/community manager browsing beta forums for player feedback. You come upon a post titled ”combat feedback” and click it to check it out. Inside you find a very eloquent comment ”Combat in this game sucks. Change it.”. Umm okay...?
Simply stating feature x sucks seems like a waste of forum space to me. Even worse is when actually useful feedback gets buried under threads that have nothing constructive to add. Developers get you think the combat sucks but to actually change the combat requires them to know why it sucks. Even better. Tell them how you think it should be changed.
Just don't expect miracles to happen. If you are the only person who thinks combat sucks chances are it won't be changed. If the game is two months away from release don't expect developers to completelly overhaul a system they have spent months over years working on. If the whole game sucks then chances are it's not a game for you. If whole community thinks the game sucks then chances are it won't live long after release.
- B
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