I’ve looked through suggestions in this section, even in the race and profession sections. I see a lot of great ideas that I’d love to see in-game, but they never have any backing by the community because either A ) they don’t see it, or B ) they don’t feel like typing out a whole reason why they want it. So since this game revolves around community feedback, this would be a great way to see what the players want in your game.
I suggest a polling system for the suggestion section.
Say someone has an idea, like the ever popular “race change” want. One should be able to make a polling thread so the community could vote in it (yes/no/other-with reply) There can be four levels of the polling, which should evolve the suggestion section to have four off-sections.
- 1) Cold – The poll is just starting, or it hasn’t received much attention, or it has received too many ‘no’ votes. It will remain in the ‘cold’ section until it receives more attention. This is where members/players can go to see new ideas. Should a poll receive a certain amount of ‘no’ votes, the thread should be locked/deleted.
- 2) Warm – The poll has caught the attention of some members/players and is receiving good feedback (the ‘yes’ choice outweighing the ‘no’ choice).
- 3) Hot – The poll has been received well by the community and is heavily wanted in the game. This is where developers/designers/leads come to see the ideas that are ‘hot’ by the community to analyze and see what they could do.
- 4) Accepted – A ‘hot’ poll will be placed here to show that an idea has been taken in to ArenaNet as an official feature to the game. The final place for a poll to go.
I feel this is the best way for the community to communicate their ideas for the game to the developers. It’s less clutter, it’s more interactive, and ultimately you hear the community clearer.
You never know, there may be an MMO changing idea in the polls.
