Improvement - Communication between ANet & Community

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Posted by: Nurvus.2891

Nurvus.2891

I think there should be a section of the forum, or stickies within each appropriate section, where ANet keeps the players informed of:
- Features they are working on (already decided to go ahead)
- Features they are thinking/considering about (not yet decided to go ahead)
- Bugs they are working on

I’m not talking about threads of promises.
Just honest communication that makes the Community feel more on the inside than the outside.

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Posted by: SevenSigma.7462

SevenSigma.7462

Just check the Dev Tracker and the News and Announcements forums. Done.

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Posted by: Nurvus.2891

Nurvus.2891

I mean actively communicating what they’re thinking.

Stuff that ANet isn’t necessarily planning to do, but is being brainstorming.

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Posted by: SevenSigma.7462

SevenSigma.7462

A dev was talking about this on the Dungeon forums. Basically, it’s a very bad idea to talk about stuff that you’re not sure it’s going to make it to the game, because players take devs to be Word of God. Especially considering the iterative nature of their development, any idea they’re brainstorming now will more than likely be killed or changed beyond recognition by the time it appears on the game. It’d just upset the players.

Sure, I get that you want devs to be more active in the forums, but consider how swamped they must be right now. There are bugs everywhere. Give it time.

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Posted by: Nurvus.2891

Nurvus.2891

Nah. That’s a typical misunderstanding. Cause-and-effect is upside down.

It’s not because of players engraving Devs words in stone that Devs only communicate when they are certain.
It’s because of Devs only communicating when they are certain that players engrave their words in stone.

Essentially, there could certainly be a small transition phase, but quickly the players would become accostumed to having some interesting insight into what the devs are cooking in their heads.

It’d be refreshing, satisfying, and just make the devs let us know how awesome they are.

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Posted by: Runiir.6425

Runiir.6425

How about they stop posting on facebook and start using the actual official website more?

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Posted by: rgrwng.4072

rgrwng.4072

there’s a facebook page?

oh well. i thought this official forum was supposed to be the news bringer for me. or even the Wiki.

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Posted by: Blude.6812

Blude.6812

How about they stop posting on facebook and start using the actual official website more?

2nd the motion!