Praise and controversy
You either love it or hate it, they can be right or wrong. There can never be a middle ground, got to choose a side.
If I’m not mistaken, the contraversial threads are probably the bulk of threads, so it’s no surprise that that’s where they’re going to comment the most. And taking time to thank someone for saying something nice for a change shouldn’t surprise anyone.
The other threads are generally question threads and if fans answer the question, Anet doesn’t need to dedicate the resources to it.
if im not mistaken, i used to read through “what is dev team saying” part of the forum to get info about the game mechanics. if you check it out now, it is exactly what OP says it is. it is not a feeling.
The developers are stupid if they argue with players on message boards. It’s bad if they’re right and worse if they’re wrong. Even if the developers only post neutral comments there will still be posters who try to disagree.
ANet posts more on Reddit, Twitter and FB than here.
So after a bit of thought, and moving about these forums for months, something occurs to me regarding Arena Net’s posting habits. While this is only a generalization and there are of course exceptions, it seems that the majority of Arena Net’s responses are either in threads that are simply praising them for this or that, or in threads dedicated to controversial topics wherein Arena Net did or said something stupid and is now in “damage control” mode and trying to save face.
Has anyone else noticed this, and if so why do you think it is?
Because people in the middle are usually off playing the game instead of making posts in forums.
The developers are stupid if they argue with players on message boards. It’s bad if they’re right and worse if they’re wrong. Even if the developers only post neutral comments there will still be posters who try to disagree.
Arguing may be a lost cause, but some transparency on why they do certain things or what their vision is would be nice.
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