we can choose to shelve, rebuild or ‘can’ content or a feature at any point and we don’t share info on features or content until we are happy with the quality.
This mitigates disappointing the community and allows us to develop at the appropriate pace.
If that is what CDI is about, then GDI (Guided Discussion Initiative) would be a more appropriate and less misleading name. (I’m not being sarcastic here, just writing my honest impression.)
If we picture the development cycle as:
1. Observe: collect information and opinions about the current state of the game
2. Orient: make sense of the observations
3. Decide: converge on the next set of features and fixes
4. Develop: work on them
The current state of CDI involves “just” the Observe and maybe Orient stage. I understand that the Decide stage is up to Anet.
But the Develop stage can also be broken down to smaller Observe – Orient – Decide -Develop cycles. Is there no way for the community to give feedback there? Perhaps something like setting up an “alpha” world and doing alpha-testing there. I’m getting doubtful even as I write this, but posting nevertheless to hear what others think..
- Tech improvements for the CDI forum.
Essentially, I miss the Q&A format employed by StackExchange
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