Evan Nikolich's opinion on Rank
It's a good read on the direction of rank, at least they're aware of the painful grind. https://www.theloadout.com/apex-legends/ranked-interview-season-13 "In terms of RP being a more accurate repr...
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@Gabrielmojo26 wrote:
@Asmodeus566Sometimes I wonder if the devs even know about this forum lol. They always flock to reddit and Twitter, two very toxic communities...
Speaking of listening, here’s Respawn’s latest take on if they listen to community suggestions. An apex dev quote retweeted on twitter to answer this question “Game devs, what's something that you wish the general public knew about making games?”
And her response was:
“We listen to your problems, not your solutions
It's not because we think your solutions are bad. There are many solutions to a problem. Knowing the problem gives us more data to consider. And if something changes in the future, we can make sure we still avoid the problem, before it happens.
Taking a suggested solution instead of the problem is kind of like following driving directions from a passenger without knowing where they wanna go.
There could be road closures or traffic to avoid, but you won't know to do so unless you know the destination they want to reach.“
I guess they want those threads that just says remove Stormpoint or remove this and that gun with no solutions. Lol.
@Cheese9Man That just gets my blood boiling! SFTO!
@Gabrielmojo26 Didn’t post the link because y’all know why. 😉
This comment outraged a lot of people in twitter for obvious reasons. Most of the comments are either saying “so that’s the reason why the game is in its state right now” and fellow devs (not of respawn) agreeing to the post.
I’m not sure if this applies to game development too but as a physician it’s always better to listen what your patients’ suggestions as well. Though my patients don’t have the knowledge about cellular processes or pathophysiological processes about their disease, it’s nice to listen to them on what they think would help them too and works for them like their diet or I even I adjust medications based from their schedule. Just saying that it should always be a two way street and the statement of not listening to the community solutions should not have been done.
@Cheese9Man I think the doctor anology is spot on. If a doctor does not listen to the patient when the patient is reporting back about the effect of say prescribed medicines, then there is an issue. Having been a patient, I made sure the doctors heard my point of views about effects vs quality of life, and acted accordingly.
Devs didn't care to hear from the majority of players, thus the consequences we have before us. Qed
I've said it before and I'll say it again, this forum is a focus point for many players and a valuable resource is not imo being used.
28,512,440 million players registered with HQ, how many are apex I'm not sure, but it is not an insignificant number to get feedback from.
And it dosnt take much effort to read the first post in the below thread:
A dev acknowledging that this thread has been read once a month is no biggy. A lot of work has gone into it he thread by the community and esp @Cabowse
No one is asking the dev to interact....... And any attempts at interaction could be discouraged and edited out, so the dev would feel safe 😃 dipping their toes in here.
Back in Feb 2019 someone called @Jayfresh_Respawn
posted in this og thread linking to reddit dev supported apex sub and then promptly disappeared.
A mere 2.1 million members there.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/You-Guys-Got-A-Reddit-Page/m-p/7419400#M29
I guess what we all want is just better communication from Respawn. We’re not asking them to reply to each question but to at least address some huge issues that’s still a problem for multiple seasons now. This issue with the xbox game chat hasn’t been updated same goes with the Loba Q. People won’t follow 15 different developers to get these updates. I guess PC and Playstation players are just lucky since Switch players also had a problem where the water in some maps are just purple. LOL.
How about they communicate using their main twitter profile? Did you guys know they added some additional code to stop DDoS attacks? This should’ve been communicated at least in the patch notes to put some people at ease. I know EA is also involved in limiting on what the devs can say at Respawn. Poor or no communication is one of the ingredients that killed Overwatch.
One of the reasons why communication was better back then compared to now. Who else remembers these dev streams where they explain the changes in the upcoming patch?
@Cheese9Man just noticed this at the front of this site. 6,540 online here at the moment.
