Community ManagerFor feedback to be meaningful, it must be a two-way exchange between developers and the actual representatives of the player base — not just whales and content creators. EA should also consider input from players who can constructively and calmly articulate in-game issues, verify fixes, and even assist with alpha testing (the control of EA IP can be addressed through an NDA, etc.).
Right now, despite all the noise, ranting, and venting, there’s still a lot of solid feedback being shared here, on Reddit and on Discord. The problem is, without a proper feedback loop with visible log/notes/minutes of the progress, it feels like a one-way conversation where everything players report is either ignored or disappears into thin air. That’s the growing perception, especially since the only noticeable enhancements so far have been cosmetic. Most core gameplay issues remain unresolved, and as it stands, the big update has actually taken the game a step backward rather than delivering any meaningful improvements. As I said, "the eye candy won't fix broken gameplay" and the amount of ranting and venting has significantly increased across all socials atm.
100%. Could not agree more.
Some venting/rage is misplaced, but some is born of a legitimate and mounting frustration with EA’s perceived inaction/unresponsiveness. Honest and frank two-way communication is the best way to maintain trust and nurture good faith with the user community, both ensuring the product delivers value to customers and profits to EA.
That’s why I take the devil’s advocate role here. I’ll call out the issues as they happen, keeping emotion and bias out of it as much as possible. But I’ll also push back when posts are just ranting without offering anything constructive. Right now, the issues have made the game feel like it’s in bare-minimum auto-play mode just to slowly farm shards for 113s. Beyond that, it’s frustrating and not enjoyable in any meaningful way. PVP is unplayable, and PVE is barely playable.
As for Manager Mode, I only let it run so our LVL league gets the activity points. Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother launching it. In my opinion, it’s a pointless mode, and EA should have been putting the manhours to work on the core issues instead, but here we are, so now it's just launch MM, leave it alone, it'll reach the championship sooner or later, regardless of what tactics you use for some free resources, lol.
