Mace Windu rework

"STRIKEBOMB;c-1158264" wrote:

"littleBroFives;c-1158254" wrote:
really yes of the people who took that survey more wanted a Grievous rework than wanted to see a mace rework but that is NOT every one who plays the game. that is the most basic problem with surveys not Everyone take the Survey.

But its representative of the whole group, or at the very least the more active and knowledgeable portion

No it's not. It's representative of the people who think player polls are important. Which is to say the dumb people.

Developers--not just CG, but in every single game--don't pay attention to player polls. They questions are poorly worded to influence the voter, the options are biased towards the asker's preferred outcome, the people who respond are very loud but are still only a tiny fragment (players who respond to the poll) of a tiny fragment (players who read the poll) of a tiny fragment (players on the board) of a tiny fragment (all players).

Players always have an agenda. They want the characters they like to be stronger, the characters they don't like to be weaker, they say they want the game to be more challenging but when you read their suggestions it always comes down to, basically, "I want more rewards for less work." They don't know what characters and updates are coming down the pipeline, they don't understand character roles (ie: Most importantly the difference between an early game character like Mace and a late game character like Baze). Very few players genuinely care about balance and user experience.

There are two litmus tests for whether someone genuinely cares or is just pushing their dumb agenda: General Greivous and Phoenix Squad. These characters serve a valuable, if narrow, function in the game that is not intended to be a meta-shattering top of the charts thousand year reign role. The more drastic the change to either that someone asks for, the less they actually understand the game and the more valueless their feedback becomes.