[MEGATHREAD] Road Ahead: June 2022 - Datacrons
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Forum Discussion
This RA is the first time I felt the need to voice myself on the forums and make an account. You said, you wanted feedback on the post, so these are my thoughts. I'll address the Datacrons as the last point because this RA showed more pressing problems.
1. First of all concerning making money: I understand that games NEED to make money. CG is a corporation and not a welfare organizations. I completely understand that. But I am more willing to spend when I feel that either I can support a "good" organization or when I get something in return. You (CG) showed that you are primarily interested in heavy spenders and not in keeping me as a client. So I could only pay for my personal advantage. And the amount of "starvation" people are feeling is off the charts. I understand that in a resource management game, people need to feel that there is always a bigger goal. But the amount people are expected to throw at the is quite ludicrous. So currently I reduced my spending because I feel if I spent money, it'll not benefit my account but only throw me into the next ring of "starvation". And up to this RA I considered myself a heavy spender.
2. You said you wanted feedback. But anytime the community gives feedback, the reactions are as if almost no feedback was given. Tiny improvements are made but mostly it's like you're waiting for the negative feedback to blow off and then return back to "normal", essentially ignoring most of the feedback. Why am I still writing this? Because I have still hope in this game and you as a company. If it's delusional or well placed can only be decided by your actions.
3. This RA has very little for the player base/community. If we take out Datacrons it's mostly: the Grand Inquisitor is coming. With almost no new information. I even would accept some "We _can't _talk about more for now". But this was rather disappointing. Especially as the GI currently has taken up no and it's mostly a toy for the top end accounts.
4. Datacrons. They are looking more interesting that what we have seen in the leaks. And it could probably be even fun. But after what happened to conquest, turning from a fun game mode to an awful slogging task that feels more like a job than a game, I'm very conflicted and feel that the burden of proving that you, CG, can devise more than money making machines but actually fun improvements is completely on your side.
This RA threw my motivation to an all time low and I'm currently on my way to unlock my next GL. Please give us as a player base something which is primarily fun. This game needs something where it's fun to engage again. Please read the constructive comments in this thread and try to listen to the player base. There's so many things not addressed in the RA that people were waiting for (Sim HSTR and continuing the gear phase are the obvious mentions) that this is quite disappointing.
I hope for the best.
1. First of all concerning making money: I understand that games NEED to make money. CG is a corporation and not a welfare organizations. I completely understand that. But I am more willing to spend when I feel that either I can support a "good" organization or when I get something in return. You (CG) showed that you are primarily interested in heavy spenders and not in keeping me as a client. So I could only pay for my personal advantage. And the amount of "starvation" people are feeling is off the charts. I understand that in a resource management game, people need to feel that there is always a bigger goal. But the amount people are expected to throw at the is quite ludicrous. So currently I reduced my spending because I feel if I spent money, it'll not benefit my account but only throw me into the next ring of "starvation". And up to this RA I considered myself a heavy spender.
2. You said you wanted feedback. But anytime the community gives feedback, the reactions are as if almost no feedback was given. Tiny improvements are made but mostly it's like you're waiting for the negative feedback to blow off and then return back to "normal", essentially ignoring most of the feedback. Why am I still writing this? Because I have still hope in this game and you as a company. If it's delusional or well placed can only be decided by your actions.
3. This RA has very little for the player base/community. If we take out Datacrons it's mostly: the Grand Inquisitor is coming. With almost no new information. I even would accept some "We _can't _talk about more for now". But this was rather disappointing. Especially as the GI currently has taken up no and it's mostly a toy for the top end accounts.
4. Datacrons. They are looking more interesting that what we have seen in the leaks. And it could probably be even fun. But after what happened to conquest, turning from a fun game mode to an awful slogging task that feels more like a job than a game, I'm very conflicted and feel that the burden of proving that you, CG, can devise more than money making machines but actually fun improvements is completely on your side.
This RA threw my motivation to an all time low and I'm currently on my way to unlock my next GL. Please give us as a player base something which is primarily fun. This game needs something where it's fun to engage again. Please read the constructive comments in this thread and try to listen to the player base. There's so many things not addressed in the RA that people were waiting for (Sim HSTR and continuing the gear phase are the obvious mentions) that this is quite disappointing.
I hope for the best.
