[MEGATHREAD] Road Ahead: June 2022 - Datacrons

Dear CG,
Reading through the last few pages, I see a lot of negativity, and I can’t help but feel that way as well… we’ve just lost five players since the end of the last territory war, they’d had enough, all just because of datacrons. These were all long-term, good players, 5-6 GLs… and they waited before packing it, to see if any improvements or communication would come. It didn’t happen !
I think the concept of datacron in itself isn’t bad, but the way it’s been implemented is taking too much away from what was essentially a well balanced and fun game. The players who left our guild used to love GAC and TW, they quit because datacrons has ruined it for them. Again, I can’t help but feel the same way. Before datacrons, our guild was booming, people were lining up to join, and now, it looks like we’ll be lucky to start TB with 45 people today.
I don’t know what your in-house data is telling you, but circumstantial evidence suggests that datacrons are driving people away from the game. If you’re going to push datacrons beyond the exhibition season, please go back to the drawing board, and please try and communicate with the player base for feedback. A weekly newsletter would be a welcome addition for example.
I hope you’ll read this and see some optimism through what I’m saying. I’m not quitting the game even if I don’t like the recent changes for instance, and I have faith you’ll see what’s best for the players and for CG (and it’s not mutually exclusive !)!