Professional Polling Suggestion

"leef;c-1485444" wrote:

"Star_Lord1718;c-1485442" wrote:

"Edward;c-1485437" wrote:
You are a little naive. If they do that and we say we want this and that. They don’t have plausible deniability to ignore our suggestions anymore.

However, when we post this and that, they can select from our suggestions that they actually want.

That’s exactly my point. Why should it be “what they actually want”? They should be asking us what we want. We tell them. They make it. We buy it. That still creates longevity, community happiness, and involvement.
And they absolutely would have plausible deniability to ignore our suggestions (if they think that’s smart) because they set up the polls. They would keep characters like Revan and Jango out of the polls to save them for special releases due to their immense popularity. But I’m talking like polls that only include 1-5 things maximum, not all characters or all faction passes/reworks.

yea, but...
"the community" wants everything now and for free.
Pacing content is one of the things that keeps us playing over an extended period of time, but polls will never reflect that.

I never ever even implied that I or the community wants it now or for free (although, who wouldn’t want it for free - to some degree). I understand the devs need to make money. Do I really have to spell it out to you guys?

Okay, EA/CG set up a poll that starts on April 1st 2018. In this scenario, let’s say the poll is a
“New Character Request”
1) Padme Amidala
2) Ki-Adi-Mundi
3) CT “Jet”
4) Droideka
5) (a 4th Tusken - implying there will be a 5th)

The devs would release an in-game and forum announcement encouraging all to cast their vote on the forums page. The community then votes and the poll closes on, say, April 10th. When we get the May calendar, we notice there is an event called “Droid Attack on the Wookies” where we unlock Droideka at ONLY 3* because he was the highest voted character.

This same concept would apply for QoL update Requests, Reworks, etc. This creates longevity because now the next poll on May 1st would be a new Game Mode ideas. Maybe they preface that poll that it won’t be released until August, but then come June 1st they do a rework poll and we vote and they come up with that faction’s rework for July. By the time August came around, we would go back to the “New Character Request” and still have Padme, Mundi, Jet, a 4th Tusken, and a New Character to choose from. Or maybe even choose 5 new characters altogether! And by now Droideka is farmable. This creates years of longevity and the community can know what they are getting and know it’s what they want. This wouldn’t interfere with whatever the devs have in plan as they continue to add whatever they like. They can always preface that the polls may never come to fruition if they find their intention was too difficult to achieve. But I just think it would be smart on their behalf.