Edit: Why did you edit your post and remove what you said instead of just adding what you missed? I addressed everything you had written so why did you delete it all? Don't try to cover it up just because you made a weak argument...
HotUtils is still an application that makes up for the lack of an in-game feature, doesn't it? The same thing you were arguing for? Or is it not part of your argument if you have to pay for it? Why draw the line there? If you argue against a comprehensive in-game chat because they can just download Discord, why not download HotUtils for the plethora of QoL changes instead of suggesting they be implemented in the game? Or do you only draw the line where you are comfortable and the rest would have to deal with it?
Wookiepedia costs time out of the player's day to go to the site and search up the character, to then read about it. Again. Like I had already written. It's about the ease of convenience.
It's a fun suggestion lol. That's the whole point of the post. Who wouldn't love to read about their favorite characters? Who knows, you might be vastly underestimating how many people would find this feature entertaining or useful.
The character portrait update was an eye-opener for me because my entire guild was just ecstatic. It wasn't a gameplay change and it didn't make any facet of the game easier. It was just fun. The majority of the player base, from what I can tell, was excited about this change and I hadn't been excited over an update like that in a long time. It was a breath of fresh air. The same thing goes with the introduction of the PC Client and that smooth frame rate. All these aesthetic-based changes are good for keeping the game fresh and exciting.
Mod snapshot functionality would be a genuine QOL improvement to every single person who plays this game. It’s not so much the fact it costs money that makes me think of it differently from your suggestion, it’s the fact that it has an actual impact to playing the game. Your suggestion would have absolutely no impact on playing the game, so it doesn’t qualify as a QOL suggestion.
As for your follow up comments, where you suggest that the majority of the player base was anything other than confused and bewildered by the character portrait update, I’m just not sure where you’ve been looking to come to that conclusion.
I think the response has been the complete opposite of that. And if the game were to be updated with an additional character / ship lore database, the reaction would be the same, only orders of magnitude worse.
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