When will CG start testing things?
It's already been a bit hilarious for quite some time now, especially the Executor release comes to mind or the Traya vs LV thing recently, but can you maybe do some testing first before throwing stuf...
Forum Discussion
There’s a very simple fix to this situation.
CG just needs to acknowledge that yes, they DO use the community for testing, and that any new units released are subject to change, based on performance results. Then, when those changes happen, refund the mats or provide some other make good (good for CG on doing this with Traya), so players can make informed decisions with their resources, and maybe add a little extra gesture of good will on top (periodic extra resources into the game economy — it doesn’t have to be massive, just a few extra kyros or relic mats from time to time would go a LONG way toward engendering good will in the community).
Arguably, a lot do changes/nerfs that have been made to characters have not been bad in the long run, in fact they’ve been quite good for the overall design space of the game. It’s the capricious and downright punitive ways with which those changes have been handled and communicated, that is the issue. And this proposed solution doesn’t involve them doing more work than they already are, nor worrying about the logistics and legalities of running a private beta testing program. They just have to pretty much let things run as they have been, and just be more forthright and generous with the player base about it.
Boom. Problem solved.
CG just needs to acknowledge that yes, they DO use the community for testing, and that any new units released are subject to change, based on performance results. Then, when those changes happen, refund the mats or provide some other make good (good for CG on doing this with Traya), so players can make informed decisions with their resources, and maybe add a little extra gesture of good will on top (periodic extra resources into the game economy — it doesn’t have to be massive, just a few extra kyros or relic mats from time to time would go a LONG way toward engendering good will in the community).
Arguably, a lot do changes/nerfs that have been made to characters have not been bad in the long run, in fact they’ve been quite good for the overall design space of the game. It’s the capricious and downright punitive ways with which those changes have been handled and communicated, that is the issue. And this proposed solution doesn’t involve them doing more work than they already are, nor worrying about the logistics and legalities of running a private beta testing program. They just have to pretty much let things run as they have been, and just be more forthright and generous with the player base about it.
Boom. Problem solved.
