Announcement Update on the Wardrobe Wonders patch

Cheeseburgers indeed

 

Hey, it's been a while.

Several years ago, I bought the champion rank. I did it for one reason, and one only: I wanted to support this server, as a project that I care about.

Many changes recently have left a bitter taste in my mouth as the server shifted ever so slowly towards being completely pay to win. I understand that this server needs to make money, and I understand that- partially because of the state of the world- this has been more difficult recently. it's an unfortunate and unavoidable truth.

That being said, I still disagree with some of these changes. I appreciate that we, finally, got some clarity and communication about these issues, but we really need this communication to continue. many players care about this server, a lot more than as just a game they play. Lack of communication while decreasing class slots (maybe only 4% of people use them. but you cannot have possibly thought that players would be enthusiastic about having less freedom to pay their classes), will not help this disconnect between the Dev team and playerbase.

And who knows? If the communication does continue, you might get ideas from passionate players about other ways that you can monetize.

 

Transparency is so hot. Thank you. However, I'd like to ask you about converting from a volunteer and paaid staff model to a fully paid model. I think a huge draw of why Wynncraft works is that it is (or was, I don't know exactly) volunteer-based. This gives the sense that the role is less commital, based and driven by passion alone, rather than passion and money. I think having CT be paid makes it seem like there's a big barrier (skill level in art, ability designing, composing, or whichever part of the CT) to climb to justify paying you. However, as I understand it, the CT does not have a huge skill floor, so many more, albeit potentially less experienced and skilled, people become CT. Being part of the CT probably lets you excel at whichever role(s) you've chosen because you're surrounded by experts (people who have been on the CT for years) who can give you knowledge, tips, and other guiders.

I'm not and never have been a CT, so my opinions and feelings might be off, maybe far off, from the truth, but I think most of the CT should be volunteer based. As the size of the CT has grown over the years, you guys have been able to make cooler and cooler things, with much more polish, and at a faster pace than what you could do before. I feel like making all CT paid might also lead you to cut down the number of CT, which means that less people contribute their ideas to Wynncraft, which means that we end up with a less interesting end product (because with a large team, you get a larger amount and variety of ideas). I'm well aware that, if you only hire/pay the best people for the job, this problem might be mitigated, but I think it's worth considering.

IN SHORT, I think it's more healthy for the CT (or at leaat a majority) to remain volunteered because:

• Lower skill floor for being able to join the CT makes it appear more inviting and less commital
• This in turn makes more people choose to join the CT
• And they're going to be surrounded byvmany people who are more experienced than them, so they learn fast.
• And an increase in the number of CT means more ideas and variety, which helps influence future projects (updates) to be the best they can be.

Yap session over. I'd really appreciate it if a CT were to verify the claims I've made here. I, as I suppose most people here, just want the future of Wynn to be as long and prosperous as it can be. Also I apologise for making such a huge point about the CT without ever being a CT member myself, but I just wanted to give my two cents. Thanks for reading.

//Rythew​

 

Amazing transparency!!

 

thank you so much for being transparent with us, really appreciated!

 

acceptable ig

 

whats ur favourite bass guitar?

 

Thank you for the changes and transparency! This kind of responding to feedback and honesty is what makes Wynncraft feel like home.

 

Humble king made a goated post?? Wynn needing to go on account of finances would be the absolute worst timeline ever. In this economy, with minecraft's dying multiplayer scene and Hypixel's monopoly on almost all gamemodes, I pray that doesn't happen.

While gameplay-affecting monetization never feels good, I think to some extent all of us can acknowledge the financial strain minecraft servers are feeling right now, and let a bit of it slide so long as it is not meta-shiftingly egregious.

 

Attack effects have been pretty poor quality compared to the newer cosmetics and effects we have now, they really need a change. Ever since like 1.20 or even slightly before then, attack effects stopped working on mage. So I hope they make something better with them in le fruma update. So much more can be done with them, instead of just 1 tiny line of particles like it was.

 

I opened the forums again since a very long time just to complain about this, but I guess I'm late again.
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Hard Agree. Artists can eat art and visibility, I don't see why you'd want them to have money on top of it. This is a lot of money that could be put back into hiring more managers to round the ratio up to one manager per 4 heads instead of 4.5

 

Fellow Artist (not Wynncraft's) here, do you want some half-assed content just because they need to focus on another project to get some bread and to some extreme, killed Wynncraft? exactly.

I mean... You can work for Wynncraft artist or manager without getting paid instead and see how you can eat art and visibility, go ahead. Salted may be pleased for your sacrifice.

 

dont tell me my vet tag is gone