Weekly Discussion Thread #1: Transparency

Personally i think Gavel’s however many delays took some of that transparency away since the Devs now want to be sure they will be able to release an update before saying any much more than “we are still working on it, and here are some pics to show our progress!”

Though i find if we can get a sub-forum like the Feedback section but not a sub-sub-forum for gameplay issues, things that could be filled with something better, lore issues, etc. Then i think we can fully reconnect the gap without he devs worrying over leaks and we can still communicate things that are issues or should be gone over again. Like us players would point the CT team to the right direction for faults and issues us players want.

But we need the CT to agree to go through with communicating back. I don’t know about you but it doesn’t help knowing Molten Heights has been ingame for over a year or two and has only gotten 2 updates to it; Demon Cave and the removal of Shrines (in which 3 were in the MH, and one off the normal path through the gate nearby Eltom), so knowing that let’s be honest a good chunk of us would point to that northeastward questless desert, nothing will happen unless the CT communicates to us back whether or not it’s “on the table for x update if we have room for it,” or “what we are working on we hope will be better than the current plan for that as of now.” We as the players can join Voice chat all we want, but it would be for nothing if the Devs don’t join in too.

 

we've been over this like 10 times with the CT.

There are reasons why Salted and others don't want to be too transparent; it just doesnt work for this game or situation.

We are a team of volunteers trying our best to pump out cool content and features, but if we promise something we can't deliver in time, it SUCKS.

It also leads to overhype, same problem as above. When players get a teaser, they tend to blow it out of proportion. It's better to have a surprise so this isn't a problem.

There isn't really a reason for players to know what's in the next update anyway.

Personally I wouldn't mind being a little more transparent with the community, but it's not up to me.

 

https://forums.wynncraft.com/threads/item-rebalance-changelog.183776/