Ranger Archive
Thread: Wise words...
Thunderheart wrote:
Vorpaks wrote:
SickSix wrote:
this is most of my reply from that thread:
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What is happening here, seems to be similar to things that have happend in the Ranger Community. We have SOOOOOO many GREAT threads on what can be done to our profession to make the community happy, but where has it gotten us? NOWHERE! only when the entire community is thrown into an uproar (but still a very civilized uproar) did anything get done.
And that is now what we are seeing here in the GCW. The problem Mr. Garva, is with you and the Red Names. You guys never respond to the good threads. Only the bad ones. So what do you get? People going overboard to get attention because that appears to be the only way to get it. Maybe if the Developement team would respond to the players more, then things wouldn't get out of hand????? just a thought.
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If the Dev's and Admin posted more in the GOOD threads, then would that not encourage that post style more?
But your garunteed to get Dev or Admin feedback for doing BAD stuff??? The Dev's and Admin have a major role in why there are so many negative posts........because they get the feedback, good or bad.
I agree with this. I wish the developers would do more trawling for good or interesting ideas. But unfortunately when a dev posts to something people tend to take it as a "promise." If Thunderheart had come on to the stealth thread and said "this is an interesting and well thought out idea Fred!" how much more bitter would we be feeling now that we did not get it?
Dev feedback, positive or negative, is always a double-edged sword. Every single thing they say is likely to be pulled out months and months later and pointed to as a promise, even though we all know that schedules, priorities, and knowledge shift constantly.
So while I desperately want to see more red names chatting it up on the forums, the idea of it happening also makes me nervous for the future bitterness level of the board.
I agree
We do read the boards and try to interact as much as possible, but I'm looking for the best avenue for positive interaction. For that I need the community's help.
Please understand TH, the vast majority of negative posts on the forum are because we have a general lack of discussion on the side of the developers and community relation crew about issues that the vast majority of the forum users would like some clarification on. I won't bring up examples here, but players need to see that at least someone is aware of our issues and are actively looking into it.
I know that can be hard to do when players tend to take the devs word as law and assume nothing will change, but there are many occasions where simple communication on the developers and community relations members could make all the difference in the galaxy.