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Trigeminal  Title: Drill, Fill, Bill
Posts: 365
Registered: 2002-3-17 20:10:56
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I think the developers should hire a group of actual players to consult with. Many class changes over the years show that they are too busy counting money and never actually log into the game.
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SunnyDelight Title: Jerk
Posts: 19
Registered: 2003-2-26 08:25:28
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Trigeminal posted:
I think the developers should hire a group of actual players to consult with. Many class changes over the years show that they are too busy counting money and never actually log into the game.
You realize they actually play the game, right? 
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_Warlucky_  Posts: 183
Registered: 2008-7-20 04:40:07
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GrimTempest posted:
the best way to deal with this, at least if your part of a big game project like wow, is to have community reps who filter out the vitriol and pass on the concerns, bugs, and complaints from forums in a filtered format to the devs. devs should always have an idea of how the players are feeling about things but they shouldn't have to deal with the pure crap that gets thrown around on forums.
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Ardenwolfe Title: All Knowing Grammar Police
Posts: 499
Registered: 2002-12-11 14:47:24
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PallyDog posted:
Well the second question would be, why don't solid gamers use their forums? Becaues they're populated by awful, annoying, QQing, loudmouths with littel o no moderation. It's not conducive to community building.
This is the reason I stopped posting here. After reading the more recent topics, especially about Blizzard's failure with 4.7 million copies, a world-record, and the conclusion some reached, you understand why developers should not read and respond on this media.
At some point, you realize how pointless it is.
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Ferrydust  Title: Iron Chef Jennifer
Posts: 938
Registered: 2002-9-4 20:32:54
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SunnyDelight posted:
Trigeminal posted:
I think the developers should hire a group of actual players to consult with. Many class changes over the years show that they are too busy counting money and never actually log into the game.
You realize they actually play the game, right?
I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt it.
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Sprawl-zero1eye-  Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Registered: 2002-6-28 03:39:29
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-Mithan- posted:
They should read the forums, but they shouldn't act on everything on the forums.
This.
You should know what people think of your product. However, that doesn't mean you run around like an idiot trying to please them all. Feedback is important!
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Sprawl-zero1eye- Title: IGN Vault Staff
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Ferrydust posted:
SunnyDelight posted:
Trigeminal posted:
I think the developers should hire a group of actual players to consult with. Many class changes over the years show that they are too busy counting money and never actually log into the game.
You realize they actually play the game, right?
I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt it.
I've been to their office and know they play. If you were asked to play a game or get back to work, which would you do? lol.
However, they are people, like you and me. Pick a random person on this forum. Would you trust that person to make changes to the game that weren't bias? Of course not. You'd have to pick the right people, and even then, they wouldn't be perfect. Okay, well you can't have the "right people" because they are on a new project. So now pick your B team.
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vn_vigilante66 Title: GO TEAM VENTURE!
Posts: 132
Registered: 2001-1-27 18:35:15
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Trigeminal posted:
I think the developers should hire a group of actual players to consult with. Many class changes over the years show that they are too busy counting money and never actually log into the game.
I know that they consult with certain guilds for changes in the game. They may not hire them but they definitely look at how these top guilds are doing, talk to them, invite them to test out new things and go off that sometimes.
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st0rmie Posts: 108
Registered: 2005-4-20 00:33:25
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Ferrydust posted:
SunnyDelight posted:
You realize they actually play the game, right?
I seriously, SERIOUSLY doubt it.
Of course they play the game. Everyone knows that every change to the game mechanics is motivated by a developer's desire to buff the class he plays or to nerf a class that is better than the one he plays. Don't they?
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