We went from a full page of info things going on in Ark.
to oh yeah you guys are still here here something
is it just me or is the game falling flat or the community manager or whoever is in charge of the community crunch just lost interest or not really connected with Community anymore on things that are going on.
External link →I know it may seem that way, but that's not the case :) . The post you referenced first was at a time when we had 2 community managers and times were less busy. DLC launches are extremely busy and always benefits when you have more than one person to share the load. Your feedback won't go unnoticed though!
He is only on twitter and usually is reply to the same exact people for hours on end.
f**king hate twitter and social media. Why is it so hard to use your own official channels...you know like the f**king forums and news page on your own damn site.
I've been more active on Reddit and the forums.
While hes probably the best CM wildcard has ever had, I have to agree with this to some extent.
The fact that the QoL list exists is fantastic, but 80% of it was copied and pasted from the responses to one Twitter post, which provides no means of judging whether or not the changes are desired by the Ark community.
Yet very few of the QoL entries came from the Game Suggestions page that has a voting system and was made for this exact purpose.
This makes it hard to trust them when they say using the "proper channels" for both Game Suggestions and Enforcement Issues will lead to faster responses on their end. In fact, this is one of the reasons some YouTubers and streamers leak bugs, meshing, etc, they know that publicity will get the problems fixed faster than using the "proper channels", which forces wildcard to drop what they're doing and fix it immediately, leading to poor project management and therefore less time to fix problems preemptively.
The problem with Tek bridges is a bug not a QoL suggestion, so I can see why it's not on the list, but damn, imagine Wildcard finally giving us the dynamic bridges we wanted after years of anticipation, then releasing a patch months later that breaks them completely on official servers.
My first impression was like "oh damn I can use Tek bridges for this ramp hell ya!" Then I just didn't know how to react when I realized there was nothing I could do to change the fact that I'm just not allowed to have working Tek bridges, yet they're in the game. It was really an odd feeling.
Regardless, /u/wildcardced keep up the good work, you got a lot on your plate but youre managing it all on your own so none of us blame you, looking forward to upcoming QoL changes.
I used the forums as well. Some of the suggestions that are on the forums are on twitter as well because a lot of people use more than one platform. I appreciate the honest feedback. I won't argue that most of my commentary is on Twitter. Twitter is a platform in where if people want to ask you a question, they tag you. Reddit and the forums are not always that way. Reddit and forums tend to have active conversations that may or may not benefit from dev interaction. The same is not true for twitter where if someone @'s me, I know its something directed at me. But the feedback is warranted and valid. I need to spread the love :)
Please check your dm's from me. Quick 5 minute read.
:) Seen. I'll make sure these get added and I'll try to do a better job at reading my DM's sooner.
wait, we can DM you for the QoL list?
Also, your Suggestions forum needs a dedicated subsearch function so we don't duplicate suggestions and can vote for the existing one instead. Also sorting suggs by date first is better for us, people are replying to 6-month-old posts because they're presented right after a 6-hour-old post.
I'd agree but I'd also argue the system is better than what we had in place which was just a standard forum. I hope we can add to the system when time allows. And sure, you can DM me but u/air401 will let you know that DM has been sitting for a while. And that DM pointed me to posts that I may have missed. There is no rule saying you can't DM me :)
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