Honestly, I have no problem with the look of the updated boots. I'm not sure that they're necessary, but I wouldn't mind if they were added in. What I am a little worried about is u/Mod_West 's replies saying that he doesnt think he should poll these changes. I thought unpolled changes were supposed to be reserved for integrity issues, not graphical updates. This is why we end up with dumb and unnecessary shitstorms over updated chatheads.
Not quite what I said. I was referring to the Fremmy boots being changed unpolled as they are frequently complained about not looking like boots within the inventory and have already gone through a few changes :P
As for the pre-exsiting boots (dragon/bandos), it would be safer to poll those and I can imagine it passing based on the responses I got on twitter.
I feel so bad for the mods after reading that cesspool of twitter comments. How much of a low life can you be getting upset at changing the angle of boots in your inventory
TBF, I was totally expecting the backlash on the dragon boots/bandos boots as twitter is generally a lot more against change than any other platform. A little bit of 'controversy' is great for exposure and generating discussion. I was also genuinely curious how players would respond given the blatant hypocrisy of wanting one set of boots to look like boots while the others are protected by a blanket of nostalgia. Consistently inconsistent is my motto, so I suppose it works :P
Yeah that's what I was referring to, I just didn't word my comment very well. I just dont see the upside to not polling the fremmy boots as well. You're already going to be polling the dragon boots/bandos boots so it's not like you're creating a whole poll just for 1 pair of boots that you think will pass anyway.
Again, I wouldn't be surprised if it passed either, but I think a lot of the complaints you guys get could be mitigated by just polling instead of avoiding a poll because you think itll pass. Take the elven chatheads, for example. The team liked the look and put them in game because they believed it was an improvement, but many in the community disagreed. If they would've just been polled beforehand people could've just said yes or no and we both would've avoided having to read complaints about it for weeks. I think the key takeaway from all that is that a lot of problems would be avoided by just polling things that aren't game integrity issues instead of saying "eh I hear complaints about this all the time I'm sure itll pass".
We'd likely save it for when we have the opportunity to poll it with other things - as you said - we're unlikely to have a poll with a single question :P
I don't think this situation is comparable to the elven chathead situation as the fremmy boots have already been changed in the past and most were still not pleased with those changes. Although - as I previously said - it would make sense to poll the dboots/bandos boots regardless of my belief in it passing.
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