The fact that you don't have any mention of Keeper's upcoming message in this week's post isn't exactly inspiring confidence. Are we seriously going to repeat what happened on Groundhog Day again? Friday newsdump and then you're going to hide with a 3 day weekend. Say it ain't so. Please tell me I'm wrong.
Been stressing this point to the team for the past week so I'd love to be able to provide the visibility to players - I'm personally very keen for us to be laying out the plans for what's ahead so I'm being a nuisance to the team about us making the commitment for this. I'll keep trying my best!
Edited: wording for clarity.
Woah woah woah, does that mean there isn't currently a plan for a message this week? even thoough Keeper's last message explicitly mentioned a message in March?
There is a plan, but I want things concrete and confirmed so I can start communicating about them!
Honestly I don’t think you should stress as much over it being concrete, people will be forgiving if dates shift around or content is shelved as long as you communicate it ahead of time.
Right now people are more concerned with knowing the general direction, not even specific dates or each content piece just what you guys want the big focus update to be. Like “big finale quest”, “new skill”, “area expansion”, etc….
If there is one thing you could deliver it would be letting us know what is the major thing to look forward for. OSRS was having a so-so year until varlamore but people were pacified simply by knowing that varlamore was coming so it gave them something to speculate on.
And if there is no big focus update this year, if you guys are trying out that feedback of “slow down and focus on fixing the game for a year” then that’s fine to but just communicate that to us. Because right now being in the dark feels worse than anything.
Totally valid point, and one I appreciate seems easy to resolve! I'm hoping we can speak to where we're heading soon, and how much more player voice will play a role in shaping that direction.
I can totally appreciate the frustration that players have about it feeling like we're not communicating as much as we should/need to/could do, and as a player myself I know that when a game feels as though it's going quiet, the space left behind is just room for speculation and catastrophising, but that's not the case here.
We've been taking on board so much player feedback and realigning to be more player-driven so we've been quieter on the "what" and the "when" while we work on this, but it's still front of mind. It's especially crucial for Mod Azanna and I who are obviously out here communicating with the players every day, hearing your feedback and stressing that same desire for visibility up the chain!
Where ectoplasm ritual?
We're shaping up to have the Ectoplasm into the game in the near future, subject to QA testing and the like. I don't want to give a concrete date because I seem to be cursed with uttering a date and it immediately hitting a snag and getting delayed - but yes! Soon.
I’ll believe it when I see it. We have had years of empty words. It is easy to communicate when times are good, but being able to communicate during bad times is what we need. Im glad you recognize what kind of speculation is created by poor communication. Personally it is going to take a lot of consistent communication to rebuild my trust before I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.
I appreciate this point and I know you're not the only one with this perspective. I'd like to think that on a personal level I've been communicative consistently, even during "bad times" as you say, but I also agree that it's more about how we, as a whole team, communicate.
Doom, I hesitate to tell you how to do your job. These are my takes from someone who never worked in CM
- be more proactive rather than reactive
- re-establish weekly streams with community engagement
- stop apologising for jagex's crap and don't promise shit you can't do. start winning small battles and present them as a win
- more youtube shorts snipping out the update notes. 1 a day will help accumulation and retention of players. Currently rs official youtube is full of ancillary crap shorts. make it more relevant
Happy to speak to these, if I can:
honestly doom, if I have to tell you more how to do your job, I could be earning 30k a year rather than you.
get on it.
You're gonna do great, I can sense you'd be a natural at this!
Have the day you deserve.
You should put up a lightning post comment when you post weblinks
Contain the negativity to 1 comment chain
Something like "post negativity here"
Isn't that what happens under all of my posts anyway? 😂
I do like having centralised feedback, but not sure I like the idea of "angry player feedback lightning rod/rage room" threads. We should try and make sure we're centralising feedback in one place and making it constructive.
This isn't all on your shoulders. Anyone with half of a brain can realize you are going to say what you can within the restraints of your "superiors". You are in a winless position unfortunately. No matter what you say you will be criticized. Hell I have personally criticized you for "just making joking comments". Until I realized your hands are tied and I apologize for that. We need a clear direction. I know dates are hard to keep but any time they are it seems rushed then pushed back with no other mention of it. People also ask about the most miniscule changes but to them it is important. But a large majority of us just want some type of roadmap. We all know Hero Pass was the 2024 content. It got scrapped so someone should have the backbone to just come out and tell us that. Fine, they screwed up, let's move on with new content. These patch weeks are not content. Fixing mistakes that were made by devs or whoever is exactly that. Not content. The answer from Jagex can not keep being "we are taking your feedback" or "we are listening to you" because clearly they are not listening to the majority of players. 5 minutes on Reddit can address 90% of the game issues and that is just by reading titles. Yeah Reddit is full of whiny, entitled basement dwellers but there are also people on here who love the game and want to see it stay above water
Very kind of you to say. I disagree about Hero Pass there - but I will happily pass your feedback on. Have a great one!
Given your glibness, I've put in an application to take your very job.
I've submitted my CV to Jagex asking for a position as a CM. Have a great day.
Best of luck!
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