Heinrich Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2014.02.26 19:56:00 -
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CCP Saberwing wrote:I promise that a lot of work has been going on behind the scenes - arguably more than ever. :)
Confirming that the above statement is NOT total bull****.
I've seen CCP during slow periods, I've seen CCP during periods where they've just been doing a s**** of communicating about work they absolutely should be sharing with the public, this does not qualify as either.
This is hands down the most productive period I've seen since taking office as a CPM rep, the studio is growing faster than ever before, and there are concrete plans guiding this process. The lack of information shared at this time is intentional (and in my opinion, for completely understandable reasons). CCP wants to be sure their communications are of substance moving forward, in sharp contrast to last year's FF where a bunch of hype was dished out without much regard to feasibility.
Once Rouge is ready to show what he's been preparing for everyone, you'll likely see the communication frequency increase sharply again (and become regular). The silence for the past few months is very specific to the current work in progress, I don't have any indication from where I sit that it will be a trend. I applaud Rouge and the rest of upper management (and the new dev staff) for being so forthcoming with the CPM about their plans, every step of the way.
There will be an end to this, that's all I can say at this time. I totally understand where you guys are coming from, I'd be going bonkers if I wasn't one of the few CCP is consulting about their work-in-progress. Your frustration is completely justified. Believe me, I was around last summer when communication was really in the dumps, and it was because of CCP employees failing to do their jobs to engage the public. I've always called this **** out when it happens. The reasons for the silence have changed sharply in the last few months however, even if the end result for public has not.
Anyways, I won't belabor the point I just wanted to stop by and give you guys what little perspective I can. I look forward to the next couple of months as everyone is brought up to speed finally on where Dust is going. And it is going places. I've never seen more investment in the game (by all measurements: financially, manpower, etc) than I have since Rouge has come on board. |
Heinrich Jagerblitzen
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Posted - 2014.02.27 09:28:00 -
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Beeeees wrote:Ludvig Enraga has all the points.
There is no trust from dev to community.
There is no trust from community to dev.
There is no trust from community to CPM.
Let it sink in, we are at a point where the community does not trust its appointed reprerentatives.
I totally understand this, frankly I wouldn't trust myself either if I were in your position. There's nothing more awkward and frustrating than playing Charlie Brown for a year and having our own credibility suffer whenever CCP drops the ball on stuff they said they'd follow through with. I'm not asking anyone to take a blind leap of faith, and I have zero expectations of the community going "YAY A CPM SAID IT WOULD BE FINE".
In fact, I worry about those of you that are so quick to latch on to optimism in the face of what we've seen the last year. Skepticism is healthy. Skepticism is how we filter bulll**** and sniff out the truth. Everyone should be demanding more from CCP than they've given historically.
The Attorney General wrote:
FFS. If all you can do is make a promise for info later then don't post.
How is this so difficult for you guys to grasp?
Don't make posts that you are working on dev blogs. Just work on the dev blogs.
Don't say there is a plan, provide some tangible info or don't mention it.
I actually completely agree with this, you hit the nail on the head.
This may or may not help at all, but its all I can offer at this time as to why CCP is playing "sekret klub". |