Nova Knife
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Posted - 2012.09.03 20:10:00 -
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I haven't stuck my nose in these threads yet so... Let's try to clear something up.
The only reason devs come to IRC is for idle chat because they think their players are awesome and they love to talk to us. The IRC is easily accessible for anyone who wants to chat, and I encourage everyone to join, because the playerbase for dust in general is just -awesome-
That said, I can count on one hand the instances where they have had CmdrWang and Frame come to IRC and have a chat with players saying "We're gonna do X, what do you guys think?" or something along those lines. The most recent was when they told us about an upcoming experiment they would like to try, making all militia items BPCs with the exception of anything on the starter fits. Players were in vehement opposition to this change and the community team was summoned to hear their concern about it.
The majority of information that people on IRC get are often something as simple as one of them saying "So guys I'm on break, but I just wanted to tell you that these guns I'm working on are gonna be sweet. Here's the basic idea of how they'll work..." etc. It is by no means as if we get spoonfed new information about the game daily, snickering at all the 'inferior forum plebs' someone earlier mentioned in the thread.
Like said early in my post. As far as CCP presence in the IRC goes, They're mostly just there to hang out and chat. If the conversation happens to steer towards dust and the future, sometimes we can glean cool hints, which then get passed onto the forums by any of the couple hundred people who frequent IRC. I do find it kind of amusing that people only blew up at Ironwolf for this though, considering how many people pass on information from IRC.
But seriously... It's nothing to get upset about. If you want the chance to talk to/rickroll/creep out the devs, just join the IRC. If you can't be bothered, you really have no business being upset that you're missing out on anything said there. It's not like it is an exclusive club, anyone in the beta can get in. Anyone not willing to make that effort just has no ground to stand on when trying to protest it. IRC has a hundred or so people at any given time, and around 300 people overall who visit. Join us! |