Nova Knife
Seituoda Taskforce Command
Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.11.14 01:10:00 -
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Tiel Syysch wrote:If you want to see opposition to an idea, get Telc involved in one of our discussions about tanks. 
Oh god. Anyone who does not hang out on the IRC does not understand the pain the above statement brings.
Also, sit-down with the devs is a nice idea. The above concerns are valid though. While I can vouch that most of the Imperfects would not simply go to CCP and say "You need to buff X" where X is something they exclusively use. They have a pretty solid understanding of what is broken with the game and do have pretty good ideas on how to put stuff on track to being awesome again. If this was to be productive on a large scale, it would need to be several hours long or done over the course of several days to ensure every topic got discussed as much as deserved, because if the live Q&A's are any indication, they usually only set aside an hour or so for stuff like this. And that simply will not cut it, IMO.
Though, while their ideas are good, the concerns about a single groups' viewpoints being heard are somewhat valid. On that note though... I do not think that an eve-style CSM would work for dust. Eve CSM is election based... and if forum likes are any indication the 'popular' people are definitely not the best people for the job. You see people who post garbage with thousands of likes, and goodposters with barely any :P
IF there was any sort of Dust CSM, I would personally prefer that the members be chosen by CCP. Or at least... The candidates being chosen by CCP from goodposters they notice! Allowing anyone to make themselves eligible is just a recipe for getting a bad CSM, IMO.
Keeping that in mind, the EVE CSM doesn't really work as a whole for dust, regardless. The EVE CSM meets maybe once a month or two, AFAIK. The playerbase for dust is potentially going to be much larger than EVE's. Having a dozen or so people represent all of those? Kinda meh.
I'd personally prefer a more open format. On X date there is a roundtable about Y topic(s), for example. Anyone can join this roundtable and offer feedback. This will of course mean that a lot of bad ideas will float around along with the good ones, but that's the point of discussion. Seeing multiple sides of something is a lot more valuable to design than just hearing "Hey guys do X" even if X is definitely the best choice, and they do it anyways! |