Question: Where do I send my "I'm a player and I really need Industry fixed so I can use it!" ticket?!
Right here - received loud and clear!
While we really enjoy working on what the community votes for next, because it's fun to be useful to everybody, we totally get that there are certain things on our lists that are more pressing for players than others. Sure, if you're about to start a game full of Japanese lore, you might need the Amatsukami rewrite done ASAP, but if you're Johnny Ptahson and really want to get your Industry groove on, that being reworked so that it functions better is probably way higher up your priority list.
This actually applies to our own players as well - some of them need things (like, say, Industry or purview Avatars) done that are relevant to them more than they need us to put out something like a pantheon rewrite for the entire community. Our players always need to come first, so lately we've really been brainstorming on ways to keep using the input from all of you guys without shortchanging them just because there are only nine of them and god knows how many of you.
We're thinking about weighting the polls a bit, giving a big vote bump to the things we know our players need more, or maybe even taking a break from the more ambitious projects so we can narrow the options down to just things our players could really use right now. We also don't want to ignore the rest of you guys, but it's also possible in the future that we'll have to make a unilateral decision to push whatever's winning the poll back a slot and work on something else that our players need more immediately, so if we do, please forgive us.
We love all of you guys, but our players are the ones who know they can come to our house with bats if we take too long.
If you're not one of John's players, I could not-so-humbly suggest Forge as an alternative to Industry.
ReplyDeleteYou guys are the ultimate arbiters on this stuff. It's your site, your time, your research, your effort that's making it to begin with. I don't think you've spoiled the community so much that you guys working on the project you want to work on instead of the one winning the poll is going to make people go 'BUT I DIDN'T WAAAAAANT THAT'
ReplyDelete(though you should totally wait until after the Amatsukami Overhaul because them sitting in the 'pantheon trash bin' breaks my heart)
I would fully support any re-prioritization. Y'all created all the stuff on this website, at least originally, for your games, right? It's only natural your game should take priority over the rest of the Scion community as far as your creative efforts are concerned.
DeleteIf your players really need Industry, heave-ho and innovate that paradigm! Tote that barge, revolutionize outside that box! Something.
(Forgindustry is awesome and needs love).
I would love for the Loa and Amatsukami overhauls to be finished so that the core six of Scion are represented, and all new Scion players can be pointed towards this website.
DeleteThat said, maybe it would be best if the poll only contained things your players need worked on? This way you ensure that something useful to your players is always in progress, and the community still has some influence.
Only when everything your players need has been finished could the polls open up to other projects.
Ha ha, you made me laugh, Source.
DeleteYeah, I think we're definitely going to find a way to reprioritize soon.