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bravenewmeta2014-06-07 12:13 am
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Feedback and Input! Round 2!
Hey guys!
Since we've just come out of a major event, we'd like to take this opportunity to ask for another round of feedback and input similar to what we had a few months ago! We'd like input both on the event itself and on some game mechanics that we are wondering how to streamline right now.
The Event
Basically, we heard from a few people that it was difficult to know how to really jump in. Additionally, as mods, we noticed that people were reluctant to group up with each other; at the beginning, there were many solo threads waiting for a response. We can't respond to everyone's threads individually, so during events, we really do need for groups to be able to happen. Our response to this was to allow the event to go a few extra days, but we'd be open to hearing any suggestions about how to streamline future events.
Feel free to give any other comments about the event, too, positive or negative!
Wild Pokemon Bonding
First off, thank you to Nor for having helped us since our first round of Helper apps! She has asked to step down, so everyone thank her for helping us out so long!
This brings us to a question/concern we currently have:
What would you guys like to see from the wild Pokemon bonding in this game? Is having the option to have someone thread Pokemon with you someone you guys want to see continue? At the moment, there is a possibility that we will scrap this mechanic based on input received and on discussion with our Helpers, past and present. (Helpers, we'll initiate a conversation with you probably tomorrow!)
Anything Else
We're open to hearing feedback about anything else, too!
This post will be open to anonymous comments. However, we cannot screen the post as anon would then not be able to see our responses to them.
Since we've just come out of a major event, we'd like to take this opportunity to ask for another round of feedback and input similar to what we had a few months ago! We'd like input both on the event itself and on some game mechanics that we are wondering how to streamline right now.
The Event
Basically, we heard from a few people that it was difficult to know how to really jump in. Additionally, as mods, we noticed that people were reluctant to group up with each other; at the beginning, there were many solo threads waiting for a response. We can't respond to everyone's threads individually, so during events, we really do need for groups to be able to happen. Our response to this was to allow the event to go a few extra days, but we'd be open to hearing any suggestions about how to streamline future events.
Feel free to give any other comments about the event, too, positive or negative!
Wild Pokemon Bonding
First off, thank you to Nor for having helped us since our first round of Helper apps! She has asked to step down, so everyone thank her for helping us out so long!
This brings us to a question/concern we currently have:
What would you guys like to see from the wild Pokemon bonding in this game? Is having the option to have someone thread Pokemon with you someone you guys want to see continue? At the moment, there is a possibility that we will scrap this mechanic based on input received and on discussion with our Helpers, past and present. (Helpers, we'll initiate a conversation with you probably tomorrow!)
Anything Else
We're open to hearing feedback about anything else, too!
This post will be open to anonymous comments. However, we cannot screen the post as anon would then not be able to see our responses to them.
Response!
Groups
We dropped the ball with this! For some reason, we forgot about the RNG option which we included in previous events; it must have slipped our minds this time to include it. We'll make sure we do this in the future to help with plotting and to help people who are shy about approaching others for groups. Additionally, what we're thinking we might do is allow a bit more time for discussion before we get into the meat of the event, and space things out a little more. To address issues of thread order, in general, we have a policy that we will respond every 24 hours regardless of whether or not everyone has had a chance to reply in order to keep threads going.
Pokemon Bonding
The issue at hand actually wasn't whether or not it's too much work for the mods, but whether the Helpers are a sustainable system. The mods run the unrevealed Pokemon and the Helpers run any other threads that people may want. After consultation with our Helpers, we feel like we have a better idea of how to make things more manageable. At this time, we're probably going to propose a queue. In other words, the Helpers will take threads whenever they are able to as opposed to jumping on them immediately. If the player is not willing to wait in the queue, they can simply ask for the blurb as proposed here, which we can provide.
For unrevealed Pokemon, we may also need to use a queue when new areas are revealed as that's when we have to run the most threads.
Feel free to still respond to this comment with any thoughts as this isn't an official policy change yet!