Pann 8,118 Posted June 20 Hey, Crows! I'll keep this short for now and we can discuss it in more depth if anyone has questions or comments. Our tradition has been to do at least two news updates per week with the occasional Founders' Update on Wednesdays. We're going to switch things up a bit now and do one news story per week and occasional blog-like posts on the forum. The difference between them being that news items are geared more towards "big beats," juicy information with wide appeal to the masses while the blog posts will be information that's mostly of interest to the engaged player/tester community. We're still working out the fine details, but I wanted to go ahead and get this posted so people who were waiting for today's news update will know why it didn't happen. Ask me your questions, Bridgekeeper. I am not afraid, ~ Pann ~ 4 3 Kraahk, JamesGoblin, Sloppy and 4 others reacted to this Valerie "Pann" Massey, Director of Community Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolster50 2,140 Posted June 21 What day will these news posts drop? 2 1 chancellor, JamesGoblin and Tinnis reacted to this You Can't Be A Genius, If You Aren't The Slightest Bit Insane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scree 1,856 Posted June 21 Bout' time I think we can retire... Finally. 1 4 JamesGoblin, mandalore, KDSProm and 2 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coolster50 2,140 Posted June 21 24 minutes ago, Scree said: Bout' time I think we can retire... Finally. Don't count your chickens just yet 1 JamesGoblin reacted to this You Can't Be A Genius, If You Aren't The Slightest Bit Insane. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mandalore 2,649 Posted June 21 @Pann the fluff was often more frustrating than the lack of news for me. Do regular meaningful updates (every other week is fine with me). 3 JamesGoblin, RikForFun and Kraahk reacted to this 40 minutes ago, Andius said: W/HoA were held up as like these mystical forces of highly skilled players with legendary theorycrafters chained to a desk in some deep dungeon holding all the arcane secrets we could use to win if only we knew them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Effeh 359 Posted June 21 I think even better would be to only make a news post when there's actually something interesting to be said without committing to a weekly schedule, or any specific timeframe really. I've completely tuned out all CF news for a long time now. I'm sure there were a couple interesting things buried in there that I ended up missing in the slew of garbage, but the period as a whole has converted me to a mindset of "I'm just going to stop paying attention to this game and I assume they'll send me an email when it's done." I don't recall what chain of mindless clicking led me to see this post and log in today, but it's anomalous. Scarcity is pretty good stuff, man. I know it's been easy to criticize past developers for lack of communication and whatnot, but it really does have its upsides. The DF devs were perhaps the worst and most incompetent communicators in the biz, and yet when they did actually post an update, it was carefully dissected for any nuggets of information that could be milked out of Tasos' strange, vaporwarey greek writings. I can't help but see a parallel with the testing strategy. By committing to running a live service before actually launching the game, you supersaturate the players with "spam" playtime, just as was done with "spam" news. I'm skeptical that it has value to anyone, at all, that couldn't be better produced with brief periods of focused testing of specific systems or milestones. ACE could stop paying through the nose to host a live service for a tiny number of players, and those players would benefit by not burning themselves out before the game even launches, instead eagerly anticipating brief testing periods. 4 APE, Staff, JamesGoblin and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KDSProm 337 Posted June 21 9 hours ago, coolster50 said: Don't count your chickens just yet you can read the experience between the lines (even if is just one line ) 1 1 JamesGoblin and TowB reacted to this Gen. PromGuild Leader of KDSRecruitment Post - Guild Recruiting and Management - #warstory Visit us at www.kdsguild.org Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tinnis 7,849 Posted June 21 (edited) long overdue, both for reader fatigue and production pressure. Edited June 21 by Tinnis 3 Soulreaver, JamesGoblin and ilogos reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
APE 1,958 Posted June 21 Good news. 1 JamesGoblin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ciggy 3 Posted June 21 ok, so any bug fixes with this update? Any updates not matter how important are relevant. Could be something as simple as changing the shade of apples to a darker red for no reason. I'd love to see any updates. 1 1 JamesGoblin and APE reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
APE 1,958 Posted June 21 2 hours ago, Ciggy said: ok, so any bug fixes with this update? Any updates not matter how important are relevant. Could be something as simple as changing the shade of apples to a darker red for no reason. I'd love to see any updates. This is about weekly news updates, not game patches/updates. 3 Pann, Ciggy and JamesGoblin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACE_JackalBark 1,040 Posted June 21 4 hours ago, Ciggy said: ok, so any bug fixes with this update? Any updates not matter how important are relevant. Could be something as simple as changing the shade of apples to a darker red for no reason. I'd love to see any updates. For patch notes, keep an eye out in the Testing & Feedback section. 2 JamesGoblin and Ciggy reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilogos 62 Posted June 22 I agree with this approach of fewer, more substantial, news posts. I would like to see distributed attention to ongoing programs and their development progression - i.e. development tracker reports on known major bugs, key development areas, etc. This would fit better in the blog post format. 1 JamesGoblin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thyr 522 Posted June 22 I'd go further and do a 2 week rotation or even a 4 week one in times between major things. If the need or content for more communication is there, post more. A fixed shedule always creates unneccesary tension to deliver content. 1 JamesGoblin reacted to this You get the wolves...lots of wolves...and sheep that wear armor and have developed an appetite for blood soaked grass - dubanka Even insects smell good when roasted - a random confessor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaleOne 1,176 Posted June 27 Speaking of news updates... Can we get one? We all need a pep talk coach.... 1 JamesGoblin reacted to this www.lotd.org pking and siege pvp since 1995 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pann 8,118 Posted June 27 I'm on vacay until next week, but my trusty sidekicks JackalBark and FancyHats are holding down the fort. Popping in now to check on things and publish some news. (Spoiler alert: If you're reading this post, you are probably not in the demographic that the article is intended for; however, we'd still value your input in the discussion thread.) There's a new trial in the planning that will be announced as soon as we iron out some final details. Keep an eye out for that news to drop. 1 JamesGoblin reacted to this Valerie "Pann" Massey, Director of Community Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mystafyi 373 Posted June 27 3 minutes ago, Pann said: I'm on vacay until next week, but ……... They don't pay you enough. 1 JamesGoblin reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spunky 11 Posted July 8 In the mornings news …………Hax uXa and FoE played to crush last night took all three keep's.all the forts and all the out posts!!!!! as for the real news I think ace forgot they have a testing base itching to test the stuff they need tested. with no actual way of knowing what needs to be done. aka a freaking list of ability's .specs mobs w/e … lets get this thing rolling along .And 2weeks of silence on their behalf is disheartening 1 dolmar reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surelia 264 Posted July 8 guess this is a "theory is paddeling" thingy, they pretend to get something huge after a period of silence. even Q&A havent been where it was supposed to be. so i guess soon there will be some AWESOME news and yes, still no testing tasks 1 Spunky reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
