Kabam's Vision
One other thing I've been thinking about is the reveal that Kabam does not want maps in AW 100% completed as the standard. I think that was a surprise to the majority of the player base. Thinking it through, we as players do not really know a lot about goals for various modes of the game, unless that info seeps into a moderator's post (I remember Map6 AQ was stated to not be a all 5 day thing as a goal way back also). Other than those 2 instances, we really do not know what Kabam wants or intends with the various modes. If the player base WAS educated about these goals, our ability to provide useful feedback would be significantly enhanced. Our feedback right now is solely based upon our goals, and probably often irrelevant due to us pushing towards things that maybe the designers and management are not focused on.
I think there are two ways this could be improved upon.
One, perhaps a semi-annual State of the Union type post in the forums here. Where the game is currently, what direction Kabam is looking at for the future, areas of current focus, stated goals (X% complete UC EQ, X% complete Map 6 1 day only, X% complete AW map 100%, some player experience metrics, etc). We have no idea what Kabam considered optimal, and that really makes it nigh impossible for the community and the game team to be on the same page. We should not have such an adversarial relationship, not if what we all want is a thriving, successful, and fun game. A State of the Union type information dump would be a step to closing that gap between the game team and the players.
Two, there should be a more interactive sub-forum for veteran players and the game team to more directly discuss the game, from minutia up to full metas. Not just a place to post an idea and have it float around, maybe getting forwarded on. But a place where players and developers can bounce ideas off of each other and discuss outcomes. Sometimes the players see things a dev or moderator might not. Something like this could also vastly improve our feedback and help the team improve the game.
Please add more ideas and thoughts to this discussion.
And if you want to make a joke about Kabam's vision for the game being $$$, save it. 1) that's too obvious of a joke to actually be funny and 2) it won't actually help improve everything, which is what I'm hoping we can actually work towards.
Thanks.
