149659-a-plea-to-the-community-and-to-carbine

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Note: This will be a long post, with a TLDR at the end.
 
I've been through thick and thin with this game, and I wanted to share my story, and my hopes and dreams with Wildstar. I've been here and there since launch, I may have not been subbed through it all, but I've had the game installed, and kept my wandering eye on the game. I've been through the highest of highs and lowest of lows. It overall saddens me, but we have a future, a bright one at that, at least I believe that... Do you?
 
Let's not focus on the game's past. We all know it's there, it's bad, but like all things, shouldn't it be left in the past? So, we know what not to do in the future? Do we want the past to ruin Wildstar's chances, like they are now? All we do is talk about the negatives of the game. There are some "I love this game" or "I like this game" but they are overshadowed by "X reason is why I am quitting" or "This is why I don't like this game" granted I'm all for free speech, and saying what you think about the game, but does it bode well for the future new players if all they see on the forums or Reddit is depressing things? No, of course not. It tells them to go somewhere else. This isn't the game. Since all they see is that kind of stuff.
 
In a fallen state like this, we need the community and Carbine to really step it up, and say "Hey, this is a great game, join us to find out". If you aren't the type of person to do that, maybe this isn't for you though. Do you play the game, and enjoy it? If so, don't you want the game to succeed, and hopefully get into a better state? Yes, we need new content, we don't need delays, but stuff happens. We don't know what the morale is like over at Carbine, maybe they even don't? We need to show them that we care about the game. We boost the morale with the community, I am sure the morale will be boosted over at Carbine. 
 
How does that all start though? It starts from both ends, but let's start with Carbine's side of things for now. As a community we need transparency first and foremost. We need to know what's going on with the game. The state of the game was nice, but we need more of that. We need forum posts, we need weekly/monthly updates on how the game is shaping up, and what's coming to the game that's new. Whether it be good or bad, we deserve to know. We are a small, but tight community that needs to grow.
We have people over at Carbine invading live streams and what not, and we have some people over at Reddit talking to the community, but it needs to happen more at the forums than anything. Carbine needs to address a lot of the communities concerns. What's going on with Warhound (PvP Server), and are the actual player numbers looking like. (Not sure, they are allowed to tell). 
 
We need communication, and we need it ASAP. This is where we come in as well, the communication part. It happens inside and outside the game, probably more on the outside right now. I'm not saying go out on social media or various websites and praise with rose tinted glasses about the game, hell no. Whether it be, telling people to just try the game and helping them out, or maybe focus on the positives about the game, rather the the negatives. Instead of saying something about the low population or what not, say the combat is awesome, and end-game is where it's at! Don't lie, we need to keep honest with present and future players. Yes, the game has it's wings clipped, but I think we can get them back. 
 
Free to play release did some things for the game, but it didn't do as much as I'd would have liked it to have done, but we can sort of redeem ourselves here... We have the upcoming Steam launch. Maybe it's not as big as free to play, but it opens up to a lot of new potential players. Steam reviews... We all know how they can make or break the game for new players. Shed some good light on the game, but also be honest with people. I write over at MMORPG.com blogs and I have spoken a lot about Wildstar, and how it can be saved, and should be saved. It starts at two places, like I've said a dozen times already. 
 
As a community, do you think we could do this? Could we possible redeem Wildstar with upcoming drops and Steam release? If you don't want to fine, that is your choice, I am speaking to the people that are willing to do this, willing to step up to the plate, and help us grow the community. It's no secret we need new blood, and I am sure Carbine would love new blood as well. I apologize if this is hard to follow along, it's currently 2 AM for me, and I am battling the flu, but I really needed to get this off my chest and unto the forums, whether I am heard or not is up to you all...
 
Back to Carbine... We also need you guys and gals to step as well. Be transparent, talk more, and really tell us how things are going. Bad or good, we need to know. Veterans have been through thick and thin, and it would look good for new players as well, don't you think? You hold the future of the game even more than we do. You create/develop the world we love to play in, and we want more people to enjoy it, at least I do... Do you think you guys and gals can step up and just talk to us more? I know you are all working hard on the next drop, and beyond but I think also need more communication as well as content...
 
Maybe this will get thrown to the dirt and lost in the forums, but I just needed to get it off my chest... Who knows what will happen to this post, I guess we will just find out in the future, but I would like you all to think about this, and just ponder it for awhile, whether you do or don't is up to you...
 
As for the TLDR: Carbine and the community need to step it up and shine a more positive like on the game and talk more. 
 
 	
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			Sorry irrelavant question, but what does TLDR mean?
			
				
	Edited February 14, 2016 by RobotWizardz	
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Sorry irrelavant question, but what does TLDR mean?
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As for the TLDR: Carbine and the community need to step it up and shine a more positive like on the game and talk more. 
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I think through their very strong desire to have control over what is effectively uncontrollable (for us), the community will most often post with positive intentions but negative consequences. The idea that we have this direct line to the people who can change things is misleading and ultimately creates spectacles more often than solutions.
 
I've personally come to think that the usefulness of feedback is dramatically overstated (overthought?). IMO it would be a better world if gamers kept their communication minimal to betas, bug reports, and reviews on external sites. Let the creators create. MMOs and general forums have only encouraged people to throw out 'opinions' with little insight or even accuracy. And when they speak their mind but don't get what they want they feel ignored and abused. And then they become cynical, sometimes vocally, and don't seem able or willing to stop themselves from being critical at every turn.
 
Even if we were all qualified designers with great ideas, how can you synthesize all the differences of mindset? And what would happen to the joy of 'discovering' a game if player feedback had actual, consistent impact on major decisions?
 
I write up ideas and feedback for Carbine often enough, but I don't expect anything to come of it. All I really want is a Quality experience from the minds of passionate and creative devs.
 
 
Final thought: Twenty years ago when you got a bad game, you shrugged and moved on. At least in my experience there was none of the bitterness, grudging, and demanding attitude we see so frequently nowadays...
			
				
	Edited February 14, 2016 by EsperXIV	
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Few people use the forums out of the total game populations.
 
If they want real feedback, they should go with just plain polling. Maybe give a nice incentive. Like, "Hey go here, fill out this survey and get a free something or other."
 
That way they get a lot of feedback from people who don't frequent forums and they get a lot of feed back with minimal noise.
 
Questions like: How often do you play PvP Battlegrounds?
 
If they say "Not very often"
 
Then ask something like: "Please state reason:"
 
And then do like for other things like:
 
What would you really want from the game?
 
"More races"
"More classes"
"More Content"
 
And just do it like that.	
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Few people use the forums out of the total game populations.
 
If they want real feedback, they should go with just plain polling. Maybe give a nice incentive. Like, "Hey go here, fill out this survey and get a free something or other."
 
That way they get a lot of feedback from people who don't frequent forums and they get a lot of feed back with minimal noise.
 
Questions like: How often do you play PvP Battlegrounds?
 
If they say "Not very often"
 
Then ask something like: "Please state reason:"
 
And then do like for other things like:
 
What would you really want from the game?
 
"More races"
"More classes"
"More Content"
 
And just do it like that.
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Thank you all for the responses... There is defiantly many ways the community and Carbine could go about this...
 
I'm curious about how all of you would approach it, that differs from mine... What would you all like to see Carbine do? 	
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