ophion
Well-Known Member
Hi guys,
Just wanted to emphasize once more (though I feel like it's for the umphteenth time ) that all feedback is welcome and valuable, both positive and negative. We have received a lot of negative feedback and have never had any problems with that. What is important though, is whether or not it is really constructive feedback, or just ranting without contributing. As our forum rules also prescribe:
Saying things like "I hate the new Wholesaler for this and this reason" is valuable and constructive, because you explain why you think something is bad and we can forward these concerns for reconsideration, so we're happy when we receive such feedback. Saying things like "The devs are morons, they're not listening to us, they just want to steal our money, I'm gonna quit, this game is ruined, blabla" isn't constructive at all. It's just ranting, asking for negative attention and it isn't helpful in any way. Of course it's an indication that you're frustrated about something but still we're all grown ups (or most of us are ) and should be able to get into a conversation with each other on a more sophisticated level than that, even when we're frustrated. We accomplish much more by explaining why things aren't appreciated and how we would like to see it differently, than by just making sarcastic remarks and bashing our game designers. So once again: It has never been about whether feedback is positive or negative, because both are appreciated, as long as it's delivered in a polite and constructive way
About the suggestion to give feedback on proposed ideas: This would indeed be an ideal situation, but often not realistic for us for a lot of ideas are considered, being put on the shelf and may be implemented (or partly used) in later game changes/features but it is by far not always clear what exactly will be done with the idea at the moment it's handed in. It can sometimes even take years before it's the right time to implement or use an already proposed idea. When an idea is really rejected however, we will let you know in the corresponding thread but as long as you don't hear from us in there, you can still consider the idea/suggestion to be under consideration.
Then why is it my friend...when we have constantly asked that this game concentrate on being solely a city building game and not implement battles or battle units have we constantly been ignored for over a year or more...and are still being ignored?
I agree that saying things like "the devs are morons" etc is not only disrespectful but downright rude and unnecessary...as if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be here at all to be complaining.
However we feel that we are being ignored when every update goes against everything we didn't want to happen to Elvenar...and sometimes our comments reflect that in frustration.
I know you Marindor, from past experience, to be a very good and fair help to this forum so this isn't anyway personal...
We just want to be heard and make Elvenar the fantastic City Building Game it set out to be.
No one here could ever complain about the brilliant art work and design of the game...that's what attracted us here in the first place. Also the absence of warfare and battles made this the place we wanted to be. Since then...despite all the promises to remain that way...it has changed so much it is no longer recognisable as the game we joined up to play. All the new updates are about battles, battle units, tournaments etc. We have to open tech tree research at the cost of huge amounts of knowledge points for squad sized upgrades, even more new battle units, and none of them are wanted by us or able to dismiss...as they have become necessary for us to open them to move on. The costs of new expansions and the lack of them without spending a fortune has become greedy...as has the cost of most things lately...and I think you would have to agree with that. I have always been ok with spending diamonds on building things that I liked the look of because the city building aspect of the game appealed to me...but it's gone beyond that now...and I'm losing interest by the day.
When will the devs take a look at the long term lovers of Elvenar and see that we want it to be as it was...a different kinda game with no interest in following the trend of fighting and battles to succeed and evolve. A place where friends could chill and be happy...and by that token...spend a lot of diamonds to continue to play a game that was unique and made us look forward to continuing to play here..