HoundofShadow said: I think he's trying to catch up with me for the total number of flagged posts. I'm pretty excited to see what the new gameboard changes would be, and thanks to that player who bumped up one of the old topic, it reminds me that some other UI changes will take place: Further UI Revamps (Main Menu, etc)Hopefully they roll it out together with these fixes, so that they can focus on non-ui changes.
Michael1957 said: I fail to see why it’s necessary to go through all the trouble for a handful of whiners . No one in my alliance quit nor even complained . A few liked the new look . The slices we enter are all still as full as they always were . My placement scores haven’t changed in the past 3 weeks so the insignificant number who allegedly left apparently either haven’t or are irrelevant to the game as a whole . I hope the devs take into account the cost and time effectiveness over the past few weeks and realize there are always going to be Chicken Littles here no matter what they do . No one can please everybody, even our country works on the concept of only pleasing 51%. I either accept the results or emigrate.
Pantera236 said: Michael1957 said: I fail to see why it’s necessary to go through all the trouble for a handful of whiners . No one in my alliance quit nor even complained . A few liked the new look . The slices we enter are all still as full as they always were . My placement scores haven’t changed in the past 3 weeks so the insignificant number who allegedly left apparently either haven’t or are irrelevant to the game as a whole . I hope the devs take into account the cost and time effectiveness over the past few weeks and realize there are always going to be Chicken Littles here no matter what they do . No one can please everybody, even our country works on the concept of only pleasing 51%. I either accept the results or emigrate. So he says that people who are having physical ailments are "whiners" and should "emigrate" and that gets left, but I simply pose the question of based on his logic and the flag to like ratio if he would be immigrating and I get my comment deleted. How is that fair. And if it was the 2016 part, A. I didn't even say what happened in 2016 was right or wrong and B. what part of 2016 I was even talking about.
HoundofShadow said: The dev has already made known the timeframe and delay expected for the fixes. If players are still not happy with what they have been doing, there's nothing much they can do to make them happy. In that case, it's better to part way.
liminal_lad said: HoundofShadow said: The dev has already made known the timeframe and delay expected for the fixes. If players are still not happy with what they have been doing, there's nothing much they can do to make them happy. In that case, it's better to part way. I wish they had underpromised and overdelivered instead of the reverse. When the week of 4/4 came and went, I started to lose hope, but then when a new update dropped with other changes but no fixes to the gameboard I knew it was time to go. I can't say I'll never come back but right now I need a break. The handling of the forum is just icing on the cake.
entrailbucket said: My guess would be that they're in no hurry to adjust or fix any of this because the overall engagement metrics and spending metrics haven't changed appreciably. Obviously I don't know, but if players were really leaving in the kind of numbers people are speculating about, it would have been changed by now.Anecdotally I know of nobody who's quit over this, competition hasn't changed, and the spending I'm aware of seems about the same. I know there have been some reports of people quitting or taking a break, but the majority of people who are upset seem to be playing (and spending) just as much as before. Why would they rush to adjust this if it's not impacting their business?
HoundofShadow said: They didn't state a specific date that the fixes will be rolled in. It's something an individual player specify for them. They have already updated the thread and said the fixes will be delayed to this week even though they could roll it out last week. I think there's simply a mismatch of expectation or you simply missed the update in the forum. So, I'm not sure what you expect from them. Daily report of what they have done so far? It's only a few more days before this week ends.
furbear00000 said: liminal_lad said: HoundofShadow said: The dev has already made known the timeframe and delay expected for the fixes. If players are still not happy with what they have been doing, there's nothing much they can do to make them happy. In that case, it's better to part way. I wish they had underpromised and overdelivered instead of the reverse. When the week of 4/4 came and went, I started to lose hope, but then when a new update dropped with other changes but no fixes to the gameboard I knew it was time to go. I can't say I'll never come back but right now I need a break. The handling of the forum is just icing on the cake. You must be new here. It’s been like this for a looooooong time. Way before COVID.
HoundofShadow said: The dev team are made up of humans, ...
@LakeStone shouldn't have said "the week of 4/4 possibly sooner" if THERE WAS ANY CHANCE they are going to miss it. It's so radically unprofessional. And so exactly what I have come to expect.
Daredevil217 said: While I don’t disagree, the issue here is more complex than a movie delayed for reshoots. For those who are angsty, I think it boils down to:1) The game is unplayable for some and causing physical pain for others. Some are pausing/quitting, which puts strain on alliances as well. 2) The developers gave a target date and people were excited to get back into the swing of things. 3) And this is the big one... there was nothing wrong with the old board. When I polled people on the forums, 87% chose the old board over the new. 13% chose new over old. Clearly this one has problems- some health-related, and the developers never gave an option to roll it back while taking time to make the proper fixes. Well, it’s “just” a few weeks right? The longer that timeline extends the worse the decision not to roll back the changes looks. 4) The overall toxicity on this board right now. I’m sick of “it’s not a problem for me, so it’s not a problem” posts. The lack of empathy, the flaunting of privilege and the outright hateful comments towards those who struggle with disabilities is sickening. This one isn’t on the developers, but I do put it on the moderators of this board, and am naming it because it adds to the overall “‘vibe” here. The posters who outright boast about their “flag” count as a badge of honor and high-five over trolling do so because they know they’ll get to stick around with their hateful comments. I mean trolls are going to troll and it’s whatever, but the fact that it’s allowed while other stuff is hyper-enforced, makes you ask the question: what kind of culture do you want to create here?