This thread isn't to start any controversy. It's simply to get a few opinions other than mine. So, is someone has a different opinion than you don't argue. Just agree to disagree. Okay, so I emailed support asking if they had any plans to make new avatars. This is the response I got. Now, in this email they claim to watch the forums and look for things that the community in general would want. How is that true? I've seen maybe 5-10 requests for new parties on the forums. I only know a few people that have asked for that new award. However, every time you go on the forums you see a new threads from a bunch of different people requesting new avatars. Maybe I'm wrong though. Maybe a lot more people have been requesting new parties. I guess it's possible more people been emailing support requesting new parties and awards over new avatars. Or, maybe the devs just feel like we don't need new avatars right now. What do you all think about it? .-. I want some other opinions than just mine. Please don't go off topic on this either, I really don't want it to get locked or get to the point where I have to request lock.
Lolol. Translation: Thanks for writing to us. We'll consider your idea, as long as it's one that we already have planned. Otherwise, just go away. To be fair, the avatar ideas aren't going to happen. People want lots more black avatars. So then why can't Asian people ask for more Asian avatars? Why can't there be more Caucasian avatars? I want a pasty fat ginger Scotsman but aren't going to get one. The danger is that once they introduce a few, more people complain. I don't remember loads of complaints about lack if choice of black avatars when they were all white. I may be wrong. Also, most of the player that want these avatars don't want to pay for them. They expect them for free and then complain that they have to pay for a character that adequately represents them. How can the devs suit everyone? It does seen weird though that some awesome ideas have been suggested on forums and very few/none have ever been implemented. If the devs scan regularly then they can see what players want. It all comes down to how they can make money. The closest we get to having choice is the Facebook page, where they give us some options they've decided on (let's a
Dammit my post cut off I was saying They give you a choice of what they decided and how much you'll pay and we just choose the pictures. It's a bit like government consultation. They make their minds up on what they're going to do then ask you how you'd like it implementing
Exactly casp! Couldn't have said it better myself. And yeah, I know exactly 2 people that suggested that award because they got the idea from KaW.
This is what the email said Billingsworth.. Thanks for writing into us. We can't really say one way or another from support, but a great want to garner the support and get the attention of the devs is to create a thread on the forums and show that the community in general would like this. Our development team scours the forums frequently to get an idea of what the community is looking for in future updates.
I find that to be untrue, because as was stated look at all the thread ideas that players so make. Then once a mod see's the thread, they decide to look it and say "email support" like they do with everything. Now nothing against mods, but if support is telling us to our our idea's on the forum, why the heck are they being locked ASAP and then get hidden? Clearly we can't get enough of a community vote, if everything is locked all the time.
That's very true. I, myself, email support whenever I see a thread with good ideas and suggestions. This just makes me wonder if they even look at the threads anyone recommends support look at.
In my opinion I think We should make a thread for Avatar where Every player that agree for new avatar Says I agree, Have different thread for what we want and all post if you agree to it
It'll probably get locked. But the thing about it is that I don't think it's the mods fault they get locked. I believe that the devs tell them to. However, that might not me true. Like I said, none of this is factual these are all opinion.
The devs don't check the forum for ideas. There have been plenty of idea threads in the past but the devs never responded to them
I like Spinner's idea. I say we do-do a thread saying what we want. If it gets locked, we will do another and another. They can't lock them all.
Ehh... I agree with a lot of these things we are saying.. I myself send emails to support of threads that have amazing ideas to better the game. Only support reads them... If they like the idea.... They pass it to the devs. It's kinda like a middle man... Ps: just like KaW.... I suggested we get forum mods just for forums. Support replied: "About PimD forum mods, those are in the works as well, so please bear with us."
Re-creating locked threads will get you forum banned....so no to cant keep making them if try get locked.
Erm.. I don't think we should keep making threads about it. It hasn't done anything before, so I doubt anything's going to change.
That's the sucky part about all this. We can't make threads about it. They'll just get locked or deleted. And if we keep making them we'll just get forum banned. We can't complain about it to ATA, because they're the one we're complaining about. We can't keep bugging support, because that'll just irritate them and then they definitely won't do anything.