Just throwing this idea out here for everyone:
Do we really want the devs to have to go through several pages of suggested changes postings, each of which is several pages of back-and-forth discussion deep, just to find a few bright nuggets of wisdom? Or 800 attempts to get them to fix this first instead of that? Instead of developing/implementing?
What if we did something like this:
Every 1st Monday, monthly, capnjosh puts up a poll in Announcements like this example: "Hey gang, we can work on only one of the following things this week/month/year - pick one. Tech stat tweak, Incin stat Tweak, dodge cooldown tweak" The poll stays open all week.
The 2nd Monday, a winner is chosen. An anouncement is made. "Ok, Incin tweak won the poll. Time/money is limited, so right now we are only looking to tweak damage amount, rate, or splash of all its weapons. What should change and why?"
The community debates this in the General Forums all week. People debate, refine, list pros & cons, new issues are revealed.
The 3rd Monday, a special posting process occurs - each forum member is allowed to submit one (and ONLY one) final proposal post to the devs, in private, unviewable by all. In X words or less. A neat, quick, refined, eloquent summary of their view. A few members may choose a spokesmen amongst themselves to reduce repeating final proposals. Wednesday, the final proposal process is closed, and all final proposal submissions are posted in the Announcements forum, read only. The devs take a week, or longer, to soak it all in.
The last week of the month, capnjosh reveals what, if anything, is to be acted upon.
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The goal of this would be to present community opinions in an organized, timely manner that makes it easier for the devs to get back to developing! If they have time to watch 18 threads simultaneously, great! If not, this proposal process would still serve the same purpose. Everyone gathers together at the same time each month. The proposal submissions being 'one time only, and blind' would keep things readable for the devs, cut straight to the important parts (leaving out personal attacks, me too posts, and thread derailments) and prevent anyone 'getting the last word in'. Some processes are time-limited in order to keep the information down to a managable amount.
The Incinerator example above was just used as an example, not trying to push an agenda or anything. Times and days could also be tweaked, etc. but repeated regularity and incentive for everyone to continue showing up is a goal.
Discuss.
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