Why don't the Devs speak with us anymore?

[Mia Lightning]

Originally Posted by Dark_Pixie

When the game first came out, the developers were desperate to please their small amount of players. Players leaving in the early stages of the game could have been fatal to the game they were trying to develop. When Pixie Hollow was in beta, the same thing happened. Many polls to do with the game, asking what the players would like added.

Now that the community is bigger, we don't get asked that many questions anymore. Why? Because the developers have grown more confident with the game, and they have realised that they were really onto something. They do send Game Masters into the game to provide feedback - I remember earlier this year, a Game Master ran right across Abassa Tortuga (I was there looking for a ship), and nearly everyone followed them, right into Misty Mire. They asked subtle questions about what the players liked about the game, and anything that needed changing. They got all the feedback they needed, then left.

With the huge community that we have now, it's harder for the developers to make something that all the players want. Thousands of players want the Kraken, and thousands think it's a waste of time. Thousands of players want trading, thousands think it's going to all end in scamming. The developers are giving us ship customization now, and they've hit the nail on the head with this one, because I haven't really heard of any players saying that they would hate it if ship customization came out.

Disney is a worldwide company, and its main focus isn't online gaming. POTCO is extremely unlikely to become one of the most popular and advanced online games, up there with WoW. Considering all Disney has to handle, including four other online games, I think they're doing a pretty good job with POTCO - regular updates that we may not have asked for, but they're still popular, and bring more players to the game. That is what the developers are aiming for.

Well said...