Next Big Update?

[Basil Dreadflint]

Originally Posted by Jamesvsthekraken

Do you guys think that Disney can hear us with feedback that we want to see Davy Jones and The Kraken in the game as the next big update? In my personal opinion I believe that this has now become an "Era of Silence" here with us not getting previews like we used to get. Along time ago. I hate to bring this up, But do you think we need to like make a petition or something so Disney will hear us or release previews of New Stuff like we used to get for example: In The Monthly Emailed Newsletter's,The On-The-Horizon Section of The Grog Blog on The Pirates of the Caribbean Online Website, and The Developer's Diary? I am just curious here. I know a lot of you are happy with the flow of things. But I am still extremely frustrated at Disney for saying in The Developer's Diary in 2009 that: "We can officially say that the kraken is coming to The Caribbean this year"... etc. Hey, I am not complaining here. I am only asking If I am not alone here if I think my feedback is not being heard, I also miss the old ways as I just stated above where we would get previews. :'( :/

To all who feel this way:

Disney has listened. They held those meetings with game players, they sent out the survey. They are responding to the results of both.

As I see it, the players are getting exactly what they asked for.

The problem::: Disney didn't ask or allow the 'older' players to put in their requests. They have shifted the focus of the game to an even younger audience than it was originally intended. Instead of players in the 12 to 16 year range, and therefor drawing an active audience of even older people, like myself, Disney has decided to focus the game on 8 to 12 year old players.

As such, the feedback they are getting, and the items that are being requested and put into play, are more juvenile and are making the game more like Toon Town than Pirates. These new mini-games are a perfect example. Tetris? Sawing wood? (Follow a path.) Collect things? Easy to implement, and they are things that the younger players want. Short in duration, don't require a lot of attention, yields immediate results. These are things that a younger player will enjoy.

A story chapter is major. It is something that requires a lot of game time. As such, it doesn't offer as much appeal to the player who just wants a quick result.

The real problem then is: Disney originally designed the game to attract more mature players than their other games. TT, CP, Cars, are all designed for a younger crowd. Then, Potco got popular with an even older crowd.
Hence entire guilds of adult players. Now, Disney seems to have made a decision to integrate Pirates more along the lines of the other games, age wise. Maybe they think that that is where the money is?

Either way, Disney IS responding to the requests that have been made. Just because they aren't the particular items that a few have asked for, they are the things that were (probably) the most requested items.