Weekly community update?

Higher

Well it's friday, when does it happen?

what do you guys wish to see from the community update?

Brom

I.want to know when they will add new ways to earn gear.

slmcmr

World peace! Is it too much to ask for that?

joeyh92989

it would be cool if they said hey April fools! Free shards for erebody

LaLiam

I've been defending the dev team here, on Reddit, and to guildies, saying today's community update will explain all.
If it doesn't come out today- like gmt today not Pst, then i will have lost faith myself.

I'm sure it will.

RAYRAY

Who knows what will happen but what NEEDS to happen is that Jesse to spell out 2 things.
1. What are the plans for more content and events-we need specifics, not veiled generalities.
2. What is going on with the balancing patch and more information on what direction the devs are going (so we can extrapolate and begin to raise up toons that we think could be more viable.) Again, we need specifics.

If he came out and stated some specifics for those two topics, it would go a long way.

ChefHaze

Any and all actions from the devs will always be during business hours on the west coast. We haven't even had our morning coffe yet out here. Relax, it will come.

thecuriousocelot

Last week it arrived 11.30pm GMT - that's 6.5 hours from now.

Higher

RAYRAY wrote: »

Who knows what will happen but what NEEDS to happen is that Jesse to spell out 2 things.
1. What are the plans for more content and events-we need specifics, not veiled generalities.
2. What is going on with the balancing patch and more information on what direction the devs are going (so we can extrapolate and begin to raise up toons that we think could be more viable.) Again, we need specifics.

If he came out and stated some specifics for those two topics, it would go a long way.

Definitely need more information on the combat changes

Nikoms565

RAYRAY wrote: »

Who knows what will happen but what NEEDS to happen is that Jesse to spell out 2 things.
1. What are the plans for more content and events-we need specifics, not veiled generalities.
2. What is going on with the balancing patch and more information on what direction the devs are going (so we can extrapolate and begin to raise up toons that we think could be more viable.) Again, we need specifics.

If he came out and stated some specifics for those two topics, it would go a long way.

Sadly, what I think we will get is a summary of what we already know (i.e. the details about the update) - in a way that tries to paint the Yoda "surprise" is a positive light. As far as longer term balancing and content we will get veiled generalities.

It's clear that the development team either doesn't want the community to know things in advance intentionally, or that they simply don't care enough to let Jesse know so he can pass them along.

I too am losing faith in the long term direction of this game and how updates are being handled in general.

I commented in a different thread that all we have asked for is communication - someone pointed to the Friday updates - the first one mentioned the cap level increase, the plan to change the game balance ("defense will have a more prominent...") and the long term "the team is working on the next major...hope to share details..." The second was MUCH more detailed - it said the cap raise was going live "next week"....and that the second part from the previous update was being postponed...and that the team is "still hard at work on the next major update. Really looking forward to sharing details about this in the future" - so again, veiled generalities.

Any mention of the Yoda event? No (not unless you count the "surprise" line in the notes the day before). Any mention of the Poe/Phasma shards? Nope. Gear changes weren't mentioned in the Friday updates either.

RAYRAY

Nikoms565 wrote: »

RAYRAY wrote: »

Who knows what will happen but what NEEDS to happen is that Jesse to spell out 2 things.
1. What are the plans for more content and events-we need specifics, not veiled generalities.
2. What is going on with the balancing patch and more information on what direction the devs are going (so we can extrapolate and begin to raise up toons that we think could be more viable.) Again, we need specifics.

If he came out and stated some specifics for those two topics, it would go a long way.

Sadly, what I think we will get is a summary of what we already know (i.e. the details about the update) - in a way that tries to paint the Yoda "surprise" is a positive light. As far as longer term balancing and content we will get veiled generalities.

It's clear that the development team either doesn't want the community to know things in advance intentionally, or that they simply don't care enough to let Jesse know so he can pass them along.

I too am losing faith in the long term direction of this game and how updates are being handled in general.

I commented in a different thread that all we have asked for is communication - someone pointed to the Friday updates - the first one mentioned the cap level increase, the plan to change the game balance ("defense will have a more prominent...") and the long term "the team is working on the next major...hope to share details..." The second was MUCH more detailed - it said the cap raise was going live "next week"....and that the second part from the previous update was being postponed...and that the team is "still hard at work on the next major update. Really looking forward to sharing details about this in the future" - so again, veiled generalities.

Any mention of the Yoda event? No (not unless you count the "surprise" line in the notes the day before). Any mention of the Poe/Phasma shards? Nope. Gear changes weren't mentioned in the Friday updates either.

You are right on all counts. But after this patch, they have an opportunity to make it right by giving us details of what is upcoming. There is no reasonable or logical explanation for not giving us more details on the direction of the game, unless they have no clue what it is. I understand them not giving us specific DATES, but they should be able to share what new game modes are coming, what is being prioritized and what direction they are going to go with specific characters (or at least character types).

Sadly, not giving us that information leads me and many others to believe that incompetence is the reason and they really don't have a clue of what is upcoming. You better believe that if they have new content planned for the next major release, and if that major release is coming in a few weeks, they know EXACTLY what that content is.

Higher

I think the problem is that there should be more playable content, the increased requirements would be less important if we had more to play through that meant something

LaLiam

Higher wrote: »

I think the problem is that there should be more playable content, the increased requirements would be less important if we had more to play through that meant something

I would be happy with this, i dont mind more grinding if it's accomponied by more content that isn't farming but helps with farming.

SlyGambit

If you want a community update look at the front page of the Reddit sub.

TL:DR the community is shrinking.

DarthMasterShawn

LaLiam wrote: »

Higher wrote: »

I think the problem is that there should be more playable content, the increased requirements would be less important if we had more to play through that meant something

I would be happy with this, i dont mind more grinding if it's accomponied by more content that isn't farming but helps with farming.

Agree

KamikazeRhombus

slmcmr wrote: »

World peace! Is it too much to ask for that?

This is more likely than new content.

Higher

SlyGambit wrote: »

If you want a community update look at the front page of the Reddit sub.

TL:DR the community is shrinking.

U wot

Nikoms565

SlyGambit wrote: »

If you want a community update look at the front page of the Reddit sub.

TL:DR the community is shrinking.

At the very least, many are likely simply sitting in quiet resignation.

Slayer

They seem to be based in California so any updates should happen end of day PDT at the latest

warmonkey1024

There will be a community update today.

Barrok

warmonkey1024 wrote: »

There will be a community update today.

Thanks Monkey. You are a help to the community. Even the tiny bits of information you can share really help calm the storm!

Achilles

lol ... who really believed that? weekly information ... dude, thats work and you might provide informations, its not the age to get any information for free.

warmonkey1024

Barrok wrote: »

warmonkey1024 wrote: »

There will be a community update today.

Thanks Monkey. You are a help to the community. Even the tiny bits of information you can share really help calm the storm!

You are welcome! Just trying to help

Rogan_Ban84

warmonkey1024 wrote: »

There will be a community update today.

Thanks

DarthMasterShawn

warmonkey1024 wrote: »

There will be a community update today.

Thank you for communicating.

Ewakawaka

I really don't think Yoda coming back was the surprise they were intending. It doesn't make sense. Even as out of touch as they can seem to be (sometimes), they had to have known coming back, early, with no timer and no warning would create just as much grief as it did joy. I believe there was something else they were working on and it didn't happen in time so they through in Yoda as a hail Mary to put in something.

Lots of signs pointing to lack of resources on this game. They are missing a prime time to pump up Star Wars with the Rebels Season Finale and TFA coming out to video this week. The Android folks got Poe shards, nothing for IoS or overall. The only new content since the start has been a shard shop, a few new characters, and a special event that can only be played once and has been recycled 3 times.

So much potential, such a visually beautiful game, a player base that's willing to give every benefit of the doubt to a franchise that it loves in hopes that it will live up to it all... but hope is fading.

papnwors

Ewakawaka wrote: »

I really don't think Yoda coming back was the surprise they were intending. It doesn't make sense. Even as out of touch as they can seem to be (sometimes), they had to have known coming back, early, with no timer and no warning would create just as much grief as it did joy. I believe there was something else they were working on and it didn't happen in time so they through in Yoda as a hail Mary to put in something.

Lots of signs pointing to lack of resources on this game. They are missing a prime time to pump up Star Wars with the Rebels Season Finale and TFA coming out to video this week. The Android folks got Poe shards, nothing for IoS or overall. The only new content since the start has been a shard shop, a few new characters, and a special event that can only be played once and has been recycled 3 times.

So much potential, such a visually beautiful game, a player base that's willing to give every benefit of the doubt to a franchise that it loves in hopes that it will live up to it all... but hope is fading.

+1 it's a shame really, painful to watch such potential be flushed down the tubes by a company who just doesn't seem to care or simply lacks the technical skills to take this game any further.

Higher

Now seeing the notes, does that mean there's gonna be new content for the gear?