Do people feel comfortable using the content request system?

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It is not too hard to put a couple of brain cells together to go ahead and discuss what it is you want implemented with at least one person from the dev. team before you put a single bit of effort into it, be it roleplay or in-game activity: i have no desire to have my and my faction members' efforts wasted, so i do, in fact, use the request system but do some ground testing prior to doing anything to see if it's even possible, and consult almost every step of developing these plans. That's how Madeira upgrade came to life, that's how the salvaging of Freeport 4 and Cardiff came to reality.

I can only speak of the past in this regard, since I have had nothing to modify since returning, but, that said, you still have to get someone to talk to you which leads to my next quote.

- Will use outsiders "ignorance" of the process, of knowing who in the staff voted for what, and of the reasoning the staff has, as a leway when it suits them later

That smacks of conspiracy. It's a game.

- Keep the request and all the information withing a secret from the rest of the community

Nothing is stopping people from talking about what they've requested. The request subforum is secret to prevent people starting drama over other people's ideas, and also to allow people the element of surprise, prevent metagaming, there's numerous reasons.

- Assure themselves the possibility to totally ignore any sort of logic and argument that may be thrown at them for their decision.

There is a minority within this community who equate 'logic' to 'things that make me angry'. They are surprisingly not the majority playerbase of the game. Which is why we have a request system, and not a development process based on discussion threads. So it has been, for the last ten years. You know that too, Karlotta, you've been here as long as me.

clique
noun
noun: clique; plural noun: cliques

a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them.

This "game" has always had cliques in charge, and using denigrating terms such as the way conspiracy was applied doesn't change the fact. There are conspiracies in this community, it is just that not all of them are harmful.Each of the Official Faction is ruled by a conspiracy/clique, but they Tend to communicate with the players.

As to the dismissal of "logic", I want nothing from the keepers right now, but your bandwagon argument is still offensive. There was a lot of outcry with the last batch of changes, and the arguments have been ignored wholesale. Conflating the fact that people don't like something with a lack of logic is a variation of your own dismissal. It also presumes that you are universally "right".

As to talking about your requests in a public forum, that is entirely different from the dialog that makes a decision. It is also obvious that you know that fact in your dialog, so your statement can only be concluded to be intentionally disingenuous.

I have to wonder, with the amount of effort you are putting into this, are you acting on their behalf or about to resume being part of the team?

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