Deleting systems poll UPDATE

[Levenna]

I am talking about CNS News, they are way more important than in-game news articles. I don't think people even read those, we have literally 20 year old ones only around on some bases and nobody cares. In-game articles you write for yourself and five other people more or less

I have a script to "yeet" all the antiquated news articles across every base in the game as of next patch. So there won't be any clutter getting in the way of people's up to date news. If only five people log into the game and click the news button, then that's my primary demographic so far as active players go. Since it would be the same five people clicking the launch button even without the incentive of news being put on stations. I'm sure there's a way to do this where a teaser is posted on the forums, but if you want the meat of things then being in the game or interacting with characters in the game world is the way to go. I'll see how best to implement that with immediate effect.

In all fairness though, doesn't it make more sense to make the method fit the demographic i.e. the wider community of disco, rather than expect people to actively hunt down the latest news? Disco already suffers from activity problems, anything that can help boost activity should absolutely be considered imo.

In all fairness though, isn't it more exciting to see a new patch has come out and log in to discover the new developments in-game? It is Discovery, after all. And, with not everyone immediately having all the latest news and developments available to them on the forums, those players / characters that do actually go and look for them in-game have nifty inrp knowledge that they can use to their advantage.

I'm sure there's a middle ground that can be found. Say that actual impactful in game events are mentioned on forums, however small things like say, a particular trade route gets a buff for a week, that's mentioned nowhere other than in a news article. That gives you a tangible, useful benefit from checking the news, while also driving activity as the wider community can see what's changing in Sirius.

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