development cannot understand nor cope with "local game mechanics" when the staff have to talk to absolutely TERRIBLE individuals
just ask Markam how many times he tried to reason with LibGov because they just wouldn't accept what story/systems proposed
on that note also ask yourself how many times I and Erremnart struggled to explain to you that what YOU or other players want to do is not how the lore or game should work. the one thing that this current staff team knows to do well and i will praise them eternally for it is not listening to every other nobody in the community in similar fashion to how you won't see todd howard walk up to random gamers during game presentations and ask them about their opinions (aka how game development works, because apparently that's a foreign concept to many people here despite them playing a multitude of other games including AAA titles that are most known for their detachment from feedback these days)
