continue Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 (edited) DE generally has one main solution to getting people to play broken content: Increase the resource/point gain after the fact This has been true of Liches, Railjack, Scarlet Spear, even Mutagen Samples. In the case of Scarlet Spear, we've also received a one-time apology reward based on points gained during the event. However, this is exacerbated by missing bonus points, which are missing points and thus missing apology points. And notably missing from this is any (positive) incentive for anyone to play a broken game mode again after a bad first impression. Even with increased the points per Kill Code, there is the lingering threat of receiving 1/3 the points you expect to receive. Fixing the event is a no-brainer. Remove bonus points and just roll them into further increased point gains. Bonus points are, frankly, bad design because it's unnecessary complexity in an already broken environment. But the expectation right now is that DE won't listen to any feedback that actually matters, so here's a different suggestion that might be easier to accept: Even after you "fix" an event, a bad first impression is still a barrier to re-entry. What you need to do here is just give everyone a flat amount of free points. Enough points that people would try to get a reward even if they think the event is still broken, but not enough to be called entitled Americans who don't matter by toxic fanboys. Then, if the event is really as good as you think it is, more people will get to revise their opinions of it. If the event still sucks, well, at least you're showing the community that you actually care what their impression of the game was, instead of patronizing them as "people who optimize the fun out of the game" and don't know what's best for themselves, or a "vocal minority" that always complains amidst a sea of otherwise happy people. The people who actually criticize the game are the part of your audience that actually cares enough to. It's no coincidence that so many of them are "Partners", not that there's any truth to that title anymore. Edited April 8, 2020 by continue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airwolfen Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 No... That really is not how things work... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReaverKane Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Judging by your post, you're one shinning example of someone who ALWAYS does things exactly right the first time. Quote 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypernaut1 Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 Aren't people playing it though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genitive Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, Hypernaut1 said: Aren't people playing it though? Well, apparently they are, at least according to the Steam charts. There has been a growth in Steam players for the last 3 months, despite all the issues and complaints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methanoid Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 they dont want you to keep playing broken content, they only need you to play it for a while then move on to the next new shiney thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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