DeadX65 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Where others have gone before Locking negative feedback and re-branding that as "metacomplaint" doesn't change the reality of what you're actually doing. Stifling any negatives aimed at the game or company. This has failed and at worst backfired for every other company that has attempted it. Re-branding what your doing only fools those that haven't experienced that kind of attempted control. It signifies a company that would rather pretend things do not exist rather than face them, one that would rather force players into giving up on any sort of feedback, because if they say anything negative, they're likely to get locked thus wasting their time even posting. Are you starting to understand why behavior of this nature is one of those proverbial bad things that do not end well? All you have to do is look at other companies that have tried the same tactic. This promotes fanboism, only hearing positive things since those threads are allowed to flourish. which brings me to Ego Let's revisit an old mechanic, broken lights. these were mostly universally reviled, even some fanbois got into the hate wagon. instead of removal, the mechanic was altered to broken lights 1.0, then 2.0, etc. Now, the final phase, arc traps. They were a bad mechanic to begin with, made no sense in the universe of warframe, and now make even less. Grineer are supposed to be the low tech of all the factions (excluding infested) how are they able to create a very small device, with infinite power, can detect invisibility (which no other higher tech faction is capable of) accurately identify friend or foe and attack accordingly all within a very small package? Add further holes, they now ignore kubrows and sentinals... This was a bad mechanic from the beginning, through several iterations it has only become worse within the game universe. grineer shouldn't have it, not even the orokin and corpus have anything resembling that technology. Factions that are supposedly much further advanced. And this is where ego steps in. whomever pushed this mechanic through has the authority and ego to see that it stays, no matter how bad it is, no matter how it doesn't fit. THEY like it, THEY think it's a great mechanic, so they'd rather screw up the lore, create logic sinkholes rather than remove it. The mechanic is so bad they can't even create an AI that would let kubrows or sentinels attack/avoid the traps on their own, instead they have to set the traps to ignore them. both are enemies to the grineer...yet are ignored. Update 14 Yet more of the same, bad mechanics being pushed through that don't mesh with the universe the game attempts to portray, and just as likely, because of ego and the enforced only positive feedback, unlikely to be changed. This is a company now creating it's own private universe cut off from negatives or the rest of those bad things out there. Out of control ego at it's finest. THEy know what's best, THEY know what players want...and soon there will be nothing but positive feedback telling them they are the greatest. feedback loop. if you took the time to read this, thank you. and to add inb4 locked as metacomplaint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheErebus. Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) Metacomplaint: When the users here on the forums complain about others complaining on the forums which does not provide any positive/negative/constructive feedback whatsoever. You see DE as not looking at negative feedback. Then I suppose you don't bother with patch notes do you or reading the amount of hot fixes they do to fix errors. Edited July 31, 2014 by TheErebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immolator1001 Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) Have you read the threads that get locked? Because if you did you'd realize it either people whining with no real feedback or mudslinging. Dev bashing isn't feedback and neither are ad hominem arguments. inb4 locked as metacomplaint. ^This^ is the kind of passive aggressive stuff that leads to threads being locked. You also haven't paid attention to this game since DE listens to its player base more than any other game I've seen. Edited July 31, 2014 by immolator1001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverBones Posted July 31, 2014 Share Posted July 31, 2014 Metacomplaint: When the users here on the forums complain about others complaining on the forums which does not provide any positive/negative/constructive feedback whatsoever. ^And as far as I can see, the original post provides only complaint, citing no solutions or constructive measures. And yes. Locking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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