Charfade
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There are several ideas in the suggestion forum that we really like, but for one reason or another we cant implement it into the game. ( see top reasons below ) However 90% of the suggestions we do implement are ideas spawned by player suggestions. Its also a lot faster to suggest an idea then it is to make it feature complete in the game. So while were working on 1 feature that has been suggested in a week... over 100 or more in the week get added making it seem we dont implement them. Top reasons why suggestions dont get implemented in to the game ►The suggestion is game breaking, meaning it could open up the game to exploits, hacking and general cheating by other players. ► The suggestion is illegal for us to make. ►The suggestion can not be implemented due to a limitation of flash. Not the limitation or knowledge of the ED staff. ►The suggestion is bias, only favoring a particular group or just themselves. We have to consider the entire EpicDuel community when implementing new features. ►The suggestion would take more time to implement then that we have to create it. If we really like these suggestions we usually slowly develop them in the background and go un-announced until we are sure it can be implemented. Sometimes we spend time on a new feature and have to toss it out because of a limitation of flash or breaks the game in some way, etc. It slows down progress unfortunately. ►The suggestion isn't a priority. There are some suggestions we like, but others we like better. So the better ones get suggested and pushed up to the top while it could go months or even years for the lower priority ones to be implemented. Those are just a few, but I think are the most important ones to mention. Everyone on the team puts in 100% effort. Things may not go our way all the time, we hit roadblocks and often as in every game you work on you have to problem solve constantly for a better solution. These things take an enormousness amount of time and brain power. Burn out is a thing we constantly have battle. Since the hours we put into the game isn't a simple 9-5 plan like other full time jobs with weekends and vacations off. That simply isn't in our DNA. Will work over holidays and weekends if feel we want to get ahead on the week or if a problem shows up and has to be solved. These are not excuses of the progress of the team, just an explanation to consider.
< Message edited by Charfade -- 5/9/2013 17:28:49 >
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