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Disclaimer: This is no way, shape or form of a complaint but more of a concern/suggestions.
I have been a part of ESF going way back when to the 1.1 era. I didn't participate much in the forums at the time.. just mainly playing the game and have a good time. I can't wait for ESF: Final to release but with that being said the lack of videos and/or post on the main page is disappointing and all I see now is POTW on a regular basis. I know all the devs have lives outside of the game and for what they are doing is defiantly worth the wait. I used to check the site daily, then as time drug on with no sort of updates I started checking it weekly, then monthly, and now its at the point where interesting updates are so far and between I'll check the site every 2-4 months maybe even longer than that.
Aren't the developers worried about people losing interest in the game/mod? I know more information is provided via the forums but majority of people are going to look the main page and notice a huge time gap between updates. Why would they even consider registering or glimpsing at the forums? Even something as little as "X person finished textures for Buu's face" or "currently working on Truck's melee combat and balancing" just something to keep your community up to date. Perfect example is the last two post on the main site ""Destruction Answers By Deverz on Fri, 2013-07-05 19:41"" --> "ModDB MOTY Top 100! By Deverz on Thu, 2013-12-12 21:51". That is almost a 6 month gap in time and with that big of gap you would assume a lot has been done and have a lot to share. Not to say that being top 100 isn't good or worth being proud of and wanting to share it but with that big of a gap in time there needs to be something regarding development of the game to keep not only your current community/player base interested but for people new to ESF as well.
In most cases your community/player base is just as important as your project itself. This may sound harsh but without a community/player base supporting your game/mod making it is pretty pointless and I highly doubt you guys are just making this game/mod for yourselves to play. You are clearly making this because you love to make game(s) and want to share them with the world. You should be actively looking for ways to bring more attention into ESF to more people and be loyal to your current player base by just keeping us in the "know".
I have been a part of ESF going way back when to the 1.1 era. I didn't participate much in the forums at the time.. just mainly playing the game and have a good time. I can't wait for ESF: Final to release but with that being said the lack of videos and/or post on the main page is disappointing and all I see now is POTW on a regular basis. I know all the devs have lives outside of the game and for what they are doing is defiantly worth the wait. I used to check the site daily, then as time drug on with no sort of updates I started checking it weekly, then monthly, and now its at the point where interesting updates are so far and between I'll check the site every 2-4 months maybe even longer than that.
Aren't the developers worried about people losing interest in the game/mod? I know more information is provided via the forums but majority of people are going to look the main page and notice a huge time gap between updates. Why would they even consider registering or glimpsing at the forums? Even something as little as "X person finished textures for Buu's face" or "currently working on Truck's melee combat and balancing" just something to keep your community up to date. Perfect example is the last two post on the main site ""Destruction Answers By Deverz on Fri, 2013-07-05 19:41"" --> "ModDB MOTY Top 100! By Deverz on Thu, 2013-12-12 21:51". That is almost a 6 month gap in time and with that big of gap you would assume a lot has been done and have a lot to share. Not to say that being top 100 isn't good or worth being proud of and wanting to share it but with that big of a gap in time there needs to be something regarding development of the game to keep not only your current community/player base interested but for people new to ESF as well.
In most cases your community/player base is just as important as your project itself. This may sound harsh but without a community/player base supporting your game/mod making it is pretty pointless and I highly doubt you guys are just making this game/mod for yourselves to play. You are clearly making this because you love to make game(s) and want to share them with the world. You should be actively looking for ways to bring more attention into ESF to more people and be loyal to your current player base by just keeping us in the "know".
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