Mar 2nd 2011, 0:12:08
You're right Despie.
I agree that people should not be hostile toward the game admins because their ideas aren't accepted. That's what I see from admins who have posted in this thread, they don't believe that the ideas are being brought to them in a constructive way, suggestions are often phrased in the form of an accusation, and that's just not how to get things done.
Having said that, however, admins should also grow a thick skin from verbal abuse, since it's part of the job, in any game ever. Slag's comment 'your idea was rejected because it sucked' WAS over the top, uncalled for and unprofessional. You can expect nonesense from players, who hav no responsibility except to play the game, but an admin should be above petty retorts.
When it comes to admins listening to and taking suggestions from players, I have another point of view though. Anybody play SWG? That game was designed to be and could have been the best MMORPG ever... It was pushed to release before it was finished, which caused many subsequent problems, but leaving that aside, it was ruined by Devs who listened to players, who complained inseasently. People were constantly whining that the player classes were unbalanced, so the Devs would boost this class or nerf that class in an attempt to please the players. Each time they tried to balance things, they made one side stronger or another weaker, and inevitably made the class that people said was too strong, now useless. It happened several times, and litterally ruined the game.
So, if the admins of this game are more hesitant to make changes to please some o the player membership, I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing.