Questions about your reception to Dawntrail

[Kathryn]

Indeed. The healer strike comes to mind. People probably read it and think "Ah, a haven for negativity". But really it's a lot of players who simply want the game to be better. Strikes have a negative association and attract attention, sure. Negative headlines attract attention just the same. But the reactions to those negative statements can be and usually are mixed.

While I understand the sentiment of the purpose of the thread, aa single person goes in and says they like the healing they get jumped on and called an idiot for liking easymode by like 6 other people, that thread is as toxic as it get's unless you're in 100% support of them.

[Turtledeluxe]

While I understand the sentiment of the purpose of the thread, aa single person goes in and says they like the healing they get jumped on and called an idiot for liking easymode by like 6 other people, that thread is as toxic as it get's unless you're in 100% support of them.

That's just factually not true. If you look at the first few pages there isn't a ton of disagreement, but some players did disagree and cited their reasons and even got decent likes. From what I've observed, toxicity in the thread is reactive i.e. you get what you give. If someone's immediately dismissive or insulting, that's what they get back. And that's my experience on the forum as well-- I can be dismissive and annoying but the difference is I'm self aware about it and prepared for the reactions.

And tbh there's no real reason to be upset about the thread enough to make fun of it. It's coherent, respectful, and organized. In contrast, it was hard to take the benchmark feedback seriously because so many people emotionally communicated all at once and left their actual criticisms quite unclear.

That's why feedback improved over time instead of just being "This isn't who I've known for 10 years she's totally different I'm unsubbing!!!". I don't feel like the healer strike is like that at all, and I'd argue the motivation behind it is nearly universally agreed upon.