Quote Originally Posted by Zomkei View Post
from your last post that you deleted, it sounds like you are not "down to criticize" them tbh. while i don't think it's as dramatic as a lot of people are making it out to be, im talking strictly the forums (as this thread is about). yes, they communicate through live letters in a way, the complaint was that they rarely answer questions or build a community in the forums. and i agree'd with the poster i quoted. i feel like the forums have fallen into what they are simply because there isnt a team to help build the community. we get trolls who aren't removed, we get confused players asking questions and rely on the community to give unofficial answers. i remember when there was a time the GMs kept moving troubleshooting threads and just dumping them in the general board and we had to help the players ourselves.

so yeah, i think its true. you are free to believe otherwise though.
I deleted the post because everything I said was already mentioned many times throughout this thread / forum. Like I said in the previous post though - housing should be improved, the gear is distracting, and whatever else I said that's been said ad nauseum - criticism.

And I still don't understand how live letters can be seen as communication "in a way." They literally detail everything in a very transparent manner from a dev perspective. That's what I thought this thread was about - DEVELOPERS posting in the forum, not community managers. It's not the job of the developers to manage this forum. This forum isn't even ran directly by the developers from what I've gathered over the years - please correct me if I'm wrong.

I agree that there should be more community managers and moderators posting, but I think there are two issues being complained about here - again correct me if I'm wrong.

Developers are posting on these forums with live letters, Q/A, and the producer letters. Insights into gameplay are given through all of those previously mentioned methods. Technical issues are handled with tech support on the SE website.

What sort of communication are you looking for specifically?