Learning to be Patient with SE Dev Communication.

[Abriael]

It is a nice compilation of information that the current forum threads do not offer (because you have to go to each thread individually, which makes browsing cumbersome), and the closest we can get to a road-map at this point. It is not obsolete.

"please, yoshida-san, waste time that you could use actually working on the game to compile a less informative version of something we already have!"

Because the fact that when he posts in the forums he does so at 2 AM already shows that he has plenty time to waste, right?

[Spellbinder]

"please, yoshida-san, waste time that you could use actually working on the game to compile a less informative version of something we already have!"

Because the fact that when he posts in the forums he does so at 2 AM already shows that he has plenty time to waste, right?

I usually tend to agree with your posts Abriael, but here I really think you need to tone down the attitude that your posting suggests. As Yoshida has already had to point out in one of his letters due to all the rage and arguing, there are various teams with various tasks all working together to create this game. Who is to say there is no team that works on the website who could work to consolidate information in an easy to view table on the main page.

1: there's less space in the tables, so they're even less informative

As Betelgeuzah already stated, a table would serve as a simplified compilation to give anyone who sees it a quick idea of what goals have been completed it, what goals have been set, and what goals are currently being worked on.

2: they can only be updated alongside yoshida's letter, making them less flexible

Assuming they were only updated alongside a letter, a milestone of progress from letter to letter is still nothing to sneeze at. Hypothetically speaking, what if there was a page on the site dedicated simply to the table and occasionally changing the status of its contents as progress is made?

3: what exactly is hard to read in a forum format where new features and updates are added on top?

While perhaps not hard to read, it is safe to assume that generally speaking not everyone bothers to look at the website for any given game very often, and even fewer actually populate official forums if there are any. Creating other outlets to show people "hey, this is what we have planned, this is what we're working on, and this is what is finished" would only help.

We need less "no, doing X is stupid and a waste of time" and more "I don't think X would be a good way to go, but maybe Y wouldn't be so bad".

[Betelgeuzah]

"please, yoshida-san, waste time that you could use actually working on the game to compile a less informative version of something we already have!"

Because the fact that when he posts in the forums he does so at 2 AM already shows that he has plenty time to waste, right?

Yeah, you don't agree. That doesn't make it obsolete, sorry to tell you.

And you act like you think it's Yoshida who compiles that information for us. He must be the one creating those nice poll charts and job armor concepts as well. Everything in that letter must be hand-crafted by Him.