Folks, before the holiday season begins, I thought we should try to give the Devs a constructive feedback on what they did in 2012. No insulting please and not too much repeating the discussions we had before.
I wanna use a 5-point scale for rating the work, going from 1: "not at all convincing" to 5: "absolutely convincing"...
So, here is my vote - i selectively picked those points that were important to me:
Dungeon-Revamps: Most of them very nice, some little weaknesses, new loot system is promising, old, abandoned dungeons got revitalized: 4 points!
Halloween: I didn´t care for the masks, but I really loved the funny fights in the graveyards. I would have appreciated some more action there and tougher enemies as well as other stuff (e.g. unique deco or equippables). But in sum: 3 points!
Other events: Let´s make a deal - nice, fast and funny! Cool reward! Thumbs up: 5 points!
Thanksgiving: Not an important event in my country, so I don´t really care about it. But the turkeys were funny and the lil deco-food is nice for decorating houses (esp. kitchens): 4 points!
The Awakening - first parts: I liked the "sandsifting", even if it was a bit too much grinding. But some of the deco items are really nice (e.g. tapestry). Cool thing: You can imbue and use the staffs. Somwhat boring on the long run, but not bad: 3 points.
The Awakening - Exodus-fight + the new Exodus peerless: Great, great, great! Nothing more, nothing less. Funny fight, nice design, revitalization of Ilshenar, nice rewards + more group action necessary: 5 points!
The Awakening - the Cure: Nice idea, but the way the rewards were distributed was not perfect. To me "not at all convincing" but with the replicas now I am sowewhat pleased: 2 points!
15th Anny-Writing-Contest: Great! Cool rewards, wonderful stories: 5 points!
Overall Quality of the Publishes: Nice. Many good ideas. Loved some of the changes (e.g. horses now usable by younger accounts): 4 points!
Other Issues: IDOC-timers: I dunno why, but houses on DF only fall between 0.00 in the night and 05.00 in the early morning. Nice for non-European players, terrible for inhabitants of DF. Please change the timers! It´s an absoultely terrible situation for people who like idocing and have to work or have little children at home: 1 point!
Other Issues: Devs Communication Efforts: Much better in the last months. Q&A is nice, it seems that constructive criticism finds its way to the the game, new Website is nice, everything very promising: 4 points!
This is my feedback for 2012
I wanna use a 5-point scale for rating the work, going from 1: "not at all convincing" to 5: "absolutely convincing"...
So, here is my vote - i selectively picked those points that were important to me:
Dungeon-Revamps: Most of them very nice, some little weaknesses, new loot system is promising, old, abandoned dungeons got revitalized: 4 points!
Halloween: I didn´t care for the masks, but I really loved the funny fights in the graveyards. I would have appreciated some more action there and tougher enemies as well as other stuff (e.g. unique deco or equippables). But in sum: 3 points!
Other events: Let´s make a deal - nice, fast and funny! Cool reward! Thumbs up: 5 points!
Thanksgiving: Not an important event in my country, so I don´t really care about it. But the turkeys were funny and the lil deco-food is nice for decorating houses (esp. kitchens): 4 points!
The Awakening - first parts: I liked the "sandsifting", even if it was a bit too much grinding. But some of the deco items are really nice (e.g. tapestry). Cool thing: You can imbue and use the staffs. Somwhat boring on the long run, but not bad: 3 points.
The Awakening - Exodus-fight + the new Exodus peerless: Great, great, great! Nothing more, nothing less. Funny fight, nice design, revitalization of Ilshenar, nice rewards + more group action necessary: 5 points!
The Awakening - the Cure: Nice idea, but the way the rewards were distributed was not perfect. To me "not at all convincing" but with the replicas now I am sowewhat pleased: 2 points!
15th Anny-Writing-Contest: Great! Cool rewards, wonderful stories: 5 points!
Overall Quality of the Publishes: Nice. Many good ideas. Loved some of the changes (e.g. horses now usable by younger accounts): 4 points!
Other Issues: IDOC-timers: I dunno why, but houses on DF only fall between 0.00 in the night and 05.00 in the early morning. Nice for non-European players, terrible for inhabitants of DF. Please change the timers! It´s an absoultely terrible situation for people who like idocing and have to work or have little children at home: 1 point!
Other Issues: Devs Communication Efforts: Much better in the last months. Q&A is nice, it seems that constructive criticism finds its way to the the game, new Website is nice, everything very promising: 4 points!
This is my feedback for 2012
