Feedback Post

[soul_mods]

Hello everybody!

It’s been a little over a month now since our new mod-team has been formed and become active and a lot of things have happened since then: the backlog of all those things that are needed to keep a game running has been cleared up and optimized, the annoying bug that kept borking the game profile page over and over again faster than you could say “It’s working again!” has been hunted down and taken care of (if you have time, give Orange a big Thank You for that, that thing was nasty!), App cycles and the handling of the intro logs were tinkered with to make them run smooth again and the first phase of a new plot that stars opponents that are neither witches nor kishin eggs has been run! This isn’t the end, though!

We know that there there’s still a lot more that can be done to make the game enjoyable for everyone and this is where we need your help, wonderful players of Soul Campaign!

We want your feedback!


We need to know where we and the game are currently standing to make it fun for everyone. To do that we need your feedback! Be it concrit, things you’d like to see more of, things that annoys you, wishes, opinions, questions you have, stuff that has caught your eyes,… Give it to us!

In the following you will find comments with headers about things that we’d like to hear your thoughts on as well as for suggestions for things that could be done in the future. That said, don’t hesitate to make your own threads with headers if you want to talk about something that we forgot to cover too! You want to talk about it, we want to hear it!! We’d also like to ask you to be brutally honest with us (I don’t mean kick your manners to the bucket, but don’t pull any punches just because we are mods either)! We all want to play and have fun here, so it’s just fair that each voice and opinion has the same weight.

Thanks a lot for participating!


Update-Edit: Wow, a REALLY BIG thanks for all the comments that we’ve gotten so far! They’re all very helpful and we are taking them very seriously – with the result that official mod replies will be a little slow as we’re considering all the points you’ve made carefully.

Juu, first of all we owe you an apology for what has happened. We’re still figuring out what went wrong and how to address the concerns you brought up. Please be patient with us.

Comments

Re: /sneaks in

[overkrill]

I'm not saying they should be disallowed entirely- because that would probably mean getting rid of the ones we already have. But maybe putting a hold on them until we at least get in some of the more- and I hate to say it like this but- important and currently relevant trolls? Or at the very least, more trolls that the younger trolls have more reason to interact with- because honestly, at this junction it doesn't feel so much like a cast as much as a bunch of people who happen to play characters from the same setting/universe.

And the thing is, we shouldn't have to put them up on ATP. Post-scratch trolls specifically- they're the main branch of the troll timeline. I've never been in a game where at least the core component of trolls wasn't full before people started shooting for ancestors/dancestors. In fact, that's usually the main reason people pick up ancestors- because the troll of their choice is already taken at the game they want to join, not the other way around.

[want_the_world]

I get what you mean, and I do agree! :D

I think it's kind of odd that we ended up with this mix, and I know I'm kind of odd in that my first choice for someone to play is an ancestor. :D I actually think once people see that we have so many slots open for the main trolls, they'll fill up again organically. I hope so, anyway.

OTOH, I would hate to discourage the current ancestor reserves from apping, but on the other other hand, I do completely understand your concern.

[sermonize]

Put it this way. I play an ancestor and I'm concerned. I think you're mislead in your belief that seeing the main body of trolls open will cause people to app. The main twelve have had holes for months and yet... Well there are still holes, as you can see.

I'm kind of siding with Nayru on this one. We shouldn't have to put the twelve main trolls up on ATP or anything like that. Perhaps instead of enabling people to play Pre Scratch or Ancestors we should be enabling the main body of trolls instead.

SC is being gracious by allowing people to app ancestors in at all, since a great deal of games reject the notion of ever allowing them ( at least until the series is done ). The thing is, a lot of ancestors and pre scratch trolls do not have enough meat to the bones. In fact, I would argue we do not know enough about the pre scratch trolls at all to allow any outside of Meenah and Aranea to be apped. It's too risky at the moment because it's obvious that Hussie has something up his sleeve.

In the end, I believe there should be harsher criteria and firmer lines drawn in the sand on which should be apped and which should not.