Just about every forum for just about every game has a bunch of conflicting feedback. It's the nature of the beast.
That isn't the source of the problem. It's a matter of cause verses symptom.
When those in charge of development are clear and unified on the vision internally the outside feedback has a more measured impact. But when those in charge are split or at odds with each other on what to do then outside feedback can be very disorienting and lead to strange changes.
EDIT: aaaaand grummz just made it abundantly clear that in house was where the issue was......heh. Ninja'd.
That isn't the source of the problem. It's a matter of cause verses symptom.
When those in charge of development are clear and unified on the vision internally the outside feedback has a more measured impact. But when those in charge are split or at odds with each other on what to do then outside feedback can be very disorienting and lead to strange changes.
EDIT: aaaaand grummz just made it abundantly clear that in house was where the issue was......heh. Ninja'd.
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To be honest, I had a hard time getting the upper mgt to go with my ideas. There was an internal struggle between doing something new (which is hard) and doing WoW with guns. You can see who won in the end.
I was very much a proponent of being hands off at the time, and for the last year of FF dev I was away fighting The9 constantly on other issues.
This time i'm going to remain on the ground level and shop floor and always be present to guide the vision on a daily basis. When we are small that's easy enough. If we get large that means hiring a President to run the business side of things so I can remain focused.
I was very much a proponent of being hands off at the time, and for the last year of FF dev I was away fighting The9 constantly on other issues.
This time i'm going to remain on the ground level and shop floor and always be present to guide the vision on a daily basis. When we are small that's easy enough. If we get large that means hiring a President to run the business side of things so I can remain focused.
