Why the Paragon Devs are the Best Around...

I complain a lot.

One might think I'm terribly dissatisfied with the game.

While I am currently not very happy with a few portions of it, I have to say that I'm actually very happy with it. On a Customer Satisfaction scale of 5 (since so many businesses are using them now), I'm at about a 4.

Why?

Paragon Devs LISTEN to their players. Since Issue 6 or 7, they've demonstrated again and again that they religiously poll the players for concerns, ideas, feedback, and constructive criticism.

This is a very good thing.

Right now is a good time to watch this happening since it's floating at the top of the dev digest. If you haven't read the Dev Digest recently, now's a good time to do so. It's currently full of posts by Synapse as he goes about balancing a new powerset with feedback from players who are testing it. The other big posts in there are from Positron and the others as they talk about balancing and rebalancing new Incarnate content based on player feedback.

So when you have concerns about the game, POST THEM. The Devs DO listen!

Truth FTW.

The elimination of the 15 Empyrean Merit unlock cost on the new Incarnate Powers, as well as the reinstated BAF and Lambda rewards are prime examples of this. Not to mention the changes that they are making to the Keyes Island trial based on player feedback over the past few months.

There's a reason I continue paying my subscription, even now that we have the option to play without paying...

While they're much better than the competition. This...

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Originally Posted by Vice_Virtuoso To people who exclusively grind regular PvE content, maybe. They certainly don't listen to PvPers, AE authors, or base builders.

...is true.

My 2 cents.

I agree that they listen and I will applaud them any day of the week for it.

I also agree that for a ridiculously long time PvP and bases have been floating in the wind, for which I blame a lack of resources. I mean if I had X issues to fix, I'd assign the most cost return worthy and under the current circumstance, that's PvE. AE has been undergoing some real trouble as of late due to that filter, but tbh I don't blame the Devs for that, I blame corporate and the lawyers, if I'm wrong...meh I am willing to give them more time and I've frozen my writing of anything in there for the past few issues as I wait.

Does Paragon Studios and their relationship with NCSoft need to be enhanced in a positive way, regards resource allocation and perhaps better analysis of player concerns.. I'd say yes. But they're overall better than their competition, even if they might not have the resources to move on items as swiftly.

agreed on bases 100%..this is WAY too long on updates that would be easy to do.we just want some of the stuff already in the game. its a more simple process then creating new stuff. just give the correct access to some of the stuff already ingame and people will be happy!

as to pvp..well thats just a waste of time..since they clearly dont even know where to start. then add in their favorite pets and suck ups to beta test it.oh sure one time they brought a couple pvpers in to help. but by the finished product of the last redo of pvp they clearly didnt listen to those players and we lost quite a few subbed players to that "change"

id personally love for posi and a few of the real devs to come see us on freedom in r.v...love to gank them and show them just how not fun they made it.but i know itll never happen

There are some small tweaks to the base editor in the latest I21.5 patch on Beta server.

There are also some big reward changes for the tougher Trials, including an automatic rare or very rare drop for completing the Underground Trial.

On beta now:
Base Editor: Free Vertical Placement and Rotation

• Added the ability for players to move base objects horizontally and rotate them about the vertical axis freely.
  • While placing an object, if the player holds SHIFT, they can move the object vertically.
  • Once placed vertically, if they wish to move the object again and maintain the vertical placement, they can hold the CTRL key.
  • If they do not use the CTRL key, the object will snap to the first encountered ground the cursor is placed over.
  • If the player holds ALT, they can rotate the object about the vertical axis.

so this fixes stacking of objects...aint nothing new.

And this is for the Incarnate Trials:

I think that Keyes might be the new most popular Trial now

those patch notes...

Who else is now hearing that song from THE KARATE KID?

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I wish they'd add more emblems to be chosen from for SGs...