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Comments

[oracledriven]

Hey mods! Having read Jade's comment, as well as your thoughts, I have a couple of things to add, and if this isn't the right place for it, let me know! I'll happily move my thoughts somewhere else.

As a whole, I find myself agreeing with a lot of what Jade has said. I feel like what's happening is that some of the playerbase (myself included) aren't sure what we're meant to be catching onto and what the mod team is looking for in terms of introspection, dealing with events, dealing with downtime, etc. I don't think this is a fault with what the mod team is doing, or a fault with the playerbase, so much as it might be a miscommunication of sorts.

I wonder if it might be useful to have a state-of-game/feedback discussion, either formal (in a post in the comm) or maybe informal (in the discord/plurk/something?) to brainstorm ways to get the players on the same page as you guys, whether that be a change in pacing, a different way (or more varieties) of disseminating information, or maybe just all of us getting a good feel for what we're supposed to be looking for/where you guys might want to concentrate your efforts in future events, as well as during event downtime.

This isn't something I was thinking about until I read it in your response, but in general, I do also think it would be beneficial to look back over the event/FAQ page and maybe add some more detail about what's happening, both post-event (for now and for events in the future - what characters can expect, etc) and between events (what are characters expected to do, and able to do, on a day-to-day basis). I get the feeling that Exp is meant to be a very freeform setting, but a bit more structure and boundaries of what characters can, can't, should, "should not" (put in quotes because they're all criminals, someone's bound to break some rules lol) be doing could be really useful to help a lot of us understand the setting and how to utilize it better.

I really appreciate the thought that's going into the character experience, so to speak, and where you'd like to go with the questions at the heart of the character journeys in the game. I just worry that maybe I'm not picking up on things I should, and Jade's comment makes me think I might not be the only one who could use some clarity, to make sure we're utilizing the game mechanics in the way you intend. I do think it could be useful, if others are having similar problems, for the mod team to get some feedback from players, to see what we're "picking up" from what you're "throwing down" and how it could better align with your intentions.

Again, if there's a better venue for me to talk about some of these things, please do let me know! There's so much about this game that I enjoy (the players! the mods! the characters! I could go on forever!) and I really want to give it my all. I just might need a little bit of guidance in doing so, and I think maybe others could use that, too. Thanks very much for your thoughtfulness and for reading my 2 gil on things.

[expiationmods]

Hello and thank you for the input!

A lot of this is going to be addressed in greater detail in the State of the Game, which will go up at some point today once it's all put together and cohesive, but we will very concisely run through the list of bullet points here to sparsely address plans of action.

- As a result of players potentially not being able to grapple the information put into events, we are eliminating the OOC need to sleuth much of anything and instead will leave that an IC thing only.
- We will address further 'downtime.' (Aka event aftermath.)
- This was already planned before it was brought up here, however, this month's SotG and all future SotGs were going to include information from the FAQ that players may find beneficial.
- Further clarification will be provided regarding the setting and the continent at the fingertips of the players for what is available. (The short of this is that there are made available plenty of other areas that can potentially be explored to some extent in between events and other such things.)

Again, please consider the above a cliff notes version of what we'll be providing in the SotG post (as we anticipate it may be quite long), so hopefully it will tide you over until the actual post is ready and available today.

Thank you again for your input and your insight.