Weren't we getting an update on Titan followers?

[split wren]

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It's been close to a month, and haven't heard anything more on the subject.

Took a look at the new BETA, and while the new guild updates are neat, (still need to dig into deep dungeons!) I was disappointed to see that the Titan followers were unchanged.

Any updates on the progress? Still a bit salty after spending 300k shards don't have a serviceable pet because I didn't pick Themis haha

[tawdry fable]

Damn, another one asked now it's gonna be delayed another week.

Seriously though, odie is working on it so we'll just need to be patient.

[abstract forge]

Yeah, it's not like NF is going to drop everything else that was already in process.

[split wren]

🤣

[split wren]

I guess I was hopeful because we had a BETA update so quickly beforehand, but nothing tested since

[spiral roost]

I would be nice to have a game roadmap to show the planning of updates to come and what it will affect

[abstract forge]

Meh. Priorities are constantly shifting and a roadmap would just lead to more people complaining because something they were looking forward to got bumped down the priority list...or even abandoned.

[spiral roost]

meh, do a disclaimer

[clear field]

(long term) Roadmaps are great for teams that don’t take so much community feedback 🙂

[spiral roost]

Dangy is not that flexible ?

I don't know how you organize the work, but you can do weekly reunion and update the roadmap right after

Kinda like agile pratices but more chill

[clear field]

Yup, we do that biweekly

[spiral roost]

oh nice, well updating twice the roadmap seems overkill, community opinion doesn't change in two days

I always thought it was a waste that you don't have much tools for communication for a team working on a "Game by the Community for the Community"
I mean, there are plenty ways to express our views and feelings to you (Community -> NF)
But very few from you to us (NF -> Community)

The community feedback daily, where NF communicate officially twice a month, with an extra teaser sometimes for the next event or exceptionally when there is a major complain/feedback

Even as a small team, roadmap is on between many ways to show what you are working on, increasing transparency without spoiling.
Thus diminishing the amount people complaining about "forgetting what have been promised", "the staff ignoring feedback", or even "when is the update for this content", etc ...

BTW, I wished the #💡│suggestions channel could show the most upvoted and downvoted suggestions, it would motive people to vote, to create suggestions and avoid republishing a popular suggestion

[torn timber]

Only one month? oh, sweet summer child - look at the other feedback threads 🙂 Join the end of the queue 😉

[split wren]

honestly, 100% agree with this. Would really roadblock ability to react to the community.

[split wren]

lmao, okay, fair enough 😂

[split wren]

I think in general you guys do a pretty good job of communicating updates and plans. This is just my current obsession is all haha

[torn timber]

A roadmap is all about communication. There is always a reason when deprioritizing issues, so communicate it properly in an understandable way. The main point is to communicate the future plans in terms of features and/or technical improvements.

[clear field]

Our monthly update videos aim to fill this need. They always cover what are the main things in the pipe, and what large stuff has been reprioritized

[lapis wave]

Rule of thumb I've learned as a long time beo: Never, ever expect new pets to be good until proven otherwise. And if they are they'll probably get nerfed

[spiral roost]

True but partially, because you only show what is to come in the next month

[spiral roost]

It can just be that :

10 min Paint you can update, or a cardboard, etc ...

[torn timber]

With all respect, a roadmap should be a written document and not a video, as @spiral roost just posted.
(My customers would roast me if we provide a roadmap as video. In the gaming industry this might be different)

[brave elk]

They provide a blog post if you don't want to watch a video https://blog.ornarpg.com/of-giants-and-titans-conquerors-guild-monument-and-more/?amp=1

[clear field]

Yup, I think we’re all aware of what roadmaps look like across industries. As touched on above, the traditional written format did not work for us

Video is very common in this industry and imo a great way to communicate with our audience.

Updating a roadmap, even a visual entry as shown above, doesn’t give us the opportunity for conversation - it only invites speculation and would be updated more than players could keep track of

[torn timber]

Thanks for the clarification. I was not aware that this differs so much from the rest of the sw industry, but when it's better for the game then video is the way to go 👍