If SAND does well and hologryph returns to SN, Please do this.

[gritty blade]

**Please listen to this feedback Hologryph. **
As confirmed on twitter by Alex CEO, SN is only planned to get an update after SAND released, more specifically if SAND does well. If SAND does do well and development returns to SN. I'd like to see the following happen.

First and foremost.

1. Come back into chat and ask how players are doing, get feedback again.
2. Release a feedback form like what happened with the Map 2 Beta.
   It's been over 2 years since SN got a update on PC, and that's the longest hiatus there has been for SN. No doubt the team would need a refresher about what's the concern for players and it'd help get hype back up since you'd be listening to the community again. That's my primary request and I know the community would agree.

As for what else I'd like to see happen?

1. Start doing closed and open playtests for rebalances and just in general. Get a team of trusted members from the community and invite them to assist with balance testing. I feel like that was a problem with SN as the last test that was done was for Map 2 and a lot of good feedback was gotten from it. And if there's worry about surprises being ruined for new content? Just have them sign NDA. I guarantee the community would be happy to help and will be happier with the final product.
2. Anti-Cheat. This one has been reiterated so often I don't think it needs any introduction to it.
3. Take SN from the top. SN has been steered towards a combat approach and it's a far cry of what it used to be. This is part of the reason why I want a feedback form to be shared. Top people on the leaderboard will more than likely say they want to keep it combat related with the leaderboards and such, but I feel like it goes against the idea of being a Secret Neighbor.
4. (If they are kept in) remove the AI voice acting from Quentin and Taxidermist. Get the voice actors from the AS if you can.

I'm running out of text since I don't have nitro, I'll maybe continue this in the thread.

Oh I got something else.
5. Please do 'not tied to holiday Hotfixes/Updates' again. Not every update has to be seasonal and tied to major content updates. While bug fixes and rebalances are great for Summer or Christmas, sometimes there's bugs that have gone unchecked for the months in between those times. I'm not saying SN needs constant bug fixes, just occasionally check the bug reports and feedback and be like 'Maybe we should move that gate to stop skipping' or 'Perhaps Quentin deserves a bit of a nerf'

[jaunty gazelle]

Good news

I think the neighbor system needs to be reinstated with an upgrade system, but instead of unlocking one skill per level like before, the first upgrade would allow the player to transform and capture children but not use skills. The second upgrade would unlock all skills, because the 40-second cooldown can be skipped with a bug.

[narrow rock]

In general
we just need normal updates that bring new content into the game. While seasonal updates look exciting I think it just doesn't feel right especially when you a have to wait months and at some point you'd get the itch to think that oh they left this game again. Of course Alex explicitly stated "If SAND does well", then they may return to SN. But it isn't guaranteed - and some people don't believe it will happen. There's a bit of hype going around regarding his post.
As back to the idea, regular new content like clothing, maps, rebalances and patches of course, and new brawl modes. Maybe bring back hookwars or perhaps add new characters and neighbors that ACTUALLY fit into this game?
It's just my additional idea.

Other than that, I totally agree with this thread.
💯

[tropic glade]

The solution would mainly be to reboot SN; the game is so broken that it's the only solution

Personally, I think nothing is certain anymore; maybe the game will never return, despite what Alex says. I find it hard to believe given the lack of communication