Idea for Better/More Communication between Avid and the Community

[atomic isle]

This suggestion isn't a complaint about the existing communication. There is already the news feed in game, along with the news, announcements, social updates, and balance changes channels here on discord. The thing I want to focus on is communication regarding the future of the game

Avid has been good with communicating things to us whether its new card releases, new seasons, etc. but most of these communications are about things happening in the near future, most being only 1-2 weeks and the latest being roughly a month or so (regarding information publicly posted to the above forms of communication)

So I am suggesting that Avid pull a book from multiple other companies and have a road map that they share with the community publicly about the future of the game and where it's headed. This would only be information that Avid themselves feel comfortable and ready to share with the community. This wouldn't be something that we would get often, maybe like twice a year, but so that the community can have a glimpse into the innerworkings of the development of CUE and know where and on what the devs are spending some time working on. It would also be a way for us to see that they are listening to some of our feedback, and not saying what we want to hear

I've attached a barebones idea of what it could look like. Just a simple thing outlining plans in motion and ideas that could be. This isn't something that they need to stand by, many games I play that have road maps have had things they've shown us that didn't follow through and the communities weren't upset about it. It just allows us to see that they are actually developing the game and trying out ways to improve it

The main reason I'm suggesting this, is because I know a few people have felt distrust in Avid in regard to actually listening to the community on multiple different issues. This would be a way to help keep that trust and show that the game is being developed and that they're making changes

[safe tiger]

This is something all games really should have, especially those that value a connection with their community. Tell us some things you have planned for the future, without giving dates because things happen that push release dates back

[atomic isle]

Another reason I think it would really be good for Avid, is for the stuff that gets killed in development. The game is pretty stale at the moment, no new major content (game mechanics, game modes, features, etc.). Which doesn’t mean they aren’t working on it per say, but that maybe they’re killing the ideas after working on it for a bit. This would be a way to show us those ideas and if we don’t see them in game then we understand that they got killed in development. Showing us that they are actually spending time trying to improve and change the game, and aren’t just designing cards only

[wide token]

This sounds like a really great idea - moving forward we're looking to take as many opportunities to keep our players updated about the future of CUE! And we appreciate that it builds trust to be transparent about what we're working on!

For example a lot of players won't know that translation of the game has been a huge task this year and has gone really well, but that's something we need to communicate with our community a bit better!

I rarely get to say this straight away in suggestions but this is a definite yes in terms of keeping players updated as much as we can about the future. We've got some things on the way that'll help us do that more but we hope to continue to improve on this area!! Thanks for the awesome suggestion!!