We Want More New Stuff Faster!

Ok the dev blog thing was a side tangent. Let's try to keep the discussion from this point on back on topic and relevant to actual game content updates. Thanks.

Luna

Faldrin wrote: Jonny.Monroe wrote: I just had a look through the dev blog and I don't see any mention of new features or actual development on there, just art assets. Very disappointing. Look in the interview with Massive.

Way to completely mis-interpret not only my post, but my whole stance on the subject. I didn't create the threat entitled 'we want new stuff faster!'. I'm happy for a slower development cycle that releases higher quality content as a result. My point was that a more detailed devblog is easy to maintain, whether you're a small developer (pic) or a big one (RS). Yes, herp-a-derp, I know Jagex and blizz are big studios. It doesn't matter how big your studio is, or how small, or how obscure or mainstream your game is. A devblog does not take a huge time investment. Especially when that devblog already exists but is just being used to link articles and show some art assets.

Llyorn Of Jaensch wrote: The tired subject of conflict. Or to be more precise: the lack of it. Conflict is rare due to the risk of losing significant assets. Tournaments are successful as they provide the option of conflict participation without this associated risk. The suggestion is for more frequent/regular tournaments. There is no need to continuously run different formats. Existing successful formula's (capture the flag) can be run multiple times. This enables an entertained population and grants the devs the time they require to develop the game further. Being (possibly/probably) the only universally agreed upon contention in all Illy, I hope the Devs take it into appropriate consideration.

This is a fair assessment and a sound practical proposal. I think it may help in the short term but what then. What worries me is the increasing reliance (or expectation) on the devs to start or develop initiatives on behalf of the community to keep our interest in Illyriad. Although that doesn't necessarily feature in the above quote it does in other posts contained in this thread.

The community has started to come up with its own tournaments. and there are one two other ideas for tourney's floating around the forums. Lorre's cities being the latest . Actually the whole ideas for tournaments didn't come from the devs but from the community or more specifically LionzHertz. There are also more than a few players capable of staging and presenting tourneys and other events.

So Llyron of Jaensch's proposal is one of the most practical and therefore positive posts to come out this thread so far. We should act on it. The point that I want to make though is slightly off topic so I won't dwell on it too much here.

I think the sandbox strategy may have run it's race and it is time to give serious consideration to implementing another central driver such as war with defined objectives similar to the argement posed by StJude and others or a Good v Evil conflict as posed by Glorfindel.

Lastly of course there is one last ray of hope for the devs. AI factions.

Um... Royal princes get followings from different factions/alliances?