You're... new here, aren't you?
No... while this account is relatively new I've been lurking the Fenoxo forums for at least half a decade. I am versed on the issues at hand.
It's not a matter of resources and time, it's a matter of design intent and planned limitations. I'm on the CoC2 team, at least as a volunteer content creator, and I can assure you that no one has any intentions of trying to convince everyone that PC taurs/nagas are worth the effort, because it would be a decision that affects every single one of us, and would increase everyone's workload. Wsan loves taurs, Wsan wants taurs, and the crazy bastard even writes taurs. Not even he is pushing to overturn this decision, and it's a decision that's been finalized for almost two years at this point.
Alright so I'm a little confused here, as I thought that Savin had creative control over the game . As a (I assume unpaid)
volunteer content creator, do you have any direct say as to the content and direction of the game? I'm not wholly abreast as to who has what authority. If so I mean no disrespect, but it seems silly to draw the proverbial line in the sand at non-bipedal NPCs. What if a billionaire where to offer the team one-hundred million dollars upfront to get non-bipedal PCs into the game proper? With that kind of money Savin could hire a AAA game development house to help him with the additional workload. Yes the chances of that happening are extremely small, but a 0.01 percent chance is
still a chance. That's the point I was trying to make, that circumstances
can change even if they're unlikely to.
As for being "immature," putting one's foot down on a certain matter is not immaturity, but begging and pleading for something despite a firm refusal is. That's what people will do if you throw out false hope like this. We need to communicate, in no uncertain terms whatsoever, that this is not something we are going to do, nor something we will allow people to do.
Allowing people to endlessly ask for the same things and resurrect the same tired discussions accomplishes nothing productive, and just annoys all of us. There's already a whole list of forum memes for stupid things like 4-armed PC's, pregnancy expansions for certain NPC's, and other overdone, worn-out topics, and this subject doesn't need to be added to that list...
Ah, but begging and pleading is different than respectfully asking for features. Let's be perfectly frank, unless you're a veteran gamer, or talked to the developers directly, the average person likely won't understand why something can and can't be in the game. There's nothing inherently malicious about it; it's simple ignorance borne of an innocent desire. Ignorance is unfortunate, but it is prevalent nonetheless - as much as it may annoy us - so if someone is disrespectful, then by all means you have the moral high ground to do something about it. In the same vein, if someone asks for something in a respectful way, shouldn't their respect be returned? Savin and TheObserver have already been doing a great job of taking the time out of their busy schedule and engaging with the community in addressing their questions and comments.
This is not a democracy. The number of people asking for X content may draw (fleeting) attention to the issue, but no matter how many people demand explicitly unwanted topics, they're not going to get in.
I did not mean to imply that it
was a democracy, only that some things just aren't that black-and-white. As I mentioned in my post, the limiting factor in non-bipedal characters is not that they shouldn't be in the game (they
will be in the game as NPCs) but because nobody wants to deal with the time and effort in developing the game to have non-bipedal PCs.
Nice backhanded insult. "If you don't entertain us, you're immature."
*If you're not respectful you're immature.
I was
trying (and apparently failing) to make a hypothetical point about mutual respect, you've been very patient with my questions especially in regards to the conversation battle system. I think you're underselling yourself and Savin if you think you're being immature. ;-)
May I offer a solution in trying to deal with this problem? Take a book out of AAA game development: Create a
FAQ thread
(I realize there already is one, but maybe make it more complete) with all the answers to frequent questions (game content, direction, who to blame when the servers catch fire) directly
on the forum, sticky it, and direct the moderation team/staff to reply to those threads with a direct link to the FAQ. And with that due-diligence out of the way, feel free to lock the offending thread and sigh in relief. Hell, if you want I can probably whip one up using the design brief as a basis, although it may have a few errors depending on if the info is up to date or not.
Let me know.
