This plea for more communication from devs keeps appearing, and is a bit puzzling to me- devs make games, not reports to their fans.
But I have been less invested in certain updates than others (skill trees don't interest me at all) and maybe the need really is dire. The thing I wonder the most however, is what exactly do you want the communication to be.
Do you want more Klei streams, where you can ask them direct questions and hope for an answer?
Do you want weekly reports from Klei with everything they've done at work?
Do you want every change in a hotfix to have an addendum explaining why it was made?
Do you want blog-style info posts about certain design choices, methodologies etc?
How often do you expect info from Klei?
This is not a poll, because I'd like to get detailed responses of how You think proper dev-fanbase communication should look like. I also would like you to consider how long such update as you imagine would take to write.
Keep in mind, a method to send requests and Klei politely denying or approving each and every one is not viable for many many reasons. Use the Suggestions and Feedback subforum to make suggestions, and remember you will never get a response. That's how it's meant to work.
Also, goading the Klei team to step in when forumites start to insult each other is a great way to distract them from more important stuff, not to get communication.
Klei telling us what they're specifically gonna do before an update is done/largely done is also out of the question. Things in game dev are often very fluid and have multiple iterations before the final design (be it artistically or mechanically) is implemented. Promising they're gonna do something only for the natural development process to transform it into something else is the prime method of making the community upset over "broken promises".
You can already look at the bug reporter to see what devs are doing regarding various issues. And here, you can help! Writing more detailed, descriptive reports will make the work easier for the person attempting to fix the issue. If you see a report of something you encountered and think might be harder to reproduce, make a comment, attach logs and a savefile if relevant.
Just to be clear, I am only curious. I'm sure people have already spoken about this in other threads, but I'd love to have it all in one place to read and think about.
Have a fun day, whichever form that fun takes!
