Hello,
I would like to express my dissatisfaction with the way Klei handles the information and the amount of it when releasing new content and would like to use the last Winter Theme update thread as a flag on why I decided to open this topic.
I started feeling that Klei might have an impartial view of how much information they release as update logs right about the time when the skin system got in. Slowly with every update we got fewer and fewer bullet points about the new content which was fine for awhile, but slowly it turned to not mentioning any of the new skin items inserted into the game files at all. I remember posting my irritation about this only to be dunked by certain users whose opinion, which I respect, was that they preferred to discover the new items and content on their own during their playthrough. But not everybody thinks like that, and I am one of those people.
A New Reign updates started being announced, with nice posters like the way Klei used to have for beta Don't Starve singleplayer, and I loved this. The points with the new content for every patch thread are wonderful, the mentions of new skin items and certain was still lacking. Lucky for us that there are users who sneak around the files to get the tidbits of new information.
But I don't have the time to wait for those users who post the new findings, do not want to feel like I need to read dozens of pages of new posts to find their findings, reason for which I want to make my desire known: I would like for every update thread to be not necessarily detailed but more precise. I work and have chores to do, and when I do visit the forum and see an update thread I feel it useful to have new stuff included and centralized in the update post. I don't expect detailed content, only short points about new stuff (which already happens), new cloth items included.
As an example I feel the Hallowed Nights were handled quite good on announcement. This was really good actually, I knew from reading the announcement that there are going to be new treats, new limited available skins and skins that will be available all year long but only drop during the event.
The Winter Feast thread update is just completely lackluster on the new content. What was the reason for that? Why couldn't it have some basic information about the event? I had to scroll through a lot of pages to find someone posting the new stuff in spoilers, stuff which needed a lot of digging in the game files. It seems there are skins, but are they limited to the event? Is the Krampus boss limited only to the event? Does it drop loot from all the giants? Why is it hard to mention all these like it was in the Halloween thread? I need to know some basic information so I can plan for the playthrough I am going to have these holidays.
For real now, this is common sense and just useful to be informed about. Don't let me hanging, so far the latest updates have been managing to provide good short bullet points, don't stop doing so for an event such as Christmas, or for any of the future update threads.
I don't even want to play at the moment because I don't know if I should skip krampus boss this winter and do something else or if I should go in turbo mode and make sure to kill it every winter during the event for any unique loot it might have. Not to mention that the skins found by users in the game files aren't even dropping it seems? Is it not possible to just include an update line in the update "Ten new item skins are now available as drops"?
This is a little frustrating, Klei. It adds up to a sensation of a slight turn off towards the game and towards, well, Klei, in the end. Yet I believe this can be easily avoided with a little bit more transparency and openness about the new game content during patches and updates.