Mvrck, on 12 August 2013 - 03:33 PM, said:
If you want to break down why PGI isn't acknowledging you, it's because you guys have a terrible brand and terrible message. From the outside, the #savemwo theme implies to anyone even remotely interested that you think the game is a doomed failure. Right away any casual fans or new players to the game that happen upon your campaign are turned off to playing and will question their decision. On top of that, you're insulting the thousands of collective hours the developers have put into this game in an extremely negative manner. Couple that with annoying entitled attitudes on the forums here and you wonder why you were ignored?
The very first bullet point from the question via #savemwo is basically a whine about how you're just pissed PGI isn't listening to you. The reason they aren't listening to you is your message is entirely negative, it's bad press, and you're not actually working at all constructively with PGI in any way shape or form. Obviously that's probably not what you were aiming for, but you fell short and that's what you have.
Edit: In fairness to Gwaihir, I don't know if he's actually part of #savemwo. If you aren't then my apologies for lumping you in with them.
Why is it so bad that somebody has made an actual effort to coordinate sections of the community to send a more or less unified message to the developers that they have issues where the game is going? Also, why are you guys so quick to point out bias and lack of objectivity or whatever instead of addressing the specific issues on their own merits? There has been a lot of thought and effort gone into addressing specific points, and a lot of these concerns have been backed up with clear thought and evidence.
Also, the point of the townhall was not necessarily to come up with completely innovative issues with the game, the point was to gather a bunch of disparate groups to try to come together and form some sort of consensus. This way, you couldn't use the defense of "oh it's just a few posters in a few threads who are complaining, it's not a significant amount of people." It's not necessarily going to make anybody change their mind, but it does show there is some unity in the complaints.
If everything was a result of bias, then it should be easy to debunk the issues rather than the people bringing them to light. Why is your tactic to attack the messenger rather than the message?