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[WarHippy]

We really need a central location where all dev posts on the forums, all dev tweets, and all dev communication scattered throughout the web can be seen. It gets rather annoying trying to find information that has been made available by the devs when it is scattered all over the place. The only time I find out about some statement made by devs on some other site is when some random passerby in a thread happens to comment on it. It would be really nice if we could have a place to see it all.

[Syllogy]

Uh... we have one already...
Developer Tracker

Upcoming Content Tracker

Edited by Syllogy, 24 June 2013 - 06:56 AM.

[Genewen]

Syllogy, on 24 June 2013 - 06:55 AM, said:

Uh... we have one already...
Developer Tracker

Upcoming Content Tracker

This is not how a dev tracker should work. The former thread requires the player to klick through all the names and look for new posts. Also, it is hidden away in a sub-section where few players would look for it - "MWO IN THE NEWS" is not exactly a place one would expect to find it. The latter thread is user-generated and relies on constant, contemporary updates by a player.

They should look at how others do it. An example would be the GW2 Dev Tracker. It can be found on the very front of the forum and automatically contains every single post made by an ArenaNet employee. Easy to find, easy to understand and always up-to-date.

[WarHippy]

Syllogy, on 24 June 2013 - 06:55 AM, said:

Uh... we have one already...
Developer Tracker

Upcoming Content Tracker

Hmm... Well I had not seen that first link before since I would never have thought to look in that sub-forum for a dev tracker, but thats not surprising given the poorly setup forums. However, I also would like something a little more user friendly than random links for a bunch of people, but its at least something I guess. I know some of the devs post all over other sites like reddit, and the provided links don't help with that.

[Syllogy]

No, they pretty much always post here.

While there are some new articles that have information releases, and other teasers are out on Facebook and/or Twitter, in the end, all of that information ends up here within a few hours.

They have done one reddit Q&A (which was posted here on the MWO forums), and that's about it.

As far as the GW2 Tracker, there is a very shallow difference between that, and just clicking through the individual links on the dev tracker here.

That just boils down to 1 step of convenience.

[WarHippy]

Syllogy, on 24 June 2013 - 08:03 AM, said:

No, they pretty much always post here.

While there are some new articles that have information releases, and other teasers are out on Facebook and/or Twitter, in the end, all of that information ends up here within a few hours.

They have done one reddit Q&A (which was posted here on the MWO forums), and that's about it.

As far as the GW2 Tracker, there is a very shallow difference between that, and just clicking through the individual links on the dev tracker here.

That just boils down to 1 step of convenience.

Considering that your own link has links to twitter accounts where they are clearly posting a lot I would say that they are not "pretty much always post here". It is still in a odd sub-forum and really should have its own section where it is more visible, and I would hope they could organize it a bit better.

[Rebas Kradd]

Syllogy, on 24 June 2013 - 08:03 AM, said:

As far as the GW2 Tracker, there is a very shallow difference between that, and just clicking through the individual links on the dev tracker here.

It's not shallow when you're on a laptop.

[Genewen]

Syllogy, on 24 June 2013 - 08:03 AM, said:

That just boils down to 1 step of convenience.

Checking one Tracker vs. the profiles of 15 different persons is a bit more than "1 step of convenience". Visibility also makes a huge difference. Like I already said: pretty few sane persons would look for a dev tracker in that forum.

[Syllogy]

Meh, If you really want to know, you'll find it.

[WarHippy]

Syllogy, on 25 June 2013 - 04:44 AM, said:

Meh, If you really want to know, you'll find it.

I made the thread because I couldn't find it...
It is in a stupid location and is not very usable.

[Enzane]

WarHippy, on 25 June 2013 - 05:54 AM, said:

I made the thread because I couldn't find it...
It is in a stupid location and is not very usable.

Most of these Forms are an awful Mess... Too many redundant pages... Too many important Threads buried in sub-forums... The Forums need to be streamlined and easier to navigate.

[Werewolf486 ScorpS]

Enzane, on 28 October 2013 - 09:24 AM, said:

Most of these Forms are an awful Mess... Too many redundant pages... Too many important Threads buried in sub-forums... The Forums need to be streamlined and easier to navigate.

The best way they could find to hide any negative posts was to do this.

[Poppaukko]

Dev tasks scrolling banner would be great, maybe at the front page or at the top of the forums.

Example.

[Enzane]

Werewolf486, on 28 October 2013 - 12:04 PM, said:

The best way they could find to hide any negative posts was to do this.

Or delete them.

I've talked to a lot of people who had threads deleted for containing information PGI didn't want out there.

But that's just hearsay.