Could we get two more boards please ? "In Development" where Devs could throw some info what could we expect in near future (predicted release dates) and what they are workng on.
And "Ideas" board where players could throw their ideas for things that could be added like new pvm events, custom pvp tournaments, for example capture the flag (seen it).
I could really let lose on "Ideas" board cause right now when im at work im spamming forums like a madman ^^ throwing alot of questions and ideas.
Sry if im annoying =)
i think thats a great idea. :D
i also think it's good idea
Another thought on a new board maybe splitting general discussion into sub sections like fighting,trade skill,pvp,pvm....ect. In this the if someone wishes to find shard relatated stuff they can. For example uoguide and static both talk about wood pulp being able to be make from cook. Insteat of bothering a gm they could come to here and find that it isnt on this shard yet. Since my sort time of being here i have found many little things like that and tryed coming here to find something.
An ideas board would be great. The 'donation items' ideas forum is nice, but a place for quest ideas, new items, skills, tamables, etc, would be awesome.
I think an "in development" board would be a bad idea. Software developers are at their most productive when they're given a little direction, plenty of resources to get the job done, and are then left completely alone.
A forum for discussion of features and bug-fixes currently in development would quickly turn into a mess. Nobody on the development team would be interested in updating the thing, even if they felt like reading it, and players would spend their efforts complaining, second-guessing, and trying to maneuver the developers into doing things their way. Every problem seems easy to fix when you're not the one writing the code. It'd reduce morale and hinder progress.
Sometimes programmers have to participate in things like this as part of their job, but they're being paid to do so and it's always about making customers feel more involved, appeasing their curiosity and their desire to micromanage. It never results in better software.