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RE: An Open Letter to the Developers of Next Colony
I think your outrage is a serious alarm bell for the developers, and that what you are expressing is on the minds of many other players. What you are asking for is reasonable, fair and in my opinion, doable. I'm usually not this patient and understanding, but my intuitive feeling is that the NextColony team have good intentions but they are failing to communicate, as you rightly point out. My hope is that this is just a short down moment for the team, and that they will learn from this experience and come back stronger and wiser.
Heh. I didn't mean to come across as "outrage". I was trying more for "disbelief" and "disappointment".
I also believe that the developers have good intentions -- but that they aren't quite sure what to do at this point (in many ways). My concern is that, instead of working with their community, they are retreating into justifications and excuses (which are markedly different from reasons in that they are used for giving up rather than seeking alternatives).
Opening up the source code is, I believe, a viable alternative that doesn't eliminate their ability to be compensated for their past and future efforts. If they do pull out of their down moment, that is another viable alternative -- but their communications indicate that they don't view it that way.
And, in any event, I really believe that time is running out for something to happen.
Yeah, maybe outrage was a little strong. Disappointment seems more appropriate. I don't believe they are going to pull out, and you're right about time running out. Players are leaving in droves; I can tell by the flight radar map growing ever more inactive as the days go by. There's more activity in the Discord channel in these days; I think your open letter is having a positive effect. And let's hope that the reward system draws in new players!