One of the things we have had in planning for long time is now rolling out, and it will hopefully be a change that brings a better way for both HQ and players to interact and support each other.
You may have noticed the change of ARUN to a separate board, which will be accompanied by a review of official groups per server.
This is needed for several things, however the most important one is to bring more input from players to the HQ.
In short time, the Script Ideas boards will be closed and referred to the ARUN forum. There people can still post ideas, however the way they get handled will be a bit different.
The Council of ARUN will be representatives fo all stable groups, plus representatives of players that are not affiliated with any group. This to ensure that everyone is represented in the Council.
The Council members will read the posted ideas, and players can approach a Council member to give background information.
When a Council member believes the idea has merit, he will bring it in to the closed area to discuss it an make it in to a proposal. Once the Council has made a proposal, it goes to the HQ for approval. If approved it will be added to the roadmap.
These ideas are not just for scripts, also procedure or rule suggesntions can be made. There will be boards per server, and a general board where people can suggest things like new games.
What are the benefits?
1. More democratic system. Instead of scripters and/or HQ picking an idea and making it, we will be sure there is sufficient support from all players as otherwise the Council will not propose the idea.
2. Less workload for scripters. Instead of constantly replying to the same (rejected) idea, they can concentrate on positive working on the roadmap.
3. Better structure. We will be able to provide a better overview on what we are working on and when it is expected to be ready.
What are the negatives?
1. Less direct contact.. however be sure we will still check and weigh in on the public ideas. Still an idea we are sceptical about can be made to a good proposal by the Council.
2. Longer processing time... however if an idea is really needed we can still override it and do it at once.
This is our way of showing we do care about input of players, and wish to bring more democratic way of developing the server.
While HQ will always have the last word (our experience shows taking up layers ideas is not always appreciated) the players get a more important part in making suggestions that we will take serious.
A suggestion supported by the Council has more power as 100 topics of the same idea that was rejected.
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