CAPTAIN'S BLOG

Never really considered it until you brought it up. After a little reflection, I agree. We hear nothing after an update unless there are changes to be made at some point in the future. Or, Cryptic is responding to a "known issue." Yep, let us know what's going on, please.

One simple word: marketing. The blog blitz in the lead-up to a new major release is strictly for that reason. The relative calm afterward is due to the cool-off on the hype. They built things up, now they just want players to play and spend money in-game. That's all there is to it. :)

I agree that it's probably mostly marketing. I can't help feeling like at least in part though they don't have a clue what they are going to have until it is about two weeks from launch. This is just my cynicism, but things are always so buggy when they launch that it feels like they spent about two weeks putting it together.

My problem is they need to pay more attention to what people think about the dev blogs. Many of my fleetmates don't like some of the ideas they are pushing and we hear complaints from lots of other sources. The dev blogs are the perfect opportunity for them to get some real feedback, but they don't let us reply with comments. I just hope they come to their senses before they run the game into the ground.

I pay very litle attention to the Dev Blogs, partly because anyhing important ends up on th STOA Blog and I don't have to read thirty or more of the Devs giving teasers for their Next Great Idea (without actually telling us what that idea is going to be).

I also spend very little time on the forums. I found early on that most of the forums are just gripe sessions for people who want to take cheap shots at the game (and many of whom have never actually played it). I do sometimes use the forums for help when I'm having a problem and PWE Tech Support sends one of its "Thank you for your input. We should be responding to your request in a week or two." responses.

I feel the same way as Admiral Mike, that being able to respond to the Dev Blogs would be a better way to provide feedback on new ideas than the forums, where things tend to get lost in the mass of mostly unorganized material spread over thousands of pages of posts.

as someone who has played STO since BETA - I still LOVE the game - and I always look forward to new things (in it) ....do I have a wish list of things ....sure....Id love it if my Intrepid ship could land on a planet...and when you're on the bridge and in flight - it looks like you'r flying wherever location u many be in........are they too lofty of requests? anywho - Im a loyal fan - and a LIFER STO Gamer!

Maybe they don't release the dev blogs until the last minute because they know people are going to complain about something and they want to reduce the amount of complaints they get.