Trial Game Master
DonatorWhat does this suggestion change/add/remove:
Close the suggestions subforum (more often. Remember December? Just do that... More, basically).Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?:
I would be extremely surprised. I guess the closest things are my old suggestions about changing the way the suggestions subforum works? But this is in a completely different direction, focused more on actually getting things done serverside, as opposed to changing the flow of how suggestions work. Given that this subforum is also a new thing since last year, this is likely also already planned, at least for major holidays/break times, etc.Possible Positives of the suggestion (At least 2):
- CT don't go crazy.
- More time & opportunity to work on the massive backlog of things that need to be done for server content.
Possible Negatives of the suggestion:
- People get to make suggestions less often.
Based on the Positives & Negatives, why should this suggestion be accepted:
I know the forum's a little screwy at the time of writing, but when you get the chance, you should look through both the public dev tracker, as well as the resolved suggestions. I get that a good majority of these things aren't/cannot directly be worked on by CT (or even non-core devs, as for example - Some things to be changed need direct access to core addons, which is only doable by 2 people on staff at the time of writing, one of whom also owns the entire network). I also appreciate that obviously, seeing to suggestions isn't the only thing CT does - But based on past suggestion responses/discussion relating to this topic and the fact that new submissions for the suggestions subforum was closed at all during December heavily implies that this is a significant part of CT activities. You also have to remember that every CT member is also a staff member and therefore has their CT duties on top of their ordinary staff duties. It stands to reason then, that a reallocation of the time used would be beneficial in every given aspect.In addition... I don't know who else has noticed this, if anyone, but - Suggestions kinda feels different than it does from say, a few months ago. And I don't mean in terms of mechanical changes to the subforum itself such as with the flairs; I'm more referring to the general feel of the suggestions we're having recently. Obviously new content is going to influence what suggestions are about, since a lot of suggestions right now are about either trying to balance, frustrations or otherwise something related to 22415 - But even besides that, I've noticed a distinct decrease in constructiveness. Interestingly enough, this is the final suggestion on my backlog and it's been there for a few months; So while I did anticipate a good amount of this, I'm still moderately surprised by how very often lately that I'm reading through a suggestion and... I don't know, it just feels wrong.
Like don't get me wrong, there are a lot of decent active suggestions right now. But I think that since we've already burned through and had a lot of important discussions over the past year or so which now sit in resolved, we're getting into more... I guess petty, more trivial? Concerns - I mean, I could do the whole thing again where I go back through resolved and pick out the suggestions where the discussion resolved in a way, wherein I believe that there could have been a better/revised outcome that may have resulted in some functioning and agreeable plan for a necessary change to the server; The main issue with that is, of those that I immediately notice and feel like re-opening, a good 90% of those are situations that are at an impasse imo, situations where I fundamentally disagree with the denial, wherein the claims of the suggestion itself are still valid, but I know if I re-opened it, I'd get the same response and situations where I get why it was denied and just disagree based on a personal bias.
On top of that - There appears to be some inconsistency? For instance;
Denied - Custom Chemical Ordering In Vials
What does this suggestion change/add/remove: Allows you to customise the order of chemicals inside of Injection Vials I.E Players would be able to make Injection Vials that have Potent Duloxetine on top, and Corticosteroids on the bottom Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why...
civilnetworks.net
Denied - Make corticosteroids heavier than other chems
What does this suggestion change/add/remove: Make corticosteroids "heavier" than most/all other chems (i.e. when you put it in a flask with another chem, it will sink to the bottom). Has something similar been suggested before? If so, why is your suggestion different?: Not that I could find...
civilnetworks.net
On top of that - There's still a distinct schism between the community and staff. People still want assistant slots. People routinely ask for small content additions that staff see as not needed/unnecessary. I think we're at a point where... We're kinda stuck? It seems that largely in cases where the community want X, it will be rejected, but X will still be desired. Admittedly, closing the subforum off to people (more often) won't solve this, if anything it will make that contention worse. But if the preference is constructivity and longevity, I see little other choice. I doubt if something like banana bread gets brought up 10 times, that suddenly it'll be accepted on the 10th time. In terms of whether or not the suggestion would be accepted, it ultimately makes little difference if that's now or later.
As a result, I think this is likely the best, albeit probably not most popular, choice for improvement at this stage. The time can simply be spent on better things. ...If possible. Or even... Nothing at all. I don't know.
