As a regular player for the last year and a half, I've been able seeing things change from a pretty close distance. That said, as a player, I completely agree with Beaner.
Being a developer for only a week however has changed my view on this, that quickly. As a player I wish nothing more but then the stable days with gangs etc. As a developer, I wish nothing more but a completely rewritten gamemode, amazing features, hundreds of players and an active forum.
I myself am head of an IT committee at our university study association. Compared to that there are a few things I miss here overall, not really focussing on the gamemode itself: open meetings with all managers and developers, to exchange ideas, current server information, things to focus on, stuff players have been reporting, and most importantly: who is gonna do what to fix this and make it even better. I just miss the communication here, it feels like it's just a bunch of IRC channels you need to be on in order to have a say in something or to figure out what's gonna be next. There is no real roadmap we are following, no real small milestones we live up to. I've been wasting a lot of time on stuff because I was thinking in big milestones, and only for a short time of my life I have figured out small milestones are much more effective and satisfying.
We have this awesome trac system, and we have only been using the tickets function since two days, after using a few different Google Sheets. Trac has much more awesome options! Why don't we have public meetings with each other, setting small milestones, share ideas, append devs to issues, and have like one idea worked out each server increment? That way everyone knows where we stand, how we are gonna do this and what's gonna be next. That, I truly miss.
That said, I also think the LVP status needs an upgrade. Introduce new site features, change some lay-outs, put up some polls or something. Spread the word, post banners of LVP somewhere, start advertising again. Clean up the dev forums, start recruiting testers and developers. Have a once per month test night were we test awesome features, while others work on a rewritten system.
We have A LOT of people willing to do something for LVP. What we need is the organized system behind it to use these people and their skills to the maximum. My 2 cents!
Being a developer for only a week however has changed my view on this, that quickly. As a player I wish nothing more but then the stable days with gangs etc. As a developer, I wish nothing more but a completely rewritten gamemode, amazing features, hundreds of players and an active forum.
I myself am head of an IT committee at our university study association. Compared to that there are a few things I miss here overall, not really focussing on the gamemode itself: open meetings with all managers and developers, to exchange ideas, current server information, things to focus on, stuff players have been reporting, and most importantly: who is gonna do what to fix this and make it even better. I just miss the communication here, it feels like it's just a bunch of IRC channels you need to be on in order to have a say in something or to figure out what's gonna be next. There is no real roadmap we are following, no real small milestones we live up to. I've been wasting a lot of time on stuff because I was thinking in big milestones, and only for a short time of my life I have figured out small milestones are much more effective and satisfying.
We have this awesome trac system, and we have only been using the tickets function since two days, after using a few different Google Sheets. Trac has much more awesome options! Why don't we have public meetings with each other, setting small milestones, share ideas, append devs to issues, and have like one idea worked out each server increment? That way everyone knows where we stand, how we are gonna do this and what's gonna be next. That, I truly miss.
That said, I also think the LVP status needs an upgrade. Introduce new site features, change some lay-outs, put up some polls or something. Spread the word, post banners of LVP somewhere, start advertising again. Clean up the dev forums, start recruiting testers and developers. Have a once per month test night were we test awesome features, while others work on a rewritten system.
We have A LOT of people willing to do something for LVP. What we need is the organized system behind it to use these people and their skills to the maximum. My 2 cents!