07OCT11 - Release & Patchnotes

Then outline these ways, bearing in mind that sandbox games promote lateral thinking and that is one of our design objectives.

Drejan wrote:  You should not think on what you can do, you should think if this is what your project was aiming for...

Yes, we do and have.  The release of Chancery of Estates was what we were aiming for, and is what we feel we have achieved.

Drejan wrote: ... and i just feel like this is the wrong way to implement claims, territories and pathfinding.

Then tell us what way you think implementing claims, territories and pathfinding would be better, but still functioning within the stated player-specific design goals of "city specialisation", as well as the overall objectives of "not wanting every new player to claim a good chunk of 'The Middle Kingdom' as their own".  Balance your argument globally (within the playerbase and alliances working in concert) as well as locally (within the context of having 10 towns to play with for differing objectives).

Drejan wrote: Remember what games ispired Illyriad.

We do, always; but that doesn't mean we follow them slavishly.

DO: Outline in a carefully proposed, rationally stated, coherent argument what you think we could do differently, and why you think it's better.  Put this idea in the Suggestions & Game Enhancements subforum, rather than the announcement thread.  If the idea is generally sound, better than the current way of doing things, balanced both globally and locally, achievable technically as well as within our resourcing plans - then we'll not only listen to it but we'll implement it, unless there's a very good reason not to based on something we might know about that you might not (future plans etc).

DON'T: Speak in riddles and "nay-say" simply because the purpose of a new building didn't meet your imagined expectations.