A few notes:
CO & Paradox Local Things
This is super helpful to communicate, things such as the mandatory vacation time, and how that affects release schedules. That gap in summer would be SUPER frustrating as an American, because I simply don't know about that normal fact of life where you work. But because you communicated it, I have absolutely no problem with that at all. I've worked as a developer at a game studio, I would be doing cartwheels if the studio had been required to give me 4 consecutive weeks of vacation during summer.
My boss doesn't get to cancel my sick time because I screwed up a bug. I get that, I can be patient if I understand enough to make sense of it, and now I do.
Economy Rework
I'm very happy to hear this. This is the central thing that, if you get it fixed right and continue paying attention to it, the other stuff can keep being worked on. I absolutely cannot play the game until this is fixed. I can play it without painters, or props, or more services, or better traffic, etc. But I cannot play the game until the economy is in a place where it feels like the things I do matter.
So long as we are kept in the loop, which again is the main thing that I think drove SO MUCH of the anger, I support taking the time to get it right, work on the feedback, and make sure it's in a place you are happy with. This is one of the only things that I think mods will never, ever be able to really address, so I cannot stress enough how important it is to get this right. This is the thing that will determine if this game gets another 2 years of support, or another 10 like you had hoped for.
CO & Paradox Local Things
This is super helpful to communicate, things such as the mandatory vacation time, and how that affects release schedules. That gap in summer would be SUPER frustrating as an American, because I simply don't know about that normal fact of life where you work. But because you communicated it, I have absolutely no problem with that at all. I've worked as a developer at a game studio, I would be doing cartwheels if the studio had been required to give me 4 consecutive weeks of vacation during summer.
My boss doesn't get to cancel my sick time because I screwed up a bug. I get that, I can be patient if I understand enough to make sense of it, and now I do.
Economy Rework
I'm very happy to hear this. This is the central thing that, if you get it fixed right and continue paying attention to it, the other stuff can keep being worked on. I absolutely cannot play the game until this is fixed. I can play it without painters, or props, or more services, or better traffic, etc. But I cannot play the game until the economy is in a place where it feels like the things I do matter.
So long as we are kept in the loop, which again is the main thing that I think drove SO MUCH of the anger, I support taking the time to get it right, work on the feedback, and make sure it's in a place you are happy with. This is one of the only things that I think mods will never, ever be able to really address, so I cannot stress enough how important it is to get this right. This is the thing that will determine if this game gets another 2 years of support, or another 10 like you had hoped for.
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