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Cid Ferringer:
It seems to be all about facebook.
I've been reading these boards for a few weeks and I've never seen any WIP or upcoming feature posts from MUSE.
Yet on facebook there's been concept art, talk about voice overs, etc.

Of course MUSE are free to direct their marketing where they see fit, but it would be nice if we could at least have a small thread in a corner somewhere, were this stuff also ends up.   ::)

dragonmere:
I agree. There could definitely be a benefit to having a single post that contains, verbatim, any game-related updates that get posted to twitter/facebook. All patch update notes do get posted here eventually, though.

That being said, I'd say the vast majority of players who love the game enough to end up here already know how awesome and involved MUSE is. I completely understand why the spend more time  posting through more visible channels.

Echoez:
I don't use Twitter and absolutely hate Facebook's layout, let alone I just made a facebook account after 19 years just so I can get updates about my university classes, I barely use these 'social' sites, what about people like me?

I understand that they want to be seen, but quite honestly, not posting anything on their own forum is kind silly and unreasonable.

This lack of information about update material is an other factor this game loses players rapidly each time, there is nothing to keep them hooked if they don't at least know what's coming, we barely got any info about the Hades before it came out and only people in the test server actually knew what it was about before it got released. That's costing MUSE a lot of players that don't have the same patience as others.

dragonmere:
This community is quite passionate. If they were to post every proposed tweak and change on these forums in public, I can only imagine the amount of speculative debate. And that's not really productive. Things already get a bit heated, at times, on the Dev App board.

The Dev App exists to find bugs, and test balance. That's it. It's not meant to be a public 'patch-preview' or a way for players to get a competitive edge through early information. And I don't see it being used that way. If you're suggesting that people are literally quitting the game because they don't have in-depth analysis of new features before they're implemented, I fully disagree with you.

If it's really that big of a deal to you personally, why not just sign up for dev app access? That way you'd get to 'know things', and you would be doing a great service in helping the dev team balance and test. :) http://steamcommunity.com/groups/GoIEC

Finally, the social media pages are public. You never need to sign-up or log-in to view them:
https://twitter.com/GOIOnline
https://www.facebook.com/GunsOfIcarusOnline
So no biggie if you don't 'use' twitter/facebook. You can still see everything. If one's hatred for Facebook/Twitter is so intense that they can't even view a public page on the sites, that sounds like an entirely different issue ;)

Cid Ferringer:
True, all of it is public..

But I'm with Echoez here.
Players who check out these forums need their carrot to stick around.
The facebook page brings in new people, while the forums makes them stay.
So it's just as important to keep old players enthusiastic as it is to bring in new players.

It's strange that this forum is right under the devs noses, yet this is where it's most quiet.
If the forums aren't the primary source of information about the game, then it loses value to the players.

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