There seems to be a misperception that this PR exercise is to make the game more playable. It's not.
People with loud voices and influence are being pampered and flattered so they can keep the hype train going for morrowind. In the same week we had the Superbowl advert, Facebook advertising and numerous puff piece "news stories" this is another part of the marketing strategy.
All the 'delegates' will be sympathetically listened too and token changes made. They will leave with a feeling of personal investment in ESO and a desire to keep the game going, and will use their influence at a time many new players may be considering the game.
Zos will do some low-key self promotion (e.g. tweeting pics of developers and players at a round table) to imply they listen to their players and it is no big deal.
They could have involved more players for far less cost using teleconferencing, but that wouldn't serve the real purpose of this exercise. Unfortunately too long with ZOS is making me very cynical.
People with loud voices and influence are being pampered and flattered so they can keep the hype train going for morrowind. In the same week we had the Superbowl advert, Facebook advertising and numerous puff piece "news stories" this is another part of the marketing strategy.
Appreciate what they do for the game, but I don't appreciate the god-like status you're conveying on them because its ruining it for the other 90%.
People with loud voices and influence are being pampered and flattered so they can keep the hype train going for morrowind. In the same week we had the Superbowl advert, Facebook advertising and numerous puff piece "news stories" this is another part of the marketing strategy.
*mic drop*
^ THIS. EXACTLY.
Pamper those with the largest follower communities, get them raving about how awesome housing is.. followers be like.. well housing must be awesome then because <insert name here> said so.
Marketing through influence. As i said above putting them on a pedestal.. to become second tier Zenimax salespeople.
Pamper those with the largest follower communities, get them raving about how awesome housing is.. followers be like.. well housing must be awesome then because <insert name here> said so.
Marketing through influence. As i said above putting them on a pedestal.. to become second tier Zenimax salespeople.
Well said actually, pretty much what this thread isanitajoneb17_ESO wrote: »Appreciate what they do for the game, but I don't appreciate the god-like status you're conveying on them because its ruining it for the other 90%.
Noone from ZOS is conveying them a "god-like" status. The only ones who are in the position to do that is their audience. That's, basically, us.
If the people in charge of ZOS had half a brain they would have invited them before the release/announcement of homestead to help with balancing.But no.
http://omahamagazine.com/articles/iraq-war-vet-jacob-hausman-battles-ptsd-and-finds-peace/willlienellson wrote: »
There seems to be a misperception that this PR exercise is to make the game more playable. It's not.
People with loud voices and influence are being pampered and flattered so they can keep the hype train going for morrowind. In the same week we had the Superbowl advert, Facebook advertising and numerous puff piece "news stories" this is another part of the marketing strategy.
All the 'delegates' will be sympathetically listened too and token changes made. They will leave with a feeling of personal investment in ESO and a desire to keep the game going, and will use their influence at a time many new players may be considering the game.
Zos will do some low-key self promotion (e.g. tweeting pics of developers and players at a round table) to imply they listen to their players and it is no big deal.
They could have involved more players for far less cost using teleconferencing, but that wouldn't serve the real purpose of this exercise. Unfortunately too long with ZOS is making me very cynical.
People with loud voices and influence are being pampered and flattered so they can keep the hype train going for morrowind. In the same week we had the Superbowl advert, Facebook advertising and numerous puff piece "news stories" this is another part of the marketing strategy.
This man understands how corporations work.
willlienellson wrote: »Gandrhulf_Harbard wrote: »Also, I think it's pretty crappy how mod and addon authors are always left out in the cold and treated sort of like second class citizens next to their PR pets. They are seemingly just taken for granted for the most part.
We are expected to fix bugs and generate value for the company for free. We don't even get crown perks or community picks for some meaningless title or anything. Fine whatever, I do it as a hobby. But so do streamers. Yet streamers get big time sponsorship and MONEY for THEIR hobby.
I'd be lucky to make enough in donations to pay my monthly sub.
This is what I don't get.
In all honesty if Deltia et al never made another video it would not diminish my game fun one bit, and I am not being disrespectful by that.
But without the UI Modders this game would be borderline unplayable, and my game fun would very much be diminished.
All The Best
I agree with you guys about including Modders, but honestly, I don't think FOCUSING on feedback from either of this tiny groups is healthy.
I don't see why we should be okay with Zos ignoring hundreds and thousands of people complaining about the same things to focus on the feedback of a half a dozen streamers.....or a half a dozen modders.
But more inclusion is better than less. So, adding the modders to the streamers would be a step in the right direction.
willlienellson wrote: »People with loud voices and influence are being pampered and flattered so they can keep the hype train going for morrowind. In the same week we had the Superbowl advert, Facebook advertising and numerous puff piece "news stories" this is another part of the marketing strategy.
This man understands how corporations work.
Nobody is doubting the marketing value of the relationship between the streamers and Zos. But they don't need to pander to them or let them have ANY influence on balancing for that relationship to continue.
These streamers exist to gain fame and in some cases personal income from the game - which is fine, and Zos gets free advertising in return - which is fine.
They don't need to have more influence on game direction than anyone else for that symbiotic relationship to continue.
And other business and industries don't operate this way. They don't.
They have this relationship between media (I'm being generous) and corporate, but product development and creative direction is never in play.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out that PC is no more than a third of the total population, if that.
With all that's going on in the world and you're worried about this? Jealous man, smh.
I would agree with that at least.Open world being so easy contributes to the lack of skill we see within Veteran Dungeons on a regular basis.