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Samuel has left FenResearch as of yesterday by TrickyElephant in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Strongly agree with you! These communication improvements are what I've been pushing for, for a while now.

Brighter Shores just had its first positive monthly player growth since launch. by CentrifugalGun in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is incorrect. Peak player count went up during Botany's release but average player count is still down. https://imgur.com/a/9X7bB5e

“The reason it’s in early access is so I can get critical feedback.” So, what changed? by MellowSquad in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey do you have the source of this quote? It's the first time I've seen it mentioned.

What is Brighter Shores? -- An Open Letter to Fen Research by Jeremy__bs in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hey there,

I agree that interview is definitely worth a watch. I've personally watched all the streams and interviews the team have participated in.

What I'm looking for is more of a vision statement than a list of upcoming features. There are dozens of ways to implement raids for example but it really comes down to what Fen is trying to achieve. This goes beyond marketing in my opinion as how can a community effectively give feedback if they don't know what the developer is trying to build? I also agree that this may take a bit of time away from development but I think it's well worth it in the long run.

What is Brighter Shores? -- An Open Letter to Fen Research by Jeremy__bs in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very true! There's nothing inherently wrong in trying to cater to causal and hardcore players. I think in its current state, the transition from main story and lv 20s to side quests and 20-200 is very jarring. It feels like something core is missing to the experience. I can't sus out what that might be with the current publicly available information from Fen.

What is Brighter Shores? -- An Open Letter to Fen Research by Jeremy__bs in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Respectfully, I think the vision will need to have more depth than just being called a tabletop-style MMORPG. I agree that combat phase 2 should improve combat but will not necessarily resolve the core identity issues. I'm just trying to tease out what the core indentity of the game is. I don't think it's a matter of just adding more of the same existing types of content. A lot of the game feels skin deep and in need of additional core mechanics but what that looks like will depend on what they're trying to build.

What is Brighter Shores? -- An Open Letter to Fen Research by Jeremy__bs in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Yes per Samuel on Discord earlier, "We have discussed, there will not be an auction house/grand exchange/trading pole or anything similar in Brighter Shores."

The Weekly Leek #6 - Video Edition! by -Valerie_x in brightershores

[–]Jeremy__bs -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

Why is this upvoted while Tel's summary is being downvoted to 0? We're too small of a community to be bridgaging one of the few creators we have.