GAME CAP DISCUSSION FEEDBACK POST IS UP! Hello little neons and potential future neons! Ahead of the new TDM that's scheduled for Monday, Jan 25. Right now the game is capped at 60 characters total and 6 characters per franchise (10%). Additionally, there is a 2-character cap per player right now.
I will be very honest, I did NOT anticipate this level of interest in the game!! I am extremely grateful and humbled by everyone's enthusiasm for dataBURST!
The original plan was to take a look at the game cap after March app round! But there seems to be considerable interest from people who weren't able to get in on the Dec soft launch stage and the Jan round. At present we have just a couple spots available for new characters/players (1-2 at the moment, pending)
I am tentatively considering raising the game cap to 80 characters but I would like feedback please! There are a few considerations I am looking at:
- Since the only franchise cap that's full at the moment is Original Characters, I am leaning toward keeping 6 for the franchise cap at this time. I am open to revisiting it later however!
- The potential of raising the per-player cap from 2 characters to 3 characters. However if the overall cap is raised, I think that app round should give some preference of spots to NEW PLAYERS who are looking to join first, and players apping in a third character IF the spots don't get filled.
The idea I'd have is that the first 72 hours of the app round would for new players OR current players who only have 1 character in game. (Let me know if I'm not explaining this well, I've rewritten this a few times and my brain is going MRR)
So basically, throw me some thinky thoughts! This plurk is open to everyone's input, not just current players! Replurks appreciated to help get the word out. Thank you!
As a player currently in the game, I'd of course love to see the cap raised if you can handle it! I think keeping the franchise cap is fine for now, and the idea of apps from newbies being given a preference is a great idea
I don't wat you to get overwhelmed, so if you feel comfortable with raising it to 80 charcters, I say go for it. Also I agree that new players should absolutely come first. It's not really fair if I get a third character and someone else can't fet in because of that
I'm feeling good about it! The game community is very supportive and understanding and that's really been reassuring! Not that I expected anyone to be negative but I'm really thrilled with the OOC community that's already been built and that gives me confidence to look at expanding
I think cap being raised would be nice though as an echo, yeah, only if it would be something you would feel comfortable handling. It can be a lot for one person to manage. I personally lean more on two characters per player I think just because it's a cap for characters and not a player cap although I see what you're saying with new player's apps
that's something we can look at as well! if more people want to keep the 2-character cap for players instead of raising it to 3, we can go that route too! that's why I'm putting this plurk out there, to see where people's prefs are
Echoing the others that if you're comfortable with it 80 would be neat. I like the idea of prioritizing new players/players with fewer characters for fairness' sake if we keep up with our app round speed.
pursuant to what rarity said though! we haven't had a big game feedback post yet but if anything is NO BUENO please don't wait let me know! either through pm or in the mod contact page!
and in fair disclaimer, this plurk is an "interest check" on the topic, I would do a proper poll in the ooc comm open to everyone before actually making changes, and roll the game feedback check into that
Thinking about it my suggestion re: # of characters per player is raise the overall cap now and re-evaluate the per-player cap in a few months. Once we're not as new and shiny anymore we may settle at less than 80 characters and be able to open those slots up for existing players?
I think I'm mostly echoing everyone else so far, but if you're comfortable with managing it I think upping the cap to 80 would be cool. But I kind of like the 2 per player cap.
I like the cozy feel of it and being able to put in the investment. I'm a bit behind at the moment and not the most active in group chatting, but this group has seemed so friendly and welcoming. I think a system that prioritizing newer players would help maintain that feeling, personally.
I think a cap raise is ok if you feel up to it? I'll admit I always feel bad about taking another slot in a character capped game over a player capped game (since the slot going to a new player rather than an old one seems more important in that case) so I'd probably stick to one but
i like the 2 character cap per player and i like the words
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used up there - investment + cozy. a second char at least gives a player variety but it’s not a whole lot so the temptation to er “hoard” (idk if that’s too strong, hence the airquotes lol) is much less, haha.
also echoing the new player priority! i might not be able to hang around the server much or tag everybody, but i’d love to be able to let others try and discover for themselves what a fun, cozy game we got here
I appreciate everyone's input! There does seem to be enough interest in the idea to go through with putting together a proper poll in the game comm that'll be open to both players and non players, so I will see about getting that up in the next day or two!
I'll reuse this plurk to avoid spamming so stay tuned or ❤️ this one to be updated!
glad it's gonna be available for quite a few days. i uh.... hit my wifi hotspot data cap and it resets in a few days. doing anything on the phone is so tedious
29 responses so far, thanks so much to everyone who's taken the time to fill the form out! there are some great points people have brought up including tweaks to improve event prompts going forward, so every bit helps!
the majority of feedback has indicated they're existing players (don't worry, it's all completely anonymous) but I do want to reiterate that the feedback is open to everyone! esp if you're interested in joining at some point in the future
Hello little neons and potential future neons! Ahead of the new TDM that's scheduled for Monday, Jan 25. Right now the game is capped at 60 characters total and 6 characters per franchise (10%). Additionally, there is a 2-character cap per player right now.
- Since the only franchise cap that's full at the moment is Original Characters, I am leaning toward keeping 6 for the franchise cap at this time. I am open to revisiting it later however!
I'll reuse this plurk to avoid spamming so stay tuned or ❤️ this one to be updated!