mmorpg interview with David Simmonds - CEO of MindArk

Hi,

Oh oh, I don't know if questions like this should be answered by a poll - the outcome isn't hard to determine, in this case at least. Poor melee ppl ...

I understand this is just an example.

But it points to the problem that votes like this can be very dangerous:

• The majority of the people will always vote for anything that comes wrapped in a nice, shiny question, not realizing that they might hurt their own interests in the long run.
• Votes like this will obviously create a "mainstreamlined" way of development, ignoring the needs of minorities.
• And it's quite easy to use such a tool to justify drastic measures with the "You voted this way" argument - "Should we even out the healing power of the different FAP's?", then nerfing the ModFaps, to give a grossly exaggerated example.

Besides, I think it's a bit strange that 3 of the 4 examples for votes are actually things that are concerning all of EU, not just Calypso - such must be avoided! Ppl that have invested into deeds of a certain planet might vote about things concerning this certain planet, but never about things that concern the whole game!

Well, we'll see how this will evolve.

Have a good time!