PLOTS: I've been in Route for several plots, specifically starting from the one with the legendary dogs running around last year. Unfortunately I play a character who usually isn't interested in getting involved with them, so my ability to participate is limited. Generally, however, I like "objective-based" plots where the characters can influence the outcome, and where the outcome has a noticeable and long-term effect on the game world. More specific to Route, plots that allow characters to meet new people and meet up in person would be good, since the size of the game world can make that challenging normally.
GENERAL UPKEEP: The infopages in general are fine and communicate the basics, but they could be improved. The Price List page could do with the addition of Kanto info and a few other notes: stating that the Goldenrod Department Store items can be found in Celadon, inn prices for Kanto (and the Lake of Rage resort), the price of a train pass, getting rid of the two-year old "new items have arrived" notes, and general prettying up - it's kind of bland-looking compared to some of the other infopages.
The FAQ and Inquires page should probably, in my opinion, be merged, or at the very least have all the answered questions added to the FAQ somewhere if you want to keep the screened comments. They seem to do the same thing to some extent, and the answers given in both should be displayed more prominently to make the info easier to find, like the aforementioned train pass price.
The Berries & Apricorns page should probably include mentions of the additional berries available at the berry orchard in Pallet Town, and if their in-game effects still work here.
MODS: You have a tendency to be slow responding to FAQ questions in particular - there's an unanswered one from last month right now, which isn't as rare as it probably should be. Generally though, from what I've seen you guys do a good job running the game.
FUTURE: Some way to shrink the world so that randomly running into people outside of Goldenrod is easier. I don't think that the game can handle another region right now, or probably ever. Keeping it as a Johto/Kanto game forever would be fine by me. Since altering the world that much is probably not possible at this point, my biggest request would be just more info on the world - little details that could be the seed for a character making a post to comment on them. I am of course probably one of the few people who cares about what the plant life is like, what constellations there are, and common sayings and metaphors the inhabitants use, but that kind of stuff interests me when I'm looking at a world. I would like to see a loosening of Johto's no-weapons policy, but that's a game design decision and it's as unreasonable of me to ask for it changed as it is for me to ask that characters be able to catch the legendaries.
Smaller things I'd like to see would be more TMs available, more chances to get reusable TMS, a way to get Kurt's pokéballs (since the mini-events mentioned have never materialized), non-battling Pokémon competitions, and a way to get Pokémon with Dream World-only moves and abilities (such as Hidden Grottoes).
ANYTHING ELSE: Would you be able to tell people when you accept their app how to use the "don't show on reading list" option and require its use? Because the flood of inventory, HMD, IC Contact, and roster posts every app cycle is messy and makes me worry that I'll miss a game post that gets mixed in.
Despite my nitpicking, I love this game and want to see it continue. You guys have been doing a good job overall and this feedback post shows that you care, so keep up the good work!
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I've been in Route for several plots, specifically starting from the one with the legendary dogs running around last year. Unfortunately I play a character who usually isn't interested in getting involved with them, so my ability to participate is limited. Generally, however, I like "objective-based" plots where the characters can influence the outcome, and where the outcome has a noticeable and long-term effect on the game world. More specific to Route, plots that allow characters to meet new people and meet up in person would be good, since the size of the game world can make that challenging normally.
GENERAL UPKEEP:
The infopages in general are fine and communicate the basics, but they could be improved. The Price List page could do with the addition of Kanto info and a few other notes: stating that the Goldenrod Department Store items can be found in Celadon, inn prices for Kanto (and the Lake of Rage resort), the price of a train pass, getting rid of the two-year old "new items have arrived" notes, and general prettying up - it's kind of bland-looking compared to some of the other infopages.
The FAQ and Inquires page should probably, in my opinion, be merged, or at the very least have all the answered questions added to the FAQ somewhere if you want to keep the screened comments. They seem to do the same thing to some extent, and the answers given in both should be displayed more prominently to make the info easier to find, like the aforementioned train pass price.
The Berries & Apricorns page should probably include mentions of the additional berries available at the berry orchard in Pallet Town, and if their in-game effects still work here.
MODS:
You have a tendency to be slow responding to FAQ questions in particular - there's an unanswered one from last month right now, which isn't as rare as it probably should be. Generally though, from what I've seen you guys do a good job running the game.
FUTURE:
Some way to shrink the world so that randomly running into people outside of Goldenrod is easier. I don't think that the game can handle another region right now, or probably ever. Keeping it as a Johto/Kanto game forever would be fine by me. Since altering the world that much is probably not possible at this point, my biggest request would be just more info on the world - little details that could be the seed for a character making a post to comment on them. I am of course probably one of the few people who cares about what the plant life is like, what constellations there are, and common sayings and metaphors the inhabitants use, but that kind of stuff interests me when I'm looking at a world. I would like to see a loosening of Johto's no-weapons policy, but that's a game design decision and it's as unreasonable of me to ask for it changed as it is for me to ask that characters be able to catch the legendaries.
Smaller things I'd like to see would be more TMs available, more chances to get reusable TMS, a way to get Kurt's pokéballs (since the mini-events mentioned have never materialized), non-battling Pokémon competitions, and a way to get Pokémon with Dream World-only moves and abilities (such as Hidden Grottoes).
ANYTHING ELSE:
Would you be able to tell people when you accept their app how to use the "don't show on reading list" option and require its use? Because the flood of inventory, HMD, IC Contact, and roster posts every app cycle is messy and makes me worry that I'll miss a game post that gets mixed in.
Despite my nitpicking, I love this game and want to see it continue. You guys have been doing a good job overall and this feedback post shows that you care, so keep up the good work!