U need a Nerf lolOriginally Posted by Mad-Cap Go to original post
Complaining actually IS feedback. There's positive feedback and there's negative feedback. Negative feedback is known as criticism. Criticism is complaining. Call it what you want but it's all ultimately the same thing. Provided it's related to the game and not about something off topic then I'd consider that necessary.
Why do I consider complaining about a game, even one I might theoretically make, necessary? Because if people don't complain then I don't know they're not enjoying themselves. If I know this I can do something about it. Negative feedback, complained about or otherwise, is important in order for a game to be able to be improved. It's the same way relationships are handled. You complain about something like "lack of time" and then work on it. In the case of a game it's about "Unbalanced gameplay" or "there's this bug." When complaints are known and taken into account and sorted out the community itself grows for the better. Left unresolved things go downhill.
What's more this thread is YOU complaining about complaints. That's complaining about complaining. While you're quite right about the devs needing feedback (It's e, not I) you're quite inaccurate about the assumption of complaints that are on topic about the game not being needed. Unless you're telling us that the devs would rather not hear about players not enjoying themselves, which means they can't do anything to improve said enjoying for the player with said complaints about the game.
Now if you meant complaining as in trolling another person on the forums then that's another matter. But going from the post of "U need a Nerf lol" I can only view that as being a hypocrite. You're not even trying to take this thread seriously to get constructive feedback. If the thread is going to go anywhere and have any form of constructive feedback and criticism, also known as complaining (there's such a thing as civil complaints) it must be taken seriously. If you want this thread to turn into a cesspool of trolish comments then by all means, keep the childish complaints that I consider unnecessary for improving the game coming. I highly doubt "U need a Nerf lol" is going to have the devs take us seriously.
The thing about "criticism" is that for it to be good it has to have a clear understanding of "the Big Picture". Alot of the "complaints" Ive read are just one sided and only made from a singular pov, w/o taking into account the many factors that make up gameplay in this game. If ppl understood what counters were and what they actually are in this game , or were open to changing their prefered style of play or tweaking it, then Id feel more sympathy for those asking for change.
But alot of players Ive seen just adopt one style of play and stick with it. When that suddenly changes for the worse they grab pitchforks and are up in arms, instead of looking to adapt to the new situation. If changes are made for the better for them, you rarely get any criticism except from players who understand 'the Big Picture' and the consequences they bring.
I think with the classy sets the devs have tried to provide a little more balance across the range of sets and alot more definition of the roles of these gearsets. Sure they may not be 100% perfectly implemented but I guess with time these may change.