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[Kean_1]

I believe you're referencing Bard? And while I don't disagree with you on anything you've ever posted Kean, Bard is the ONLY CM that has shown any actual involvement with the game. But even that was a here-one-moment-gone-the-next.
https://forums.ubisoft.com/showthrea...3#post14867893

Breakpoint is 7 months along, and up until 3 weeks ago, there was not a single indicator that any one of the CMs had actually even looked at the game.

I appreciate that but no, it wasn't Bard and I'm not going to start dropping names as my intention isn't to try and shame an Ubi employee, etc. That's not my style. I'm just making a point about the representation in general of the community. Sorry for the bold but I just want to make that clear so this discussion doesn't become a witch hunt or accusations of one. I know that's not your intention but just in case others try to interpret it that way. Thanks.


Clearly, whatever they are doing / weren't doing is not working otherwise management wouldn't have been surprised that GRB failed the way it did and they wouldn't have been scrambling to get a handle on trying to understand their community at the last minute. I don't have have the answers as to where the breakdown is in their business model. I always had the feeling the CMs were doing their best so maybe it's the way the info is passed along, interpreted, prioritized, valued, etc. I really don't know.

What I do know is that from what I heard in their investor call, from another DC rep, through Ubi's actions, etc., they were genuinely puzzled by all this. Ubi said they were listening but obviously that didn't make a difference regardless if some were or not. What's clear is that they really need to rethink this whole process if they truly value their fans and their input.

If anything good comes from GRB's failure, it should be this. ....and while I think their efforts to change GRB, restructure their internal business model and delay upcoming releases is a good start, they really need to be more active with their own community as a whole. Now is not the time to put up barriers between their fans and themselves, establish hand picked focus groups to filter feedback, etc.

They need to stop dipping their toes in the water and jump into the pool already. .....with the rest of us. Dev and/or CM live streams with Q&As, Dev blogs, weekly status reports, polls and results, etc. They also need to be more active with patches and responsive to issues, community interaction on their own forums. etc.

[SaviorBasedGod]

The only thing I would argue on is a modern tactical shooter, Ghost Recon's always been semi-realistic/lightly futuristic fictional game. But everything else I agree on.

[Stomp0nMybaIls]

The only thing I would argue on is a modern tactical shooter, Ghost Recon's always been semi-realistic/lightly futuristic fictional game. But everything else I agree on.

Agreed, advanced modern to near future is where the game's always been, The presentation of the game should reflect the actual nature of what today's military would look in 5-10 years and what prototypes the DoD and the military is field testing/deploying.