I saw a forum suggestion earlier today that really sparked my interest in more of a democracy among the ECC game. I feel that the user had put it wrong in a way that made it sound like the ideas and suggestions of the game should ONLY be chosen by the players and no one else. I for one agree and disagree so allow me to tweak the old suggestion into one that I do think will be a good suggestion for all.
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I quote myself from the last suggestion, "The way I feel it should be done is the same way RS07 (runescape old school) is, there are a few surveys every few months with ideas and suggestions of the players, the players vote and this gives the developers what ideas the players want, and don't want. Although it is up to the company owner to decide if the suggestion goes through, they usually tweak the suggestion to make it work. Now obviously people want 2$ pumpkins but andrew doesn't want that so there for it won't go through. The staff team can compose a list of suggestions they feel can possibly happen and before it is accepted into the game we have a vote for the players (donators only would be nice as we have usually played more and have more commitment to the server then someone who has just played for fun. BTW I can't afford irl donations either, every single donation I own is from ECD, there is no excuses.) and see if the player base likes or disagrees the idea or suggestion. Please note this doesn't have to be price changes ! That can be done by the superiors such as kukelekuuk00 who make it challenging but fair to make money, although controversial topics such as mining world PvP and such can be and should be voted on by the players, this is our game after all, without the players Ecc would not exist."
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This is an exact quote from non other then KHobbits "There was a comparison earlier which compared ECC to Runescape. I think this is a good comparison, the Runescape project was always on the lookout as to what the community thought, it had suggestion forums, bug forums, and often posted polls on what people thought was most important. I also know how often features were accepted and the result of the Runescape polls. Which is to say, they were used as an indicator of what the community wants, not a direct influence on what actually happened." This is exactly what I am trying to preach, we should have these polls every month or so with game changing suggestions or suggestions in general, they should be voted on by the community and should have a 60% positive vote for it to pass.