The community has been unfair.

I think it is fair in some degree, at least in some of the things they are receiving it for. Mainly:

• Saying it would take years to implement simple QoL changes that should be in the game since day 1 with obviously bogus excuses.

"We can't implement seeing other survivor's build in the lobby because we don't have flexibility in the HUD"? My brother in the Entity, you made the HUD! Open that widget editor in UE and change it. It is mind boggling that anybody effectively can watch a couple UE's HUD tutorials in Youtube and do the exact same thing in a couple of days, and they are claiming that we will have to wait years for it to happen. And believe me, it's not that hard or something that need that much planning, testing or developing time.

• The wording in some claims.

"Our posture is that lack of information is not the problem". Even if it is true (I mean, play a couple of SoloQ games, watch closely what your teammates are doing and you would realize that the real problem is a lack of game sense on average and doesn't matter how much info those people would had, they would still don't make the right call at the right time) saying that, in that way, after affirming that people would have to wait years for simple things to be implemented is not the right way to do it.

Even if nothing would change, there is no reason to not have things like builds preview in the lobby or even better, the AFC bar implemented in the HUD so survivors know when a teammate is being camped and the killer when he is granting a free escape unintentionally, or any HUD info for killers as they don't have any (we still have to memorize who we have hooked, for the entity's sake). Again, things like those should have being in the game since the beginning and there is no excuse to not have them 7 years from then (in fact, there is also no reason to not add voice chat or a ping system in the game, either or both, other than server costs).

Have all those things in the game and then yeah, you could be like "The lack of information is not the problem, is that on average you don't know how to play", but if the game is missing basic functionality and you claim that it would take you years from now to add it... dude, seriously?

with changes taking 5000 years to do it gets irritating after awhile

I had been in similar situation in studio. The artists were so passionate about the project, even CEOs cared about the improvement and progression. Its when the CEOs decided to open more projects and hired more people for other projects, all the artists of the currently project were mostly over worked to fund for other projects.

That is when the higher ups & CEOs only see the current project as a money maker. No more innovation.

It is like we are talking about renovating and refurbishing a very rundown house that could be real lil jewel box, if finished. We got a leaky roof, several smashed windows, the front door isn't closing, there is vermin everywhere, electricity and internet connection is quite spotty and there is even a bush growing in the living room.

So you ask the owner "what are we going to tackle next? I am down for everything." and they tell you "yeah, I bought one nice bucket of wood stain, the mail box is a bit crooked and we will straighten it up and also give it a shiny new coat of paint" "Yeah ok, thats quick and easy. What next? What of the big, pressing issues?" "..." and then you are hit with silence.

You got all this REALLY big problems that they are seemingly too afraid to tackle in any way, and then you have this issues that the community is unhappy with for years, that you get this evasive answers about, ala "we are aware of that problem, but have no immediate plans to work on any solution for the forseable future", in one case claiming that nothing would change for years.

Yeah, BHVR did some big and good changes in the last year, I will give them that, but overall the pace is SO glacial slow and they so very often seem tone deaf to whats really going on and don't seem to understand their game and the issues with it at all.

My favorite solution: give your Fogwhisperers one of the PTBs of the year. Work with them on some of the problems of the game or some crazy ideas and just realize them for a PTB and see how it works. Just imagine the buzz this would create and how much RAW data you would get from this. It could be such a fun event that people look forward to, and I bet that they would come up with at least one idea that improves the game significantly and that would stick after this PTB. Sometimes its okay to just go by gut feeling, roll with the punches and try something thats not backed up by three layers of big data. And you can always admit that this or that was a mistake and roll it back. Someone will always be unhappy with a roleback, but most players would prefare REGULAR and TIMELY changes even if they are rocky and rough, to waiting years and years and years for a solution that leaves everyone underwhelmed and disappointed in the end.

This is partially true in terms of communication but the amount of cheaters is too high along with some of the communication being the wrong type like the AMAs. I think they should communicate more I don't wanna say intelligently cuz that comes across as insulting but I guess strategically?

Less AMAs that tell us nothing and more polished presentations or dev updates.

The AMAs are kinda a double edged sword for me. They rarely ever seem to bear good news or stuff I want to hear, but I do and always have appreciated dev communications.

So it's like, I do appreciate devs telling me things I'd rather not hear, cause at least they're talking to us.

I think they have been doing a better job. The big issue I have with them is that despite after the Sadako reworkPTB they ignored the extremely negetive feedback. I used to main Sadako and I find her so unfun to play as now not to mention going against her I find horrible. I know several other former Sadako mains will back me up.

I don't think they are very transparent or listen too well now like they used to. idk if you played around year 1 but they used to do weekly live streams and give updates on the game and involve the community frequently then. They don't really do that anymore maybe once a year for the anniversary stuff.