Era's Money Problems

[Venom_Fish]

We; the players have been kept in the dark. Outside of Gangs, and minute additional functions, we haven't seen anything. We've only heard about the ideas about Gangs, not yet anything solid. Not to undermind your observation, but its obvious they don't have the development team to complete this, let alone in a timely fashion.

Based on what I know, priorities would be:

Everything. They've been moving from one topic to the next, Gangs, Events, Businesses, Quests, Jobs, PK etc etc. Hence why I'm concluded it'd be an entirely new server. Since those are all the core makeups of Era itself.

[Immolate]

Originally Posted by Venom_Fish

We; the players have been kept in the dark. Outside of Gangs, and minute additional functions, we haven't seen anything. We've only heard about the ideas about Gangs, not yet anything solid. Not to undermind your observation, but its obvious they don't have the development team to complete this, let alone in a timely fashion.

Based on what I know, priorities would be:

Everything. They've been moving from one topic to the next, Gangs, Events, Businesses, Quests, Jobs, PK etc etc. Hence why I'm concluded it'd be an entirely new server. Since those are all the core makeups of Era itself.

From this then, it's probably fair to assume their vision is far too broad and, with their current resources, they're biting off a bit more than they can chew. I'm going to state the obvious, and I'm sorry if it's really obvious, that the core team should just focus on completing one aspect and idea at a time. They should really define a definitive set of static priorities.

If they had the manpower, they should create a few, small teams to handle specific roles in development rather than having one team jump from one idea to the next.

[Venom_Fish]

Originally Posted by Immolate

From this then, it's probably fair to assume their vision is far too broad and, with their current resources, they're biting off a bit more than they can chew. I'm going to state the obvious, and I'm sorry if it's really obvious, that the core team should just focus on completing one aspect and idea at a time. They should really define a definitive set of static priorities.

If they had the manpower, they should create a few, small teams to handle specific roles in development rather than having one team jump from one idea to the next.

I think that concept is beyond them.
Its far too logical, hence why I don't think developers should be left alone to develop. They tend to just build, to build. They "enjoy" developing, hence why they do it for free, there's seldom any noble cause beyond that.
Its ideal when they're being told what to develop, how, and having their specific duties listed. Rather than them doing so; freely.

Ex. Tim_Rocks.

[Immolate]

Originally Posted by Venom_Fish

I think that concept is beyond them.
Its far too logical, hence why I don't think developers should be left alone to develop. They tend to just build, to build. They "enjoy" developing, hence why they do it for free, there's seldom any noble cause beyond that.
Its ideal when they're being told what to develop, how, and having their specific duties listed. Rather than them doing so; freely.

Ex. Tim_Rocks.

It's my personal opinion that what needs to be done is specified and prioritised. If the team members just do what they feel is important then that's not really managing a team at all. Though I'm not criticising anybody there since I'm not full aware on the under-the-hood processes of Era development.

The fact that the team is composed of volunteers does not mean it's hard nor wrong to instill a level of structure to the development process either. People volunteer for, say, the British Heart Foundation and it still manages to be an organised, well, organisation.