NCsoft ramping up TR community interaction
If you jump around the greater MMO web community as much as I do, you might have noticed the recent deluge of threads started by NCsoft community representatives across many of the majorTabula Rasaforumcommunities. While little has come of the threads so far (to be fair, most were posted around noon EST yesterday, so it's early yet), most players seem excited at the prospect of even greater interaction with the Tabula Rasa development team. And that's what they're promising. Kagasumi is the only NCsoft "Ambassador" we've spotted so far, and though he is only a lowly QA Tester, he has apparently been tasked with being the initial line of contact between players and the design team, with additional staff to follow.
Gaging from the responses, the most productive discussion at this point can be had in the thread over at Planet TR. Kagasumi actually acknowledges and responds to a number of player suggestions. The drama is mercifully low and the number of good ideas is actually pretty high. It's promising, although it's this kind of effort that originally had us questioning the decision that led to Tabula Rasa going without official forums in the first place. Tabula Rasa's online community is extremely diffuse, so these sorts of feedback-gathering exercises require a good deal more effort than they might have otherwise. Still, we're excited to see what, if anything, comes of this.
