Question: Assignments or Mindforce?

[addz]

The poll should read:

Which do you think should have been brought in first. The old systems (such as Mind force) or the new Assignment system



In this thread ...Addz's Top 3 I have identified reimplementation of old systems as the #1 thing we feel MA should be working on atm.

The last time MA introduced a new system (tiers) i ran this poll: Tiers or Mindforce and the community voted against the new system.

The question is would you like MA to have worked on putting these old systems back in first, or do you feel they made the right move by creating this new assignment system first.


Old systems:

1. Reimplementation of the old systems that are still missing
- Mindforce
- Piloting
- Beacons
- Taming
- Beauty

[Xen]

I actually think that assignments might be important, if done right, to give people new things to do in the game, and especially to give new players sort of a path to follow.

It may be a new system, but people have been asking for quests (assignments) for a long, long time.

[Miles]

Many different things are being worked on. We should get things when they are ready, regardless of the order. Many of the old systems are being completely reworked, and might as well be considered new systems anyway.



Miles

[CeePee]

My vote goes for old system, I want my strange signals back

[Warpath]

Originally Posted by Xen

I actually think that assignments might be important, if done right, to give people new things to do in the game, and especially to give new players sort of a path to follow.

It may be a new system, but people have been asking for quests (assignments) for a long, long time.

yeah I agree, I think these assignments are important to retain new players (if they are done well).

I did agree with your other thread that old systems should have come before tiers but Addz

[Kungpow]

looks like someone is desperate to get mindforce back

Tiers or Mindforce

whats next? try to be original

[Rayne Jade]

Originally Posted by Xen

I actually think that assignments might be important, if done right, to give people new things to do in the game, and especially to give new players sort of a path to follow.

It may be a new system, but people have been asking for quests (assignments) for a long, long time.

Agreed... totally. The old systems will return with time. I know waiting is not enjoyable, especially if one of the missing systems was your primary profession.

[addz]

Originally Posted by Miles

Many different things are being worked on. We should get things when they are ready, regardless of the order. Many of the old systems are being completely reworked, and might as well be considered new systems anyway.



Miles

Im going to have to disagree here, there are alot of poeple, myself incuded who have a lot of time and money invested in these old systems which MA have just taken away. We have no idea when they are comming back and we are getting no compensation for them being gone (appart from pilots). And to make things worse they then went and spent uncounted man hours on that tier system which IMO (and as evidenced by the last poll) was an epic failure.

Im all in favor of this new assignments system, hopefully it will go at least part way to adressing point number 2 as raised here: Addz's Top 3 but i still can't help but think they should have gone with the old systems that are tried and tested before the new stuff.

[GeorgeSkywalker]

Originally Posted by Xen

I actually think that assignments might be important, if done right, to give people new things to do in the game, and especially to give new players sort of a path to follow.

It may be a new system, but people have been asking for quests (assignments) for a long, long time.

Totally agree.

Assignments should be released first, sooner than any other system. They are what will make the game interesting and guide new players...

As such they are absolutely essential and definately more important than mindforce, beauty etc (i do beauty by the way and have the equipment even so I'd prefer assignments to come first).

[jod]

Ideally we would have had the old systems brought back first but we dont know how hard it is to implement each new system compared to the last.

For instance if you are building a new house it would be great to have the pool you had in the last house rather than an extra bedroom and a sauna that you didnt have.
But lets say the pool is needing extra plumbing and the plumber is busy putting the bathroom and toilets back in or the pool area needs landscaping and there is still trucks driving all over the block bringing materials so you cant dig the hole yet then why not just get the extra room and the sauna done in the mean time.

For mindforce for example I'm guessing that will it take a fair bit of work in the graphics department for new animations etc and that department is probably flat out in getting other areas up to scratch -unclimbable hills etc- where as the assignment system is done by a different department who's workload is a bit lighter and can get it done now.
I'm all for bringing back the old systems first but unless we know just what is involved in that process then its hard to say if they are doing it in the right order or not.


Still voted for old systems first though.