Bring Back The Design Discussion Forum

[Alien]

And call it the Design Discussion Group.
Obviously you can't include everyone.
Don't limit it to Youtubers and streamers and those in your content creator's program (or whatever you call it), in fact I'd recommend not having ANY content creators in this design discussion group at all.
And don't include those who would only praise you, as you can't be sure they'd be 100% honest.
Also don't include anyone who asks to be in it, and don't include anyone who won't sign an NDA.

This would help prevent messes like the genetic sampling mini-game from ever being in the game, or at the very least help refine the design to not be annoying.
There's probably a list of things that could have been refined and improved if you still had or brought back a design discussion group.
It's fair to say you probably should never have discontinued the DDF in the first place.

I hope I'm not wasting my time typing this out as I have had it proven to me by the Community Management Team that they don't read the suggestions section. I'm always happy to be wrong.

 

[Lugh]

the problems with odyssey like with all the past flubs elite has had isn't because the devs working on it don't know what they are doing or need to be told the scanning mini game isn't good. Its because the higher ups at FDEV want to push a product so rather than something small tailored to the player base, with quality and a bit of depth you get a 2 inch lake that makes for good trailers and marketing.