I have to agree on the absolute silence. It is not even just the silence on an update or the DLC. I always just imagined an update would come with a new DLC, and it certainly will at some point. But the silence really does have me wondering about future support for the game/ where is it heading. I, like most people, do not need a detailed outline of all future plans, I mean, at this point I would take a few dev posts on minor things across the forums to show we are still here.
Speaking of Dev Posts....
You used to see Dev posts on a variety of subjects. They always ignored ones such as these(for obvious reasons), but often replied to thank you's, new to the zoos, questions, and calls for help. To me the most frustrating (and telling) thing is the lack of communication on the forums regarding people asking for help. For example, in the past when people would post things such as "protesters protest nothing" a developer would chime in and offer help or say to send a save file in. Now, in that very same topic, luuknord is the only one asking for the file to be sent in. Or Planet Zoo crashing threads would be commented on. Now it's NL_Mutso giving help. Developers used to reply to New to the Zoo posts with welcomes and hope you enjoy the game. Not anymore. The absolute silence is what leaves me questioning the future for the game. I can't find one Dev post since before July.
And for those chiming in on the pandemic and patience is needed. I agree to some degree for the DLC and Update, those would be rather difficult to complete on time. In the midst of this pandemic there are more important things than churning out video game updates, and those could easily be delayed, but Frontier has really brought this on themselves by refusing any communication. I think 90% of this thread would stop being as frustrated if there was a simple post regarding a delay.
Still, you would figure a pandemic would lead to an increase in customer/developer dialogue as it is an area that can easily work in such an atmosphere, but the lack of any communication (not just surrounding DLC and Update) is a bit odd during a pandemic. I hope it is silence leading up to something they believe will be an incredible update and DLC and not a sign of things to come for the game as support dies down quicker than expected.
Speaking of Dev Posts....
You used to see Dev posts on a variety of subjects. They always ignored ones such as these(for obvious reasons), but often replied to thank you's, new to the zoos, questions, and calls for help. To me the most frustrating (and telling) thing is the lack of communication on the forums regarding people asking for help. For example, in the past when people would post things such as "protesters protest nothing" a developer would chime in and offer help or say to send a save file in. Now, in that very same topic, luuknord is the only one asking for the file to be sent in. Or Planet Zoo crashing threads would be commented on. Now it's NL_Mutso giving help. Developers used to reply to New to the Zoo posts with welcomes and hope you enjoy the game. Not anymore. The absolute silence is what leaves me questioning the future for the game. I can't find one Dev post since before July.
And for those chiming in on the pandemic and patience is needed. I agree to some degree for the DLC and Update, those would be rather difficult to complete on time. In the midst of this pandemic there are more important things than churning out video game updates, and those could easily be delayed, but Frontier has really brought this on themselves by refusing any communication. I think 90% of this thread would stop being as frustrated if there was a simple post regarding a delay.
Still, you would figure a pandemic would lead to an increase in customer/developer dialogue as it is an area that can easily work in such an atmosphere, but the lack of any communication (not just surrounding DLC and Update) is a bit odd during a pandemic. I hope it is silence leading up to something they believe will be an incredible update and DLC and not a sign of things to come for the game as support dies down quicker than expected.