Seriously as a nod of good faith restored to the PC community. Arma 3 when first released (also in a shabby state) realized the value of their Modding community and created a contest called Make Arma not War -thereby offered up to a half million dollars in cash for:
Best Overhaul Mod: Winner (was RHS mod) received $200,000
Best Single Player Missions 3 prizes totaling $50,000
Best MultiPlayer Missions 3 Prizes totaling $50,000
Best Addons totaling $100,000
Best Health Care Mod -they somehow tied this series into real world peacekeeping efforts
Link: http://makearmanotwar.com/winners
So why not you Taleworlds? Your in a similar boat as Bohemia, a once niche revolutionary type game category that had a deep committment to its base which returned with huge favors like Prophecy of Pendor and so many other mods which helped sell your game. Arma 2 was dead in the water at one point until an unknown community member named Rocket created DaYZ mod. That one little mod created a firestorm of millions upon millions of Arma 2 late sales out of nowhere. The owners were shocked ...and grateful. They realized the power of their community and rewarded them.
Your original PC base community here on the other hand? Feel like that 7 years long suggestion list was just outright ignored, rolled up into a joint and smoked away with careless disregard. I dont think ive ever seen that lackluster a response to a really really spirited and well meaning suggestion thread in my life -it bordered on outright contempt.
So why not change that ill will now? Maybe you dont believe that its true or you just flat out dont care. I think its safe to say not only is the community now relying on mods -but so are you for long term interest in your product. But maybe think about returning some tokens of good faith and goodwill.
Best Overhaul Mod: Winner (was RHS mod) received $200,000
Best Single Player Missions 3 prizes totaling $50,000
Best MultiPlayer Missions 3 Prizes totaling $50,000
Best Addons totaling $100,000
Best Health Care Mod -they somehow tied this series into real world peacekeeping efforts
Link: http://makearmanotwar.com/winners
So why not you Taleworlds? Your in a similar boat as Bohemia, a once niche revolutionary type game category that had a deep committment to its base which returned with huge favors like Prophecy of Pendor and so many other mods which helped sell your game. Arma 2 was dead in the water at one point until an unknown community member named Rocket created DaYZ mod. That one little mod created a firestorm of millions upon millions of Arma 2 late sales out of nowhere. The owners were shocked ...and grateful. They realized the power of their community and rewarded them.
Your original PC base community here on the other hand? Feel like that 7 years long suggestion list was just outright ignored, rolled up into a joint and smoked away with careless disregard. I dont think ive ever seen that lackluster a response to a really really spirited and well meaning suggestion thread in my life -it bordered on outright contempt.
So why not change that ill will now? Maybe you dont believe that its true or you just flat out dont care. I think its safe to say not only is the community now relying on mods -but so are you for long term interest in your product. But maybe think about returning some tokens of good faith and goodwill.
they took that one back.
