[Poll] On Forum User Suggestion Implementation Expectations

[GetNerfedOn]

On break from review and i became curious

Discuss and vote i g

[Frashaw27]

I never really expect my ideas to really be considered for implementation, but I find that it is one of the ways I like engaging with the community the most. But hey, maybe the next one will be considered

[ChintzyGnat]

Said moles shouldn't activate webbing like depthworms and it got added

[Uedo]

Only answering cause I clicked other. I don't think I really make suggestions, just things i'd like to see with no expectation. I don't think/care about Klei implementing anything i've said. 

I guess you could make the argument i'm literally suggesting things to be added, but I'd say every genuine suggestion would carry the expectation that it could/should be listened to. As long as it's fun, i'm not really fussed.

[Jakepeng99]

There are three times i remember them adding random suggestions that wasnt a big widespread shared opinion/idea, or a fix to something:

 

• Me! The Wurt skill tree affinity merms seem to have been based of the merms in my skill tree (they have the same abilities, shadow makes an identical copy upon death, lunar has damage reflection), not a coincidence. I think this is the biggest one, especially since it proves they do read our suggestion posts, even the big skilltree ones.
• Varient suggesting to make the hardwood helmet immune to earthquakes. Nice change.
• Varient suggesting to add hound eating animations. Great overdue change. 

There is 100% more, but i can't confirm much else. I know Willow has skills that may have inspiration? Freddo films video suggested making Willow deal more damage to on fire mobs, and Willow having mana was apparently a common idea. There is also a lot of art stuff all over the place, like changing shadow merms art. Do you guys know any other examples?

[abrocator]

I am 30% sure that my suggestion was the spark of something else. So it seems that the devs are some real lurkers.

[chirsg]

A few of my suggestions and ideas have made it into the game. But not one of my skins suggestions have, which is perplexing. Literally, just rip the sprites out from hamlet's topiary walls to put on hay walls and that's literally free money. Why keli??????? WHY?

[Frosty_Mentos]

Sometimes they do get suggested, but if they are not thematic or relevant in the current update they happen a year or more later. Game been getting a lot of QoL works over so many years that it's become quite a good and exciting game to play and keep playing for longer.

Klei been doing a decent job with the reception.

[Ridley]

I suggest things because I am identifying a perceived problem and what I think would help that. My expectation is that Klei knows better when it comes to changing the game but is receptive to feedback.

[Mysterious box]

2 hours ago, Jakepeng99 said:

There are three times i remember them adding random suggestions that wasnt a big widespread shared opinion/idea, or a fix to something:

 

• Me! The Wurt skill tree affinity merms seem to have been based of the merms in my skill tree (they have the same abilities, shadow makes an identical copy upon death, lunar has damage reflection), not a coincidence. I think this is the biggest one, especially since it proves they do read our suggestion posts, even the big skilltree ones.
• Varient suggesting to make the hardwood helmet immune to earthquakes. Nice change.
• Varient suggesting to add hound eating animations. Great overdue change. 

There is 100% more, but i can't confirm much else. I know Willow has skills that may have inspiration? Freddo films video suggested making Willow deal more damage to on fire mobs, and Willow having mana was apparently a common idea. There is also a lot of art stuff all over the place, like changing shadow merms art. Do you guys know any other examples?

Really despite how people viewed it most of Wurt's skill tree was based on community ideas in general even if they all weren't implemented in the way people expected.

[Jakepeng99]

4 minutes ago, Mysterious box said:

Really despite how people viewed it most of Wurt's skill tree was based on community ideas in general even if they all weren't implemented in the way people expected.

Yeah. Though the alignments were really exact.

[Evelo]

I really don't expect suggestions to be put into game unless it is a real issue. I, along with others were extremely vocal with Wormwood's skillset. My personal biggest issue was having two separate starting points as opposed to one as it really soured the experience. They took that as well as a lot of other feedback with his skillset abilities that other people mentioned. Lastly they also changed it so Bramble Traps don't damage walls anymore which I think I might have been the only person in the world to actually care about. (Probably wrong though)

So while I don't expect a lot of feedback to make it into the game, I am glad Klei does listen and change things that they feel would benefit the community the most.

"Players are excellent at finding issues but terrible at giving solutions." - Someone some time at some point.

[loopuleasa]

Ideas are cheap and a dime a dozen

Implementation and execution is expensive

[GetNerfedOn]

I had a strong sense of deja vu and remembered i suggested this in my 

well to be fair refuelable lazy forager was a very popular suggestion from 2019-2022
but lmao i'm goign to take fractional credit and also say that "they even take suggestions from joke posts"

[Dr. Safety]

The devs 100% get ideas from the forums, which is really cool for a game with DST's popularity. I've had a fair share of stuff make it to the game, whether it be directly or just a vague resemblance of an idea.

For Maxwell's rework, I suggested giving Maxwell a unique interaction with dark sword and night armor that buff his duelists, since previously he was no better at using those than anyone else and his duelists were bad. They implemented something similar

As far as directly, I had a skin that I suggested make it in. This is probably what I'm most proud of:

[lowercase skye]

koi fish my beloved