NQ-Naunet

This is a really intuitive idea, Regnatus!

You have no need to apologize for your English here, lietomee. You're very clear. Very cool idea!

Very cool idea! Thank you for sharing.

Excellent suggestions - I'll see what I can do re: tags & lists. While it may not be a warm & fuzzy experience, carefully considering critical feedback is a welcome part of my job. I like knowing exactly where everyone stands!

You raise a great point in favor of keeping the Idea Box. Being able to discuss ideas at length is often critical for their development. Do you have any thoughts to help revitalize the Idea Box, here? Anything missing that you'd like to see included in a future iteration?

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Thank you for the suggestion! Nice to meet you!

This is great, thank you for providing me with more details! I love a good Reddit AMA myself, so I completely understand the appeal of that format. The interactivity feels really good, the visibility gives your question a fair shot at being answered, and - I totally agree - it's very info-rich.

I will be handling the EN sections of this forum. The DE & FR spaces have/will have their own dedicated resources. I understand that it can be frustrating when you feel you're not being understood. Having said that, being a volunteer moderator can be a rather trying position at the best of times, so let's give them the benefit of the doubt as often as possible. Even native English speakers frequently "forget how to words" when burned out! What I can do is promise you that I will do my very best to read, re-read and read again when it comes to any and all disputes! I'll ask questions to suss out tone if I need clarification, and - fun fact - nuance is my middle name! (Okay, that last part isn't true... but you get my point.) ? All teasing aside, I'm going to do my very best to ensure you feel supported, understood and feeling good!

I'm already feeling the love, Hazard. ❤️

I'm about to head out for dinner, but I wanted to extend a big "thank you" to everyone that has commented so far. Your willingness to read my rambles and participate in earnest means a lot. I look forward to speaking with all of you more often! Until tomorrow, folks. ?

This is really good to know, blaze! I'm going to do some research, there.

The UI does leave something to be desired, doesn't it? Right, I really like your suggested direction for feedback here on the forums! I've added your "Upcoming Feature Discussion" idea to my notes.

Heh, I'm nothing if not enthusiastic! Thanks for the warm welcome! Awesome - I really appreciate you sharing your thoughts about the loose proposal so far! Keep in mind that nothing is set in stone, here. We can always pivot, though I do feel that restructuring the forums from a functionality standpoint is a worthy endeavor. (As I have already mentioned in a couple of other replies, I want to reassure all of you about the ways in which the community team spends their time; my role as a Community Manager is to maintain and grow spaces like these, which is why I have taken on the forum overhaul as a project. Fortunately, I don't have to do it alone! NQ-Naerais and I split our duties to ensure more even coverage.) ? I LOVE this. I love it. Excellent suggestion, and I could not agree more - helping new Noveans navigate DU is critical. We're definitely on the same wavelength! Hopefully, as forumers see me around more frequently, their confidence in delivering feedback will be restored. I will do my absolute best! Whoops, I sure didn't mean for my sign-off to sound flippant! My intention was to finish the post the way it started - with a vaguely astronaut-related reference. I'm certainly not looking for any quick wins! ❤️ You've given me a lot of great food for thought, so thank you very much.

I believe the "Idea Box" section of the forums can be phased out, as players seem to enjoy the DU Feature Upvote page more. Ahh, yes. That's where I come in! The community team is growing, meaning there will be more coverage for our various community spaces. ? You'll be seeing a lot more of us (me!) around here going forward. Discord and Twitter are excellent for fast-paced chatting and quick updates, that's true. Forums, for me, have always been reliable places for players to go for things like: deeper relationship building, wiki-style resources, and more long-standing showcases of in-game creations and the like. That's the purpose I'd like them to serve for DU! Totally agreed. Communicating like this - responding directly to players - should happen on a more consistent basis. I hope to make that happen for you! (But I also hope you'll come and watch me stream in the future.) Absolutely! I aim to tackle the functionality first and foremost. (The new theme will be a bonus!) Thank you for sharing!! I really appreciate your engagement.

Super valid! For now, your best bets regarding consistent game updates are: The community newsletter! Discord's #announcements & #release-notes channels (which I know you're already part of - this is mostly for anybody else reading that may not know... ) This thread, frequently updated by NQ-Nomad whenever something new pops up! Last but not least, this roadmap: Having said that, I do want to let you know that both the community and marketing team are assembling this week to talk about communication. Stay tuned - perhaps we'll be able to provide you with updates that better suit your needs. We're really glad to hear that the last Reddit AMA was useful to you! 1. What specifically did you like about the Reddit AMA format compared to our other social channels? 2. Were there any key team members missing, in your opinion? 3. That leads me to: who would you most like to hear from next? ❤️ This is a biggie, we agree. For this, I think you'll just have to keep your eyes peeled - as I get ramped up in each of DU's community spaces, I invite you to watch closely and make sure I'm interacting the way you and your fellow players need and deserve! (I will add that, occasionally, we may not be able to delve into as much detail as our players desire... but that definitely doesn't mean we don't value transparency as an organization. Managing expectations is critical to the heath and happiness of everyone involved in DU - from the NQ devs to all of you.) I think I've got an advantage here, as both a new staffer and player. I'm hoping to bring fresh eyes and a different perspective to the things we surface as a community! Put simply: I'm ready and willing to do the digging it takes to showcase lesser known orgs and celebrate some real diversity within the game. Thank you so much for your feedback on this idea! Your suggestions to combat "same-old-syndrome" are excellent.

Hi!! It's a real pleasure to meet you. I'll be sure to poke you on Discord! Excellent call! I appreciate you weighing in on this. I'd really like to maintain the entire history of DU. This one might take a bit more brainstorming as we go, but it's really good to start noodling it now! Ahhh, yes! That's absolutely something we'll be setting up here. A beta section is long overdue. ? Don't you worry. NQ hired me specifically to help handle community happenings, so the programmers won't be pulled away from their game dev duties! The team is growing. Great points! I'm really keen to highlight some of the lesser-known orgs, so I'm glad to hear we're aligned there. ❤️

Greetings Noveans, This is your newest Community Manager, NQ-Naunet, reporting for duty! ? It’s no secret to all of you that Dual Universe has undergone some changes in recent months; the launch of Beta, an increase in fan-made content appearing across our social channels (bye, bye NDA), and new NQ staff members popping up all over the community... just to name a few! Exciting things are on the horizon for all of us, and we couldn’t be happier about it. The first big mission I propose we tackle together, should you choose to accept it, involves this space right here - the forums. In the interest of keeping things tidier, more useful and fun for everyone, we’ve been thinking about giving this place a bit of a makeover. If that piques your interest, read on to see what we’ve got planned so far. We propose: Cleaning up some older, less relevant pinned posts and limiting future pinned posts to ~5 per topic. Archiving older, pre-Beta material. Creating a dedicated Beta category! Adding an “Innovation Station” space for creators to show off what they’ve been building in-game. Changing the look and feel of the forums with a brand new theme. Implementing an “Organization of the Month” series to highlight some of the amazing things all of you are getting up to together. What we’d like from you is your feedback, as it’s important to us that this place continues to be made for you, by you. Please let us know: Which topics/threads you feel should be preserved! (Tutorials, lore, etc.) What sorts of categories you might like to see! Any theme/styling suggestions you may have. Anything else you think we should know about the forums/our proposal. I’m really looking forward to hearing your thoughts and getting to know all of you a little better. Together, I think we can whip this place into the best shape it’s ever been in! ? ~ NQ Naunet, over and out.