Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31780004-20180504013557

Hi! In case you're new and you don't know who I am, I'm a somewhat veteran-ish user who spends a lot of time on the suggestion and general discussion bored. I've been playing R2D since the earlier days of the first game's release.

Until about five months ago, I used to make suggestions about 1-3 times a week, and on average I generally got around 3-30 kudos. Recently, though, as I was blocked twice for long periods, my views of the suggestion board have changed considerably.

Here are 5 reasons why I strongly believe the current suggestion board system needs a change.

1. Poor Chance of Acceptance

I understand that PR is a busy man, and that he can't spend all of his time checking out our suggestions. However, it really irks me that because of this, 99% of suggestions are ignored. Some amazing suggestions have been made such as ROLVeBloxxer's MP5 and AnActuallyGoodBalancingSystem's XM8. Each suggestion had over 100 kudos, and despite this, PR has not formally acknowledged them. However, some suggestions can receive considerably less support and attention, yet PR will comment on them or even add them. I have nothing against anyone who is lucky enough for such a rare occurence, but I really think that it's rather unfair!

2. Balancing

I absolutely hate it when something is balanced, but one stat makes it lose support because something is "overpowered." For Christ's sake, we have the M249, Spas, and the Barrett! Even the starter gun, the Steyr M, can efficiently deal decent damage to Brutes! If you ask me, it's pretty dumb to put down a suggestion unless it is unbalanced beyond reason.

3. Attention

I hate it when suggestions are pushed out of the "Forum Activity" list because of shitposts. Sure, I get that sometimes those posts are funny or creative. However, a lot of them are dumb, immature, or low-effort posts. It's very annoying to work hard on a suggestion, only to receive minimal attention thanks to someone else's shitpost. Just a few weeks ago, I made about five suggestions in a row. One got a lot of attention and almost 50 kudos, while the others were almost completely ignored. All of these suggestions were meant to address several issues with the game, but I guess that's less important to you guys than some dumb PR fanfic or a few sentences with no grammar.

4. Bias

I have nothing against Sanquo. He's a great guy, and I like his suggestions. He's a master, with almost all of his suggestions having 30-55 kudos on average. A lot of his suggestions get added, too. It's painful to write a suggestion that gets just as much support or even more, and to be completely ignored by PR or another developer.

5. Repeated Suggestions

I don't like when people suggest things that have already been suggested before. It's often an honest mistake, though - the user who does it is generally new or hasn't been on for a while. I'm fine with the fact that they did it- after all, everyone's done it at some point. What angers me, however, is that a lot of repeated suggestions can be just as good as the original and get more or less support and attention than the original. There's somebody out there who put a lot of effort into the first suggestion. When someone makes one just like it later on, people will react differently. They may support it more, which can be rather disappointing to the original suggestion writer. Or, they can support it less. It's still an issue, considering they wrote the same thing or even something better, and not get much attention. This like this are really frustrating!

Anyways, that's my current opinion on the suggestion board. Thanks for your time (unless you didn't read it lol). I hope you'll understand and push for change. 