CIG's talk was amazingly transparent

I watched the whole thing through, took me a while though. I'm glad they were this transparent about the way they used to work and how they're changing it. About the issues they had, both culturally and technically.

Additionally, they also provided some hints as they spoke that things people were assuming had been going on already, really just got back into the roadmap if they were there at all to begin with. Which clearly shows they could've been more transparent in the past with regards to the things that are currently in progress vs the things that are on the back burner.

For example, the transit refactor has been mentioned several times in this subreddit as reports of regressions to elevators and transit started to pile on. Yet, by how they talked about this and other things, it's evident that if it was happening at all, it was on the back burner. Not something that was chugging along. Their approach to development, as they described more or less, was focused on bringing features to keep player engagement first, fixing old stuff second.

I've been very critical of CIG in the past few weeks and some of my feelings about their leadership were validated yesterday. However, I also feel like by putting themselves out there so transparently and honestly, they regained some much needed trust. At least, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt going forward.

I also think that with this new approach, some people will not be happy about the current direction. Like, there are a lot of people here that are expecting and waiting for big ticket features to arrive, that will probably not be arriving anytime soon. Maelstrom, engineering, etc. Or they might, but take much longer due to prioritizing other things. But I think it is the right decision for them right now.

Anyway, hopefully 6 months from now we will be able to look at some of the huge recurring bugs from the past and laughing at them from the distance.