Suggestions/Ideas of forum users implemented in the game?

Conan1976

@Teeceezy @Shteevie

NG gives us this forum to talk about the game, give feedback on updates and make suggestions to improve the game.

Would it be possible for NG to give us some examples of suggestions / ideas of forum users that heve really been implemented in the game as it is today?

That would be really cool, and give huge satisfaction to those NLM players that like to play the game and help improve it!

Hope you can throw us a bone!

TheLostOnes

Good idea.

I know that a lot of @Guapo 's suggestions have been adopted but it would be interesting to hear examples of forum users changing things for the better.

Oh, and obviously there are @Putchuco 's two infamous suggestions but let's not go there today.

DLich

There was a competition to name the "pink" survivors. I've seen the name chosen by NG every now and again mentioned in game.

@Monsuta somewhere mentioned a flare gun. That was introduced into the game.

And a long long time ago players recommended being able to upgrade survivors beyond their "max" level. That was introduced.

Oh and free badge swap every now and again.

I feel like I'm missing something maybe.

dandancar77

making the gameplay speed button remember regular speed or faster speed was a suggestion of ours implemented.

Governator

I would think fixing the superhero Freemen buff and the Hospital Nerf would count. There was a huge uproar to fix those things.

Troublemaker

Timer removal this week can be included in @DLich 's list.

TransmuteJun

There was a thread on how to fix the Distance. I suggested a lowered gas cost, such as 1 gas per mission. That was implemented the following weekend as an 'experiment' and happened again this week. Not permanent though.

TheLostOnes

Removal of auto-center.

Japes87

Scout swift strike fix .. after 8 months and several videos directly to NG devs on 4 different chat platforms , change takes patience in the apocalypse. I hope the challenge grind will be next for the brave soldiers still left

paintbeast

Japes87 said:

...change takes patience in the apocalypse.

They already have the coding in the game to put a band-aid fix on the challenge grind until they decide on a permanent solution. Instead, they give us little one week teasers of how things could be better.

I get that not everyone was thrilled with the ultimate challenge, but it feels like NG threw the baby out with the bath water. They could have taken the feedback and made tweaks to the new format that would appease those that felt "alienated". Instead, they alienated the other end of their player base by going completely back to the old format and are losing long time players because of it.

crambert_nec

A few people cried about Wrestler on the forum so NG nerfed it. Does that count?

jester

http://forums.nextgames.com/walkingdead/discussion/8096/improving-scouts

Jenng

There has been many mention of the addiction problems our survivors had, they were struggling without carol’s wolf mask to be presentable in this new world. They. Were. Fugly.

Now , we’ve been blessed with the old is the new non meth. Senior citizens everywhere! Stock up on the Metamucil erbody!

TheLostOnes

Maybe this one?

> @DLich said:
> Watch on update 3.0 there will be a bundle special weapon crossbow that makes no sound (like a melee weapon) and 3 perfect traits. It’ll sell for $29.99 along with 100 Daryl tokens, 100 hunter tokens, 1000 gold and 2500 TG’s

JayZ

So not to toot my own horn, but NG has actually implemented a fair amount of my suggestions (or at least done something close to what I've suggested)
- I proposed the format that eventually turned into challenge 2.0 [link]
- After the supplies for TG trade was nixed, I first proposed supplies for gear [link]
- After the horrible survivor rebalance, NG updated the scaling of survivor and weapon values to be more in line with walker increases [link... so close to 100 awesomes]

NG has made other quality of life improvements suggested by the forums (see the many posts above). Some other things they've adopted include:
- Survivor class buttons in mission select screen (remember when that wasn't a thing?!)
- Trait suggestions for weapons bundles
- Ultimate Challenge (RIP) and 3 round pass formats (also RIP)

NG has shown a willingness to listen, engage, and adapt in the past, which I really appreciate. I'm a little concerned about their silence on the forums recently (as noted by @WeekOne). I really hope that discussions with players continue to be held, and the game continues to evolve for the better. Please bring us another quality of life update!

Steinar

Even though it was not a direct suggestion for the game, NG has implemented a suggestion of mine lately.

There is now an area in the forum for the German community.
For all German-speaking players who don't speak English, this is a great help.

JayZ

Hi @Timboski, are you back to disagree with my posts for no reason? I’ve missed your petty disagrees. Welcome back mate!

MadPuppy

No longer receive Gas as a reward while under the effect of a Gas Booster

ATLAS-Z

A million years ago I suggested that they increase the movement of scouts.

Shortly after they did. Coincidence? Perhaps. But I my mind I take credit for that gem.

DLich

When NG announced they were changing the way luck stac'd which can be found here and I called in advance the change they were going to be making here that it would be a percentage of a percentage.

Now I don't want to take credit for the luck nerf of 2016. That was something they advised they were going to do. I simply called what they were planning to change before they officially announced it

TransmuteJun

I just realized something that I should mention. When the supplies for gear/crates was first implemented, it came with an influence restriction. I asked a number of times for this restriction to be removed, and eventually it was. I am still grateful to be able to participate in the supplies exchanges. Thank you again, NG!

TJS

There were many requests for more ingame news.

This has been highly improved and much appreciated. Specially by those who aren't on the forum. I try to tell my guild members what's going on and keep them up to date but I sometimes forget things (or I'm away) so this is a great improvement and I hope it improves more.

Treserious

Jenng said:

There has been many mention of the addiction problems our survivors had, they were struggling without carol’s wolf mask to be presentable in this new world. They. Were. Fugly.

Now , we’ve been blessed with the old is the new non meth. Senior citizens everywhere! Stock up on the Metamucil erbody!

yeah, seems they took out the really meth addict looking survivor skins out of rotation, was that due to my commentary? I mentioned it once or twice. lol.

Rouvinator

Golden girls instead of meth Heads

zeeblack

Removal of limit on gas earned during missions, received as gifts and bought in the store for trading goods.

MattOfEarth

Great thread.

It was once a constant complaint about the ridiculous grind, and NG addressed that issue by implementing the Ultimate Challenge, and 3 level per Round Pass...

...oh...

DBones

Remember when they sped up the opening of crates? I seem to recall somebody suggesting that on the forum before it was implemented, but that was a long time ago, and alcohol prevents my long-term memory from maintaining accuracy, so I could be imagining the forum influence on that [wise] decision.