It's a tricky situation for Larian to balance in some respects. For example, what would the community response be if they said "we are happy with the party control/movement mechanics", given how it has basically been almost universally lambasted in these forums?
I don't know. Of course, I hope that Larian is not happy with this particular example you took, but it might happen on something else. Similarly, it may be, at some point, that something isn't worth fixing/improving for them, even though they don't like how it is. Extra Credits had a whole
video about it at some point. I think that in such cases, it would still be better for Larian to explain their position (be it liking a widely loathed system, or fixing not being a good business decision). My guess is that the community response will be negative anyway, if the widely-reported problem P persists, and no explanation is given, but it might be a bit less so if an explanation is provided.
It's actually been something that has made my own experience of trying to "make sense" of the game pretty difficult. Without knowing what's considered complete or working as intended, what's being worked on, and a vague idea of what's in store how do you even begin to create a holistic view of the state of the game? It has the dual effect of potentially hiding certain problems and also amplifying others because it's unclear if they even recognize them as being so.
Precisely. That's what many people are saying when posting feedback reports, big or small. Like, in the first place, shall I file this in the Feedback & Suggestion forum or in the Technical & Gameplay Problems forum ?
What is the goal of an EA if it's not talking with players ? Take the money and have free bug seekers ?
Well, one goal
is money. David Walgrave was very open about it in the "Bless interview" (Wireframe). Then, they already collect of indirect player feedback through the data. They read direct player feedback too. Which includes bug reports. So there's definitely money and bugs. They're also taking the temperature, seeing how various things are received. But they could make the "reading player feedback" part a lot better for everyone.
