Not to be (always) the party pooper but I want to oppose the ongoing agreement that even just a couple of teases on twitter and some generic "We are working really hard on cool things" would be enough. Frankly that wouldn't be particularly different from what we are getting now. And having frequent and regular but ultimately hollow statements from the studio wouldn't really be a meaningful improvement.
What I'd like to see is clear statements about their short, mid and long terms goals. Nothing too detailed, frankly. I wouldn't be asking for minute weekly reports on every single bugfix or anything of that sort. Frankly even an update every three months (or more) would be perfectly fine as long as we can have a honest insight on what's being worked on, as far as I'm concerned.
This. As far as I see it, the biggest problem I see with the way Larian studios conduct themselves is the very long silence. Look at this topic for instance. If you go to page 2 you will see a comment I made in November (!) where I was fairly optimistic and outright antagonistic towards the guy who opened this topic for being impatient. fast forward six months and his impatience don't seem so exaggerated anymore. Even if I would say Larian did occasionally communicated, they did it in a very unhelpful way, and honestly, it is somewhat even more upsetting that you wait a few months for a big list of statistic anecdotes that tell you nothing about the development process.
If Larian will reveal some of their roadmap maybe some people will lose interest when they'll discover some of their desired changes ain't gonna happen. But if they'll keep doing what they're doing, eventually people will grow bitter and annoyed. And this goes back to my previous comment to the Composer. If you treat your community like that, don't be surprised when people start to be upset and unpleasant.
