Entirely consistent about my desire for a larger party! Live fact check, I'm ready! hehe
I think it's somewhat unfortunate that NDA's have to exist and that they couldn't have introduced us to any of their spectacular performers until after the Full Release.
It would have made such a difference during EA when there were these long boring stretches for months on end with nothing much new and that feeling like 'ok is this game even happening anymore?' I mean there's playing and there's feedback, but seeing it take off like a rocket at launch was something else entirely. I could have used more of that from the getgo for sure.
The Panels from Hell were all like devs and designers playing at being entertainers, when they had Dev and actual entertainers, who are really incredibly entertaining, just held in reserve?
The whole nascent community that grew up post launch around that could have been cracking off a lot Earlier I think, and that might have lent the whole experience a bit more of those happy days vibes. Maybe it would have felt too forced in that case, hard to say, but I suspect it would granted the Early Access a more meaningful sense of 'access.' Like as if we were getting the backstage pass on that or something. I suppose in the end they still managed to peak at the right time, but it would have been fun to ascend a bit sooner.
