Havn't heard from the devs on the forum in awhile. Anyone heard anything from them on their blog, twitter, email, etc? I know Ron said he was going on vacation on in the Negative Medals thread, but that was like over a month ago.

I see some stuff on Twitter every once in a while. But it's rare lately. I have been wondering the same thing about the dev's. I feel like they have lost interest in this game.

Glad it's not just me wondering. After that epic thread we had about ideas/suggestions, even the easiest ones around tidying up the forum haven't been implemented. Shame

I sent them an email a few days ago asking them to please comment on the whole specialist balance thing. - Even if all they had to say was "We are aware of you're feelings and are looking into it."

Nothing yet.

Have we considered that maybe all the "specialist balance" talk is scaring them away? If I made a game and players thought it needed a COMPLETE rework *cough* topkilla *cough*...

I'd get a bit discouraged!

I think it's just not a profitable game, sadly. I know Noel moved on to another project. Not sure about Ron. But if they're both giving up, can you blame them?

I'm sorry to hear this, I love Subterfuge!

r10t-- wrote:Have we considered that maybe all the "specialist balance" talk is scaring them away? If I made a game and players thought it needed a COMPLETE rework *cough* topkilla *cough*...

I'd get a bit discouraged!

Easy there killer; I'm not the villain here. - Game balance is an extremely delicate process. I don't know of a single multiple game that has been shipped in the last 10 years that has never received a balance update. It takes time for people to figure out what has the highest ROI and to start abusing it. All I've done is attempt to open a discussion on different possible fixes.

HOWEVER: Dev's are free to do as they please. All I did was send them an email suggesting they say something. People are freaking out, a good number of people feel like the game is broken balance-wise (including me), and silence is only makes things worse overall.

I have an idea, everyone make a Twitter account, and tweat Ron and Noels personal accounts. Tell them we love the game, and miss them on the forums. Inspiration for them to return!

Maybe they got back stabbed in their last game so they quit?.