I think a conversation should happen with development team about an approximate time of completion when goals are agreed on, and that should be communicated loosely.
Everyone knows goals were being met in less than 48 hours. When a goal is put up, someone should be saying “hey man, with ur current work load, is this a 1 month goal or 2 month goal?”. I think our devs are very competent and barring any significant set back such as the recent string of hackers, that a loose timeline could be kept and communicated.
A larger issue is when a goal say “will expand upon this when goal is met”, and 3 months later there really hasn’t been any true expansion. The communication has speculated and ideas have been given, but nothing official.
Again, I understand our devs are working hard, working for free, and have a shit ton on their plate. It’s a stressful job. But it’s not unreasonable to ask for communication.
McDili May have set a trend with very obtainable goals that came out almost every month after goal was met. So where this isn’t a hard rule, any community member who’s played or started playing during the last year or so has come to expect it. The load screen still shows patch notes from February on them. When vehicles were discounted, they never were mentioned in patch notes either.
Rex as of late has done a great job talking about some things that are coming out. I’m glad to see the work they have put in is finally coming to be used.