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What do people think of Discord integration?
I'm aware that some games ask you to Link your Discord account, and provide various social features and rewards for doing so.
This is a potential way to improve attracting users to the game, and retaining them over time (as well as helping new people get started and find other players.. building community and all that). So I'm considering it.
It looks like it may be a little annoying to implement, but hopefully it's a one-and-done thing. Probably not that time consuming, just a bunch of hoops to jump through.
Still, I'm aware that not everyone is a fan of Discord, and some people became upset at them at few different points over the last couple of years, so I wanted to see how people felt about this?
I'm not necessarily going to follow player sentiment on this, but I'm interested in feedback as part of my decision-making process.
I'm not in any rush to implement this either.. we're buried in projects right now. It's just something I'm considering putting on a longer-term TODO list.
This is a potential way to improve attracting users to the game, and retaining them over time (as well as helping new people get started and find other players.. building community and all that). So I'm considering it.
It looks like it may be a little annoying to implement, but hopefully it's a one-and-done thing. Probably not that time consuming, just a bunch of hoops to jump through.
Still, I'm aware that not everyone is a fan of Discord, and some people became upset at them at few different points over the last couple of years, so I wanted to see how people felt about this?
I'm not necessarily going to follow player sentiment on this, but I'm interested in feedback as part of my decision-making process.
I'm not in any rush to implement this either.. we're buried in projects right now. It's just something I'm considering putting on a longer-term TODO list.
I do not like that some are active on their game account, yet communicate through ch. 100 via discord, identified by their main account handle. It disconnects the pilot from the communication. Not sure there is a remedy or if one is even warranted. It's a functional dislike of mine. A pilot's name and their main account's name is not always readily associated. Anybody else?
Just to clarify, when people request the Verified Pilot role on discord (allows using the relay), they specify what character they wish to be identified as. Occasionally something happens where this name gets lost and the relay uses their discord account name, but it's supposed to be using an actual character name that is displayed in-game.
It may be that I was born in the 20th Century, but my brain does absolutely not comprehend the Discord interface. I’m logged in under h.hornblower._03226, I go to # channel-100, I can read it, cannot chat. Now I know I’m supposed to be verified, fish around here and there, wtf? Anyways, my understanding is discord is a platform created by programmers for programmers. Any required uses will need to account for normies like me.