Update ideas: What do you want to see in every update?

Voted for the Q&A, perhaps it build answers, and the shape of the game towards ideas brought upon them with questions.

And if not Q&A perhaps information brought on by the community. By talking about changes and what to expect without going into much details. This is how development updates come to us that plays for example Overwatch. A very great way to interact and to build up speculations and theories, ideas and to actually know something is going on.

I voted for Q&A, mostly because I feel like I wont get to spoiled from that. I also understand that having a Q&A every update is kinda pointless due to the fact that when IGA goes to an event and gets interviewed we get the new info from there as well. It still would be nice to have everything in an update, but I shouldn't get to greedy and ruin to much for myself in spoilers.

While being true, I believe fans are in most cases better to actually bring good questions.

It is very rare that "random" interviewers really invest much time into whoever they are about to talk to.

For example, have people asked about the engine? The different tiers? The soundtrack? Or given a question which would be a reaponse: "Never though of that, that is indeed a very good question".

I think we can make a change (for the better). If we speak out, keep it constructive and ask questions with thought, a Q&A can go very far in terms of being satisfied.

Sorry for spelling. On slow phone

There is so much we still don't know about the game that I think there is a lot of material they could put into updates that would go a long way towards informing the backer base and keeping them content:

-Concept Art and Game Assets: Weapon designs, Monster designs, Character designs, Location designs. They have so many options here and they could still leave plenty of stuff hidden for the final game. It also offers opportunities for voting if the devs want to involve the backers or legit can't choose between two+ options for something in particular.

-New Screenshots: I don't think you need many but a few new screenshots per update, especially of parts of the castle we hadn't seen yet, could generate a lot of conversation.

-Short Gameplay Videos: I think all the ones shown off, even the ones with blank backgrounds, have been appreciated as long as they showed off something/anything new.

-Gameplay Info: There are a lot of gameplay systems we are still in the dark about. Just going by things were already know due to the demo, maybe more info on the shard system could be shared? We still have no idea what a few of them do.

-Characters and Narrative Insight: I feel there is a lot you could talk about here without spoiling much of significance. Presently, the world of the game feels pretty small. We started the campaign learning about 3 characters and then a month or so after the campaign we were introduced to Zangetsu. Over a year later and we've learned of nobody else. No way this game only has 4 named characters of significance. I doubt there are tons more of the left to reveal but I'd like to see a few more of them already

Obviously you wouldn't see all of the above each update but those are the types of things I'd like to see across the updates and I think that the most recent update lacked all of those is why many felt kind of "meh" about it. I'd also be in support of Q&A sessions though I figure those would take more time to produce/record and have diminishing results if the above aren't happening too?

I just want to know once and for all who the playable characters are... and will we NEED to be them for parts of the story, or will they be interchangeable and will appear when/if they're needed.

not looking for the"extra" playable character just looking for the playable characters in the KS campaign, they promised three playable characters... one is Miriam... people assume Johannes is the second and the third, many people say is Zangetsu... but he has never actually confirmed any of that. I just want confirmation, is all...

I do like the forum question thing too though...

That's actually my intention. =)

I intentionally set it so that you can vote only one choice. This way, we know what everyone want most.

I voted for the screenshot though. And it seems like we're losing to the Q&A. T_T

The funny thing is the most obvious answer to me is concept art.

Why?

You get a look into what things will look like without getting spoiled by seeing the real deal. They produce so much art that it seems like the best way to keep people happy without sharing too much actual content.

Even though one wins, you still have the other 2 more higher requests. A combination out of those three "most" requested would be the best solution. Even though I enjoy Q&A, I understand the effort in making those videos.

If a concept art is shown, it could be a part of an area update, a monster update. Perhaps even focus on just one enemy, giving us lore and a "from concept to game results". Pictures and blog so to speak.

Other thing to reflect upon is that all these should really be part of the updates no matter how you see it, if you want to satisfy the fans. The top most voted requests are those I would put more effort to, but not exclusivly.

Edit: Different updates makes it better. Keeps the flow going.