Some thoughts on improvements to the game

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Originally Posted by Dragar

I don't think it ever hurts to put ideas up, whether or not they are implemented. First rule of brainstorming is not to stifle any ideas, no matter how impractical they seem. If 100 ideas are put forward and out of them 1 great one is picked up and implemented by someone, then they are all worthwhile.

Or alternatively, the 99 poorly thought out/unfeasible ideas more or less bound to bear no fruit act as noise to drown out the one good idea. It's completely possible for those coming up with ideas to at least partially filter the useless stuff themselves, even if they aren't going to actually do any of it (god forbid). At least then there would be less noise.

As an example, I fill a productive role here. I am far less likely to catch that one good idea (a mythical beast) which is better than any ideas I personally have (or I wouldn't work on it, obviously) if it comes from the source of 99 previous useless ideas.

Bottom line is coming up with ideas (even good, well thought out ones) is much, much easier than actually realising them. I know people don't want to hear that, but it's true. On top of that the people who are actually productive seem to have /better/ ideas in the first place, since they actually know what can be done. If I'm out of ideas for mods I know who I'll ask first - they're all modders.