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I'd like to see Icstor try the SS route just for one update simply to see how that plays out , the main reason being Icstor rarely communicates so having only one progress bar in some cases is misleading maybe splitting them into sections likeIn the end there's probably no right way to do it. If you give a date and miss it, people will complain that you've missed it, if you calculate too much time, people will complain right away why they should wait this long, if you don't give any date at all, like DC from SS, people will complain why there's no date and if you provide progress trackers, they'll complain about the content of those and why item x takes this long. I'd guess as soon as one has got a huge playerbase there's no real way to avoid complaints. Somebody will always be salty for one reason or the other. I personally haven't really figured out which way actually causes the least drama.
-Coding
-Writing
-Rendering
-Bug Fixes
-Caroline Ovr Content
-Celia Ovr Content
-Neighbor Ovr Content
Will say a lot more than Icstor actually does, now obviously that method isn't perfect but coming from a Dev that doesn't say much as often, actions speak louder than words. When you give definite release periods and make promises that's neither good for the dev or the consumer what that does is raise hype while also in parallel raise potential disappointment. For the Dev should things not go as planned when the release date pushes closer you work yourself harder than your health can take to meet the deadline we found out this with BioWares DAI and many other titles, I wouldn't be surprised if that played a part in Icstor health decline.
Now everyone is different and everyone has different preferences me personaly I never had a problem with SS method DC gives news every few weeks plus with the progress bar you're not confused about what's being worked on. So I'll leave this post with one final question, would you rather a dev not communicate a lot and not show what's actively being worked on or would you still be fine with that dev still be radio silent but show you how the progress is going in different categories?