you mean incredibly slow at updating and releasing content that doesn't make sense story wise compared to what existed before?
Most of us have already accepted that this dev has lost all direction and doesn't care anymore.
I think that's the problem, the people who pay this guy money have to be mentally challenged if this is where we ended up listening to them. I have a hard time believing that's the reason the games quality has degraded so much. I think it's just the dev.
Well, that is a general problem. Humans in aggregate numbers tend to behave like idiots, no matter the scenario. Here in this case, the dev listening to them made the situation worse. And it is not only him. We have many games, books, stuff here on F95 or elsewhere, where patron influence can be good, but mostly is adverse.
For instance, the patrons were allowed to vote on clothes choices in games like e.g. AWAM or Misfits and consistently chose the definite worst options, no matter personal tastes, the worst. Like the romper suit of the MC of AWAM to a rock concert.
And I know of a popular TTRPG, where the head developer listened to the fanboys so much, it lost any general appeal for the wider public.
Yes, you should listen to the ideas or woes of your patrons, but you need a vision yourself of what should be the endresult.
