Dear Developers, could you please be more descriptive with patch notes!

[JaffaCake]

First of all, amazing update and a lot of the issues that personally bothered me were addressed at least to some extent!

 

I understand that writing patch notes and collecting all of the bits and descriptions for the changes is a lot of work and can be difficult to do (developer here myself). But if at all possible, could you consider improving the descriptiveness of your update notes? A lot of the points are sufficiently descriptive already, such as :

 

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20. Aircraft modifications become available in historically accurate timeframes:
- MiG-3: 20mm SHVAK cannons since June 1942;
- La-5 series 8: M-82F engine and faceted canopy since March 1943;
- Bf 109 G2: transparent armored headrest since November 1942;
- Ju-87D: Bk-3,7 cannons since March 1943;
- Hs 129: MK-103 gun since July 1943.

 

 

But then you occasionally have these points that lack implication of what was done explicitly and most importantly - the desired effect of the change:

 

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71. La-5 maximum G load has been corrected;

 

- In which direction? How wrong was it before?

- What would it mean? (more resilience to damage? You can now rip wings off in circumstances where you couldnt?) etc.

 

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72. La-5 motor properties at altitude have been slightly corrected;

 

Very similar issue here:

- How were they corrected?

- What is the result of correction you expect? Slower / Faster / Climb rate?

 

 

I personally would really appreciate if such changes were given a bit more context and explanation. If the reason is simply that it takes too much time to write these - focusing on aircraft performance changes would be a great place to start at least, as it is a very hot topic in the community.

 

If, however, the very unlikely reason to keep such changes opaque is the fear of causing more drama in the community - I can only suggest to look at "path of exile" development team, who are very open and very clear-cut with their changes, and have developed an incredible following due to such an approach. Everyone can make mistakes, but hiding them only ruins your reputation.

 

 

Edit : I do not mean this post to be a request of information on the current patch notes - more of a wish for a change in the way patch notes are written in the future!

Edited April 24, 2018 by JaffaCake

[Lensman]

Why? 

How will.this improve your combat effectiveness?