[Forum Suggestion] We need an AAR area and people to contribute to it

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I know this might seem like a post-RTM thing, but I'm sure I'm not the only tester who's not getting enough time with the builds and I would really like to see some reporting from the folks who are managing to get several hundred turns (or more?) into a game. Especially now that Beta 2 is going to be 'more complete' than had originally been planned.

I'm not calling for the creative writing mode of AAR during the beta, just the themed summary stuff like "How My Dynasty Grew" or "How I Learned to Shop for Champions." Brad's latest dev journal pulled some lurkers out of the woodwork, and I'm sure there are more folks still in their hidey-holes who'd love to see some detailed info about the state of the game so far. Something about that post also made me suspect that a few time-privileged testers are communicating privately with devs and I'm hoping that an AAR area might get them to share more with the rest of the peanut gallery.

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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

I like this idea. I can't promise I wouldn't write something overly wordy, but I like the idea.

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Hmm... I was going to write an AAR. Mayhap I should spend an afternoon...

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

I congratulate myself for being the first entity writing (and posting) (some kind of) an AAR for this game. That said, it was in Comedy Channel more than History Channel.o_O

 

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Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I congratulate myself for being the first entity writing (and posting) (some kind of) an AAR for this game.
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I'll take that as an example of why adding the AAR area now is a good idea. I'd have read whatever you wrote by now if it wasn't buried in the main threads somewhere.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

I wrote a detailed personal experience in city build for 0.295 and I'll write one for beta 2. A new beta hasn't hit in nearly a month, and there's no point in writing something now when everything is about to change.

Reply #6 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting TCores, reply 5
I wrote a detailed personal experience in city build for 0.295 and I'll write one for beta 2. ...
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Another one I missed in the swarms that would have been easy to spot if we had an AAR topic for this forum.