FR isn't a AAA studio by any means but that doesn't mean it isn't influential. to date there's almost half a million accounts onsite and 80+ million dragons. while the FR team definitely has its fair share of royal fuckups it's often considered to be one of the better petsites available when considering things like economy management, content releases/quality, and community. hell, that upcoming cat petsim blatantly ripped off multiple design choices from FR.
going "FR is so niche why should we care" is a little disingenuous imo. of course todd howard isn't going to be swayed to change all of bethesda's organization because of FR but that doesn't mean that what FR is doing isn't meaningful. i appreciate that, in the world of development hell where crunch time and unhealthy hours are super common, FR devs make an effort to consider work/life balance.
Re: FR admins and "crunch time"
FR isn't a AAA studio by any means but that doesn't mean it isn't influential. to date there's almost half a million accounts onsite and 80+ million dragons. while the FR team definitely has its fair share of royal fuckups it's often considered to be one of the better petsites available when considering things like economy management, content releases/quality, and community. hell, that upcoming cat petsim blatantly ripped off multiple design choices from FR.
going "FR is so niche why should we care" is a little disingenuous imo. of course todd howard isn't going to be swayed to change all of bethesda's organization because of FR but that doesn't mean that what FR is doing isn't meaningful. i appreciate that, in the world of development hell where crunch time and unhealthy hours are super common, FR devs make an effort to consider work/life balance.