So, this is kind of partially a follow-up from what I was saying in the big feedback post a couple months back, specifically re: Team Rocket. I'm probably going to get some flack for speaking up about this, but I want to get my opinion out there, anyway.
Firstly, I don't know how to fix this, but I can't say I'm really a fan of how members of Team Rocket constantly get away with things and there's no IC way to stop them. I don't mind if they get away with it when the option is there to stop them - heck, the Jennies are useless and it feels like you barely see the PGC do anything, so it's not surprising that there isn't much in terms of IC consequences. But when it's constantly "Rocket Member X will get away with this, and there's no way to plot with me to even try to stop them"... It gets frustrating, you know? Occasionally getting away with something for plot purposes is okay, as long as there are consequences eventually, but there never are. The only Rocket who is good about consequences, as far as I've seen, is Cobra. And the only mod plot that I can think of where non-Rockets were able to influence it meaningfully was Spring Cleaning - and that's only if they were in the major cities, mind you. It's a hard thing to balance, I know, and it's not really something that I know how to fix, but I got pretty annoyed when the end of the fossil event came and it said "these Rockets will get away with this and you can't stop them", like those kinds of posts nearly always say.
Also, re: the Rocket community. I think I've come to terms with its existence as just large-scale OOC plotting, so as long as anything IC is unlocked so people can see it, I think I can be fine with it. However, I have to say, the fact that Rockets get a direct line of access to the mods whenever they want to do anything while us non-Rockets have to wait a month and then send a follow-up to get a response to a PM (and to my recollection, this has happened multiple times, I'm not just referring to the one) still feels a little bit unfair to me. I know you guys are busy, and I try to be reasonable about my expectations for when you'll get back to something, but when they have a direct line of communication... yeah.
Just my two cents. I love Route, it's my home game, and you'll drag Route!Ryner out of my cold dead hands. I just hope you'll take my opinion into consideration, at least.
Re: MOD/GAME HMD
Firstly, I don't know how to fix this, but I can't say I'm really a fan of how members of Team Rocket constantly get away with things and there's no IC way to stop them. I don't mind if they get away with it when the option is there to stop them - heck, the Jennies are useless and it feels like you barely see the PGC do anything, so it's not surprising that there isn't much in terms of IC consequences. But when it's constantly "Rocket Member X will get away with this, and there's no way to plot with me to even try to stop them"... It gets frustrating, you know? Occasionally getting away with something for plot purposes is okay, as long as there are consequences eventually, but there never are. The only Rocket who is good about consequences, as far as I've seen, is Cobra. And the only mod plot that I can think of where non-Rockets were able to influence it meaningfully was Spring Cleaning - and that's only if they were in the major cities, mind you. It's a hard thing to balance, I know, and it's not really something that I know how to fix, but I got pretty annoyed when the end of the fossil event came and it said "these Rockets will get away with this and you can't stop them", like those kinds of posts nearly always say.
Also, re: the Rocket community. I think I've come to terms with its existence as just large-scale OOC plotting, so as long as anything IC is unlocked so people can see it, I think I can be fine with it. However, I have to say, the fact that Rockets get a direct line of access to the mods whenever they want to do anything while us non-Rockets have to wait a month and then send a follow-up to get a response to a PM (and to my recollection, this has happened multiple times, I'm not just referring to the one) still feels a little bit unfair to me. I know you guys are busy, and I try to be reasonable about my expectations for when you'll get back to something, but when they have a direct line of communication... yeah.
Just my two cents. I love Route, it's my home game, and you'll drag Route!Ryner out of my cold dead hands. I just hope you'll take my opinion into consideration, at least.