Fatshark engagement with the community is a joke

[Molonious]

@Ol_Jakal

considering how the entire forum is just raging and coping, why would they want to engage with it?

So it stops being such a source of discomfort and incentivizes people to engage with their product and spend money instead?

Core marketing 101 concept.

the only times anyone bothers to read what they do post is to find ways to make them look bad.

Demonstrably false

Here’s the VT2 Versus closed alpha test thread.

Developer Blog: Versus Closed Alpha Test - Lessons Learned & Takeaways

In this dev blog, Vermintide 2’s Design Director, Joakim, talks about the takeaways and solves that Fatshark learned from the Versus Closed Alpha Test. Greetings Heroes and Pactsworn alike, My name is Joakim and I’m the Design Director for Vermintide 2. In this dev blog, I want to look at some findings from the Versus Closed Alpha Test and give you an update on the state of Versus. To kick this off I want to extend our deepest gratitude to all of you who participated in the Closed Alpha Test. …

FS talks about what went well, what didn’t go well, what players did, how things progressed and changed, what challenges can and can’t be overcome, what players asked for, and gave a hint of things to come.

The response? No butthurt ranting, no rage or cope, no endless pages of froth, just a handful of “cool thanks” posts.