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2024's Most Upvoted Suggestions: A Year in Review

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Callaghan [1316121]

While the Torn community has been incredibly active this year, with numerous suggestions garnering attention, it's clear that not all ideas have been implemented. This table highlights the 34 suggestions that reached over 250 upvotes and had topics submitted to B&I in 2024, along with their current status.

 

I've had to leave out any suggestions that didn't follow the instructions to write "250R+" in their B&I thread title. This is because Torn's search function is so busted that if I try to search for (example) "R+" it just serves me any topic that uses the letter "r".

There is one notorious suggestion that didn't follow the template that I can specifically remember (and have included), but there may be more. If anyone knows a better term I could use instead so I can find those threads and include them, please let me know!

 

For each suggestion that was not implemented, I've read Chedburn's reply and given them a "type". These are:

 

  • Incompatible with Planned Updates: The suggestion was rejected because there’s already an update in the works that the suggestion is not compatible with.
  • Ineffective: The suggestion didn’t actually address the problem it was aiming to fix.
  • Alternative Suggested: There was a different solution proposed instead.
  • More Info Required: Chedburn needs more details before making a decision.
  • Incompatible With Vision: The idea didn’t align with the game’s direction or overall functionality.
  • Design Concerns: The suggestion would require major changes to the interface or coding that would complicate things too much.
  • Reverted: The suggestion was initially accepted, but was later reversed.

 

 

Suggestion

Summary

Link

Date Submitted to B&I

Status Reason

API Adjustment for Retal Logging

Thread Sat Jan 06  
"Send Items" action button on profiles Thread Thu Jan 18  
View Recently Concluded Auctions Thread Fri Feb 16 Design concerns
Option to reset faction rank Thread Fri Feb 16 Incompatible with Vision
New item for Nerve Refill Thread Tue Feb 20  More Info Required
War intercept provides same respect as a retal Thread Thu Mar 21   
Scout for specific properties when Burgling Thread Tue Apr 16  Alternative Suggested
Rackets can level up anywhere on the map Thread Fri May 03   
Faction armoury tab for crime items Thread Mon May 06  Design concerns
Improved formula for Awards About To Unlock Thread Wed May 08   
Self-Exclude from Caches Thread Thu May 09  Ineffective
New "Geography" Edu Course Thread Mon May 27   
Racing Skill Gains Visible in Activity Log Thread Thu Jun 06   
Company Announcement and Description Area Thread Thu Jun 06   
Add Notes/Tags to Weapons/Armour in Faction Armory Thread Tue Jun 11  Design concerns
Automatic Payout After OC Thread Wed Jun 12  Incompatible With Updates
Automatically Enlist Factions Thread Sat Jun 15 Reverted
Profile Page Interactions Log Button Thread Sat Jun 22  Alternative Suggested
Wearable Police Badge Thread Mon Jul 08   
Bonuses to NPC dropped weapons Thread Tue Aug 06  More Info Required
Re-read Books for Points Thread Tue Aug 06   
Enable recruitment during Roster Lock Thread Sun Aug 11   
Restrict number of factions in each rank Thread Sun Aug 11   
Change Game Shop Perks Thread Mon Aug 12   
New Title for NPC Looters Thread Sat Aug 24   
Custom Defend Settings for Loadouts Thread Sat Sep 07  Design concerns
Crime XP HoF Board Thread Thu Sep 12   
Medic Armour Thread Tue Oct 01  Incompatible with Vision
Energy Bar Merits Thread Sun Nov 03   
Crystalline Falcata as a scary weapon Thread Sun Nov 03   
Enable Token Shop Honors for level holders Thread Mon Nov 18  Incompatible With Updates
Allow tenants to request rent extension Thread Sat Nov 23   
(A different) New item for Nerve Refill Thread Tue Nov 26   
Mods show weapon type compatibility Thread Mon Dec 02   
Permafeds cause faction ownership transfer in 10 days Thread Thu Dec 12  
A way to bypass George's missions Thread Thu Dec 19  

 

Note: This list is still under construction, as we’re only halfway through December. More suggestions may be added in the coming weeks.

 

 

Some delicious doughnut charts to visually display this data:

 


 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading, hope you find this data as interesting as I do.  Even though the majority of suggestions haven't been implemented, it's worth noting that there have been plenty of adjustments or decisions made which were informed by community feedback. One example I can think of is Halloween relics were adjusted to expire after one year following a discussion in the community. Someone with a better memory than me will have to write all of those ones down!

Mentions: 365+ Sending Items through profile Waiting for dev · [+452] Give Loadouts Custom Defend Settings SOON · [250 R+] (QoL) OCs 2.0 - automated payouts · [250 R+] Allow tenants to request rental periods · [250 R+] Energy bar merits · [250 R+] Patch Burglary Scouting · [250 R+] Recent Auctions Tab · [250 R+] RWs/Roster lock · [250+!!] Make the 'Police Badge' a clothing item · [250+] - A Way to Bypass George's Missions · [250] Mods showing what weapons types they equip.. · [250R+] - Company Announcement & Description · [250R+] ASS brewery tour voucher · [250R+] BONUSES for NPC's (Boss) Weapons (Drops) · [250R+] Crime XP HoF Leaderboard · [250R+] Medic Armor · [250R+] Reread Books for Points · [251 R+] Change default RW status to Enlisted · [251 R+] PERM FEDs transfer faction in 10 days · [253]'Awards you are about to unlock' improve calc · [293R+] Intercepting hits to provide more respect · [330+] Game shop perks and viruses · [350R+] Ranks in Ranked Warring · [420+ R] New Education Pathway Idea - Geography · [R250+] New item + new stock for nerve · [Ranked Wars] Option to reset faction rank · Change the level requirements for buying honors · Extension of Casino Ban into Caches - R+251! · Faction armoury for crime items and sports sneaker · Interactions button on profile page · Make the Crystalline Falcata a scary weapon · New title for NPC looters · owner tags on deposited armory weapons/armor · Rackets (Revert them back) · RS Gains [+250] · Suggestion: mark retaliations in attacksfull

Azathoth [1677351] Wiki Contributor

Whilst I would like more responses with reasons on why they won't implement some highly voted suggestions. I am glad that they aren't swaying the other way and just implementing anything that does get a large number of votes.

 

Any feature regardless of source (players, mods, developers, or even Chedburn himself) needs to be thought about, anything added to Torn even small changes adds a potential complications with every other feature implemented so they do need to be very choosy, otherwise you end up with a platform whereby a user can do anything, but it's a buggy mess with full of needless buttons, switches, and sliders that add no value.

Private_Joker [2488283]

No answer is so annoying.

There is that suggestion for forum supporting new video formatd and it just doesnt have any update on it for like few years despite having 500 or so likes.

 

Maybe bump count again, but make it so answer is guaranteed in a week or month...

fuck [2669774]

the best way to get ched to do something is to create a random forum poll that nobody cares about. 

Sweeney_Todd [27468]

Just because you buy 250 up votes for a suggestion, which is piss easy with new players, doesn't mean it should be automatically included...

 

Most suggestions are selfish small vision wants with no idea about the big picture...

 

Let's increase stat gains to help new players! Totally abused by big stat players to widen the gap...

 

This is why "rated" suggestions are not included, as they are, basically, shit...

LoneBlackBear [3163918]

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I've suggested a couple times in doing something, anything with travel... same excuses and hate and its still what it is... boring AF..
Unless forced to logoff, how effective would making 1 action boring whilst leaving literally dozens of other actions available be effective?

Little torn based movies to watch in seatback screen? mini-games playable against other flyers on same flight, flight times you can miss? Mugged at airport? Customs got your xanax run? Job profession Airline Pilot actual job that gives exp? Online shopping while flying? Online gambling while flying? In flight shop to by special items? Inflight muggings? Inflight marriages? Cabin view with all flyers in seats with names above heads?  Keep tickets as momentos? Online banking? Online stock market? Mid-flight RW fights?

We in 2024, flying Air North Korea....

Sweeney_Todd [27468]

If you log out of the game whilst flying, there is this new thing called "Youtube", you may not have heard of this service. It may give you what you desire...

 

I also believe, next month "books" are coming out...

DedeSiregar [2430598]

Automatically Enlist Factions was approved at first

But incompetent leaders complained and it got canceled.

 

D3vl idea about restrict number of factions in each rank was the best suggestion regarding RW. It will kill off farm war.

Bumbi [3177056]

why is there no other to sell multiple of the same weapon/armour at once? do I have to click 99 times to sell 99 axes?

lockup [3300790]

Torn, I’ve learned, is Sui Genesis. One of a kind. 

Like many before me, I went into suggestions at one point and proposed a (I thought) simple, obvious change to abroad stuff. 

Not only did it draw negative Karma, it suffered the worse-r fate of being largely ignored as a topic. 

I’ve since seen that Ched and Crew have built stuff in Torn I would NEVER have thought of, and I like to think I’m creative and a deep gamer (RIP).

 

So, suggestions, I’m not making them as I may have before, because Torn is, complicated.

 

If this makes sense, Torn is harder than a game. 

Sweeney_Todd [27468]

You are welcome...

 

The reason travel is boring as it offers many rewards, of being able to buy things non travelling citizens can't buy, thus allowing you to sell for a profit...

 

If you make travel fun, everyone would travel, so they could all buy the lovely shiney items, thus meaning killing the profits of all travellers making the entire reason to travel, pointless...

 

See, big picture...

__woodenickle__ [2263400]

what is the point of ched asking for us to rank the suggestions if he wont address them when they reach the required amount.  I have seen some good and bad suggestions and the no answer just feels out of touch.  

 

ched has created a great game here and I hope he at least acknowledges the suggestions with the required up-votes, maybe the bar needs set higher in the future but there are many things that need to be reviewed and not just dismissed that have the support of community.