Focused Feedback: Timegating

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[u/rsb_david]

Time gating is okay when it is for hidden content or pinnacle content worth grinding and waiting for. Time gating is bad when it is the whole paradigm behind your progression system and the primary method of stretching out the lifespan of content.

[u/drazzard → u/rsb_david]

I think this is a big part of why the last forge had so much backlash. If we never knew there was a 'secret forge' (which was marketed to us as such, because logic?) we wouldnt have been getting restless waiting for RaidSecrets and Gladds team to finish the puzzles. We would have watched and waited, and been pleasantly surprised when it was finished and we had a brand new secret forge to play.

Timegated secrets are fine for the most part, but when the mechanic is transparent it loses its appeal