I’ve heard a bunch of different things regarding OAKs and their comeback - but if it was a test like was stated by Dan some months ago, I think a discussion would have been better than using staff and past staff as guinea pigs for an experiment on interest and releasing a bunch of discontent. (It was stated here that the OAKs were a test for interest: https://www.rescreatu.com/forum/cat/feedback/suggestions/staff-communication/~page/1/

“Due to the strong response and want for OAKs by users, we are working on a way to bring them back, and have been for a few months now. But, it isn’t ready yet, so we haven’t released it or publicly mentioned it. We have it mostly fleshed out and ready besides a few final details, which is why you’re starting to see some info about it popping up on site. Staff and ex staff got an early access to it, by my choice alone, so don’t group all staff into that criticism - the reasoning behind that was to see if anyone noticed and if anyone was chomping at the bits to get their own OAKs commissioned, which they were and still are, so therefore I consider the beta run a complete success.”

Again, I just want to see some discussions with users about things that effect users. Feedback and criticism always says it’s open, but I never see anywhere for users to actually interact with staff. Yes, we have these suggestions forums, but there has been very very minimal staff interaction with any of them. I’d like to see staff run forums in which staff can interact with and have discussions with users, to avoid more confusions and discontent and provide a place for all users and staff to have a public record of messages that doesn’t scroll away as fast as the shoutbox or discord messages do.