Time to Explain, the Brawl Stars podcast!
In this episode, we talk about how we learned from our previous mistakes and managed to revert a downtrend for our players. We also discussed the game economy, showing lots of data! And went through lots of Player questions!
You can skip straight to the topic you wanna hear about here:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:18 - Daily Active users graph and the state of the game (December 2022 to February 2024)
00:09:44 - Player Retention Graph
00:10:45 - Google Trends vs Daily Active Users graph
00:12:38 - Drama! The case with Adrian and the leaking of confidential information (breaching NDA)
00:15:13 - Don't make things personal when criticizing the game
00:17:40 - How did the dominance of Larry & Lawrie affect the game in terms of player metrics?
00:18:49 - Why didn't we nerf Larry and Lawrie earlier?
00:25:09 - Will you add something like Brawl Stars China, like a social lobby?
00:29:05 - What are the pros and cons of nerfing a brawler during early access? Your thoughts about Early Access?
00:34:59 - How does your playtesting process work for new brawlers/hypercharges/etc?
00:39:10 - Will we receive more lore campaigns in the future?
00:40:40 - Can we get an update with just Quality of life changes?
00:43:10 - How are old exclusive skin recolors performing in the game now?
00:45:46 - How does revenue from progression stack up against revenue from cosmetics? How do freebies affect the “f2p economy”?
00:58:12 - How do you guys see the increase amount of Power Points inside of the game?
01:04:37 - Any plans on adding more Pin Slots to the game?
01:05:49 - How do you guys plan on addressing trophy inflation?
01:08:51 - How did you like the release of the new Brawlpass system? Performance and community feedback
01:17:32 - Do you have plans to improve the bonus rewards at the end of the Brawl pass?
01:23:07 - How to improve XP Doubler which is useless now?
01:27:09 - Why does it take so long to balance Star Powers and Gadgets?
01:31:06 - What are your upcoming plans, if any, to improve the mega pig experience?
01:38:52 Why do we get credits out of Starrdrops when we have all brawlers? How about Fame improvements?
01:40:00 - ✨Sneak Peeks✨
01:47:47 - Was the lore changed from before to now? Is the Investor video still part of the lore?
01:50:18 - Why are a lot of changes happening to the game?
02:00:20 - General balancing and Hypercharge prioritization
02:02:41 - Do you plan to continue discarding determinism and go back to random progression only?
02:05:04 - Frank quotes on social media
02:09:58 - What is considered "extra" reward and what is part of the game economy?
02:11:03 - Is there any plan to speed up the release of Hypercharge and Mythic gears?
02:12:37 - It would be nice to have a little bit of time to select the build after every person chooses their Brawlers in Mega Pig
02:13:14 - Are there any plans on doing a story mode feature?
02:14:58 - Will you make any Collab with another company or game/movie?
02:15:26 - Does the current high player count change how you develop the game?
02:18:20 - How much do you want the game to change in about 5 years?
02:19:22 - What exactly forms your priorities? And what's the best way for the community to change it?
02:22:30 - Why does the amount of challenges decrease significantly?
02:24:23 - Did 5v5 meet your expectations?
02:25:03 - Are you planning to ever do a Brawler concept competition?
I would love to see a new rare Brawler, because Rosa was the last rare brawler released 4 years ago, so a new rare brawler would be nice to see after a long time.
The problem with it is that there are so many brawlers, that there arent any new mechanics that can be added that are basic enough to warrant the rare rarity, plus new rares dont really excite people so players will not want to play them.
i thought gus was the latest
@@OnlyClovergus is super rare .
oh yeahhh
@@OnlyClover He is the latest super rare
Thanks Danny for talking so slowly and clearly, because while everyone is watching it on x1,5, I struggle with the comprehension because of my English lol
😂
Keep working, you'll get there. English is a hard language
@@shanespencer3813 English really isn't a hard language compared to French
@@el-low6663it has a lot more random rules so would be harder to learn whereas I would argue french follows set rules
@@toxic_gg867 bah si tu veux apprendre 22 temps différent avec la conjugaison des exceptions qui ne se conjugue pas pareil dans certain temps, vas-y hein 💀
thank you for being so transparent!!! it’s neat to see when a lot of other games aren’t
Quick mega pig suggestion- if you allow people to continue playing it even after using all their tickets that would allow people who really enjoy it to continue that enjoyment and would also help improve matchmaking. Currently once your tickets are gone you can only play if in a team with a club mate who still has tickets.
Ranked
@@gabrielgarciana3393 lol pretty much
Mega kutular geri gelsin
The feed back from y’all and willingness to answer questions is super appreciated. It makes the problems in the game feel less annoying or frustrating and more temporary.
What?
yeah unlike clash royale
@@nightshade4502 Do you have any complaints about supercell?
@@equate6456 What's wrong with Royal?
@@Kaditli money
New gadget idea for R-T: When R-T is split, he can use the gadget to teleport his lower half to the upper half. This way, if you split in a bad spot (especially in SSD) for example without being able to get another super, you're not doomed to showdown gas
I like it
Good idea
I like that plus brawl stars likes your comment😳😳😳
As an R-T main I actually tought about another gadget replacement for in line:R-T is able to control his legs for 4 seconds (without being able to attack but idc bout that)
this exists in the game already
I just finished watching the whole podcast, It was a nice experience and I hope there'll be more episodes in the future.
I have an idea for story mode; Simply release one chapter for a character at a time, and it's just a introduction; like you're spike. (Introduce a small amount of his bio or maybe more than his bio) And kinda do a tutorial to versing a character. So anti tank, fighting tanks, then eventually the chapter changes to you being the character that verses them. This would create a tutorial to play them, introduce lore, and teach people counters to those characters. It would stop completing in 20 hours doing a chapter at a time on a brawler, and maybe give a recolor skin for completion.
Really appreciate for this podcast, a lot of effort was putting to this, especially the Larry and Lawrie situation ❤
Watching it in 1.5 is actually really helpful, thanks Dani 🤣
I’m watching it in 2x speed, I hardly ever watch in normal speed lol
I.25x💀💀💀
It'll change your life forever!
@@BrawlStars DODAJCIE SKRZYNKI, PLUSES CHEST
@@Michu533what
I like that brawl stars is involved with us players and listening to what we have to say
You have my aproved
First time ever watching any broadcast this is amazing
What is this?
Time to explain
Time to explain
Idk
"No time to explain!"
A potcarst
Would love possibility to give/buy gifts for your friends in the game :) either from your own library or by just buying it from the store as a gift. This could even allow swapping skins, which might increase in-game purchases and make the community friendlier. Also maybe add gems to stardrops now that you can pretty much just use them for skins (at least when all brawlers are unlocked).
This is a great idea beside this may be overpowered since maxed out players will give out power points left and right begging for coins while the new players will do the opposite
I was thinking more about gifting like skins or sprays or emojis! 😄 Maybe coins/power points etc could also work if there was a tough limit though 🤔 that could limit abusing gift-giving
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I dunno if anybody in the right place will read this however there's a bug when willow uses her super on sandy while she's in her sandstorm ,it's like the game doesn't know if it should hide Sandy's location or not and ends up just glitching. Also an idea for willows star power name abracadabra Essentially when willow hits with her super when hypercharge is active ,she levitates above the map making her invulnerable but also can see in all bushes (Janet's super/Tara's gadget so it's doable) and her super lasts X2 on the afflicted. Yes I have amazing ideas like this all the time
this is gonna be really op esp since with x2 time you could reallyitrrally kill anyone the invuln is basically like micos super which literally everyone hates honestly i think just add poison to the super as a star power since sp usually doesn't affect hyper
@@tetra8157 sound a little scared 😂 naw your probably right they could nerf the parameters but I just think it would be cool to see willow flamed purple floating in the middle of the map destroying foos
to tell the truth, I really liked how each of the participants expressed their opinion and thank you for appreciating the community❤❤❤
I love listening to these so much! It's so interesting and enlightening to see how the teams have to deal with issues of any kind, and stay calm about it as well. Each episode always puts more newfound appreciation into Brawl Stars. The pacing and comradery in each episode is so nice to have in the background while I get work done, so thank you!
It really doesn't even feel like they are destroying the game with each update.
Any major collabs? Frank/Dani: intense sweating
I think so
I hope one piece
Just think it's worth saying: Thor hammer revealed at same time they seem on edge about movie collab.....marvel collab?!?!? + we know they like comic book dc/marvel things from their community posts
I hope they're gonna give us cheap skins like super rare or epic skins
@@Raandommemes-to4lq probs not and when it's a collab skin its gem exclusive so the collab ppl can make money like bt21
Mortis hypercharge team👇
I LOVE this
😅
🎉
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Yes
I don't know if you already have an R-T Hypercharge planned and ready, but what do you think of his hypercharge making him like he was in the bug where he fired his main attack and also his super in the radius around him without splitting into his stationary and moving half? It would probably be too op, but R-T is my absolute favourite brawler, so I'm a little biased about how strong I'd like him to be haha!
Thankyou everyone on the team ❤ we really appreciate the communication with the community:D
Hy row❤
Yes
Hello row sharts 😁
Wasn't expecting to see you here
Watched the whole podcast, a lot of useful information and can't wait for the next update!
2:15:04 they answer no to the question but Frank quickly sings the godzilla theme that is now present in the lobby lmao
Thank you for answering a lot of questions also watching in 1.5 speed was the best thing ever to happen in my life!
2:07:17 Lmao that’s crazy that they actually acknowledged the meme 😂
Lollll😂😂
I’m pretty new and I gotta say I really love this game and the community.. I wish the best for you all 🙂
Welcome to Brawl Stars! 👊
@@frank7786 thank you.. I’ve been enjoying it so far
2:15:04 They sounded skeptical about a collaboration, I think they could really bring a bigger audience with collabs and I don't count bts they won't explain why.thats what people want.
Don't they want more funding???!
Hasta que entras a Twitter y wattpad 👹
I personally would like a redesign of the browball or the same mode, but only the map is vertical and 5 by 5 and the map itself is not just vertical but round with a large gate. It will be nice if this happens. As a football fan, I really want this, especially since it will be the first 5 by 5 format you even currently have the same temporary mode, but how many new ideas will then be with the 5 by 5 format, even if something doesn't work out, what difference does it make if you already have a blank in temporary mode, that is, you don't need to do almost anything if people don't like it, well, it will be in temporary mode, okay, I hope at least mine the idea will be noticed!.
Thanks for this transparency, Brawl stars team. I think you are going in the right direction. I am one of those high trophy players that gets so frustrated with the new brawlers and the fact that me and the people I push with have to bear the burden of the “well it’s just the 1% that suffer” every update. But listening to how you approach the issues makes me a little less frustrated. Keep pushing for improvements as you are doing, and maybe once a year throw us high trophy players a bone instead of making us take the toll of the casual community haha.
I’m already EXTREMELY HYPED for the next update! I love the podcast and Keep up the good work!
I love this podcast, you acually giving us your responses to very important questions is a great way to interact with your community. It just goes to show how great this game is and how great the team working on it is equally. Im excited to see more of these in the future!
I just got why the name is “Time To Explain” it’s a reference to the first short “No Time To Explain”
Some changes can be done like remove megapig wins if you are kicked and get your tickets back
I watched the whole thing at 1.75x speed and got it good. Now I am going to watch a movie , thanks for something to spend some time on Sunday Eve
I need that Supercell T-shirt. Looking cool on Jeff and Adrian
Become a supercell employee
@@kitegan-_- i would like to apply for game developer
look at Dani's laptop too
Yo Nelwish Bhai 😃🙏
@@walid2223yes 😃
Hypercharge idea for squeak: it’s his normal super but the blombs from it are primary blombs instead of secondary blombs.
That would be way to overpowered
Yes it is Pay 2 win. No need to debate on it
Finally another podcast. Couldn't wait for it
Thank you for sharing the graphs. They are very illustrative and you can’t argue with numbers. We often forget that the most engaged players are only 1-2% of the player base. Do that more often! Maybe even in the news inside the app itself.
The graphs don’t mean much when no numbers are attached tho. A peak on the coin graph could be 2 more coins or 200 and it isn’t clear which when the legend is missing.
Thankyou for making the game better
If the Brawl Stars team sees this, I would want them to implement a feature for music. Listen, There were some bangers in the past seasons and I wish I can hear those songs as much as I want in game then waiting for a new season or game mode that brings back that music. They should add an option for what Lobby music you want and options for what battle music you want as you play. This would be a great addition for players who miss specific songs if it was from a season or from the old beta days
well this is the first time for me to watch an entire time to explain episode i really enjoyed it even tho i didnt care about the topics but i wanted to say thank you to jeff and adrian and frank and dany for discussing about all of this and i would like to see you danny in the next brawltalk alongside with marzio ofc we love him
Props to you guys for actually taking time and responding and clearing many things up
Yes 😎👍
I must give them credit for how skillfully they avoided monetization as the reason for alot of stuff. They where like politicians in there.
We need more Community Events like #100 Star Drops for example a Omega Pike my Idea Is that all full Clubs (30/30 Players in a Club.) Must full Up the Mega Pig. I Hope you can do a Community Event Like this or a other Idea
I played 40 rounds with bad randoms , lost plenty of them now i watched this and im happy again
You should do a special series where you guys invite people from the community and have a conversation and see their point of view.
Listening to this on my 50k push, I love these pods they give sm info about the game outside of brawl talk thanks guys for clearing a lot up, excited for the next update 😻
Best of luck👍
Didn’t reach 50k but I did gain 1k trophies whilst listening so thx guys your voices made my randoms become good (well some) 😂😻
And, about this collab, Baby Shark is here in Brawl Stars.
Ugh brawl stars, please add a selling skin option! I hate some of the skins I've bought previously and I just wish I'd have never got them. PLEASE MAKE A SELLING SKIN OPTION!!! You can even make them limited, idc just please make it an option 😢
Thats impossible to add cause why would they add that? When someone buys a skin they eventually are finna get bored SO they Will not want it anymore thats how everything be
Been waiting for this one!!🎉🎉
What???
love these podcasts, and i would love to see more guests like when you had spen!
This game and Dev team is amazing. As a family man in my 30s this game keeps the gamer alive inside me, and all my adult responsibilities and family in a good place. I hope this game stays around!
New character idea Asha Power 11 HP8600 Speed: Super high speed assassin Characteristic The maximum charge for a special move is 2, and the effect of the special move changes depending on the number of charges. Normal attack tonfa Attacks nearby enemies with a tonfa. Although the range is short, it can attack within a 180° range. Damage 2×980 Reload speed super fast Range: Short range Deathblow Number of normal attack hits required for 1 charge of special move: 3 times 1 charge spin tonfa Spins at high speed, damaging and knocking back enemies around you. damage 1960 Range: Short range Damage reduction rate 90% 2 charges demon god's wrath Recovers 33% of your maximum HP and increases your reload speed and movement speed by 25% for 5 seconds. gadget 1 Self-responsibility You take 2000 damage, but your movement speed increases by 25%. 2 Throwing tonfa The next normal attack becomes a boomerang and has a longer range. star power 1 Regeneration power Recovers 860 HP every second, the amount of recovery increases with power cubes. 2 Metal Tonfa Normal attack damage +40%
Time and time again you guys prove, to me at least, that you are one of the best teams of devs out here in the gaming industry. I’m so grateful to have you guys behind my favorite video game. As someone who was there from the very start and being there through the highs and lows, I love what the game has become today and I wish nothing but growth because Brawl deserves it. I truly believe that this is *THE* best game I’ve ever played. 5 years in and I’m still excited to play every day.
Best teams of devs in mobile games
19:05 I have to agree, I got my Byron mastery complete from silver III during this time, though it was still a pain when vsing Larry and lawrie
Congratulations!
@@Im_Arceus thanks!!
I couldn't take advantage of the mastery fever for Larry and Lawrie, winning with Doug was almost impossible +800 trophies was literally doug vs 3 larry and lawrie 😒😒
@@beholdenpie I did it during mastery madness, it was much easier, good luck on your grind!! another mastery madness is coming soon less than a week
@@furioso122 a guy got 1250 trophies with Doug, truly a warrior 💀
Will there ever be a way to buy a background and a lobby musician in Brawl Stars? e.g. deafult would be the one that will always be available for a new season or event and then be available for purchase later
u know what would be nice it would be nice to store ur credits in something so when a new brawler comes we can put the credits in the brawler
Highlight of the day! Thank you for taking the time to address the community and our questions! You guys are the best! 🙌
Something I think would be cool is a way to show how many skins/titles on the battle card or something like that
I was wondering if it was possible to add an in game player run/dependent economy. Kind of similar to a lot of high tier pc games, you could have a market where players could sell skins, star drops, hyper charges etc. I understand it would be a massive endeavor given that it would basically break the current economy, but I just thought it would be cool.
Kit needs a slight heath buff for the last four levels and he’ll be perfectly balanced but at the moment he’s glass cannon
These two hours and twenty-eight minutes will be awesome!
2:25:03 Just like what V said from the 1st episode if the podcast regarding the Dani Piper Skin is that the problem of a Fan-Made Brawler being added to the game is possibly the person/creator of the Brawler's social record or reputation especially after the Brawler's official addition into the game. (Just a humble opinion, also i love the podcasts please continue💚)
Did you watch 2 hours 25 minutes in 20 minutes or did you skip to the last chapter because you're impatient?
@@Dni.. obviously skipped
@@Dni..he’s just built different
@@Dni.. Ah my bad, I must've skipped something along the way
Remember, no miners
You are probably the best dev team I have ever seen. The amount of communication is astounding!❤
Nerf Larry and Lawrie again
Yo its good to see all of u back on the podcast!!
I love the fact that the brawl stars dev team is so readily available to answer all our questions!! Love y'all!!
You love that the marketing bozos who are paid to do damage control on the shit state of the game are doing the job they're paid to do? Is this Danis second account?
@@god0fgames100 doing a podcast certainly doesn't come under their job, i mean they could just decide to keep the game as it is yk, a lotta games do that but i wouldn;t wanna name, because after all, they're making more revenue than they ever were but they decide not to, and ngl, the BS dev team is one of the best game dev teams i have ever seen, just cuz the game has had a lot of balancing issues lately doesn't necessarily make them bad, one bad thing can't change the fact that amazing they have been for the past 5 years, and no i'm not dani's second account, althought it'd be fun if i really was Dani cuz i'd be famous, heh
just beacuse you had a unlucky star drop you dont need to get mad, many games dont ever even talk to their community
womp womp, cry louder @@god0fgames100
@@acehawk4436it is 100% under their job lmfao. And yea I'd rather they don't respond and actually make some improvements, this entire episode they didn't commit to any changes whatsoever. Useless.
From no time to explain, to time to explain
It bring the excitement when you see that six or seven so that meant you would get a brawler but if the star drop is legendary it isn’t garintied so you can’t put your hopes up
I just completed the podcast and enjoyed every second of it and it answered a healthy amount of questions I had. So thanks for doing this 😊
I also
i want the star drops to be a little buffed, how about that?
Wdym they're really good rn like who would be sad after getting 3 rare star drops per day and also after a serious luck you get legendary but getting some never used SP it's really cool
they are
Good idea)
An NICE Idea. 50 coins, power points... It's almost nothing
@@GGS_EquinoXI love the sarcasm lol
Danny why not on the legendary star drop we get credits or a skin but like 10% of getting a brawler we will like that
FRANK'S HEAD IS BRIGHT AS USUAL 😂😂😂
Thanks Dani for explaining everything thank you so much 🙂
Thanks brawl stars team for make the best community
In fact, I changed from COC to Brawl Strars... And I have also played Clash Royale, but of all the supercell games, Brawl is my favorite♥️
Hypercharge idea for stu: when he uses his hypercharge every two projectiles that hit to enemy after using his super gives him a extra ammo
This is really cool! Hope to see brawl talk soon...
24th is brawl talk
brawl talk its on 24
Brawl talk:23th
It's goana be a brawl talk on 24 february
Its on 24 december
Creo que es importante ver más allá del juego, el Lore y los personajes. Crear más ropa, historietas, juguetes, etc . Eso seguro le mostraria el juego a personas que no saben de su existencia
You deceived everyone, the piggy bank in the clan was suddenly empty and no one took the prizes
I'd like to see 1. Third member for Castle trio (Grom and Ash) 🙏🙏🙏 2. Hypercharge for Janet 3. New rare brawler
I love when the brawl team does these podcasts it really shows how much they care for the community and the game overall. Keep killing it BS!
Killing Hank 💀
Hank is OP idkwym, nerf Doug..
This is amazing! I wish my question will be there next time
Can you please add a selling skin option? Sometimes i regret skins i have bought and instantly wish i never got them. I think it would be an amazing add! Just make the amount you receive back slightly less maybe
New idea for rewards i call it trophy mastery like the mastery but have rewarded for collecting particular brawlers trophies
WE ARE PRAWN READY 🦐🦐🦐🦐🪖🪖🪖🪖🔥🔥🔥🔥
PRAWN READY 🦐🦐🦐🦐🪖🪖🪖🪖🔥🔥🔥🔥
IM A PRAWN STAR 🔥🦐🦐😝
Prawn ready should be hanks tittle
Mandy better tbh
@@Min1Masterbut I masterd eve and know I am mastering Hank because I AM PRAWN READY 🦐
This kind of thing makes me really root for the game. A lot of questions on my mind were addressed here and I liked the answers more than I expected. Thank you!
Progression vs Cosmetics I don't know why, but I don't like that everytime I get a legendary or a mythic starr drop I get a random skin or a pin, which I am never going to use or remember that it even exists. I am a player who does not use pins and is not interested in collecting thousands of brawler skins. At the end of the day, the skin of the brawler is not going to matter when you are matched against a power 11 team in power league or in a 3v3 match where you are out-played because of the power levels. I want to level up my brawlers and focus on upgrading them to power 11 and getting the super expensive hyper charges unlocked. I would prefer progression before any kind of cosmetics, why don't I have that freedom to get the 2k gold from the legendary starr drop which would make more sense for me. Coins are such a huge bottle neck right now, doesn't make sense to show the graph which shows coins earned, show the graph which shows how many coins players have to spend in the game and how the sources of coins insufficiently provide for that requirement. And as I mentioned earlier, cosmetics is something which should be kept optional, and progression should be given the main importance. They just want to delay the time taken for players to max out their accounts. Because if they launch power 12, people will quit, period.
New gadget for doug: his next super won’t be used by himself but instead can be given to a teammate (teammates gets an extra life)
1:03:31 or convert pp to coins. When you reach a certain point, like possessing more pp necessary to upgrade all of your brawlers (of course different for each player) you are given then chance to not have the balance lean in not being able to upgrade anything cuz there are no coins at end game and luck does not benefit you. So instead you can trade them, even if it’s bad. It’s better than having them piled in the back with no way to continue progressing. Just very unfun
Use to be able to buy coins with club league points.
I have never seen a game developer to be so open to their community. I love Brawl Stars community❤
I found a new bug.When you get a star it doesn't count 4 times And swipe left and then the star will just disappear
brawl now: time to explain brawl then: NO TIME TO EXPLAIN! -Shelly
2018:No time to explain 2024:Time to explain
Im have big question do you do Gray supercellmake?Cuz Grey Is good browler And he's don't have lot skins😅
when there were 8 minutes left before the mega pig, that time expired and I didn't get anything
Remove Mega Pig or re-work it. That thing is pure luck, it's not fair that i win 14 of 15 tickets and get worse rewards than someone who only won 6 and got less star drops. It basically makes your effort worthless. I've been having this problem for the last 3 mega pigs. Me, winning 12-14 of my tickets, gets trash tier starr drops (1 or 2 epics the rarest), and then theres my brother, wins 6-8 tickets and gets 1 or 2 legendary starr drops and a bunch of mythics and epics. I do like the idea of having the whole club to contribute so we all can get better rewards the more matches we win, but the luck factor just makes it horrible.
time to explain and certainly one of the best things that the Brawl team does for the community I'm so excited to watch
Make a solo queue option and a team queue option, keep them completely seperate. That would vastly improve your retention rate. Brawl Stars is filled with people like myself who only queue solo, once you are at about 800 trophies you constantly get matched with teams for an easy win for them and an annoying loss for yourself. This to me, has always been the biggest problem in Brawl Stars.
I will always hate Starr drops as a Player, but will always be grateful for what they have done for the game. Thank you developers for coming up with them
I have never seen such a dedicated and invested developer team, that genuinely cares about their game and playerbase enough to be so open about what's going on in their minds. I really hope you guys keep it like this, because we, as the players, always want to know the "why" of some decisions, and for me, these podcasts really hit the mark in that regard. It's amazing how caring you are compared to many others in the industry! Really hope you keep the latest big numbers, VERY well deserved❤👍
They care about money. Didn't you hear how much of qol ideas thats being shut down just to prioritize money bringing updates?