Back to collectionA “Building Phase” and a Raijin Update
Background: May’s recurring question—“Are there any updates?”—still hung in the air, and developers had just received notice to replace node endpoints. Today: For the first time, officials called the present a “building phase.” Impact and next steps: “Building phase” gave the work taking place amid the silence a name, while the Raijin update offered something people could use.
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Background: May’s recurring question—“Are there any updates?”—still hung in the air, and developers had just received notice to replace node endpoints. Officials now needed to explain what asking the community for input meant while pointing players toward something visible in the product.
Today: For the first time, officials called the present a “building phase.” They said they were seeking ideas and feedback so the community could help shape the ecosystem, not because they were shifting responsibility onto it. The same day, they shared another Raijin update, describing it as providing the game data players wanted. A-Zhen noticed that the two messages addressed different people: one invited suggestions about direction; the other pointed to data already available to view.
Impact and next steps: “Building phase” gave the work taking place amid the silence a name, while the Raijin update offered something people could use. The community could still ask who would sort its suggestions and how those suggestions would become visible progress. A-Zhen planned to turn concrete questions from her integration work into feedback and see whether anyone responded.