Semi serious?

[Zona]

Structure won't work, it's impossible to have it on a team doing so much work for little reward. Developers and Contributors are currently free to work on whatever they want, with contributors having a lot more leniency in how active they are. Demotion a Contributor or Developer for being a bit inactive doesn't help anyone. If they come every once in a while and work on something, it's still better than nothing.

It's important to keep a mix of minor and major changes, some of the smaller updates we have pushed out have been amazing QoL changes or have fixed a much wanted feature.

Stuff simply takes time and we also have lives outside of FL. I personally have been extremely busy, as such work from me has slowed down a bit (which is shown in the changelog too).

Structure won't work? Not to be rude or anything but have you lived under a rock for the past 10 years? Setting up a team and having a leader who manages to create a good structure for a team is always the better alternative. From a player's perspective (my perspective) then I don't see much structure within the team. Why are developers working on smaller works which could have been done by the contributors? If you have loads to do then hand more over to the contributors! If you don't do work as a contributor, then why are you even on the team? Same with admins these days! If you don't have time to come online and administrate then resign and let someone else take your position so we can have an active team. 

I'm shocked for what you just stated and not to be rude once again, but I really think the development team needs a leader who can set an example and actually get things going there. I understand that you have a life, but once again if you have limited time, use it wisely and on the bigger projects so you can get them released out and let the contributors take the smaller issues like minor bugs, changes etc. FL has none structure what so ever on both the staff team and development side from what it seems to be. Disagree or agree or correct me if I'm wrong, but this is a gaming community ... The work you guys are doing doesn't have to be a 100% secret. Let us know what you guys are working on and update us a bit ... 

You can say that I'm wrong but look at the stats and players statements, there is something wrong with FL right now and instead of defending the systems FL has been using for the past 10 years, start developing new structures and systems which prepares the community for the future, not the past ... Start taking criticism instead of defending the current system as it doesn't work anymore. Be creative, you are a developer.