The Planned state means it shows up the Prospects list on the Roadmap.
Items elevated to be given a shot at development, but no work has started on these yet. We plan to investigate all of these, but it is possible that some of them may never make it through the research and development phase for unforeseen reasons.
When something moves to InProgress, then that shows up in the Research and Development list.
Currently being researched and/or developed, but timeline is uncertain. We're trying to make these things work, but it's still possible that they may not make a future release due to unforeseen reasons.
Active just means that it has been reviewed and is in the backlog where players can vote and comment on it.
The Planned state means it shows up the Prospects list on the Roadmap.
When something moves to InProgress, then that shows up in the Research and Development list.
Active just means that it has been reviewed and is in the backlog where players can vote and comment on it.