Development Manifesto (and my reaction to it)

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Mictlantecuitli wrote:

If you guys haven't seen this yet, check it out: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/889669
Scroll down to the last 4th or so of the post, where it has the section "Update (April 20, 2014)"

These are Chris's explanations about desync, the difference between "desync" and "latency," a whole bunch of other things that MOST players do not understand, either because it's convenient to blame desync or because they don't get how networking works.

The update that Christ * posted is a very interesting paragraph clarifying some topics, namely all of the topics I brought up in a fairly long "rant" about desync (coincidence, possibly). I stopped bothering to respond because the thread was completely derailed by people talking about minor details, as well as a fair share of some good ol' fashion internet trolling. All of that aside, though my post was a tad emotional (mostly frustration, rather than anger), I felt that I adequately expressed my position, how I felt, how I thought some of the community thought, etc. about desync and how it negatively impacts everything about PoE and playing the game. I could (and should) have formulated my points in a more well-constructed manner, with less hyperbole and semi-playful cursing, and more well-thought out concrete reasoning. To my surprise, Chris's update seems to almost be a direct reply to what I posted. I'm sure nothing I said was new, I'm sure they have heard it all repeatedly, but I have to say that I was not expecting such a response from GGG.

Though I do still have some issues with Chris's points, I'm mainly surprised by the update considering how long ago the original post was. I don't recall when it was posted originally but I am fairly certain it was before open beta. Either way, I feel like the update was almost directed at me, so I feel like I owe GGG a nod of approval, so to speak. Again, I know I'm not the first to express my ideas on desync and possible fixes to them, I know I'm not the first one to die in a race and get frustrated and blame the game, and I certainly know that GGG doesn't have the time to reply to every frustrated gamer. However, I still feel like this was sort of addressing my main points. I almost feel bad that I didn't formulate my points more clearly, considering I did actually want them to see and acknowledge my points. That was frustration getting the better of me.

The main thing I wanted to point out was the following comment at the end; "...the system will be acknowledging [desync] and correcting it, rather than assuming that it's all going to be fine and letting you end up two rooms away, pinned against a wall." It is rephrased slightly, but that's almost exactly what I said in my post as one of the many anecdotes.

I'm not really sure how to express my thoughts, I guess I'm just glad that this information is being provided to the players (the willing ones, anyway) and it just so happens to be after an angry rant. Either way, make sure you read it, preferably the entire article. If I can get just a few more people thinking about this kind of stuff, maybe they can have some constructive feedback for GGG, maybe some GGG can actually use.

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ignarsoll wrote:

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mrpetrov wrote:

I took the fact that Chris didn't mention anything about a SFL as a positive - at least that it's being debated. That being said, I'm probably just hearing what I want to hear (or not hearing what I don't want to hear).

P.

Considering Qarl's influence over the crew, my assumption was the opposite.

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Qarl wrote:

In the existing leagues, there is nothing stopping anyone from playing self-found, and we know many of our players do.

Wow, such logic.