Releasing the game in this state and then going on holiday was a poor decision.
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wow in a week all these garbage holidays threads are gone, thanx god.
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No It wasn't
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" You don't understand. If the product sold straight doesn't work, or is heavily broken for you, you demand solutions asap. The context here is entirely different though. This guy and countless guys like him making these threads, all demand their money buy them the right to influence the design, philosophy and so their personal complaints are immediately resolved. The OP arbitrarily decided xp loss is bad, and should have been addressed from the start and wasn't, therefore the company should stop vacationing and get their asses to the studio so he has his game features right. Two days ago or so smb demanded they sit down now and redesign all maps. It's like buying a 2nd premium couch, and demanding that entire line of couches is changed to better accomodate your butt. Entitlement vs insane and arrogant entitlement. OP here doesn't even care there are people with more money spent that disagree, so how do we solve it now? Listen to him? Count the money total vs money total, pure nr of people, paying people, all people, people who supported 2 only, polls, steam reviews? Is game design a democracy already? Maybe just listen to me, I can have demands, you might not like it, but should have been addressed clearly because I said so. Or maybe just let them work and gauge the feedback vs their design ideas and make decisions. It's not something you should do based on people's first impressions anyway, so the vacation thing is completly irrelevant. I'm ok with the game not being updated (except tech stuff for people), because for me it works, and I understand that the features I'd like to be there (like auto aim toggle for example), will take time to make it there, or not make it at all. There are roadmaps, mtx promise, PoE 1 support promise etc etc. So, I accept playing a game that doesn't meet my exact expectations and see what happens. Last edited by Rabarbar_Lichy#7553 on Dec 30, 2024, 3:08:36 PM
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the beta game was released as a beta test.
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" This game isn't in beta, by very definition. This is a game in Alpha, let's not misconstrue the truth |
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" To be fair i don't believe there is an actual standardized definition for what alpha/beta/EA etc means. Back in the day Alpha used to mean internal testing / early builds Beta is for wider testing / targeted testing / public testing Gold/GM is release GGG uses "Steamish" term "Early Access" - and steam itself used to use "greenlight" before EA became a thing. Look at 7 Days to Die for example - the game went through maaaaaaany years in Alpha only to go straight to release (maybe there were like 1 or 2 versions called beta but whatever, drop of piss in the ocean compared to the amount of time it spent as Alpha). So in no uncertain terms, at the moment, the official stated state of the game is Early Access - and using Steam's early access meaning it means the game is being worked on, is in a playable state, possibly incomplete and might remain so for a certain amount of time either specified by the developer or until it's ready. It has been released into early access to fund further development and refine the final product. Over and out o7. |
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Give the devs time to brathe man....they will fix all the stuff after holidays, no need to panik. ;)
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" I feel like people do not understand one crucial piece of information here. THIS IS NOT A FULL GAME LAUNCH. This is at best, a beta. This is not a "crucial time", they stated this was an unfinished game and this EA is for stress testing, bug fixing and fine tuning. They released it, did some patches before the holiday to fix bugs and balance then went on holiday. When they come back they can resume editing and building. So what if we go a few weeks without an update. The game is playable and you can continue to find bugs and stress test, post it and move on. There has been plenty of engagement until the holiday, and this "launch" was not a fire. This beta launch was better than most launches have been for full games. Comparing like games, blizzard has not had a launch that was comparable to this in over a decade. both d3 and d4 were practically completely unplayable for at least a full day on launch. it took 2-3 hours from the stated launch time before people were actually able to get in and play. that includes with them wiping and restarting the servers due to character ID bugs. People need to stop complaining that the launch was bad, because it wasn't. Play the game and report the bugs. If people don't like the game, cool, but objectively this is not a bad beta launch by any means. Thanks for listening to my ted talk. |
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The devs' decision to put this game in this state (EA or not) out there AND then go for vacation is the equivalent of pushing something to master on a Friday night...
You have every right to do it but it's NOT a smart decision, and you're gonna regret that the next Monday morning. |
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" The state of the game is fine. You need to go outside take a breath and relax. Hundreds of thousands of people are playing and having fun. Jesus mate. |
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