Aridash : I completely agree. I think it would be best if they would put a line at the end of their to do list at present, focus on completing those tasks, and when all are complete, fix as much as possible before begining any new activity. This should leave the CryEngine fully optimised, the annoying and not so annoying bugs fixed and unfinished storylines resolved and ready to move onto the next phases with the best efficiency.
The pitfall to this, is that they would very likely lose much time on their business plan, but with a stronger product, it should serve to benefit them in the long run.
Sky West
I feel that Blizzard became big because of the gaming experience they provide. And MA well, erm didn't. But don't take my word for it. WoW was introduced nov 2004 and has currently over 9 million accounts...
You've got to remember though that Blizzards business model is significantly different. Theirs targeted a much wider audience of kids-adults who, and gave them a much simpler system to work with which takes little effort to work out{talk to npc-killmonster-returntonpc-getexp+reward}.
MA's unfortunately is a little bit over the heads of most casual gamers as it takes a bit of effort to understand properly, and well...gamers being gamers
{Then there is of course the money aspect to scare people off, and the complete lack of proper advertisement on MA's part, which is where Blizzard excelled}.
Sorry if my last post was a little accusing.
Midori
Of course you are. I have never said you aren't. The point I was making was that you appearred to be trying to support MA's actions, but drawing attention to the ongoing egg farce does not really help your case too much.
Didn't you say i wasn't to speculate in your last post? If you didn't, then i sincerely appologise, but i could have sworn you pretty much said, don't have an oppinion lol.
And as I said, they could have quite easily placed a paragraph of text in the EBN news to advance the story line. Even if it will take a major upgrade of EU to advance the egg situation, a paragraph or two of text every couple of months hardly requires a cryEngine.
Either way we would have complained about them dragging it out. They stated it during their interviews here on EF i think. I wasn't there, but i seem to remember reading over the synopsis and Frank responding to the question, "What can we expect from the egg", Frank: "Something to blow your mind".{not an exact quote of course, but thats all i can remember}
I do agree with you though, it would be nice of them to do this, even if it's only to show us that they haven't forgotten about us.
With all the effort everyone put into hunting for the egg in the first place, it would be nice to have some sort of closure to the story. It doesn't matter what ND paid for it, most people were just curious about what it was all for. I am not sure how many people are curious now, as the topic has settled into a state of apathy where most have given up on anything more happening.
Indeed this is true. But that's what i'm saying. If ND hadn't paid 100K for it, it might have hatched 6 months ago for all we know. My theory is that they know the community will go out of their minds if their beloved NeverDie doesn't get his monies worth from it.{That was not a dig at ND btw
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The fertiliser station and land marker are fully coded and operational objects in EU. It doesn't take rocket science to change the height variable of an object, so the quick fix could have been implemented in VU 8.12.3 on 20th June (16 days after the problem appeared). As said by others, treating large scale investors as a low priority is not a very smart move for MA in terms of attracting more long term investors.
But we can't say for sure how they have things coded. It may turn out to be coded in a rather strange way as a security measurment to prevent accidental damage being done. Of course, if this is the case, it's obviously not fool proof.
Yes, hurting the high rolers is never a smart move for a young business. However, there will always be a long line of people who are just itching to get their hands on an LA, so i can see why they are being so cavalier about it, but i am in agreement with you and most others here, they should not be.
I only "bash" MA on three specific subjects. The first is their treatment of large scale investors - while I am not an investor myself, I feel it would be fair for MA to at least fix the problems they cause for the people they are trying to attract. The second is their draconian copyright clauses in the EULA, though that has no bearing on this case. There was a third subject, but I can't quite recall it right now.
In any case, because I don't criticise too frequently, I am more often referred to as an "MA lover" than an "MA basher," but everyone has to draw a line in the sand somewhere.
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Unfortunately they don't give anyone the special treatment except the top 5-10 people it seems. And even this, i only mean making them ambassadors, getting them to star in interviews, helping them along in profiting when it's a large realistate. No real favouritism unless its better for them than the person they are helping.
My hangar has bugs, as do all hangars.
*When you go inside the front door, you sink to the floor and have to jump over the next door frame to get in. This bug is similar{but no-where near as damaging} as the current LA owners problem.
*The all new, Ghost Ship bug, which occurs when people wait in the hangars control room during a takeoff{this is the only place you can survive a takeoff inside the hangar}. Basically, after the ship is gone, all the seats and those who were in them remain. You can even pm them. I'll make a thread soon on it to show you.
Just using these two as an example to show everyone here that MA give no more priority to a Hangar compared to an LA compared to a trapping bug, compared to missed shots, compared to missing items in appartments, etc.
If this one gets fixed it will be down to one thing and one thing only; the communities constant badgering on and on about it. Which is good
We should unite more often.
The last part of the last quote{you can breathe a sigh of relief, im almost done
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I was rash in calling you such and i'm sorry. I was reffering to the EF community in general to be perfectly honest, i just forgot to remind myself that there are many who are not here simply to show off to their friends that they can bash MA aswell.
As usual, this post was not intended to cause any offence.
EDIT: 130 posts guys and gals. Let's get some offtopic stuff going on to keep this thing going strong.
