Bio Engineer Archive
Thread: BE Skill Tapes
But I would, of course, be very classy about my extra point....
"and fix professions that were incomplete at release"
Like BE not having skill tapes?!
NancyJ wrote:
No-one is claiming that it is a huge time issue and as for the issue of their prgramming skills - could you have written SWG? You think you could do better?
I think they're doing remarkably well considering the pressure they're under, the game isnt doing as well as expected, they were forced to release it when it wasnt ready and they're still trying to fix the problems, aswell as release new content to keep players and fix professions that were incomplete at release - give them a break.
Hey there,
Though I don’t see the importance of skill tapes as yet (perhaps post crafting nerf? bleah, that’s something else altogether) but the truth is, many people have been trying to be understanding and give them a break since the game launched. I feel sorry for the game programmers but I have no sympathy for the decision makers or the customer relationship managers in this game.
Ultimately we paid for a game and are paying monthly to keep playing it. In any other industry, this would be considered unacceptable. To me, this is still unacceptable. Everything starts from a concept, a vision. Maybe if they got their concept and vision right they could build the game to work towards that vision instead of boosting and breaking things time and time again. From day 1 it’s been the same **edit**e different day. Superise a class while breaking others, and then smash it down again while "fixing" something else.
There are even the "blow us away why are they doing that" nerfs. Look at the move they are making with their intension on the crafting system? Just look at our PvP and combat system. It isn’t pretty. sure I know it gets complicated at the programming level and again, I really feel sorry for these guys working on the code but, if they settle on a target and test the concept with the community, then work on implementing it on realistic deadlines so that they make good on their promises, people actually might start having more faith in what the team is doing.
I don’t think anyone is really pushing for the space expansion, I for one would rather the space expansion be delayed for them to get their act together otherwise the space expansion is just going to be another bag of gimmicks on a bigger scale to the vehicle release. Not only that but their to-do list and WIP will just get a lot taller. Work with the correspondents, they are the best voices of each class filtering out the signal to noise ratio.
There isn’t even any word on what we are allowed to create on a CL10 level which is very disheartening. A lot of us take the time to create good things we are proud of, only to be disappointed because of lack of communication. I mean, it’s only the players time right? Who cares if they are wasting it? So much care for customers. If you had a business, would you treat your customers that way? If you put it on a swg level and do the same thing to your customers with the same attitude, will they buy from you?
The only thing they have going for them is 2 things. The fact that SW is in front of G where a lot of loyal fans of SW still hope and believe that it will one day become something. The other thing is that the other mmos aren’t out yet but soon will be. You're right; the heat is on for them. But I don’t have sympathy because it was something they got themselves into, not just once, but a few times now. They don’t listen to what the consumers want. If they came clean with us and gave us a vision with where they want it to be, explain more to us, at least people will have faith because the team is honest, knows what its doing and will eventually get there. I’d probably be more positive and willing to hang on. Well, they can keep this attitude for now...but not much longer
No offense to you btw, im just rambling on. getting more and more frustrated i guess
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