Development Cycle Archive

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Ackis wrote:

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p4Samwise wrote:

Why solicit feedback from this small sliver of the overall fanbase that reads the forum when you could be getting much more meaningful feedback from all those people that are actually playing the game?

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LMAO PWWNED!!!!

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Thunderheart wrote:

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memnoch37 wrote:

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p4Samwise wrote:

Why solicit feedback from this small sliver of the overall fanbase that reads the forumwhen you could be getting much more meaningful feedback from all those people that are actually playing the game?

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I've never been a big fan of Dev bashing, but this man does have a very damn good point

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! Does Hayden know about that?

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KzinKiller wrote:

Unfortunately Kurt, you are going to make very little progress at restoring the forums as a positive place to exchange information until you step up and do some damage control. The damage to your organization's image done by the combination of significant mis-statements and inexcusably insulting commentary about this community by your representatives in other very public forums isn't just going to magically disappear.

Step up. You've got the Manager title now, so start leading. The deafening silence on critical issues over the last couple weeks is not leadership. You, Kevin and most especially Haden have got to come in here visibly for a few days and do more than offer a brief and very unconvincing mea culpa. You've got to answer questions directly, honestly and most importantly quickly to have any hope of restoring your credibility and your organization's image as people deserving of these customers' money.

Quit sidestepping, sir ... it is not making a constructive contribution to resolving the issues.

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damn forum bugs

Message Edited by JediGohan on 07-27-2004 02:38 PM

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JediGohan wrote:

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Thunderheart wrote:

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memnoch37 wrote:

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p4Samwise wrote:

Why solicit feedback from this small sliver of the overall fanbase that reads the forumwhen you could be getting much more meaningful feedback from all those people that are actually playing the game?

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I've never been a big fan of Dev bashing, but this man does have a very damn good point

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/sneeze

sorry, im allergic to bullshit

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Thunderheart wrote:

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actnjcksn wrote:

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Thunderheart wrote:

*** 9.2 Update Notes ***

Crafting Quests
Located in Commercial Guild Halls located in static cities now have NPC contractors that can give out new crafting missions. There are mission difficulties of easy, challenging and difficult depending the skill boxes a player possesses. The rewards granted are some credits and a small experience point bonus associated with crafting the item. The goal of the implementation of the “Crafting Quests” is to provide our wide variety of crafting professions the chance to use/sell their otherwise obsolete items and wares, creating a market for novice and intermediate crafters in a market of masters.

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Are these in yet?

There have been many reports that the NPC contractors can't be found in any of the Commercial Guild Halls.

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Thanks for the head's up. They will be live tomorrow.

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Ok, let me see if I have this straight. One of the key features of this "mini publish" somehow did'nt make it into the code that was pushed to live? Are you kidding me? On top of that we have a new CTD bug on what is a very common 'puter set-up?

I'm speechless.

I mean this sincerly - the best thing you can do now is to unplug the servers and re-release this train wreck (once you have a working game) in early 2006.

It's less than amusing. Make promises for more than a year. Deny you ever made said promises. Have a key developer insult a "small sliver" of your player base. Stay positively silent for a week. Release a "mini-publish" that is missing one of the three main features. Rely on your player base to bring it to your attention that features are missing. Is this for real?

-Fabnusen

Message Edited by Sewoo on 07-28-2004 06:13 AM

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Ackis wrote:

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Thunderheart wrote:

At its core, the idea of polling players in game is valid and one I'd like to pursue, but when it comes to forum demographics, avid posters tend to be early adopters and power users. The feedback they provide is always valuable information.

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IGNPC: We often hear the loudest cries from a relative minority. Still, it seems odd that all the comments sent our way have been negative. Haden Blackman: Yeah, all the guys who are happy with everything are playing the game. They aren't spending their time sending you guys letters or posting on the forums.

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Big diff of opinion...

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OrionsByte wrote:

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Ackis wrote:

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Thunderheart wrote:

At its core, the idea of polling players in game is valid and one I'd like to pursue, but when it comes to forum demographics, avid posters tend to be early adopters and power users. The feedback they provide is always valuable information.

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IGNPC: We often hear the loudest cries from a relative minority. Still, it seems odd that all the comments sent our way have been negative. Haden Blackman: Yeah, all the guys who are happy with everything are playing the game. They aren't spending their time sending you guys letters or posting on the forums.

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Big diff of opinion...

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Not a difference of opinion, a difference of perspective.

It's true that a minority of players post on the forums. But that doesn't make their feedback any less valuable. Quite the opposite. If everyone that played the game posted, it would actually diminish the importance of each post (not to mention make it very difficult to find). So in reality, the two comments are complimentary, not conflicting.

Frankly I don't understand why everyone feels they have to take comments like Blackman's so personally all the time. Think about it. The last time you were having a great time in-game (yeah yeah insert your sarcastic comment about how long ago that was -here-), did you stop and say, "Man, I have to go post this in the forums!" or did you just keep playing? Aren't people more apt to post when they're NOT having fun? That's all he was trying to say. It was poorly said, but if you look past the words to the message, you might find out that it's not so bad after all.

But all of this is off-topic, and has nothing to do with Publish 9.2. In a way, I'm ashamed at myself for contributing to it.

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wopppp wrote:

give the wookie best armors than any other races so they 'll stop whining (40 Stun 70 kin 60 base ?YAY right)

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guess what ? it works

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Teuvan wrote:

This mini-publish was horrid. Useless race tracks and wookie armor now giving them a bigger selection than normal players that are supposed to get armor anyway. If this keeps up this will be my last gamecard.

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