Droid Engineer Archive
Thread: Goodbye my fellow DEs
Hope to see you in another life.Ground getting so close now....
Im taking an official break from the game except for harvestors for a while. Be interesting to see if my little vacation turns into a very extended one like so many of our kind have been taking (and for good reason).
TheWoody wrote:
I think the phrase is we are "Dropping like flies"
If you ever see a "Woody" like name in WoW, rest assured it's probably me matey
The beta sign up starts tomorrow!
Ackis wrote:
TheWoody wrote:
I think the phrase is we are "Dropping like flies"
If you ever see a "Woody" like name in WoW, rest assured it's probably me matey
The beta sign up starts tomorrow!
Hmmmmmm......RL market economy in action. I find myself checking out other games that are due be released in the next few weeks myself.
I get tired of the arguement that ALL MMORPG are broken when released. Sometime, someone will realize that this is one of the biggest complaints of customers in this industry. Then they will build a MMORPG with as few bugs as possible and they will then set the standard for how these games will be built and released. Lets be real, 7 months of a broken profession(s) and they are still at the drawing board? Not only our profession but they are revamping the combat and Jedi system too?
I hope SOE does not expect me to fall for this crap again with EQ2 or any other piece of software they release? It just aint gonna happen.
But I digress, I am sorry to see you go Slythetove. I recognize you as one of the old timers in this group. My best wishes to you in your future endevors.
I think the real question should be that at what point would I quit even if they promised me what we all want. If the devs were to come out today and say "You guys were right, we'll do it all your way" would you still leave? I'm thinking that most of the ones cancelling their accounts would say yes.
You reach a point where it just isn't worth it anymore and what were seeing here isa lotof people hitting that point. When people like this leave the game, the devs really should be taking notice of it. It implies a deeper problem than just every day player churn.
Now it seems we're getting something alright, but it appears to be a poorly-lubricated shaft.
/salute
Farewell to another i got 2 months to endure before my account has to be billed, and i doubt very much i will be staying.
*places on a developer's hat*
The reason for this is that every time they have made suggestions, we have shot them down, so they have to start again. If we keep saying "no" to everything, then there will be no progress and the horizon will never get any closer. Look what has been posted by the devs, and every time the DE community has turned around and said "no, go away and think about it again". From a developer's perspective, that means I would shelve my existing plans and start formulating another lot. That could, potentially, be 2+ months of design work that has just been tossed for zero outcome. Therefore the horizon for seeing any changes arrive now gets pushed away by another 2 months. The reason that horizon hasn't been seen yet is that we are the ones responsible for pushing it away. At some point, if DE's want to get that horizon closer, we're going to have to bite the bullet and accept something that the devs give us, while understanding that probably half the community is going to be pissed about it and leave, and there will be a whole heap of newbies to fill the gap (gah... run on sentence there...). While the only answer is "no", the horizon will never get closer.
Who's the 1-star idiot here? These aare good sensible discussion posts, not flames or rants. Oh well, 5 stars for everyone to correct the imbalance in the force!
BlueMorgoth wrote:
We've gotten nothing but words from the devs. No straightforward plan, nothing, for over 7 months.
*places on a developer's hat*
The reason for this is that every time they have made suggestions, we have shot them down, so they have to start again. If we keep saying "no" to everything, then there will be no progress and the horizon will never get any closer. Look what has been posted by the devs, and every time the DE community has turned around and said "no, go away and think about it again". From a developer's perspective, that means I would shelve my existing plans and start formulating another lot. That could, potentially, be 2+ months of design work that has just been tossed for zero outcome. Therefore the horizon for seeing any changes arrive now gets pushed away by another 2 months. The reason that horizon hasn't been seen yet is that we are the ones responsible for pushing it away. At some point, if DE's want to get that horizon closer, we're going to have to bite the bullet and accept something that the devs give us, while understanding that probably half the community is going to be pissed about it and leave, and there will be a whole heap of newbies to fill the gap (gah... run on sentence there...). While the only answer is "no", the horizon will never get closer.
OR they could, I dunno, take a look at the bug list and suggestions that have been sitting here for month after month after month, reflecting the desires of the community. But perhaps that's too much to ask.