The Robot Devil
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.26 19:03:00 -
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Ripley Riley wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:I look at it this way...
For every second a dev has to take their time to respond to a repeat thread (this is a repeat thread btw) of the same topic that was addressed already by another dev not too long ago, is every second not spent working on game to improve it or at least every second not spent putting together the dev blog. If you want the Dev Blog out sooner rather than later, then please stop bothering the devs over it and let them finish it. You aren't entirely untrue, but I submit a rebuttal: If I told my customers that I will have something done soon(TM). That I will be updating them, but I will not be telling them WHEN I will be updating them. Well, I'd be written up (or fired if this was a reoccurring problem) and I'd have no one to blame but myself.
If 3000 people constantly asked you a question about the same thing every day you would not be able to work or you would not be able to respond. Pick one not both. Soon doesn't mean the same thing to everyone, if they posted a hard date I would understand but as far as I know they haven't done that. CCP works in their own way so putting your idea of business practices on them isn't going to work. Of course they want you money and yes they want this game to be good. You should just chill out and wait, nothing else you can do.
"You people voted for Hubert Humphrey, and you killed Jesus."
Raoul Duke
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The Robot Devil
Molon Labe.
General Tso's Alliance
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Posted - 2014.02.26 19:38:00 -
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Master Smurf wrote:The Robot Devil wrote:Ripley Riley wrote:Maken Tosch wrote:I look at it this way...
For every second a dev has to take their time to respond to a repeat thread (this is a repeat thread btw) of the same topic that was addressed already by another dev not too long ago, is every second not spent working on game to improve it or at least every second not spent putting together the dev blog. If you want the Dev Blog out sooner rather than later, then please stop bothering the devs over it and let them finish it. You aren't entirely untrue, but I submit a rebuttal: If I told my customers that I will have something done soon(TM). That I will be updating them, but I will not be telling them WHEN I will be updating them. Well, I'd be written up (or fired if this was a reoccurring problem) and I'd have no one to blame but myself. If 3000 people constantly asked you a question about the same thing every day you would not be able to work or you would not be able to respond. Pick one not both. Soon doesn't mean the same thing to everyone, if they posted a hard date I would understand but as far as I know they haven't done that. CCP works in their own way so putting your idea of business practices on them isn't going to work. Of course they want you money and yes they want this game to be good. You should just chill out and wait, nothing else you can do. This is incorrect - They hire people to monitor and talk to those 3000 people on progress, changes etc. I am sure those same people sit in meetings and get updated or at least have informal discussions about whats happening. They can then get the go ahead from management to let the 3000 people know what the situation is. Please stop with these misleading characterizations. If CCP wanted to let people know stuff they could. The speed at which they work and produce content is laughable.
CCP hires people to read the forums and give summaries of what was said? Because what I am saying is that if was treated just like we treat them at his job it would be different. Lets say that he has to put together a chair and when he gets to work he has to sit through a meeting telling him what kind of chair to make and then goes to work. After about 30 minutes of building the chair he has to respond to customers or be insulted. More chair work and lunch. Then he has to go sit in another meeting or his customers say he isn't listening to them. Work on the chair some but then he has to go sit in the last version of the chair or the customers say he never uses what he is selling. Try and work on the chair some more only to have to test it in every way conceivable before letting it out the door. All while trying to give exact details on what he is doing and why also while providing an unbreakable timetable.
The last person they hired for that, the way I understand it, was let go a while ago. Pretty sure she was supposed to do community stuff. They may have some moderators but I don't think they have a hired staff that goes through all this. I may be wrong but I don't think they hire people for the forums. I don't know what you people want from them. They do things their way because it works for them, get over yourselves and play the stupid game. They listen to our input and try to do their best to deliver the content we want. I can guarantee that within one day of patch notes people will be talking about how broke it is and how they are stupid and don't listen. I will also say that within one day of the actual content release people will be asking for details on the next patch. I think that is a little bit impatient, don't you? It is like taking kids on a long car ride, you guys just wont' STFU and act like big boys.
"You people voted for Hubert Humphrey, and you killed Jesus."
Raoul Duke
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