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Originally Posted by Utnayan My personal crusade. To see a fully fleshed out, functional, feature complete MMORPG released in where a live team will be addressing bugs and additional content |
You realise you just contradicted yourself and unreasonable ranting about "bugs and additional content" is PRECISELY what causes the "OMG THX PAYED BETA UNFINISHED POS" aneurysms?
Bitches will bitch no matter what a company does. Even those bankrolled by the bottomless pockets of MS will at one point or another mention something that, for prefectly understandable reasons, doesn't make it into the release-day version. The only way to prevent it is to say nothing at all to the puble before release and have a totally closed testing period with only 100% trustworthy testers. Obviously impossible.
A bit of perspective is all that's needed. Given that an MMO will never, ever launch in a perfect state we as the audience have to define what is acceptable within these realistic parameters. We've been fed crap before (SWG) but not often. Other games have required unforeseen changes after launch. But ragging on developers and designers is just stupid as these are the guys that would love nothing more than to put out perfect product. It breaks our hearts to send our projects out knowing that "just another month" (incidentally - try taking a guess at VG's monthly payroll and you'll see the kind of burn-rate that needs sustaining pre-release) could have made a noticable difference but commercial pressures are immutable and out it goes. . .
