I went with the second option, because i don't think it's good to commit to concrete answers when things are uncertain.

They are practically rewriting half the game code with the new graphics engine. In other words, getting done in the span of a few months half of what was done in a few years.

I want the sim to be better and trust me, i have my own set of preferred fixes that i think are long overdue. Having said that however, i think that now the best course of action is not to "over-report" for lack of a better word.

Much of the gnashing of teeth surrounding this title comes from setting the bar too high and revealing too much early on: when release date rolled around, the half of the stuff that had been implemented was impossible to run on a mid-range PC within the specified system requirements, the other half had been taken for granted and everyone wondered why it wasn't included.

I think the best they can do now is keep reporting what gets done. This way expectations can be managed to a realistic extent and everyone knows what the current and next set of aimed fixes are. My only addition, if it were up to me, would be a little more detail.

So to sum up, i don't expect a "this time in 4 months from now we'll have this" kind of thing because it's impossible to accurately predict. What i would like to see is something to the tune of "the past week we worked on A,B and C, the first two worked out ok but C is giving us some trouble...we'll keep working on it and add D and E to our job queue for the coming week".

Simple, step by step and to the point stuff that everyone can understand and most importantly, with no room for speculation.

I voted for the second option .When there is something to report we will get an update but none if there is not.

Very well said Blackdog. I have in the past been unimpressed with updates and my enthusiasm for the future of this simulation franchise has wavered as a result... But, I couldn't have expressed my wishes better.

Edit: Though I do wonder if they are not already doing this with the updates from Blacksix.

I am happy with and grateful for the regular updates we have been getting.

As I regard any update at all to be a privilege.

Regards,
Sam.

Friday update, or no friday update, there is only one way all of the problems in this game/forum/world can be fixed.

It's simple... Rub some bacon on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSReSGe200A

I think it would be much better is they wrote an update when they have something to say, unlike recently.

My personal opinion is that nothing is written, just get on with it so I can play the damned game without stutters, low fps and constant ctd's as I was led to believe I would be able to when I purchased it 16 months ago.

I`m ok with updates we have now. As long as the sim is alive and expecting a sequel, it`s fine.

Poll is kinda weird, I mean I voted for the second option but really I could have voted for either. They have given us all the concrete info they have...

I'm more intrigued as to what the 'announcement with a deadline in June' was to be honest.

The Friday updates are fine, but I do wish they'd do one every week. Even if it's 'sorry chaps, nothing to report this week'. On the other hand, even posting that would result in pages of 'WTF???!!!'

Shame really.:(