The Crystal Ball

[robtek]

Well, RoF has already reached "product care" while CoD is still in "product developement".

So the priorities are differently balanced.

[JG52Uther]

Originally Posted by robtek

Well, RoF has already reached "product care" while CoD is still in "product developement".

So the priorities are differently balanced.

Say what?
The RoF devs have interacted with the community since day 1.
The CoD devs pretty much stopped interacting with the community as soon as the game was released. Luthier posts once every few weeks when a patch is going to be released, then disappears again.
And I don't buy this 'I would rather they were working on the game than posting' or 'they are far to busy to post on the forums' because this post took me 30 seconds, and thats all it would take them.

[robtek]

And it would make you happy to get a "we are working on it" from Luthier???

Originally Posted by robtek

And it would make you happy to get a "we are working on it" from Luthier???

I would cum mate....seriously guys..what you can do...play other games and wait....check the boards for news, from time to time.....yep its bad, it stinks, we bought a donkey for horse but thats how it is....lets just wait...no point in calling Luthier....

[JG52Uther]

No, I would like the same contact with the devs that we had before the release, with regular updates.

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

No, I would like the same contact with the devs that we had before the release, with regular updates.

me too but I realised they dont have PR guy and probabaly nothing to show....thats how it is...is it ok? Ask Ace of trollz....

[Icebear]

Next to ROF check the Bohemia Interactive Studios Forums. (Armed Assault & Operation Arrowhead) Also a niche product but they have lots of "community managers / moderators" in close touch with the developers, and they have a special "ArmA2 & OA beta patch testing section". Believe it or not, in this section you are directly in touch with the game developers ! EVERYBODY is invited to report bugs and make suggestions to improve the game. Confirmed bugs or usefull suggestions will be contemporary implemented in beta patches. As a matter of fact EVERYBODY is also invited to test, comment and improve.

The Armed Assault series was buggy as hell in the begining. This close contact to the community and the excellent bug tracking and improve system is a win/win for devolpers and community. Both benefit tremendously and in result the Armed Assult series became the best military simulation on the planet.

That's the only way out, the rest is IMAO patchwork and therefore bullshit.

[jimbop]

What's the y-axis on the graph?

[JG53Frankyboy]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

No, I would like the same contact with the devs that we had before the release, with regular updates.

i dont need such potemkin villages anymore. Let them work. let them release their betas and Steam patches. That is the best they can do IMO.

Most Bugs are reported, even several times, and i speak only about this forum here. Imagine the russian spoken forums !
So, our 'work' is done.

The reason for this forum is mainly about to help eachother because of the lack of documantation of the game.

[Skoshi Tiger]

If a developer fixes a bug in Russia, but they don't post an update, will it still appear in the next patch?