Will we get an update today?

Chivas · #1 07-08-2011, 05:09 PM

Its hard to believe how impatient people have become. Time goes by very slowly for us, but we seem to have no idea how quickly a week or two goes by for the developers when your working under that time pressure. Its taken years to get to this state in the sim and its not going to finished in a few weeks, or months. Luckily it appears the early release sales have kept the bean counters at bay, the development team intact, and working.

furbs · #2 07-08-2011, 05:17 PM

Chivas, the reason we have become inpatient is were waiting for the sim to be fixed.
If the sim was working well in SP(no campaign) or MP(no sound or coops) we would have something to do.

Were waiting for Luthier to tell us the game we paid for is now working.

Strike · #3 07-08-2011, 05:20 PM

what day is it today? Minecraft while waiting for Luthier day

#4 07-08-2011, 05:26 PM

Luthier has given the new community manager all responsibility for posting updates and news...........

David198502 · #5 07-08-2011, 05:27 PM

good one

klem · #6 07-09-2011, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Tree_UK

Luthier has given the new community manager all responsibility for posting updates and news...........

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Originally Posted by luthier

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And finally, in the darkest corner of the office, is Gennady

No one knows what he does.

So that's what Gennady does.

Anvilfolk · #7 07-08-2011, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Strike

what day is it today? Minecraft while waiting for Luthier day

Oooh, Minecraft. Haven't played that in awhile...

addman · #8 07-08-2011, 06:06 PM

Here's a tip, check out the Steam summer sale that's on right now. Some damn good deals there. Picked up Just Cause 2 and Wings of Prey for a grand total of 9€! That's a lot of fun for the old buck.

Haven't played CloD for a while now but I'm watching the forums like a hawk, waiting for the king of patches to arrive.

Chivas · #9 07-08-2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by furbs

Chivas, the reason we have become inpatient is were waiting for the sim to be fixed.
If the sim was working well in SP(no campaign) or MP(no sound or coops) we would have something to do.

Were waiting for Luthier to tell us the game we paid for is now working.

By now we should have realized the game isn't finished and won't be finished for some time. Heckling the developer isn't going to finish the sim any sooner. Yes you could be very pissed the community wasn't made aware just how unfinished the sim was, but that would have killed the sim just as effectively as the publisher dropping funding. I also agree that the publisher could have stated it was going to be a paid beta, but I doubt that would have garnered enough funds to continue development.

We have multiple choices..
1. We can help the developer as much as we can with beta testing and constructive criticism
2. We can enjoy the features that are in the sim until others features are added or fixed
3. We can buy the sim and move on to other things and hope our monetary support will make a difference
4. We can wait a few years for another developer
5. We can spam the forums with vindictive negativity that can only drive away prospective customers, so we can tell everyone we told you so in an empty forum.

#10 07-08-2011, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Chivas

By now we should have realized the game isn't finished and won't be finished for some time. Heckling the developer isn't going to finish the sim any sooner. Yes you could be very pissed the community wasn't made aware just how unfinished the sim was, but that would have killed the sim just as effectively as the publisher dropping funding. I also agree that the publisher could have stated it was going to be a paid beta, but I doubt that would have garnered enough funds to continue development.

We have multiple choices..
1. We can help the developer as much as we can with beta testing and constructive criticism
2. We can enjoy the features that are in the sim until others features are added or fixed
3. We can buy the sim and move on to other things and hope our monetary support will make a difference
4. We can wait a few years for another developer
5. We can spam the forums with vindictive negativity that can only drive away prospective customers, so we can tell everyone we told you so in an empty forum.

or 6, we could accept the humble apology from Luthier and team for selling us a dud, and be happy that the community manager at least corresponds with us on a daily or weekly basis reassuring us that our points/concerns and bug reports or being listened to and that work is being done to fix them, maybe even giving us a little taster of things to come. This very simplistic action would take a lot of heat out of the forums, sadly it seems that it is beyond them.