The Crystal Ball

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Originally Posted by JG52 Uther

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.

I feel your pain.

They could even lie to and make up some stories, yet ppl would feel treated with a certain kind of respect and live under the impression there is some progress and devs are working.
I always had the impression Oleg is a brilliant visionary but a miserable manager.
Now Ilya takes over, he seems to be much better in this field, but in turn he's a lousy salesman. kinda funny, no?

Originally Posted by JG52 Uther

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.

very true and very sad...for CLOD....but I will tell you something....no matter how big sim fan I am...If they dont fix this game ASAP I will NEVER buy their product again.....never....take my word..and Im not the only one.....shame on you and your team Luthier

BTW, last post from Oleg was prior to CLOD release.....he just disappeared....he doesnt have guts to come here and explain what happened...

[Dano]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

very true and very sad...for CLOD....but I will tell you something....no matter how big sim fan I am...If they dont fix this game ASAP I will NEVER buy their product again.....never....take my word..and Im not the only one.....shame on you and your team Luthier

What's ASAP for you? Do you want them to release more buggy stuff ASAP so people can whine more or actually fix it with the resources they have available ASAP? If you're going to make threats about not buying another game from them lets at least have a proper timescale

BTW, last post from Oleg was prior to CLOD release.....he just disappeared....he doesnt have guts to come here and explain what happened...

You think he'd be allowed to post it? I'm not so sure.

Originally Posted by Dano

What's ASAP for you? Do you want them to release more buggy stuff ASAP so people can whine more or actually fix it with the resources they have available ASAP? If you're going to make threats about not buying another game from them lets at least have a proper timescale

ASAP in reasonable time ofcourse....lets say in few months (from now on), if this game isnt finished and properly optimised...then its gonna be an epic failure....for me at least

Originally Posted by Dano

You think he'd be allowed to post it? I'm not so sure.

He can post on his blog, facebook whatever....

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by Tvrdi

very true and very sad...for CLOD....but I will tell you something....no matter how big sim fan I am...If they dont fix this game ASAP I will NEVER buy their product again.....never....take my word..and Im not the only one.....shame on you and your team Luthier

BTW, last post from Oleg was prior to CLOD release.....he just disappeared....he doesnt have guts to come here and explain what happened...

Oleg's last posts were in June, afaik.

[Aer9o]

We should do a collective letter to the publisher to investigate on this poor service which we get! It should not be up to us to chase updates, patches or developments !

It's funny seeing all the RoF dev love in here. A thread like this would be locked in about 2 minutes on the RoF board.

[=FI=Scott]

Originally Posted by IamNotDavid

It's funny seeing all the RoF dev love in here. A thread like this would be locked in about 2 minutes on the RoF board.

From a RoF fan, yes, it would.

CoD is what it is, in terms of the product and the developer interaction. We all know that the Devs dont even bother to read these threads so all this is venting for ventings sake anyway. For me the worst part is the what it could have been and what it should be now if it had been handled better. Everything that IL2 was and more.

A few years ago I bought half a dozen copies of '46 to give as Xmas presents and they were well received even by people who weren't really into flight sims. I wouln't give a copy of CoD- it would be embarrasing .

Anyway, its a game, the genre isn't dead, just niche so its not all bad.

Originally Posted by =FI=Scott

From a RoF fan, yes, it would.

CoD is what it is, in terms of the product and the developer interaction. We all know that the Devs dont even bother to read these threads so all this is venting for ventings sake anyway.

No, they clearly do read the threads. That's why Luthier is now mocking the posters in here with comments about how "tentative" has a special meaning on this board.