The Crystal Ball

[julien673]

So if i understand, maybe we will have the patch before friday ?? Jk . Just see how many people are there on friday to see the update, hope to see that again

[banned]

Well it's my 44th birthday Friday and, yes, it would be a nice present to receive the patch, however, I suspect I won't be able to fly even if we did get the patch. I'll be forced to celebrate my birthday with my family, no ifs or buts.

[GF_Mastiff]

Originally Posted by banned

Well it's my 44th birthday Friday and, yes, it would be a nice present to receive the patch, however, I suspect I won't be able to fly even if we did get the patch. I'll be forced to celebrate my birthday with my family, no ifs or buts.

how ironic, as your 44 your post on that is 88.
so we might get lucky? 88's are lucky numbers.
oh and happy birthday

[BlackSix]

Originally Posted by julien673

So if i understand, maybe we will have the patch before friday ?? Jk . Just see how many people are there on friday to see the update, hope to see that again

The patch can be ready in any day.
On Fridays we publish information updates about the current situation and the next game. Friday updates and patch are not connected.

But, considering negative mood of users, we can stop to publish information updates on Fridays for a while.

[Luftwaffepilot]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

But, considering negative mood of users, we can stop to publish information updates on Fridays for a while.

Miniminimi... ridiculous ...

[Majo]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

The patch can be ready in any day .

Thank you.

[badaboom]

I'd love to see some more shots of the seasons/Aircraft/Ground Units in the upcoming sequel.

[FG28_Kodiak]

No don't stop i wanna see the IL-2 Cockpit, please! (if possible )

[Dano]

Originally Posted by BlackSix

The patch can be ready in any day.
On Fridays we publish information updates about the current situation and the next game. Friday updates and patch are not connected.

But, considering negative mood of users, we can stop to publish information updates on Fridays for a while.

Please don't. Stifle negative users but not yourselves, it is after all, your forum.

[kendo65]

As a (generally) supportive member of the online community here, someone who appreciates BlackSixes efforts and someone who considers himself to be reasonably patient, I have to say that I think the current strategy of 'no comment' on the patch has become counter-productive and is only serving to increase the general disaffection of many here.

It is obvious that BlackSix is only the messenger and decisions about what info to release are taken by Luthier, so these comments should be taken as directed to him. It is also obvious that given past experiences the policy of 'say nothing' may have been viewed as the sensible one.

I think now though, when the ONLY issue of any importance on this forum to most of us (certainly the ONLY reason why I check in several times a day) is the question of when we can expect the patch, that the issue needs to be grasped in a more head-on way by the devs.

I take on board some of the reasons given by people here as to why they believe there is no need for the devs to address this. In the past I may have agreed with them, but now I think the reasons for not communicating on this are looking tired and unconvincing. I'll give my reasons:

"No need to communicate anything until the patch is ready for release."
It is now 6 months since the previous beta. Excitement has built since before Christmas when Luthier gave indications of expected frame rate increase. The policy of saying nothing is now (imo) needlessly antagonising people.

"People don't understand that B6 can't give any information about the patch or the time after, because they will kill him if something is not like "promised"."

This shouldn't be insurmountable. There is general info that could be given that would go a long way to satisfying people's anticipation and patience and making the atmosphere more 'supportive'. For instance I would appreciate confirmation about whether the next patch will in fact deal only with the updated graphics engine. If so, I would be really interested to be given just a rough sketch of the development progress made in the last 6 months on the other issues we are keen to hear about (AI, fm, DX11, etc) and the planned roadmap ahead for how they will be patched into the game.

I realise that decisions on giving us this info need to be made by Luthier, but once again I think that the current policy has stretched the patience of many of us to breaking point and a subtle rethink could go a long way to releasing some of the pressure that is building.