The Crystal Ball 2

[Force10]

Originally Posted by carguy_

I sure as hell remember IL2 being a resource hog in 2002. New mid-range hardware was able to run it low-to-medium settings at most, and that meant turning off the buildings. Some poeple just don`t remember where they come from.

I would suggest carguy you go look at the release reviews for the original IL-2 vs the reviews for COD. That is what I'm talking about. Won editors choice and scored very high with most sites and fans. Cod runs smooth for me, everything else about the game is porked though.

[Al Schlageter]

Right now JG53 is in the interim weeks between the Battle of France (which we used as a tester campaign getting used to the new game etc.) and the Battle of Britain - I had hoped for the patch today as that would have tied in great as right now it is difficult for a group such as ours to oeprate a full Battle of Britain theatre simply because by the time we have gotten airborne, formed up and gotten to target we have lost 30% of people to launcher crashes, add in the time to complete whatever objective or engagement is set and you're looking at around 25% of people are most left "in mission"

Sounds like it could be a real life scenario.

[furbs]

After action report

[=FI=Scott]

I'm not annoyed, but even if I was it wouldn't make a hoot of difference. The game runs smoothly for me if I clock back my GPU a little. As for the game itself nobody in My squad fly it online because of the issues and I'm a miserable antisocial sod so that leaves me with offline which is as dull as a wet monday with a tax accountant.

The forums area great place to watch grown men devolve into chimps and throw poo which is quite funny so I keep coming back but as for CoD I'm bored with it so don't play it any more. That is the sole reason why I cannot see myself supporting the series in the future. Surely we all have bought something in the past we didn't like and didn't buy another ? It doesn't have to be a grand gesture or malicious protest.

I'm sorry the successor to IL2 turned out this way (and I think it is fair to judge it for what it is now not what it 'might' be). The original game brought me countless hours of enjoyment and intoduced me to people who I'm now proud to call friends. It isn't going to finish me though, there are other sims and as long as there are paying customers I'm sure there will be others.

As for analysis its been said, at least x1000 from every conceivable angle so my input would be pretty much redundant I think. The only genuine mistake I think the devs made recently was the 'very shortly ' comment. It was their 'two weeks, be sure' moment. I read that several times and thought 'oh no'. On the plus side its fortunate that whoever said that doesn't work for the emergency services !

[drewpee]

It doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong, it an argument that can't be won. What matters is the size the argument has become. It's time for management to step up and put the community at ease.
I brought COD on release date for $105 Australian in good faith. If this mess is cleaned up I will buy BOM at release. If no I'll wait for the bargain bin price of $50 or less. A lose of over 50%.
There are so many bugs right now that a small patch each weak is not a big ask.

[ElAurens]

There is no such thing as a "small" patch. No matter what size it is, it still requires weeks, if not months of testing. Just changing one thing can have many unforeseen effects in other areas, so beta testing by a fairly large number of players, with different rigs and play styles is absolutely necessary.

Or perhaps you would prefer they just toss out "fixes" with no testing as it would give people more to argue and whine about?

[drewpee]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

There is no such thing as a "small" patch. No matter what size it is, it still requires weeks, if not months of testing. Just changing one thing can have many unforeseen effects in other areas, so beta testing by a fairly large number of players, with different rigs and play styles is absolutely necessary.

Or perhaps you would prefer they just toss out "fixes" with no testing as it would give people more to argue and whine about?

Bull

[Wolf_Rider]

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Originally Posted by drewpee

It doesn't matter who is right and who is wrong, it an argument that can't be won. What matters is the size the argument has become. It's time for management to step up and put the community at ease.

the problem is, there is no "putting the community at ease"... whichever whatever comes out,no matter what, gets distorted or flamed. You can't ignore the problem child and you can't slap it either.

There is no such thing as a "small" patch. No matter what size it is, it still requires weeks, if not months of testing. Just changing one thing can have many unforeseen effects in other areas, so beta testing by a fairly large number of players, with different rigs and play styles is absolutely necessary.

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[Havoc04]

Bottom line

I have and so have the rest of you, PAID money for the product. There are bugs, some not so obvious others are in you're face bugs. To me it is unfinished and NOT what i spent my hard earned dollar for

We are the people that KEEP these guys in business, If it were not for us and others buying there product then they would be OUT of business.

Personally i think i HAVE we have the right to updates/explanations and anything else that comes with me/you PAYING for a product and not receiving a GOOD result.

Having said that i uninstalled it ages ago. So does that give the right to complain? TOO RIGHT it does.

As far as there UBER expansion/Standalone game, i don't care. They left us with a white elephant while they pottered of to do something else knowing full well that the CoD was in a shambles.