The Crystal Ball 2

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Originally Posted by PotNoodles

but does the above statement mean the patch could be months away or even years?

Trust me.. if I had access to a crystal ball to predict the future like that I would not be wasting my crystal ball gazing time looking at the future outcome of a game!

Originally Posted by PotNoodles

I don't mind the wait if that's what we are told and that's what gets the game fixed, but to say: "However long it takes" could actually mean a very very long time.

Yup!

Originally Posted by PotNoodles

I like honesty and I am pleased we have been told about the problems they are having..

LOL.. There is always a 'but'!

Originally Posted by PotNoodles

However, I feel what's missing in this statement is how major these bugs actually are.

Your not a programer are you?

Allow me to make an analogy here..

What your asking them to do is tell us now, how lost their car keys are before they found their car keys

Problem is you don't know how lost your car keys are until you find your car keys

For example..

CASE 1) I lost my car keys once and I went looking for them.. I found them 5 min later upstairs on my desk, at which point I realized I left them there yesterday when I was getting my thumb drive out of my pocket.

CASE 2) I lost my car keys once and I went looking for them.. I found them 6 months later on the ground outside once the snow melted, at which point I realized I must have dropped them when getting out of the car in the snow.

The last thing we want the programer to do is spend 'time' donig a write up AFTER he finds his keys telling us, in great detail, about all the places he looked for his keys before he found his keys!

What we do want the programer to do is move onto the next bug as soon as he finds his keys

SAVVY?