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leshil40
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I enjoy some aspects of the game, but like everyone else, other parts of it are extremely lacking and disappointing. One huge disappointment is the lack of weekly bug fixes/updates via patches. Maybe I am spoiled from the games of the last two years that spend the first 3-4 months patching 1-2 times a week trying to keep on top of bugs/exploits/adding new content.
Cryptic is the slowest at this aspect that I've ever seen in a game. (At least the last few years where the trend by companies has been to really patch quite often the first months out of the gate)
Small team or not, this is really bad PR by itself. If we see you working hard at making a great game, then your customer base will be more patient and more supportive. We only see patches every 2-3 weeks, however. (unless ofc it's to add to the Zen store)
Cryptic is the slowest at this aspect that I've ever seen in a game. (At least the last few years where the trend by companies has been to really patch quite often the first months out of the gate)
Small team or not, this is really bad PR by itself. If we see you working hard at making a great game, then your customer base will be more patient and more supportive. We only see patches every 2-3 weeks, however. (unless ofc it's to add to the Zen store)
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I'm dumbfounded at not being able to replace a member that has left the dungeon at anytime during the run. What game doesn't have that option available in the last 8 years + ? Seriously, this is a terrible Q system. The worst I've seen in years. Why is it that new games come out without options that have existed in MMOs for years?
I am predicting that if they continue down this road, the player base will start declining quickly within 6months, with new content or not.
A bug might affect a certain % of customers, but new content adds something to 100% of them. New content also brings new customers, bug fixes generally only attract a very small %. Also with the speed that most mmos move forward, lots of bugs become obsolete in older content and really just only affect then an even smaller % of customers if any.
It's really unfortunate that we as customers have to deal with so many glaring bugs and technical issues, but the above is the shift in software development.
Hopefully at some point it will come back around and be about quality.
And if they happen to skip 1 week, apparently it's worth wetting oneself over on the forums?
Have you actually read through them?
In case you haven't here's a sample for you.
Patch Notes: NW.3.20130529g.27
This build is set to go live at 12AM PDT on Friday 6/28.
UI
Playing with certain keyboards active and English (United States) uninstalled in Windows settings no longer causes contact dialogs to display as empty.
Zen Market
The Alchemy Profession Promo no longer shows up in Zen Market banners, as the event has ended.
The links to the Billing site now point to the correct locale when playing in Italian, Turkish, or Polish.
Yes surprisingly, the emergency patch to fix a game breaking bug didn't get rolled out with a bunch of other fixes.
Unfortunately, players attention span is short and many will have moved on.
In fact, I predict we will see a patch tomorrow (Thursday) That seems to be their normal patch day. It could be as late as Friday due to last weeks short holiday week. And I predict the patch we will see will be the one that has been on the preview server this week.
http://nw-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?388471-NW-3-20130701a-0-Patch-Notes
Are my prognosticgation skills that impressive? Or this is this truly a routine that has been missed by the OP? Really hard to tell :rolleyes:
That was to fix a major bug that popped up with the patch earlier in the week. The normal patch for that week was quite a bit larger.
They have started a tend of putting up the patch for a given week on the preview server the Friday before. So for example, last Friday the preview server got this patch. I'm surprised we haven't gotten the patch yet, but I'm not worried.
I do think they released with more problems than average though.