Yes, with a decent measure I will agree, but when things tends to be 'hot' climate...who wants to be all sweaty and feeling uncomfortable, day in and day out.
That can wear you down. But if a proper method was devise to ease that...then yeah, folks can do things together.
As in every business, there tends to be a 'Them vs. They' mentality, been seeing that in all the hobbies I have. But there are those who do work with the consumers side by side, to make a better and enjoyable product, but at the same time, the company has to make profit and growth. You do have companies that do care, and you have those who just wants that green out your wallet and into theirs.
I don't know about the gaming industry, but in every other industry you can't ignore your customers because you don't like their attitude. It's just not an option. Regardless of the tone in here, the total lack of dev participation in PvP discussions is a HUGE customer service failure, period. Imagine your waitress refusing to come back to the table because you complained about the fly in your soup...
As it was said before many times, if a Dev step in here and spoke---what do they face?
Pure undaunted venom on many issues with the game. The great shroud of black is apparently more in abundance than the light that shines hope and decency wants in a while.
*Except for the rare that do, and has decent standing with this community* No gamer maker wants to rumble with the headache on the dealing with the *negative* feedback that gushes towards them in massive torrents.
And yes, all the complaints that froth forward do have a legit leg to stand on, but it has gone beyond that these days. Correction---just after the game went live after Beta, and just gotten much darker.
We got an Old Engine, outdated, we got new techniques being added to it, and sometimes, things break. We have a company trying to headway in a very competitive market. We have gamers, trying to enjoy something of this game, but it felt more of a chore *like work*, then being fun, I could go on, but mostly everyone here knows the fire drill.
On both sides of the coin, developer and gamer alike...there are certain things going on, that don't sit well. If any of you knows this dismay taste at your own job, then recognized these here *developers* are no different than you, when you have a bad day, week, month or a few years.
Devs commit? If the atmosphere was better for all, maybe...as I told folks at my job, I am not there to be cursed at, abused or demeaned. I am there to do a job, and if some fun is possible, that too. And yes, I am aware of the history of this company and the game, came in a few months after Beta.
What I see a lot mostly and it bares repeating...folks * in general* forget outright, that people at Cryptic are human too.
We all are...and not a selective few.
Fact of the matter we are well beyond a dev just replying to the pvp threads for any kind of substantial improvement. Now I am an optimist and I feel that if they could do something they would. We might have to accept that there is just nothing they can do given the priorities laid upon them and the ability of the staff to meet the objectives in the time frame demanded.
I am not advocating any kind of exodus, but short of that there is nothing that will work, even then would pvp exodus hurt the revenue? I have the assumption that I have spent more as a more than casual pvp player with multiple toons than a standard pve does, but if there are 10, 20 200 pve players then meeting their expectations could take priority over mine. It is a business decision and until it hurts their business or is projected to hurt their is no real reason they should do anything about it. They are not our friends, they a business, and there is substantial evidence that pvp is not their focus. It doesn't make them bad people.
It does suck that there will not be any other star trek game development as long as STO is active. I think the real reason for the harshness is the fact that STO's existence precludes any other type of game in the star trek universe that could be more enjoyable. At least that is my frustration, I would hate to speak for others.
I have saved myself some frustration and stopped playing for a while, hopefully future seasons will bring more improvement, but if you as upset as I was then take a break. The game isn't going anywhere. You will have to grind your butt off when you come back, but at least you can grind multiple reps at the same time for variety!
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That can wear you down. But if a proper method was devise to ease that...then yeah, folks can do things together.
As in every business, there tends to be a 'Them vs. They' mentality, been seeing that in all the hobbies I have. But there are those who do work with the consumers side by side, to make a better and enjoyable product, but at the same time, the company has to make profit and growth. You do have companies that do care, and you have those who just wants that green out your wallet and into theirs.
We all know how that goes sometimes....
Fact of the matter we are well beyond a dev just replying to the pvp threads for any kind of substantial improvement. Now I am an optimist and I feel that if they could do something they would. We might have to accept that there is just nothing they can do given the priorities laid upon them and the ability of the staff to meet the objectives in the time frame demanded.
I am not advocating any kind of exodus, but short of that there is nothing that will work, even then would pvp exodus hurt the revenue? I have the assumption that I have spent more as a more than casual pvp player with multiple toons than a standard pve does, but if there are 10, 20 200 pve players then meeting their expectations could take priority over mine. It is a business decision and until it hurts their business or is projected to hurt their is no real reason they should do anything about it. They are not our friends, they a business, and there is substantial evidence that pvp is not their focus. It doesn't make them bad people.
It does suck that there will not be any other star trek game development as long as STO is active. I think the real reason for the harshness is the fact that STO's existence precludes any other type of game in the star trek universe that could be more enjoyable. At least that is my frustration, I would hate to speak for others.
I have saved myself some frustration and stopped playing for a while, hopefully future seasons will bring more improvement, but if you as upset as I was then take a break. The game isn't going anywhere. You will have to grind your butt off when you come back, but at least you can grind multiple reps at the same time for variety!