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Don't be too perfectionist Dev´s!
Patsold
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all the delays give me the feeling that the dev's want to be "too perfectionist".
It seems to me that you don't want to mess with your players. We as a community have many suggestions and different opinions, but you have to know that you can't please everyone. Stick to the deadlines. Show your mistakes too. We're not losing the hype about the game. Do not be afraid. I see us as a community as a help. We don't play the game, we can't prescribe anything about which we only have dangerous half-knowledge. I just wanted to have said that
It seems to me that you don't want to mess with your players. We as a community have many suggestions and different opinions, but you have to know that you can't please everyone. Stick to the deadlines. Show your mistakes too. We're not losing the hype about the game. Do not be afraid. I see us as a community as a help. We don't play the game, we can't prescribe anything about which we only have dangerous half-knowledge. I just wanted to have said that
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"OMG looks at da graffiks i cant beleeve da graffiks r so bad this game is gunna fail lyk 4eva an OMG lyk 4 real"
whenever they bring out a video and say:
"This is still a work in progress, but just enjoy where we are right now",
I can fully understand why they'd feel the need to push back some testing to ensure a more "perfectionist" display.
The problem is the community, not the studio.
Maybe you won't lose hype, I know I wont either, but I feel there is a lot of people that would be concerned with the game if we get a non NDA Alpha release with monsters getting stuck in terrain, players clipping trough the floor and falling to the void or maybe having crap framerate...hell, people is already complaining about the combat even tho it will be reworked.
Intrepid Studios can only give a first impression once and they know once they have non NDA access. it will be seen by A LOT of people so they need to make sure what they show is solid enough
I am pro-NDA. NDA until Beta 2 would be good.
If I had more time, I would write a shorter post.
Same here. I prefer to keep the NDA but show little snippets/sneak peeks inside what's going on like they've been doing but more on a biweekly scale. Every month we have a live stream; that's good, but how about every two weeks we see different game mechanics or naval travel other animals/creatures with the monthly live streams. That'll keep the community happy.
I get it a lot at work. I'm trying to sort out their problems, and they keep demanding a phonecall about it. And, while I'm on the phonecall, I can't fix the problem. If they left me to it, it'd get done a lot quicker.
If anything I would like to see more stills of armor and gear than actual footage.
I like seeing the concept art vs the real thing.
If I had more time, I would write a shorter post.
Understand your intentions, but no.
Yes some people are understanding of how game development works, but a big chunk will judge the game on its first look.
They already have that pressure, because they have an ambitious goal they want to complete and told their community their goal, which gives the community expectations for said goal. The pressure's already there, and they have put that pressure on themselves, which is absolutely awesome! Because they know what they and the community wants, and are trying to live up to their expectations. They wont just fall back from that, the goal has already been set.
Image is everything. They do have a small advantage in that many players are bored with what currently exists, but that is a small advantage. They know this game has to be fairly flawless when the NDA lifts. It does not have to be perfect but it has to be able to show an extensive amount of progress to keep players looking for more. Many bugs will still exist but as long as they are not overly annoying, the community will understand.
I also want to see how the game is going. I was looking forward to the plethora of streams to watch this coming up weekend. I wanted to see the game from a consumer point of view.
Honestly I would just prepare for Alpha 1 to start around July-August. The NDA might lift a few weeks prior to that. I think they have more to work out than they want players to know.
As a community we can probably help when we provide feedback by also sharing how important our recommendations are (i.e. ask yourself if you would delay the release a month for feature X or if the feature could come after release. Is the feature a true deal breaker for you to play the game?)