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I, like many of you, have high hope's for AoC. I certainly hope it's better than these forums.
At first I thought it was me, then I see a lot of you having the same problems.
Sometimes I post, and it wont post.
Sometimes it makes up for it by double posting.
Occasionally, I'll be waiting an unknown time while my post verifys.
Most annoyingly is the quotes. Dont get stuck inside the quote box on your phone, or you might not get out.
This doesnt even touch on the gaudy UI and other aspects.
I feel like forums are already a mastered technology and am dismayed at what we ate currently working with.
What do you all think?
At first I thought it was me, then I see a lot of you having the same problems.
Sometimes I post, and it wont post.
Sometimes it makes up for it by double posting.
Occasionally, I'll be waiting an unknown time while my post verifys.
Most annoyingly is the quotes. Dont get stuck inside the quote box on your phone, or you might not get out.
This doesnt even touch on the gaudy UI and other aspects.
I feel like forums are already a mastered technology and am dismayed at what we ate currently working with.
What do you all think?
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+1 for the avatar
Why do you think they owe us nothing? Why do you think 99% of peeps here didnt invest? I disagree with both of those statements. I think they owe us, the customer, a solid experience in an MMO at the very least. I would bet 50% or more of this forum has pre-invested. I'm curious where your numbers came from. That's not to even begin to factor in that we are doing thier advertising for them.
About that advertising. It's not bad, but it's not brilliant. I wont start a thread criticizing a part of a game I havnt played yet, but I will point out that I have seen other games suffer in numbers B/C they thought word of mouth was all they needed. Dont for a second underestimate the power of a good commercial campaign. I'm not saying they should or would go that route, but it is a far superior strategy if massive numbers is what your after. Like you said, you get what you pay for. But back to topic.
Grats on your survivor badge.
-CS
There are fan forums that are run on better software's though..
Training the future playerbase to market the game for them is golden and is used in many industries to get the sheep to pay for themselves. If you go to McDonalds you clean up after yourself. Why? Because they have trained you to. They save massive amounts company wide by not having to have staff to clean up after people. Next time you go there if you ever do, just leave your shit on the table and walk out. Watch the social stinkeye you will get from other patrons. Sheep I tells ya. Intrepid is using the same, volunteer moderators who do what would be a paid job, gamers providing bodies for testing that they are paying the company to do, and a dedicated core of "community content creators" to spread the word without spending a dime on marketing beyond some livestreams and the tradeshows. Will they kick out some scratch closer to launch next year to get a larger initial playerbase? Maybe, but if the base keeps growing at the rate we are being told it is, why would they?
Like most games, Beta will see a big influx of players because everyone knows Beta means nearby launch. Just before Beta would be a great time to do this.
Oh...wait.
They already do that.
All the cool kids use Discord
Thanks for everything!
I built a Chrome and Firefox extension last year that improves the UI imo and still works with no issues.
https://cohortgaming.com/aoc-forums