Smaller More Frequent Updates

Ultra_Violence · 07-17-2009 01:36 PM

Got to like the new policy of smaller more frequent updates over the old method. It seems like 15 barely went live and they are announcing 16. No more 6 month waits.

Of course now that they have announced it we will probably have to wait a couple months before we even see it in test

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Gamma_Guardian · 07-17-2009 01:37 PM

Well.....that has alot to do with the fact that I15 is pretty sparse as far as updates go.

Angry_Citizen · 07-17-2009 01:37 PM

I16 contains power customisation, difficulty customisation and more power set proliferation than many of us know what to do with. Small? Are you bloody insane?

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trendee · 07-17-2009 01:38 PM

One point for the devs..
I think some of the longer stretches were due to the dev team ramping up w/ all the newer hires.
One point against the devs
I13 and I15 were really small. really small.

MissInformed · 07-17-2009 01:43 PM

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It's all about perspective. To those who don't really care about any of those things, I'm sure it does seem small. Just like they could add three new zones and 4 new Task Forces to the Villains side and one new TF to the Hero side and some of the people who only play Heroes would say it was small. (Exactly as they did when Issue 7 - I think it was 7 - came out and added the level 40-50 Villain content, Grandville, and the Recluse Whatever/Whatever Recluse PVP zone. Undoubtedly that required loads of effort and resources, but it seemed small to anyone who wasn't going to utilize the bulk of the additions)

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Nethergoat · 07-17-2009 01:44 PM

I prefer the small, fairly frequent free updates with a fat paid expansion in the pipeline over infrequent but more substantial free updates with nothing else happening.

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MissInformed · 07-17-2009 01:46 PM

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I absolutely agree.

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EvilGeko · 07-17-2009 01:51 PM

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Me too.

For example, I wouldn't mind a space or undersea expansion in late 2010.

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dugfromthearth · 07-17-2009 03:07 PM

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NeoSporin · 07-17-2009 03:14 PM

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I think some of the longer stretches were due to the dev team ramping up w/ all the newer hires.
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I13 and I15 were really small. really small.

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I think this is because issues 13, 14, and 15 were originally meant to be Issues 13 and 14. But AE got separated from issue 13 to become issue 14. I think 15 is somewhat of a mini-issue because its sort of the leftovers from issue 13 splitting into 14.

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Ultra_Violence · 07-17-2009 03:45 PM

A lot of 15 was just so you could GET 14 sooner. Shaking all the bugs and adding all the perks into AE took a lot longer than planned. To me that qualifies as making the issues smaller. You don't necessarily get everything you want in one issue, but you don't have to wait figuratively forever for it either.

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Inazuma · 07-17-2009 04:28 PM

Keep in mind that I15 gave us two new TFs. Most issues don't have any, and those that do have 1.

Perfect_Pain · 07-17-2009 04:34 PM

I would rather get updates every 60 days than twiddle my thumbs wondering stuff - getting bored - debating on canceling - yada yada yada

These updates are coming so fast, that I am over all content.

FunstuffofDoom · 07-17-2009 04:35 PM

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I prefer the small, fairly frequent free updates with a fat paid expansion in the pipeline over infrequent but more substantial free updates with nothing else happening.

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Me too.

For example, I wouldn't mind a space or undersea expansion in late 2010.

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A space expansion in 2010 doesn't strike you as remotely ominous?

Inquizitor · 07-17-2009 04:36 PM

Pigs in Space!!!

SpaceNut · 07-17-2009 04:54 PM

I think its apparent from the announcement of I16 that they finally wrapped up all the projects that were started when the dev team was at its smallest, and then when they were hiring and focusing on training the new folks. Now that the team is back to around 40 people and even "recent" new hires have been there several months, I think we are going to see things really ramp up.

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Hobbes · 07-18-2009 11:08 PM

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Me too.

For example, I wouldn't mind a space or undersea expansion in late 2010.

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A space expansion in 2010 doesn't strike you as remotely ominous?

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It would be sooo cool!

We would go around Jupiter to poke in old computers, visit Europa's seas under the ice.

And at the end of the last TF, BOOM! LIGHT!

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Prof_Backfire · 07-19-2009 01:12 AM

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I prefer the small, fairly frequent free updates with a fat paid expansion in the pipeline over infrequent but more substantial free updates with nothing else happening.

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I absolutely agree.

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Me too.

For example, I wouldn't mind a space or undersea expansion in late 2010.

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A space expansion in 2010 doesn't strike you as remotely ominous?

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It would be sooo cool!

We would go around Jupiter to poke in old computers, visit Europa's seas under the ice.

And at the end of the last TF, BOOM! LIGHT!

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Well, that's one way to unlock Incarnates.

Thirty-Seven · 07-19-2009 01:53 AM

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Toony · 07-19-2009 07:15 AM

I'd rather not get an expansion every year. If they do expansions than once every year and eight months or so or year and a half. Or just "whenever it's ready." You rush it and you get junk like LOTRO's expansions.

Westley · 07-19-2009 07:19 AM

I prefer to get my expansions at LEAST once a day....

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BBQ_Pork · 07-19-2009 07:27 AM

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Small, frequent ones or large infrequent ones?